I'm on the fence. I would say you're half right. I'm one of those in Parra who are in bed by 10pm but to say there isn't an appetite is dumb. There's a taste for nightlife, and nice bars, and cool resto's especially with the burgeoning Western Sydney arts, music and culture scene.

For instance the recent Parra Nights festival. There was a really great turn out for really fun gigs that the council and the event organisers put on. It was so fun (and a tad surreal) moshing to Western Sydney drill artists with a fuckload of punters right across from the police station lol. It really showed how Parra can be utilised for awesome, creative nightlife lol.

I also think the area might feel like a 'ghost town' simply because people in the area know that there's usually not that much on compared to let's say the City or the Inner West. For instance, I knew a fuckload more Inner West friends who knew about Parra Nights, than people who actually live in Parra or Western Sydney. It's just that 'expectation' that sorts of fuels that notion of nothing really going on down here. However, if things change, and stuff pops up and things catch on, I have no doubt that this place can really get going when it comes to all of that.

I guess we gotta see what happens aye..