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Commuting in LA is rougher than Perth due to the traffic but Perth's low density means that people often travel further to find the same variety of amenities.

This is, in my opinion, part of the reason why Perth people who experience living elsewhere rarely return to live in Perth.

Here in Perth Uber provides a clean, calm experience where you don't have to worry about being scammed.

Brick construction is still a major selling point for homes in Perth (especially double-brick [1]).

Australian cities generally have a low density, Melbourne is 430/km2, but Perth is at the low end of the low end.

In Perth the vast majority of houses are built using a double brick construction, so there's definitely a local market for this.

Although Perth isn't huge in terms of population (~2 million) it is extremely spread out due to its very low population density.

But if you ever visit Perth Road in the centre of Dundee, you can see DMA Design’s old office at the far west end.

Not quite as bad as the Bay area, but Sydney, Perth and Melbourne are amongst the most expensive cities to live in the world.

Distance wise: Perth to Sydney approx 4,000kms or 13ms travel time, and Brisbane to Sydney approx 1,000kms or 3ms travel time.

Wasn't that way in Perth a couple of years back, it was all Lenovo, except management were moving over to Mac as their refresh cycle came through.

I'm not from Perth and have no vested interest in defending it.

Whenever someone in Perth invents something neat, its a "world-changing thing, invented here in humble Perth"..

All you have to do is Google "time in Chicago" or "time in Perth" to find the current time there.

I think what Marcus is referring to is that the "startup community" in Perth may not have heard of this prior to the whole world hearing about it.

I think what you're witnessing is the Perth "blow-hard" effect, wherein the culture has a proclivity towards hype and hubris if it thinks something is "world-changing", because Perth is an underdog city in the context of Australia, an underdog country.

Infill also mean's Perth's roads are far busier than before.

As someone who follows construction technology, and someone who just happens to be from Perth, this is great to see.

I think it's more that finally, because of the internets, people can genuinely change the world from Perth.