marama

Moved here 8 years ago after looking in Aspendale, the agent suggested Frankston South and I will always remember my reply, "I wouldnt let my dog in Frankston". We came here, looked and fell in love with the place. Firstly the good, university, TAFE, hospital and specialists, good schools, it has lots of trees, wildlife (I have seen an owl, kookaburras, parrots a plently even saw a fox the other day, possums well thats another story) sea breeze, close to the beach, quiet, good neighbours, old fashioned wide streets, eastlink and soon the peninsula freeway, good community spirit, lots of great parks, good restaurants, arts centre, library, shopping, plenty of bus routes if you need it, lots of work happening by council, I can honestly say I and my family absolutely love it here.
The bad, still trouble in CBD with nitelife, Bayside shopping centre and near the station seems to attract undesirables, police station undermanned and overworked, strip club in prime position on nepean hwy, parts of CBD very tired looking, traffic is congested over summer (peninsula link will fix that) lots of kamikaze pilot hoons on the road (I know I sound like my dad)
Overall there is a big demographic here, its a big suburb with some good and bad bits to it, its always the way that the minority affect the majority, one thing I will say is it does not deserve the bagging it gets, I have made a lot of friends here that vary from tradies, to legal, police, proffesional services and business owners so its a bit of a mixed bag, and thats the way I like it!