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I lived for 3 years in Surry Hills and it was great. You can walk to Central station and get to literally everywhere in Sydney. Just a short stroll to the CBD so you can walk or cycle to work everyday. Vibrant, very active streets full of cafes, restaurants, pubs and shops so it’s definitely a place for young people. Super diverse, inclusive, great demographic mix and multicultural. Located in the heart of Sydney it’s rather dense yet there’s no horrible tall buildings as in the CBD. Hipstery and full of life, day and night so there could be noise up until late in some areas, specially close to Oxford St. It has lots of character and interesting people, it will never be boring as the suburbs. On the downsides, there’s some pretense in the air, it’s very difficult to find parking, dwellings tend to be old, small and expensive (I guess the price of living in the centre of the action), noisy.
My advice: If you’re under 40 and have no kids give it a try. If you have kids you may want to be nice to them and give them more space, a garden, etc. which would be imposible here, unless you’re rich of course. If you’re above 40 the noise and buzz may be too much.