WilliamR2

The first thing is that it is a very quiet suburb, at least on the older west side. It is more gentrified than neighbouring suburbs such as Maddington, Huntingdale, Southern River and Langford - which are to be avoided in any case. The best side of Thornlie is to the west of Spencer Road with side boundaries of Wharton and Hume Roads. Here you have vintage 1970's-era leafy Crestwood Estate, the concentric circled streets of Castle Glen, and the Sutherland Drive subdivision; and the newer housing on the Forest Lakes side of Murdoch Road which is more typical of the modern sterility of Canning Vale. There seems to be a lot of retired people in Thornlie obsessing over their lawns, and the state of their houses, and being typically pesky. But over time, with retirees and investors doing renovations, this had led to a slow and inexorable rise in Thornlie's stock. For younger couples or single people, there are no cafe strips, no hipster hangouts, no nightlife to speak of. Thornlie from that point of view can seem very dreary. But for a families with school age children, and grown-ups who want to live in a proper suburb with trees, it's a good choice.