I don't really associate graffiti with gangsters anymore, though I did more when I lived in the suburbs. This is more or less mostly state sanctioned street art, but they're pretty lenient about graffiti in general. They tried to bring in this zero tolerance policy about it when we held the Commonwealth Games last year but nobody was particularly impressed and I've never seen it being enforced. There's a lot of stencil art around Melbourne, I enjoy that.
Well most people can drive here (though none of my good friends do, but that's because we're lazy) but there isn't much point driving in the city in Melbourne. My family and friends who can drive still don't, particularly, unless they are going into the suburbs. I live about a fifteen minute walk from the CBD/five minutes by train, so it's easier to catch public transport into the centre. Once you're actually in the city and inner suburbs parking is really expensive. And we have trams (A bit like the street cars in San Francisco, I guess?) that run all through the city and inner suburbs, it is easier to take those, or walk. They make driving a pain in the ass, too, because people have to make these stupid hook turns that everyone is terrified of to avoid them. They try to discourage people driving in the city as much as possible. The city itself isn't all that huge even though there are a lot of people, and everything is in this grid formation, so it's really easy to get around just by walking. This has been a very long answer when I guess I could have just said that public transport is plentiful though often infuriating. It's only like this in Melbourne, if you go to Sydney, where they don't have trams, the traffic is insane.
Well most people can drive here (though none of my good friends do, but that's because we're lazy) but there isn't much point driving in the city in Melbourne. My family and friends who can drive still don't, particularly, unless they are going into the suburbs. I live about a fifteen minute walk from the CBD/five minutes by train, so it's easier to catch public transport into the centre. Once you're actually in the city and inner suburbs parking is really expensive. And we have trams (A bit like the street cars in San Francisco, I guess?) that run all through the city and inner suburbs, it is easier to take those, or walk. They make driving a pain in the ass, too, because people have to make these stupid hook turns that everyone is terrified of to avoid them. They try to discourage people driving in the city as much as possible. The city itself isn't all that huge even though there are a lot of people, and everything is in this grid formation, so it's really easy to get around just by walking. This has been a very long answer when I guess I could have just said that public transport is plentiful though often infuriating. It's only like this in Melbourne, if you go to Sydney, where they don't have trams, the traffic is insane.
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