TRAVEL WESTERN AUSTRALIA by FACTS4YOU.NET

Tragic to report that in March, 2009, Perth, Western Australia, is far from the friendly & hospitable city it was known as many years ago, and is still advertised to the world. Sadly,for many overseas travellers who travel to Perth to enjoy the sunshine and the friendly environment, they may discover much to their horror, that the “friendly” environment is rapidly disappearing!

I have resided in the coastal suburbs of Perth for most of my life…and that extends way back to the 1950’s! Back in the so called “good ol days”, yes, one could venture out for the day and leave the doors to the house unlocked & all the windows open! You could drive the car down the road to the shops and not worry about locking the doors! You could enjoy a few beers with your mates at the local pub without the fear of being bashed, or worse, killed by some drug crazed mob of thugs, out looking for a fight!

However, “no way Hosie”, would you dream of enjoying such relaxed security in the 21st century here in little old Perth! These days an unlocked door, or an open window, is a welcome sight to the seemingly ever increasing multitudes of “bad” folks out there. Drugs are alive and well all over the city and surrounding suburbs. Rarely does a day pass without further bad news reports of the latest muggings, murders and car smash related deaths caused by alcohol and drugs!

Out in the “burbs” hoons thrive with their high powered cars to harass once quiet and peaceful neighbourhoods and leave their tyre rubber on the roads to disfigure the environment. Then we have the “graffiti” crazies who get some weird kick out of disfiguring public property as well as the private residences the owners work hard to possess.

Ride the electric rail system at the risk of being harrassed by crazy teens, or be forced to witness their disfigurement of train windows by scratching their nutty signatures into the glass.

No I am sorry to report Perth is NOT the friendly, welcoming city of the pre 1990’s. Yes Perth does remain a very clean and tidy city built on the shores of the rapidly being polluted Swan River. So what went wrong?

For starters Perth’s population has tripled since I was a kid. The population increase in the 1990’s was probably almost exponential as myriads of workers from overseas and interstate flooded into Perth and the north west to capitalise in the mining and mineral boom…which, just quietly has now “unboomed”!

The boom in crime is related to the rapid boost in population. And I remain amazed as our government and business world continue to ramp up the supposed need for even bigger population. Hell, we cant sustain what we already have…water restrictions, huge increases in power costs, rampant traffic jams, second rate public transport systems in outlying suburbs…so why would we want to double our population. Someone is nuts!

Anyway,  I  needed to let potential visitors to Perth be prewarned that this aint the peacefull little backwater of the 1970’s. Far from it. There is plenty to see and enjoy in and around Perth, but be on your guard,because Perth has sadly joined most other cities in their downward spiral due to the numerous bad elements that always thrive amongst big sprawling populations!

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