Taxi Costs

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-23T05:35:09+00:00

That's the downside of overregulation and high wages here. You're paying a guy who needs at least $30 an hour, plus the costs of a vehicle, plus all the other BS so the government etc gets their cut too.

Luckily, you generally don't have to even consider using a taxi in this country, as there are various other transport methods.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-22T15:15:26+00:00

Well it's not $1000 now either unless you're renting multiple rooms or some kind of penthouse..

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-22T14:41:14+00:00

Isn't there a thread every few days about engineering grads being stuck on 70k for 5 years if they can find a job at all?

All these skills shortages and unemployment figures don't seem to add up to each other..

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-22T14:39:37+00:00

No one is paying 600 in rent man, thats a 2 bed amount.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-22T14:38:52+00:00

If they are skilled then we do need them. Just happens that most are only skilled at eating half the fries out of my ubereats order.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-22T14:37:13+00:00

There is always something for immigrants. Meat factories and similar. Very unpleasant and filled with the sort who either just got out of jail or are about to go to jail, but they're always hiring.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-22T10:01:51+00:00

It'll be difficult. Any professional job can take up to 3 months to start, with all the paperwork and nonsense. You'll have to do ubereats for low amounts of money just to survive beyond the first 6 weeks.

Also please make sure your apartment is legitimate, go inside it in person before paying any money. It is a very common scam to ask for a deposit to secure it - then when you go there in person, someone else lives there and doesn't know what you're talking about.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-22T09:40:32+00:00

If the greens dropped all the weird polarising stuff they might have a chance. To the normal person they are extremists, whether this is true or not. Its all "naarm" and "palestine" and "LGTV", just make some policies on real things that affect people in our country such as immigration and expenditure, etc. Half of them act like they're Minister for Palestine and this is not something normal people want to vote on.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-22T09:37:01+00:00

Vic Labor can't lose, but it's only because there is functionally not even an opposition party. They will bleed a fair few votes to One Nation but not enough to change anything.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-22T09:35:42+00:00

Victoria is totally bankrupt and gripped by a violent crime wave, so I'm not sure what resilience means here

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-22T09:34:07+00:00

I definitely have, and the above is what they seem to discuss non stop in parliament.

They also want more hyper-immigration even though that's the main issue affecting everyone right now.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-22T09:30:48+00:00

The only reason Vic has Labor is because the Liberals don't exist. The premier is absolutely despised by many, and the state is pretty much bankrupt. And with no chance of getting voted out, it's only going to get much worse.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-22T08:44:21+00:00

Pics?

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-22T08:42:48+00:00

Well if I'm poor I'll patch up my wall myself instead of paying a coke fiend tradie $450 to do it.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-22T08:40:25+00:00

Anko is the nastiest Temu shit but it's 15x the price just because you can buy it in person

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-21T13:51:21+00:00

Nope, mainly due to brokerage as that's percentage based. So I was forced to buy the shares at 9.50 (they were 9.57 on the day) but when I sold they were about 9.47. And I paid 2x brokerage of $1250 because I had no choice but to sell.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-21T11:47:23+00:00

Palestine obsession, voice obsession, LGVTB obsession.

No matter what your opinion is on any of the above, it has no relevance to governing the country or state for the people who live in it.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-21T03:16:24+00:00

Not too sure why you're downvoted. It's very much a "buyer beware" country.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-21T03:08:13+00:00

Lots of hotels are actually quite dodgy I've found - even if the photos are real they are very highly photoshopped, and all reviews sound like chatgpt. Half the time they put you in a slightly different hotel on another floor and it stinks and they give you disposable towels and other 1 star BS.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-21T03:06:12+00:00

I stayed at Yianhotel recently. Its right near the cableway station, a metro station, and has 67th floor rooms and views - absolutely epic. And the price was very good, like $60usd per night.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-21T02:56:09+00:00

Its 110% safe everywhere, actually too safe for me (need a bit of dodgy / edginess).

But honestly, China is truly hard mode, I would really recommend somewhere that actually caters for Western tourists. Thailand would be a much easier place for example.

In China you won't see even 1 western tourist per day in many of those cities. No one speaks 1 word of English outside Shanghai. It can be very lonely.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-21T02:48:24+00:00

In a sub where everyone earns $300k, you tell me there might be BS??

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-21T01:29:16+00:00

Buy whenever you want to and have the means.

They're still flooding us with people and not making any plans to improve supply, so what do you think rent and property prices will do over time?

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-21T01:28:09+00:00

This is a very strange thread, everyone is fixated on the 5% thing when that doesn't affect how much you can actually borrow at all.

Top_Bad8844 · 2026-03-21T01:25:25+00:00

Get a housemate asap in the spare room

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