Is Brisbane THE WORST?

[@michaelktori5178]

Moving from Maidenhead to Melbourne in 1974 was our best ever move. Now retired north of Brissy, we have no regrets ever.

[@BrisbaneChannel]

Great video! I really appreciated hearing your perspective. I've enjoyed your channel from a while back, always good quality content. Feeling pretty honoured to show up in one of your videos, and glad you didn't shred it to pieces!

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

I enjoy your channel too. Love the way you inform me about the great city we live in. Should have a beer one day

[@Lifeandtravelsofbek]

I have lived in Brisbane over 40 years and create content here on KZbin about Brisbane and was interested in what you had to say. I live 30km out of the city and find public transport easily accessible and use it regularly to avoid the traffic on the highway. We do need new roads, agree there. I love Brisbane as a city and having lived in the UK, I would recommend moving here if you like warm weather and an outdoor lifestyle.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Maybe I'll have to check out one of your videos next Bek

[@JakeyDill]

I also live 30km out from the city and public transport is borderline non existent and via bus and train would take me upto 2 hours to get into the city.

[@glenmale1748]

Brisbane mayor Adrian Schrinner cares only about the Brisbane Metropolitan area, and NOTHING else. The problems lie in the burgeoning area outside of the BCC area. Why does the BCC have total control over the bus service for example? All transport infrastructure should be the purview of the state government, not a single council. Unfortunately, the state gov answer to any congestion is always toll roads. They have never worked in the way we were told. They are too expensive and drivers actually avoid them.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Hopefully the answer isn't more toll roads

[@Coooeee]

You don't want people to criticise Brisbane, but then you criticise Perth, have you even been here? Criticising any state or territory, you're critising Australia. It is so negative. We're living in one of the best countries in the world, be grateful. I've visited all states and territories in Australia and Perth and Western Australia is beautiful. I've lived here happily for over 50 years.

[@Demion83]

Nah jam that up ya clacker. Perth sucks. Adelaide sucks. Darwin sucks... not even really Australia. Melbourne and Hobart are on thin ice.

[@Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness.]

It's the most isolated city in the world with some of the highest temperatures in Australia. Western Australia, the last colony to join the federation, has secessionist rumblings (look at Mark Mc🤡 who kept the border closed after every other state had caught up with the rest of the world). That's a no from me.

[@Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness.]

One of the worst aspects to life in Australia is the defensiveness and the lack of self-reflection. Very sensitive to criticism whilst at the same time claiming to be able to laugh at ourselves. What a joke..

[@NickStevens-o7n]

All of our cities are unique offering a different experience, I like them all.

[@kenchristie9214]

@@Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness. Guess which state had the fewest Covid deaths? Guess which Premier was re-elected with 88% of the votes? Guess which party won only 2 of the 59 lower house seats in 2021? In the past 2 decades Melbourne and Sydney have regularly recorded higher temperatures than Perth.

[@seq_virtualtours]

in the 90s/00s it was the pacific hwy at daisy hill that was the worst traffic, that has now moved to the centenary hwy because the government wont get rid of the 1800's moggill ferry and build a bridge to alleviate some of the traffic

[@Tim12-g7c]

Problem is they do projects like brisbane metro in areas already saturated with public transport instead of reaching out to cheaper suburbs further out.

[@anton_borovoy]

I lived on the outskirts of Moscow but moved to Tbilisi, Georgia, after the war started. Now I’m planning to move to Australia. Basically, Brisbane has all the modern city problems. It’s very similar to Moscow. But if you want to have some career opportunities, those are the types of problems you have to overcome. Use public transportation if possible. Use a bike if possible. In Moscow, I had a terrible 250-days-per-year mish-mosh water-or-snow type of climate. In Brisbane, you have nice weather. So if it’s possible, just use a bike or public transportation.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Brisbane is warmer than Moscow

[@anton_borovoy]

@ without a doubt 😄

[@gregpies1649]

I live in Melbourne and it's a sh*thole. Crime, roads full of pot holes, choked roads and a corrupt inept government. Adelaide is the best city by a country mile.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

It's a big country town I hear

[@andrewheaney6858]

@@gregpies1649 Whats the biggest difference between your trip to Brisbane and Adelaide, what was the stand out ?

[@gregpies1649]

@andrewheaney6858 Biggest difference I found is the ease to get around. Adelaide is so well laid out in a grid pattern serviced by buses. Obviously there are less people there so there is less congestion. Also like the weather as humidity can get pretty oppressive in Brisbane.

[@andrewheaney6858]

@ Brisbanes getting more congested because people from Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney are moving here for a better lifestyle, they’re voting with their feet !

[@glennoc8585]

​@@ThatJohnstonLifemaybe pop down at some stage just avoid the winter

[@Guvament_bs]

I was born and raised in Brisbane and lived there for nearly 60 years. It used to be a truly great place in the 60s, 70s and 80s. But now it's a shite hole. Too many people, cars, ugly hirise everywhere, unsafe and depressing. I moved to a few acres in the sunshine coast hinterland and it's wonderful and a relief. There are a few things I miss but it was worth the move. I don't think any other capital city would be any better than Brisbane but even it is now a dive.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Love the Sunshine Coast hinterland.

[@lutontown5923]

if you think brisbane is unsafe you need to maybe become a bit more worldy😂.

[@Guvament_bs]

@lutontown5923 compared to what it used to be, it is. I could suggest places you could walk at night to prove me right. But yes it is not as unsafe as LA or Chicago or Cape Town.

[@demonbird166]

Majority of Sydney feels pretty safe to walk around,with the exception of outer suburbs. Brisbane definitely feels much more unsafe and seems more rampant with drugs

[@lutontown5923]

@@Guvament_bsid walk anywhere in brisbane (and environs) and almost certainly not be bothered by anyone. stay away from social media and the scare mongering.

[@Ozvideo1959]

I haven't been to Brisbane, but I have lived in Melbourne, and spent time in Geelong, Adelaide, Hobart, and Sydney, and in my experience Australian cities are as good or better than most cities in the world. Every large city has traffic problems, so I don't really see that as too much of a negative. With the infrastructure builds in the lead up to the Olympics, hopefully, they will improve public transport.

[@Shreddahtrades]

Which city is your favourite?

[@gatewayz75]

I live in the CBD and walk to work a few blocks away it’s great, used to live in Clayfield and don’t regret moving into the city . I hate that there’s only one CBD train stop, Central, it’s too far with luggage in the heat to use the Airtain so I miss Sydney’s 6 CBD train stops to get to the airport

[@davidfrisken1617]

In the pre GPS world, the worst thing about Brisbane was signage. I lived there in 1988 and the congestion was really not an issue then, even with Expo. Sure it was bad for an hour, but other than that it was OK. I then lived in Sydney........

[@andrewheaney6858]

One of the biggest comments from lads Ive worked with that have moved up from Sydney and Melbourne is how much better the traffic is in Brisbane compared to down south, that said there is some traffic hotspots that most people know and avoid if possible!

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Yeah good tip. Avoid the hotspots of you can

[@NickStevens-o7n]

Those moving from Sydney and Melbourne have come along with their cars, transferring the traffic woes to Brissy. All that carrying on about people moving north in droves is contributing to what they left, something to think about next time your shuffling on on the road. The answer is metro's you know things on rails unlike what is laughingly referred to a metro around here.

[@quarkcypher]

I lived and worked in Brisbane for five years between 2003-8 and only used public transport. I didn't own a car nor did I need one, but I lived near two railway stations in Cleveland/Ormiston and worked in Morningside. I liked Brisbane but eventually moved to the Blue Mountains in NSW as I prefer the cooler, less humid climate of the mountains. I also use public transport in the Sydney region.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

The Blue Mountains is definitely on the to do list

[@michaelboyce7079]

We always tend to whinge and bitch a bit about what we have, ( It's never good enough! ) I moved to Brisbane in January, 1977 and immediately got a truck driving job doing local cartage, which meant I got around all over Brisbane, Ipswich and as far as Deception Bay to the north. Here's what the road infrastructure looked like back then. There was no freeway to the north. Houses and land had been resumed to build it, but for some reason, the Bjelke-Petersen government put it on hold. The freeway to the south went as far as Juliet St in Annerley and it stayed that way far too long. Fairfield Rd was two narrow lanes of bitumen and the intersection of it and Sherwood Rd and the Ipswich Rd underpass, gloried in the name, the "Death Trap" and it all went under water almost every time it rained! Where Ipswich Rd crossed the also regularly flooded Oxley Creek, via a concrete crossing so rough, I used to see motorists occasionally stop and get out to check if they had a flat rear tyre! I well remember people back then referring to Brisbane as just being a "big bush town trying to grow up" and the place deserved the name! I hear it's changed a bit since then though! 😁

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Things have changed a lot since then!

[@andrewmathieson8579]

Like you I moved to BNE too about 3 years ago for my job. I’m from Geelong, Victoria originally but have lived in three other states and the two territories. Brisbane is my second favourite city behind Melbourne but the city doesn’t handle traffic and a lot of cars on the road very well compared to Melbourne. The worst, as you said, is Brisbane to Gold Coast. Almost impossible to plan trips as the traffic flow changes so much. PS Love your videos, mate.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Thanks, mate

[@siryogiwan]

wait, you're in Qld and drinking tooheys, isn't that illegal up there lol

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Carlton dry actually. It was on special offer

[@siryogiwan]

@@ThatJohnstonLife lol

[@johnmceleney1092]

I think Sydney and Melbourne is worse. It’s called peak traffic for a reason. I live about 30-40 minutes from the city and I have access to buses and train from 6am to 12am. So all they complained about was peak hour traffic and transport. People complain over the little things. Think the name of the video was misleading. I moved to Brisbane from the UK 52 years and love it here. Sydney and Melbourne are ok for a weekend visit but don’t think I could live there. Every city needs improvement on traffic and transport, Brisbane is no difference

[@greybirdo]

Brisbane traffic is an utter nightmare. One accident on one major road and the whole joint shuts down.

[@Stepwel4two]

I’ve lived in Brisbane for 55 years and I get around by car or bus / train quite easily, just plan it. It’s not a problem, unless you want to drive to the gold or Sunshine Coast which can be a trial especially at pick times. That’s an issue with the highway’s which definitely needs up grading. I drove around England just last year, (now that’s a nightmare). Even using the train system (talk about confusing) In my opinion Brisbanes great.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

and the UK is more expensive

[@andrewmacdonald4833]

Brisbane is no better or worse than any other capital city as far as I'm concerned. It has its good points and bad. As a general rule, the trains are just fine...reliable and clean. Buses by comparison are crap and many of their drivers are rude. That's why I don't use them anymore. Traffic and congestion is bad for many reasons...drivers here are pretty atrocious and are incapable of merging properly...they have a tendency to rubber neck a lot as well..which also slows things down to a crawl...

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Rubber necking is really frustrating for sure

[@warpedweft9004]

I agree. I live in Sydney, but if I had to live elsewhere, Hobart would be my next choice followed by Brisbane. Mind you, the traffic got so bad in Hobart that they had to build a roundabout....

[@bref5532]

Another problem is when there is a train like Gold Coast to Brisbane, it's chronically sloooow. Its often faster to go by car than by train, add waiting on the platform and trains are a pain.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Doynt they have chairs?

[@Spicy248]

Your channel is so awesome

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Thank you!

[@bradstammers8744]

In the public transport map he mentioned Greater Brisbane...don't forget Greater Brisbane is actually massive and bigger than a lot of other municipal areas.

[@hermesliteratus882]

Yeah, Greater Brisbane is bigger than LA.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Biggest council in the country

[@jimmyboy2]

Yes. Larger than SYD and half the population

[@jacquesleroux1980]

The traffic scared me, but then I noticed my current city (Cape Town) is number 9 on the traffic congestion list. 😆

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

I guess that's something!

[@paulfri1569]

Making Boondall wetlands into some cool canal estate's would help Brisbane's backwards feel about the joint..

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

😆😂

[@RRedmondiy43]

Can you do a video on updated points system if you have the knowledge? It jsut seems like they keep raising the points needed to move over :( (from the uk).

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

I'll add it to the to do list

[@RRedmondiy43]

@ thanks

[@markeaston7353]

Outside peak traffic times Brisbane traffic is a breeze compared with other major cities. Has that dude been in peak hour traffic in either Sydney or Melbourne lately? I have and it's murder compared with Brisbane.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

I'd love to see the comparison

[@BrisbaneChannel]

I used to call Sydney home, but that was ages ago. I was really shocked by the traffic when I went down for a holiday about two years ago. But the video was based on the findings of the INRIX report rather than personal experience. Admittedly I didn't do a deep dive into how they got their data or how accurate it was, but my point was that congestion is an issue here in Brisbane. Still the case whether Brisbane is number 16 in the world or not for time lost by commuters to congestion.

[@andrewbristoe1833]

Found sydney and brissie terrible to drive in and expensive aka the tolls what i found especiaally bad in brissie is lanes that suddenly go from 2 or three lanes to one with very little warning .Regional aka in my case cairns different world re parking and congestion and general car friendlyness .

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

The lane shrinking is definitely frustrating

[@maciejgronowski]

I watched that video as well. And suggested to the author to visit and compare it to London 😂. He has no idea! 😅 UK public transport is waaaaay more expensive than Australia! 50p train?????? Woooow! Even local buses cost something like £4 aound the UK (varies if differe t areas though) Traffic in Birmingham or London is disguisting. Even here in Leicester it took me TWO HOURS to drive from Ashby - which is only 20 miles away

[@michaelsouthwell5429]

Spot on , and most of the chronically incompetent whingers are revent arrivals

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

50 cents is more like 27p

[@maciejgronowski]

​@@ThatJohnstonLife oh yes 😂! Even If it's $1 it's still waaaay cheaper tha UK!

[@lutontown5923]

to be fair to that gadgy on that vid, he is a huge advocate of our great city🇦🇺.

[@sandraeastern9720]

Please. Have you driven in Kuala Lumpur in peak traffic?

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Might try it one day

[@paulsandford3345]

What's with a mullet?

[@timcox7673]

There is a risk of theft if you drive to a railway station and park all day because the offenders know that if they take a car just after morning peak that the owner will not be reporting the theft until late afternoon or early evening, so long as offender does not commit other traffic offences then police will not be interested in the car.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Would love to know the crime statistics at stations

[@warpedweft9004]

I doubt it. Car security systems and CCTV are so good that theft of or from motor vehicles is at an all-time low. You're more likely to get your stuff nicked parking it in your driveway overnight.

[@warpedweft9004]

@@ThatJohnstonLife not high. Car security systems and CCTV have rendered it not worth the effort for crims. You're more likely to get your stuff nicked from parking your car in your driveway overnight. Last time I had anything nicked from my car at a station was more than 20 years ago, and the only thing they nicked was my licence plates. My fault for parking in a dodgy area.

[@alanhill769]

I think the Brisbane suburbs are fine. I have not had any reason to go to the city in years. Fortunately I am retired and I do not venture onto the roads until after the school run. I did get caught in a bumper to bumper once. It was my own fault I did not start to got home until later. I will not make that mistake again. If I was going to work every day I may think different. My life is pretty laid back which just the way I like it.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Enjoy it Alan

[@garyrose9805]

They build plenty of brand new straight into the cbd roads. Of corse these are bus,taxi,gov vehicles only roads. We just get forced to pay tolls on the roads they sold and that’s probably 50% of the major roads. Then they close down bridges, certain roads and then massive amounts of damm bus lanes! The biggest problem is that the toll roads need to be completely remade every 2 years and this work can only be completed by the council. So these roads only get way more $$$$$$ and all roads around them will not be upgraded because then you wouldn’t use the toll road!

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Very confusing

[@aaron4387]

Brisbane is still hands down betterer than Sydney and Melbourne as far as lifestyle, cost, weather, safety and livability.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

You can't beat Brissie

[@karnallewelyn1801]

I was born in Brisbane and lived there for 35 years. I never had a problem with living there. If people don't like it no one is forcing them to live there. I moved to the Sunshine Coast 29 years ago now, because of the lifestyle here.

[@glennoc8585]

What about the gang crime in Bris? I'm in Adelaide and we constantly see crime on SE Qld as a real problem. If you search you can find lots if news stories on young gang crime in se qld

[@aaron4387]

@ I grew up in Adelaide and I would never live there again. Don’t even visit. I’m not sure about gangs in Brisbane. Youth crime perhaps but not sure about gangs being an issue - I work in the security industry

[@glennoc8585]

@aaron4387 i posted a couple of links but they got removed. If you Google Brisbane youth crime gangs there's lots of news stories

[@Scott.Silburn]

I love Brisbane - it's fantastic... The public transport is superb... Try living in Africa...

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Which bit?

[@Scott.Silburn]

South Africa...

[@whymeeveryone]

for me to go to the city of Adelaide there no other way then catch the O'bahn it fast and good

[@russellhorsefield9199]

Depemds on what part of Brisbane you live at. I lived on the Northside as well as the Redcliffe Peninsular as well The Redcliffe Line (Kippa-Ring) was all talk and no action for nearly 120 years until the previous Mayor of Moreton Bay did something about it. 45 Years ago bus around the Caboolture aera we're non existent . I am living in Maroochydore and the 50c fares are only a new thing as it used to cost me $8.00 to get to work in Murarrie in Brisbane's Eastern suburbs each way and three hours to get there via the city. This is the reason I am more of a car driver more than ever.

[@HeathWP]

If you can make it work the north shore/ northern beaches of Sydney is peak Australia.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Some have said it's still quite expensive

[@warpedweft9004]

if you can afford it. Most can't. There's no train service up there and basically only one road in and out. I used to have to go up there to do audits and the traffic was bumper to bumper, crawling from Pymble to Padstow in peak hour. It would take me longer to get home from Newport than from Newcastle. 2.5 hours minimum from Pymble to Sutherland area.

[@warpedweft9004]

@@ThatJohnstonLife its always been expensive. On a teacher's salary, forget ever being able to live there. We were both teachers and couldn't even dream about it.

[@xymonau2468]

It is hell in peak hour traffic. I lived about fifteen minutes from the city, but it would take me an hour each way in traffic. I worked with homeless men in the city and it was just not safe to walk the distance to public transport late at night for female workers. Male, also, but we were more vulnerable. If you've kicked someone out for bad behaviour, and then you meet them up the street where the shops are and therefore the buses, you can be in actual danger. There were no trains near where I lived on the south side. As for accessible transport, we often had men who got jobs in an industrial suburb, and they had to start work at 7am, but there was no bus early enough to get them there. Most had no vehicle or bike, nor could they afford one. I always found the traffic terrible and I lived there for fifteen years. It was a relief to move to a regional town and not have that overwhelming density of slow moving vehicles to contend with morning and night. What I will say about traffic in Brisbane is that it is orderly. I moved there from Bundaberg, and the drivers in Bundaberg were crazier and getting onto a major road from a side road could take ages. I found Brisbane drivers generally obeyed the traffic rules, and the traffic flow was logical and okay. I hate all cities, but I've lived in Sydney, and spent enough time in Melbourne, and visited Adelaide, and to me, Brisbane is by far the best one to live in. The others are depressing. I have a sister in Perth and I know it's beautiful, although smaller than Bisbane. I'm old now and live outside a small regional town and that suits me. I find the press of humanity in cities a bit overwhelming.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Good to know the drivers follow the rules more in the city

[@newzealandearthmover4008]

Nice bogan style mullet Ross. Well the start of one 😅

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

It's a work in progress

[@Sharyn-x8e]

Adelaide is known as the 20 minute city, so can’t relate to the traffic jams. AND NO TOLL ROADS. (Just saying)

[@radicallyrethinkingrailwaysina]

And no economic growth. No major industry. Stuck at its 1970s development stage. Rest of Australia has moved on.

[@michaelsouthwell5429]

Great city and unfortunately Covid ruined its value in RE but its been up and coming for well over a decade.

[@michaelsouthwell5429]

​@@radicallyrethinkingrailwaysinathat's a strange summation

[@Sharyn-x8e]

@@radicallyrethinkingrailwaysina third most liveable city in the world

[@neumanmachine3781]

That was Brisbane in the 1990's, when it had the population that Adelaide had now. Since then a million people have moved to Brisbane and another million split between The Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast. But still the majority of the jobs are in the CBD and inner suburbs and the majority of housing is single family detached homes. This combination maximizes travel demand as more people have to travel further and the low density of housing makes public transport unviable, especially all day frequent services. These types of public transport needs density of at least 25 dwellings per hectare (typical established suburb is 8-12, a bit more in newer areas) and preferably 50+ dwellings per hectare for a high frequency service. This type of density needs the majority of the dwellings to be either townhouses/row houses or apartments, with about 1/3 detached houses. As you can see, for most of Brisbane there's a long way to go for the majority of suburbs to develop that sort of character. So car congestion will likely get worse before it gets better as this type of urban transformation takes at least 30 years to implement. We need to adapt our cities to the type of housing that people under the age of 45 want and can afford. That's not necessarily detached housing, which is ultimately the most expensive option at a citywide scale. The solutions are known, but the politics are different.

[@JoshAnderson-fn5yp]

Mullet is starting to get long mate

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Cheers bro

[@SteveW84]

I grew up in Brisbane - we had a saying about the English in the Australia - 'Whinging Poms'....But in actual fact I dont agree that Brisbane is a sh#4 hole - but I have not lived there for many years - so I guess it could be! Try living in Northern NSW - some towns have one or two buses a day! and no trains! Knife crime in the the outer areas of Brisbane has increased - places like Logan and Moreton Shire ( Caboolture, Redcliffe etc) was always rough going as far back as the 70s! Bike gangs, Maori NZ gangs, other ethnic gangs! It is true that you could live in many parts of Australia and not be affected by crime!

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Thanks for the insight Steve

[@rl7586]

Send them to Birmingham in England Then they know what is bad Greetings from Paradise Atherton Tableland In lived in Brisbane 1982 and it was a different story

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Agree with that

[@RootedMate]

Living most my life in Melbourne i can honestly say Brisbane is a much better place than Melbourne.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Why's that?

[@RootedMate]

@ThatJohnstonLife weather, wokeness, traffic, house prices.

[@dunkodownunder]

They will have to improve roads congestion for the olympics.... I wonder what the prices of houses and everyday goods would be as the city needs to fund the cost of the Olympics somehow either in state taxes/duties or car rego or fuel excise taxes... If i was moving from overseas, I would look at affordability, work/employment, income to cost.... Brisbane is a beautiful city I rather visit Brisbane for a family holiday than live there.....

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Where would you rather live?

[@dunkodownunder]

@ThatJohnstonLife well I've been in Perth since 1981 (in Sydney b4 and Glasgow b4 Syd) my family and my wife's family are all here. We got use to tge simplicity and quietness of Perth. I don't see us moving. The income to cost ratio is good in Perth and we saving a lot$ for our retirement. Once kids are grown up we will retire abroad in Malaysia where we can stretch our dollar further and live like kings. Malaysia is only a 5hr flight back to Perth same distance as Brisbane. MM2H visa allow us in and out for 10yrs.

[@Jonesyutube]

Best thing about Brisbane are the airports , work well and get you the fk out of the joint quick smart …, that’s ’if ‘ you can actually get them through the 24/7 gridlock 😮

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

😂😆

[@STEWYY77]

I call bs on that report… Toronto is the worst and it’s not on there?

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

😆😂

[@philipPervan-w9f]

I understand your reasoning and assessment, Brisbane is a driving city. I guarantee you will own a car very soon and become part of the problem lol

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Already got a car

[@edithwarria4794]

Hello The Johnston Family, how are you and your family please say hello to your beautiful wife and daughter ❤⭐️🌈🌺👍🙏🏻God Bless and talk to you soon from Edith in cairns Top North .

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Thank you, I will Edith

[@popliveing6476]

They must come checkout shitty Melbourne, Brissie is a dream place compare to Vic

[@Ozvideo1959]

What a load of rubbish your comment is. I wouldn't live anywhere else but Melbourne.

[@mrporsche4236]

Melbourne is one of the most boring cities in the world. 99% of the suburbs are the hood. Its a total shit hole in every way

[@Robert-xs2mv]

@@Ozvideo1959yes four seasons in one day. Pass big time.

[@gigantor62]

I've lived in both cities, and I can confirm.....Brisbane is so much nicer, and that's not even taking it's perfect weather into account.

[@phazyblue]

​@@Ozvideo1959you probably like to visit a concentration camp for your holidays. Victoria is a vicious police state.

[@walterolleroch94]

i lived in Hannover ,Bremen, , London,Eastbourne, Chennay, Toronto, Boston, Aukland,and Brisbane. .one will always adjust to the local conditions that is what humans do.

[@rrocketman]

I've noted not bad except when raining and flooding. Also anywhere bayside is a midgee ridden swamp like 🤮

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

I've never heard of the midge problem on Bayside

[@56music64]

Fair, I am retired and no longer need the daily convenience of a car, but if I can and do travel EVERYWHERE by public transport so should many other people, even those working. Unless you need your vehicle for carrying tools etc, then ditch the car. You will save yourself an awful lot of money, but then again you may lose your self identity, after all you can't show off your new legs, can you? I actually object to my taxes being spent on more and more new road projects. Spend it on more public transport which have thought out routes and high frequency. Get out of your cars (often with only one occupant) stop being so lazy and help save the planet.

[@chrisfoster1682]

Yea we should all just walk an hour to the nearest train station. Too easy

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

That's why they have car parks

[@mrporsche4236]

Most of Brisbane is beautiful. Melbourne darwin and alice springs are the biggest shit holes of australia

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Will have to see what Melbourne has to offer when we visit in the new year

[@charliepayne3152]

I've been here 4 months everyone knows it's Alice springs and Darwin

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

😆😂

[@Cruelaid]

Shit Tip Sydney is the real Gem ❤

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Everyone has their own opinion

[@paulsandford3345]

Who knew Auckland was in Australia?

[@michaelboyce7079]

Yeah, it's a beach-side suburb of Sydney! 😂

[@TBHNotGonnaLie]

Yeeeah, I've lived in Sydney, and that place is trash. I love brisbane since moving, 20% off rego, even tho it was already cheaper than NSW, 50c public transport, $1000 provided by the state for electricity. Nice weather and beaches, friendly people...have no idea what that person's video is on about, perhaps it's an old one?

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

It's pretty recent

[@whatdoiputhere1694]

The 50 cent fares were introduced after the original video he is reacting to was made.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

True that. I wonder how much it has affected public transport and traffic

[@Robert-xs2mv]

Trains become sardine tins the closer one gets to the city.

[@hermesliteratus882]

During peak hours anyway.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Sure they get busier

[@kenlydon1395]

Brisbane is a typical Australian city , over dependent on personal car use , urban sprawl, invented by American car manufacturers to sell cars, has been adopted by all Australian cities , most which have very low populations in global terms. If you complain about traffic congestion now just wait till the massive increase in immigration has the effect of increasing car ownership. Anyway Brisbane is a burden on the rest of Australia , remember that on average it has catastrophic flooding every forty years or so and then expects to be saved by federal tax dollars, the city should be closed down and moved to a better location.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Bit cheery that review

[@hanssieburn]

Terrible climate! Hot, humid weather.

[@rl7586]

BS

[@hanssieburn]

@rl7586 Bloody awful Couldn't live there

[@hermesliteratus882]

Brisbane's weather is totally unpredictable in summer.

[@cavscout7113]

Keep telling people that.....maybe they will stop moving here and over crowding the place. It used to be lovely in the 70's, 80's & 90's. But yes it can be hot & humid. Get some AC.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Probably makes the traffic worse too

[@noteincontact]

They will only build tool roads 😅

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Probably

[@trevorcook4439]

All I have to say is… Perth is the best!!

[@trevorcook4439]

Jokes aside, it sounds like Perth does have better public transport after watching this.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Some love it

[@trevorcook4439]

@ come on me old china, you know it makes sense!

[@RefurbIshment-z7l]

I think a million people from Melbourne bought in Brisbane during dictator Dans reign. Most Australians would list Melbourne as their most hated Australian city.😅

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

😂😆

[@steveparker3368]

anyone who wants to swap I'll live in Briz Vegas anytime you come live in Sydney traffic ha! we laugh in your face

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

😆😂

[@peterware5173]

Brissy is beautiful lived there 20 years but now live a shitty auckland but coming back soon.

[@cavscout7113]

Auckland NZ? I would have thought that would be a beautiful place to live.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Yeah nah, Auckland isn't the one

[@biggils8894]

Close the borders with nz. Unbelievable that nz has free access to Australia, even their own migrants are leaving for Australia. It’s an invasion