veram1

Newcastle city is not for everyone, but if your looking for a place that s easy to make things work for everyday activities(stress free)- work, leisure, after school activities, clean beaches, nice daycare dotted along the high end suburb, and still free parking around some of the best beaches in NSW or Australia and into discovering all this new cafe dotted in almost every suburb ( Adamstown, Broadmeadow, Merewether, Junction, Barbeach/ Cookshill) ...then Newcastle or Newy is the city for you.
However Newcastle City Council need to be creative to revitalise the Hunter Street...it really needs TLC ...it is sad as when we first arrived here 8 years ago...it was not really too bad by then but now it is gloomy...
People are friendly but like any other city there are few aggressive, arrogant drivers/people, which to be honest they seems to be the one coming from outside Newcastle city, or few are just being a moron, there will always be few bogans dotting along every city( nothing wrong with that). It is safe to say that you have to live inside the good suburb zone if your not from here. Newcastle is not dangerous city like any city there are places that you can call dodgy places ...if your a decent person ....what are you doing there anyway!!!on the first place? In late night !!too...Even NewYork, London, Paris have what you call dont be there at the Wrong time and at the wrong place scenario.
Overall, if you are just visiting for few days or weeks you cant really appreciate the true nature of this city!!! We have been here in this city long enough to say that it is slowly evolving and councils are trying to revitalise this city...they just have to really do more work rather than focusing too much on the politics side...of their job...also need to break the mentality of its who you know in able to have a chance to get a decent paid job...as in reality there are many skilled workers ( young and matured) people missing opportunity because they dont have anyone backing them up...and few people with dodgy characters and unprofessional attitudes get a job ...because they know/knew someone...a very common practice here in Newcastle especially in small businesses. However saying that there are also decent business owner that truly appreciates skilled , hardworking or even really look after young people that wants to have a par time job...Harry Schnitzel are one of the best place for young people to gain experience and really learn the value of respect within co-worker. So yes Newcastle still a what we call a rough diamond and can not compared to Sydney...Sydney is Sydney...