jase2042

Having lived in Newtown for more than ten years, I have come to love and loathe various aspects. I love Sydney Park, The Dendy Cinema, access to public transport, the eclectic population (not many desperate housewives or screaming kids around here), and even the daggy old Marrickville Metro appeals oddly enough. I do like the fact that it has a high number of lesbian and gay men living in the area and I like the strong green/left voting tendency of my electorate. But I'm less attracted to the grottiness, street crime, and general downbeat atmosphere found around the area these days. I used to find it somewhat appealing, but as I'm well past my youthful days now, I find much on offer in Newtown to be way too flea-ridden. Recently, I feel more frustrated with Marrickville Council, which doesn't seem to have the funds, the ability or the willingness to clean up the area or seriously improve the amenity. Parts of Newtown (those managed by Marrickville Council) are very shabby, which some (the alternative set) may find vaguely appealing, but in all honestly, living day in day out in a pretty mucky place is a bit grim. While it may like to position itself as an alternative type of place, I don't really see why that means it should look like a dump. Especially when placed in comparison with many other places in Sydney, that are green and clean. Even with its cute cafe culture (albeit on very noisy King St), and so called hip life style, Newtown is not really a pleasant nor healthy place to live.

Lord St is one of the cheapest streets that you can buy in, yet still get the Newtown 2042 postcode because it gets a good dose of plane, train and automobile noise (in the afternoon peak). Being at the bottom end of Newtown means that it also gets quite dusty and grimey too. However, on the upside, there is less people noise late at night compared to streets further up in Newtown central. It's a actually a great place to live as St Peters station and Marrickville Metro are both within 5 minutes walk. Plus there are buses at the top of King St that will take you into town or across to Leichhardt or Coogee. What's more, it has excellent access to Sydney Park. There is a nice mix of owner occupied and rented houses available - Federation or Victorian in style, plus two blocks of cheap sixties style red brick walk-up apartments. There is also a newer development opposite the station, plus a complex that is opening beside the Sydney Park Hotel later in 2009. It is a street of youngish singles, straight and gay couples and a few families.