‘What a joke’: Melbourne is a ‘shambles’ compared to Sydney

Sky News contributor Steve Price says Melbourne is a “shambles” compared to Sydney.
Mr Price’s remarks come as the Victorian capital came in third place on the EIU’s global liveability index this year, just beating out Sydney, which was ranked fourth.
Mr Price said Lord Mayor of Melbourne Sally Capp rushed to get on camera on Seven’s Sunrise show on Thursday to discuss the ranking.
“What an embarrassment she is and what a joke these lists are,” he said.
“For Sally Capp to idiotically claim ‘we are back baby’ is an absolute embarrassment.”

[@whiskeygamer9402]

Melbourne Stinks. Lol 🦨💩

[@jamesmorrow1646]

It’s all the West’s fault.

[@GeraldSmallbear]

That's just Elwood in summer.

[@slambotv1334]

🤓

[@steelfabric]

I am a Sydneysider, and I have an anecdote about a time I spent in Melbourne. In Sydney in the late 1980's, everybody just got on with living their lives. Life was good. Then I went to Melbourne for a week, and I was blown way. Every newspaper and every TV broadcast was saturated with comparisons between Sydney and Melbourne, and all of them were about how Melbourne was better than Sydney. Every day. Melbourne does this or that better than Sydney. I was astounded. How could the entire media of a city become so enamoured with trying to show how they were better than Sydney? Madness, desperation, delusion or real, I couldn't tell. And I see it here, again in the comments, only now the comparisons go both ways. Forget the comparison, just get on with your lives.

[@chrispekel5709]

I think you've really exaggerated that. Those sort of articles come up in the media occasionally, there was never a 'saturation' of it. Nor is there now.

[@steelfabric]

@@chrispekel5709 I saw it. It happened. Comparisons like this suck the life out of enjoyment.

[@mayling9799]

​@@steelfabrichahaha Sydney is a dump

[@TomO-xv1qz]

@@steelfabric You saw one article and still believe that realistically we dont think about sydney that often but Sydney is a nice.

[@eyes2338]

No one in Sydney complains about Melbourne. Just hear Melbournians complain about Sydney, if it's so great why would you need to complain.

[@jeffkok9170]

Get rid of D Andrews and Melbourne will live up to its position…from Adelaide

[@JustIdeas000]

Agree entirely from Queensland, where Brisbane might scape into the top 100 liveable cities if we could get rid of Palaszczuk’s corrupt government!

[@vinayshsureshram277]

Brisbane is already on the rise despite that because of record infrastructure investment leading up to the 2032 Olympics

[@mjcats2011]

With the Coalition who are focusing on Trans people? Yeah whatever. We need a great opposition and the Coalition ain't it.

[@matthewpetherick921]

I agree with you Steve Price %100. Melbourne is a complete joke

[@seriousmonkey5654]

Australia is a complete joke.

[@myownperson8145]

I live in Melbourne...it is not liveable

[@ljcomments886]

Whole country is rooted... at least major cities

[@kouta43210]

Melbourne has a much better climate than humid, rainy Sydney. But of even more importance is the fact that Melbourne is responsible (and is the spiritual centre) for the better brand of football.

[@nickandrews2004]

@@kouta43210Better climate hahaha. Lay off the ice

[@stevewiles7132]

Judging standards have slipped.

[@tf5448]

Just sounds like Sydneysider bullshit to confirm their pre-existing biases

[@thedude9024]

Get a good looking beach up yah yah mexican dawg. whens the next Marist festival?

[@louminarty]

You'd think an Australian would be pleased 2 of their beautiful cities are in the top 5. Obviously not sky news Australia 🤣😅

[@connorduke4619]

Because he doesn't believe in lies, unlike Woke quintiple experimentally jabbed sheep.

[@louminarty]

​@@connorduke4619awwwwww, is everything a lie you don't agree with?. Must be tough living like that 😂

[@connorduke4619]

@@louminarty No, it's just proven better for one's mental health not to fall for narcissistic lies. cheers.

[@foff64]

Andrews is a greedy grub he's destroyed Melbourne !

[@oufukubinta]

I'm sure that Tokyo is more livable than both Sydney and Melbourne having lived there

[@zervont3046]

Then stay there champ 🤓

[@NotKimiRaikkonen]

Japan is a monoculture, full of rule followers. Aka, not Australia.

[@earlmyname4257]

Sure i don t know about sydney but melbourne it s horrible and those aussies ..the one that go around with mustache are absolutely confined in their lil minds

[@chrispekel5709]

Tokyo is great but if you're not Japanese, it can be very difficult. Even if you speak Japanese

[@kalbongmatanda9356]

Yeah with lots of male there making a hobby at stalking

[@Micah_bell99]

The gold coast is better than Sydney and Melbourne

[@wilowest3509]

Melbourne is a cold miserable hell hole in winter and then a hot 35 + degrees hot hell hole for one or two months every year not to mention the coming promised cl,imate l,ockdowns .

[@kouta43210]

Doesn't get too hot as it it usually dry heat. Doesn't get too cold either. But of even more importance is the fact that Melbourne is responsible (and is the spiritual centre) for the better brand of football.

[@wilowest3509]

@@kouta43210 what are you talking about dry heat , WA and NT have dry heat , Melbourne has humid very uncomfortable heat with northerly winds pushing down making life very hard if you have breathing problems and is cold mostly for nine months after that but winter is especially cold and miserable. Stop trying to sugar coat Melbourne the tyrannical led hell hole.

[@charlierenwick3682]

Mate it’s not 35 degrees in summer, that’s Darwin. Get your facts straight

[@wilowest3509]

@@charlierenwick3682 mate you obviously live in Darwin not Melbourne but simply checking the recorded weather data will prove l am right and you do not know what you are talking about. You need to get out of your air-conditioned office more in summer.🖐️

[@charlierenwick3682]

@@wilowest3509 mate, I don’t live in fucking Darwin, I live in Melbourne fuckwit

[@malikmalik-ny7tv]

I have never been to Australia but Sydney looks way more beautiful when you Google it❤

[@astroboy4653]

They got better landscape but they lack good public transport.

[@SheikhZedoo]

Only the natural beauty but city wise melbourne is better.

[@SkyBlue-px1tc]

Melbourne is a hole. They don't even have surfing beaches near the city.

[@mjcats2011]

@@astroboy4653 And Melbourne has good Public Transport. Youre kidding, right?

[@asirisilva266]

Most liable for junkies and homeless thugs. Melbourne

[@ivansultanoff6719]

Sally's remarks would make anyone to immigrate

[@edilsonlima5985]

I just think that Melbourne need more green areas and more factories around the city, like a nuclear mill, and factories of processment, transformation and manufacture.

[@lynmay4667]

We 💕💕Adelaide it’s the BEST!!

[@nickybutt9733]

Melbourne is a really really poor version of London.

[@adamredman3000]

Melbourne is a book - a novel - you need to actually invest time to read it. It has been this way for over 150 years. It can also be a closed book too - if you do not make a huge effort to get into Melbourne, you won't get a social life in Melbourne. In Syndey it is easy to have so many friends. Sydney is in contrast to Melbourne, the movie of the book; better looking, more special FX, everyone is your friend, everyone is sexy and superficial.

[@JohnFromAccounting]

The Melbourne bike lanes are not little-used. I see cyclists frequently.

[@eddaines237]

I would rather be wrong talking something up than wrong being a miserable whinger.

[@ross4970]

All those Sydney pics. How many people live in the water?

[@emgee65]

🤣

[@slug.racing]

I do

[@louminarty]

Breaking news: angry old white man shouts at cloud 🤣

[@__Diagnosis]

Is that yourself Louise?

[@louminarty]

@@__Diagnosis angry we declared so early 😤

[@slug.racing]

Racist alert

[@PsyQoBoy]

Sydney is pretty bad. Just yesterday "one" person called in sick and the entire Rail network was called to a halt. Seriously, pathetic, millions of people were late for hours and lining up for replacement buses because "One" safety officer called in sick for the station. How is it possible a muiltbillion dollar rail network screw up because " one " person called in sick. There was no contingency for such cases.

[@gone547]

Best part of Melbourne.....the road out. But don't come here.....I don't want your politics.

[@philiprachtman1217]

They should make parking free and no time limit on the train lines that are working

[@foff64]

Melbourne is gone rediciculous wearing red glasses and blabbering about stadiums ?

[@petergilfillan8340]

I've lived in Melbourne for 30 years. After the last 3, I've well & truly had enough. I'm out and very soon.

[@ACDZ123]

Meanwhile in Perth 😎⛱️

[@iwenttobunnings7868]

Perth is definitely the most underrated city in the country. I wish I could live there again. Beats Brisshit out if the water

[@graemekeeley4497]

Any large Company that gives any thought about Locating to Melbourne because of this EIU’s global liveability index report should look closer at the operations of Unions in Victoria

[@samr9198]

Better unions then greedy corporations.

[@BillBarr4President]

The fish rots from the head. You can send your thankyou notes to Sally Capp.

[@paulypaulypauly8011]

Public transport that cannot be relied on, a police force that asks us not to bother 000 for burglaries, and protesters stopping traffic each week…. Wow those other places must be bad!

[@ganping4596]

Many universities in Melb Probably that's why many people are attracted to Melb. Personally, I like the trams.

[@vernonwhite4660]

Bangkok is certainly warmer than Melbournes freezing winters

[@trotta1972]

In Melbourne you can swim in the ocean for a few weeks in January.

[@destinyangel5]

Remarkably people of Melbourne all think Chairman Dan is amazing down there vote him three times but still complain . The Victorians have also been brainwashed for decades by the arial ping pong religion nonsense . The best thing about Melbourne is the Hume highway back to Sydney !

[@mjcats2011]

They vote for Dan because the Coalition unlike the sensible lot you have in NSW are populated with homophobic and racist bigots who do not have a clue about policy.

[@saintkilledher]

Sydney is a dump always raining full of asians and the once cool kingscross now a dead hole

[@johnclarkkennedy1556]

Hahaha They should never have extended the franchise!

[@robtyman4281]

Usually Vancouver alwsys features in the top 5. Surprised it doesn't desture here. Also a few Europan cities are usually high up, cities like Frankfurt, Berlin, Rotterdam....aswell as one or two Scandinavian cities such as Copenhagen.

[@SheikhZedoo]

Vancouver is a drug addicts city .. sorry to say.

[@JT-93]

Is this guy ever happy?

[@mjcats2011]

Nope Steve Price is a miserable old . . .

[@rogerdeane3608]

If Melb is such a great place why are people leaving in droves, business moving to Adelaide.

[@zervont3046]

You're not very smart are you?

[@bigballsgaming42069]

no one's leaving

[@michellem9525]

Too many losers that's why..

[@7950Kara]

But yet people are flocking to melbourne which, in a few years, will be australia's largest city.

[@prancer4743]

Melbourne people locked up in there homes from gangs and weather is the worst in all states what about the car hoods and 10% of the population moved to Queensland should I stop or keep going there is so much more to love about Melbourne 😮👀😮😱🤔🧐 next move on JOKE 😉😉😉😉😉

[@Gary-vv5gt]

I feel any cities with a minus temp during winter should be dq from the top 10

[@asirisilva266]

100% agreed

[@mayling9799]

I would rather live in Guantanamo Bay before spending a single night in Sydney

[@SheikhZedoo]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm....May your wish come true and you get hit by reality.

[@mayling9799]

@@SheikhZedoo pray for Israel. Free them from those evil Palestinians

[@astroboy4653]

Im about to coppy and paste somthing stated by public transport NSW. The final conversion will require a shutdown of the T3 Bankstown Line for up to 12 months, starting between July and October 2024. The final conversion shutdown is required to complete works that can only begin once Sydney Trains services stop running.

[@mjcats2011]

Your point?

[@tanr9104]

Cool stay away Steve.

[@SheikhZedoo]

He hates Melbourne Haha. I love how blunt he is. TBH , Adelaide would be far more better than those 2 cities by 2030.

[@johnhome5872]

❤both cities

[@AgentAO7]

Have been to both Sydney & Melbourne as a tourist. I agree with this. Sydney is Amazing!!! Not hating on Melbourne though. It’s a nice city. But I just don’t see the hype about it.. Might check out Adelaide though. I’ve heard so many good things about it. I’ve also been to Brisbane. The cbd is fine & the Gold Coast, but Queensland overall is a snooze fest!

[@thatpersiandude7386]

it’s boring

[@electro_sykes]

Brisbane is way better than the both of them

[@iwenttobunnings7868]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Funny joke my guy

[@robertfurner1729]

who cares?

[@timothywait9457]

Bournmouth in Enland is my favarte place and Ampstrdam and ibisa

[@andrewwestcott9172]

"the two main train stations..... are cold empty shells populated by the homeless." I was at both today and did not see one homeless person in either (at least as far as I could tell based on the appearance of my fellow commuters). I'm not sure if Melbourne is a joke, but I am sure that Price and Sky News must be.

[@AlboSleezy]

The homeless hide because they're scared of being confronted by police who are told to make them feel as intimidated and frightened as possible to get them to move elsewhere.

[@petergilfillan8340]

Open yr eyes, Im a Melbournian and there are plenty Homeless in and around all city stations including tent cities under the bridges just outside flinders station.

[@andrewwestcott9172]

@@petergilfillan8340 It's called Flinders Street station. I know this because I do actually have my eyes open and so can read the signs.

[@chevrolet-poitiers9507]

@@petergilfillan8340I haven’t noticed them, do they migrate?

[@izzyci]

I'm gay

[@satriojumeneng7055]

Melbourne under Labour is the best !!

[@argustuft2394]

Choke on our dust, Sydney. Do you think that the reason why Melbourne is now Australia's most populous city is because people don't want to live there over other Australian cities? Melbourne is to New York, London or Paris as Sydney is to Los Angeles, Birmingham or Marseilles. There's nothing wrong with being second best.

[@LibbySlaughter101]

It's cheaper in Melbourne. That is why they go there. I wouldn't live in Melbourne if I was paid to. Four seasons in one day. Dirty & dusty. Sydney is surrounded by beaches with a far more pleasant climate. More expensive than Melbourne? Yes, you get what you pay for.

[@argustuft2394]

@@LibbySlaughter101 You silly biatch. Do you think I was actually being serious? 10 year olds argue about things like that. Do you want to tell me your Daddy could beat my Daddy up too?

[@davepowelldrumz]

@@LibbySlaughter101 no shark attacks in port phillip bay.

[@decpticons_destroy]

That’s rich coming from the ugly sister that has always been the shadow of Australia’s ONLY global city and financial capital. If not for technicality, you would still need a few more years to catch up. Also, pple move out because so many rich international pple want to move in, making it more expensive. And why don’t you call out the thousands that moved from VIC to QLD! And it’s a joke you want to compare Mel to NYC. Mel is more Chicago with high crimes and bad weather and always in the shadow of Sydney like Chicago to NYC

[@nickandrews2004]

Malaka your mum is second best you flop from Melbourne

[@kouta43210]

Steve Price clearly showing his bias. Melbourne has a much better climate than humid, rainy Sydney. But of even more importance is the fact that Melbourne is responsible (and is the spiritual centre) for the better brand of football.

[@decpticons_destroy]

How does Melbourne have better climate than Sydney? Rain, cold and miserable winter and scorching heatwave summer. You can claim your cafes and sports but melb would be last to claim the weather! Period!

[@saintkilledher]

Melbourne hardly rains it’s one of the driest cities in oz .when it does rain it’s for like 5 seconds blink and you will miss it unlike Sydney that never stops raining from dec till late July

[@richard-ud8dx]

I think Steve price is shorter than Mini me.

[@truthfacts5438]

Comparing Melbourne and Sydney is like comparing New York and Los Angeles, Melbourne is New York, more sophisticated, more going on, simply a superior city on every metric. Sydney is LA, It is marketed for its natural beauty and weather, however many can argue that Melbourne actually has better beaches and access to nature in reality.

[@nickybutt9733]

you lost me at Melbourne has better beaches. Dreaming champ

[@ParkerLewis411]

@@nickybutt9733100%, St Kilda is nothing more than a large bay. Sydney’s beaches are far better.

[@jordandean7893]

Sydney GDP is 26% higher than Melbourne. Have you seen Sydney harbour ?? Yarra is a joke.

[@tobyb6248]

lol, Melbourne is nothing like NYC,

[@mjcats2011]

I am from Melbourne but did you just say that Melbourne has better access to nature when Sydney is literally surrounded by National Parks?

[@williamroach1461]

;)

[@martinepstein3332]

Very nice city when i visited, nice centre with plenty of shops and cafes

[@andrewmica1914]

Melbourne was a nice city but don't be fooled it's a Dystopian society city. Rats dirty streets homelessness

[@bigballsgaming42069]

melbourne doesn't care, steve.

[@duke1724]

No one in Melbourne gives a shit about the CBD as long as the footy is on thats what is important and bring on the cricket this summer and the Melbourne cup and the Australian open and then we havevthe melb gand prix

[@mjcats2011]

Yeah and our Public Transport apart from the Trams, suck.