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Research Study Travel: Melbourne IS Better Than Sydney

Where: Australia
September 16, 2008 at 9:38 AM | by | Comments (0)

While Sydney might still hold the crown as Australia's most visited city, southern cousin Melbourne is poised to take over--and not just because if current population growth rates continue, it will become the largest Aussie city in 2028.

Melbourne's also been rated sixth on an Ethisphere Institute study (Sydney didn't rate a mention) which rated it as a world city of the future. People-oriented city policies like introducing a bike rental system, cutting car use downtown and expanding public transport all make Melbourne's future sound bright.

Defenders of Sydney say it's just going through a "post-Olympic depression" but they're talking the Olympics of eight years ago--we say it's time to get over it. And we always did have a much softer spot for Melbourne, anyway.

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· Sydney Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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