That is certainly a factor, generally speaking. My parents were working class when we lived SE. Dad was an engraver at a trophy supply store, and mum was a night cleaner at a factory in Bayswater. Exceptions exist everywhere, but yes, there is definitely a class divide between East and West, I agree.
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Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨hours⊠agoThe divide has been there in my whole memory. The prejudice is deep.
The idea is the West is a scary working class place that you donât want to even visit.
Now swathes of it arenât even working class, they are underclass with a poverty I have never seen in Melbourne before.
Yarraville/Seddon is nothing special, old factory town near Coode Island, badly polluted by heavy industry, with workerâs cottages that have been renovated. But itâs trendy with the young because itâs more affordable than the much nicer Williamstown.
Visit Williamstown for nice or Altona for non trendy nice working class.
StudChud@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨hours⊠ago
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨hours⊠ago
We went to Williamstown hospital the other day and couldnât believe how quiet it was. It was like a scene from A Country Practice. People walking past saying hello. So peaceful.
Been to Williamstown plenty of times just not that side.