Daniel Ruben

Daniel Ruben

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Sunshine
Editors Choice

"Multicultural hotspot without inner-city congestion and crowding"

I've read a couple of reviews here warning of "brown people" and "ferals" in the Sunshine area. OK, so if that's really what keeps you up at night, then Sunshine is not for you. The truth is, Sunshine is pretty awesome. Not only has it got to be one of the most affordable places this close to the city to set up, whether buying or renting; because it's got a middle suburb vibe you don't get the claustrophobic, congested feeling of inner suburbs. Nonetheless it has many of the advantages of an inner suburb. Excellent public transport - a massive bus interchange at the train station. The train takes only 25-30 minutes to get to the city. There's a great multicutural vibe happening, with old school migrants from Europe and Vietnam and lots of new migrants to. This means the high street has a great selection of cafes and restaurants including many Vietnamese spots as well as Indian, Afghan, Ethiopian and your typical Aussie eateries if you're not feeling adventurous. People come from all over Melbourne to try the food. The town centre has undergone regeneration recently with new streetscaping, a new library and council chambers, new pool and leisure centre. Ignore the decades out of date rumours about crime, violence and seediness. It's just not true. I've lived in Richmond and Richmond is much seedier and crime-ridden than Sunshine, yet everyone wants to live there. Sunshine is bound to become the next destination for homebuyers once Footscray and Yarraville become unaffordable.

Who lives here?

  • Families with kids
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davidb77

Need a 24/7 cop shop at the train station

character
character

Sad, that...

davidb77

The main street from the railway station with the old restaurants and shops would be one of the worst in Melbourne not the actual suburb that surrounds it. There is a new main shopping centre called Home Co and precinct emerging on Ballarat road near the Duke street intersection and around there.

davidb77

Another new restaurant opened at Home co yesterday, it was packed out, Home co and the surrounding area is now well and truly on its way to becoming the new CBD of Sunshine and North Sunshine on the city side of the railway line. So good to be saying goodbye to the old Sunshine CBD on Hampshire road, be good to finally make it known that the old and dying Hampshire road CBD precinct will no longer be peoples only source of opinion of Sunshine and North Sunshine. Hampshire road will just become the Brimbank council and government services to crime, drug addiction, methadone clinics, extreme/acute mental health care, youth justice etc centre, good retailers will continue to move their retail to the new Sunshine/North Sunshine Home co retail precinct, even real estate agents are opening in the new business precinct, as who wants home buyers to get their impression of Sunshine/North Sunshine from Hampshire road, that is not real Sunshine.

davidb77

McDonalds in Market place shopping centre on Hampshire road was closed on a day this week, as they have had problems with gang members coming in and terrorising the staff. The Brimbank council has made a mess of the Hampshire road retail section, so much so, that retailers close down, reduced customers, and other retailers simply moving in and around to the Home co shopping centre Precinct on Ballarat road and Duke street areas. The council workers do not have need for parking, as the Sunshine residents are now paying for the lease to park for council workers under the Sunshine plaza on Hampshire road, everyone else has reduced parking options. Just consider Hampshire road not part of Sunshine, the residents avoid it like the plague, even on a nice sunny day it looks desolate.

sarahbutterfly
sarahbutterfly

I'm a resident and I'm there all the time. Shopping, fresh fruit and veg, takeaway, bahn Mi , kids activities and cafe at the library, Huxtaburger, haircuts and bubble tea. "You only find what you are looking for, really, if the truth be known."
(Mary Leakey - archaeologist)

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