I do agree with JohnK to a degree. Brisbane is a quieter town than Sydney or Melbourne. And yes the city itself is pretty quiet on SATs and Suns. Plenty of trashy pubs and nightclubs where teeny boppers go to get smashed (well actually... After they've pre drunk and got smashed at home till 11pm.)
However finding adult fun isn't too hard... But I know that JohnK has a preference for a certain style of place and these are difficult to find.
Brisbane does have many charms. It is unfortunate that they are lost on some. (And btw... My opinion of Brisbane has mellowed over time).
We also agree with him to a degree (unlike himself where
JohnK has refused to acknowledge or concede any opinion contrary to his). What his argument fails to qualify is that he believes BNE is a dead town
to him.
Instead he has made a blanket conclusion that Brisbane is socially dead, period. As if everyone in Brisbane or who visits Brisbane is a
JohnK. The world is round and not flat is a matter of
truth, not an opinion. The question of whether Brisbane is socially dead or not is
not a matter of truth, it is
opinion.
At least for myself, I can say that there are pockets of Brisbane where it's possible to be social and it thrives, especially on Friday and Saturday nights. And my idea of social does not involve preloading with alcohol and getting smashed to the point of purging. It also doesn't involve music where you can't even shout to get the person next to you to hear what you have to say. I will admit some of these places are not quite in the city centre, and a couple may involve public transport to get there, but a taxi to get home (even back to the city).
And there are other ideas of a social outing which don't appeal to me. I certainly don't do a lot of the weekend markets, but I know they are there (e.g. Riverside, West End, Southbank). I haven't seen them in person, but I do read about it, and even friends or colleagues have relayed these to me. Does that mean there is no social life in Brisbane outside of what I know? No. Does it mean there is no social life in Brisbane at all? No.
And that is just what I know or have heard of. Perhaps I have the advantage over
JohnK, having been born and bred in Brisbane, cf. his mere five years. It surprises me though that he hasn't managed to strike a single social event or scene in the whole five years he has been here, notwithstanding any AFF events at The Mill (which unfortunately doesn't open until the wee hours of the morning). To me, maybe that means we really don't have anything to cater for the likes of
JohnK, because I can only assume he's been trying his best for five years to find something. That's unfortunate, but that still doesn't validate his blanket argument.
I can definitely agree that Brisbane is "quieter" than Sydney or Melbourne. That doesn't make Brisbane socially "dead".
I'm not even going to elaborate on the terms of argument right now.......
medhead, this is what
JohnK linked to. Hardly worth writing home about, actually, and that's apart from the inadequate sample size.
Frankly whoever devised that poll should be dragged into the street and shot. That's a hideous set of nicknames for Brisbane. North Logan? Give me a break... that's just insulting. Someone must've decided it's "take the mickey to the max" day...
I was being sarcastic. (For a change)
