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+    {
+        "text": "Boarded a cruise and checked website for the timing only to be told this.  We'll be stuck in this cruise for 3 hours doing nothing meaningful.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Pretty hilarious how the cancellation was \\~15 minutes before the drone show was meant to commence. Absolute shitshow",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Announce the cancellation in time for people to stay home? Nah bro... Got to get those food stalls making that bank...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And this is why NYE needs to stay with fireworks. Those keep operating in conditions where drones don't.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Honestly worst Vivid ever, and by a significant margin. What a complete debacle. Needs a total overhaul next year - absolute mess.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Can we get some actual light displays back in 2025 please?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Drone show is shit anyway. Advert for nova 96.9. Pretty disappointing Vivid this year.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "All those people I saw on here leading up to New Years Eve advocating for drones shows wtf lmao.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This is the kind of shit you’ll get on the countdown to biggest night of the year on the stroke of midnight for a worldwide audience.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Never again to Vivid. Yes, I am livid.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's almost like they knew they'd cancel it but thought \"wed better get everyone in to visit the food trucks\". This was easily the worst vivid in its entire history.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I know they can't change weather, but they could have delayed it 30min, given some forewarning, or at least had some fireworks ready to go as backup!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wow, I hate to say this but I’m glad I didn’t sink any time into trying to see that.  So sorry people missed out.  The planners need a serious review and retool of this event or should just end it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And this comes from someone who genuinely loves the annual VIVID event.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "To kick things off for the first weekend, I took a VIVID harbor cruise.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The one ‘Ultimate VIVID Cruise’ showed up an hour late, almost knocked into the upright columns at the pier, and got us out from Barangaroo to the harbour for 10 minutes of lights before they shut off.  They closed the upstairs outdoors dance floor 1 hour into the cruise and it wasn’t raining yet, and they dumped us off at the Star casino, so you couldn’t even quickly walk thru Wynyard to get to the clubs on George street.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It was literally the **worst** harbor cruise I ever took, and essentially turned me off all VIVID events for this year.  I can’t imagine the poor image this created for tourists or anyone visiting the city.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Let's schedule something that can't work in the rain during the rainiest months.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That'll teach you to not attend this shit show and give them your money again",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The weather isn't even bad, just a cop out",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Aren’t they hi tech? Why don’t they have miniature windscreen wipers?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah, we noticed that the tweet was announced around the moment there's light drizzle. Partially, can't blame them, but also, terrible move. Its now absolutely dry, could've delayed it for 30 mins",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Livid - Come see our cancelled drone show - Livid - Pay top dollar to see anything decent - Livid - We just want your money - Livid",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Interestingly, the ABC said the drone operators decided to call it off at 8:15pm. I wonder what happened over the next 30 minutes before Vivid made the announcement.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The whole saturday was overcast and rainy! Why cancel 15 minutes prior?! People are travelling to the city! It’s messy, crowded, expensive! The moronic event organiser should be scrapped for a better one!!!! Vivid idiocy strikes again!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep, I live in the CBD and have no intention of seeing any of it. Originally you couldn't help but see it in the streets, but it seems like it's shrunk down. I hate the usual crowds down at circular quay, it's just not enjoyable at all.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Peaked and should never happen in 2025, at least in its current form.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Credit cards still work in the wet!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I agree. And while I enjoyed the drone show last weekend (my first time seeing one), it was more than a bit gimmicky and some aspects were lost on the crowd due to the angle. Much rather fireworks.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's like they think people will show up no matter what, so putting up some fluoro lights on some buildings will be enough.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep, totally agree. George St used to have buildings lit up from Town Hall to the Quay with families walking along in a really festive atmosphere. This year, George St was just a sad line of coloured street lights leading towards a vague promise of some drones at Circular Quay (weather permitting).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The drone show on the first night was sponsored by Netflix and had an advert for Bridgerton which I think was better (at least for the fans).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Singapore mixes both! It’s quite enjoyable, but also because the drone show is designed and not just ads",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I wonder if they got part of their 2million dollar show fee back?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Guess it didn't matter how busy it was in the end.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The petrol fumes on that road are so strong. Yuck.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Clover Moore is so happy to have her signature on all the posters around town. Why don’t people complain to her! She used to be so happy to have all these creative events in Sydney, but now the event itself is creativity void! Shame really!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Same. I saw it last year and didn't think it was great. I left after 5 min.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Event organisers don't control the weather, and last year there was no problem with the rain.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The drone shows were free though?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Will it though?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I don't think thousands of synchronised delicate electronics devices work that well in a light drizzle.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I guess so. Ill just enjoy getting away from the crowds.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "lol similar for us, was like some slight drizzle, but by 15 to the time the weather was perfect and has been up till now. Would argue at the time the weather was the best I've seen all day.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "IMO if they were going to cancel with the weather being pretty good, they could've done it hours before, and I feel they didn't so companies could get their cut beforehand.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "When the drizzle started, I looked at the live rain radar on the BOM website. Waiting 30 mins was exactly what should have happened. It's not rocket science.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No no no. Vivid.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Drone shows are extremely viewing angle-dependant.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "State funds vivid, not City of Sydney.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you're going to be upset, at least get upset at the right person",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It always rains for vivid, every year, don't have things that aren't water proof.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Nah.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Can’t they glad wrap them? Or put little umbrellas on them?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If they're delicate it's due to skimping on cost by the provider, it's fully possible to mitigate mild rain, heavy rain sure but this is a light mist",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I heard it was to do with wind, rather than rain, some kind of legal or technical thing with drones when winds go above 25kph",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "SWOOSH",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And it’s a bit harder to pop a Netflix logo into a fireworks display",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "State funds but sydney organises, silly!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Last years's drone shows were unaffected by rain.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The real problem was only having three drone shows this year. Last year had six drone shows, and while Circular Quay would have been packed, the fact that there were more opportunities to see the show meant that the crowds would not have been as heavy as this year because there would not have been as strong a fear of missing out as this year.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Lmfao.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Might've been gusty. Constant wind wouldn't be too much of an issue, but if it's rapidly changing it'd be a lot harder for the drones to deal with without colliding",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's looking like the much hyped self flying taxis, that are regularly the last story on the nightly TV news, are never going to be a thing in the wet and wind. Lol.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Welcome to /r/Sydney. Feel free to use this thread to chat, self-post, or ask questions.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "New to this subreddit? [Our wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/wiki/index) has lots of good info on getting around Sydney, what to do when you visit, where to eat, and more.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Using a third party app or desktop view on mobile and can't read the sidebar? Please [**have a look here**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yt_ZZ7Y686kU1kdEOq0HOrXZNY56E1-r85nDgfB412o/edit) first ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you're new here, please read [the answer to pretty much every self post](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yt_ZZ7Y686kU1kdEOq0HOrXZNY56E1-r85nDgfB412o/edit), [reddiquette](https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/205926439) and [self promotion](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion#wiki_here_are_some_guidelines_for_best_practices.3A).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Very little sleep, probably not ideal for a 6am start at work.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Movie fans, there's a free Japanese Film Festival going on for a limited time where you can watch a bunch of interesting movies online (and probably cast them to your TV, I haven't tested that out).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's a bit of setup, you have to create an account and sign up for each movie, but there's lots of interesting stuff.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I watched \"Baby Assassins\", a hyper-violent comedy and \"Single 8\", a charming low-budget movie about high school students making an even lower-budget movie.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://watch.jff.jpf.go.jp/#!/home",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Happy Sunday, everyone! Great to see it’s sunny outside.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Any feedback on Gladesville as a suburb? Looking to move into the area and am interested in hearing first hand experiences about transport, safety, etc.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hi everyone, I’m planning on traveling to Sydney from mid July to mid August. I’m trying to pick a place to stay for the month. Which area would you recommend?  I’m in my mid 20s, and trying to be social and meet the locals and hopefully make a few friends while I’m here. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Two drops of rain the drone show was cancelled, did they still get paid in full? Where can I get jobs like that apart from the construction industry?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Gidday everyone. Eid Mubarak to my Muslim brothers and sisters out there",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Super productive Sunday - up at 530am, went for a walk. Washed & completely detailed my car inside & out. Vacuumed & mopped my place, three loads of washing done & about to make some dough for pizzas later. Then I’ll have last nights leftovers for lunch.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s amazing what some new music & a few coffees can do to keep one moving/motivated.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Anyone know of an open mic (singer songwriter music meetup) on around the city today?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Instead of berating myself for not getting up and doing amazingly like u/Miss_Tish_Tash has this morning - Wow oh Wow. I have decided to pop into Madam Pho to have some Beef Noodle Soup and absorb the sun a bit more later, after my little bounce on the rebounder. My excuse is that I'm sick but tell me:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What does everyone do to motivate themselves out of bed early?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The bleach from getting my hair done yesterday has irritated my scalp. It's also pretty frizzy on the ends after tying it up messily last night, so decided to work some coconut oil through it in the kitchen.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What a *perfect* time for someone to look over the fence and see me looking like a completely sane person with half greasy, half super frizzy hair and in a 10 year old hoodie. Not sure who looked more shocked and I'm not sure I want to know.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Take a number, gentleman.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "^^^fuck ^^^my ^^^life.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Encountered my first ghost bus today",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sydney seems unable to put on a decent event at family friendly prices. Maybe expecting <$100 for 3-4 people is a bit last century",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not great, but you’ll get through and you can have a nap this afternoon.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Same, but 11am start",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Struggle town.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wishing you all the caffeine to get you through!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you want something really sad, watch My Broken Mariko.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's based on a (short for the genre) manga and quite a faithful adaptation. I really loved it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hey There! Gladesville is alright - Buses and Ferries, pretty safe. Sprinkling of shops and quite a few eateries! Close to Putney for walks, Very close to Ryde, which is a main hub - large shopping centre.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you're able to afford it, Newtown's a good place that's very close to the CBD and has a lot of bars and events and stuff, and is on a train line. If I moved away from Sydney and came back to visit that's probably where I'd pick to stay.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The classic joke at this point is to ask \"how does your being in a wheelchair affect your work as a gay Muslim vegan pastry chef?\".",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That is a pretty good day.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have been driving around trying to find a charity bin with capacity. Then I thought I’d have a cafe lunch in the sun somewhere but everything is either closed or too busy. My own fault for not thinking of it this morning, but it just got to the point where I was so under stimulated and no one was listening to what was asked of them, so I had to get out of there.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You won't normally find those on a Sunday.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's an online one: https://www.meetup.com/songsonline-open-mic-meetup-group/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Unfortunatley  not on a Sunday but there's  an awesome Jam on every monday at the Marble Bar. Good vibes great artists.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sorry! My comment wasn’t meant to make anyone feel a certain way ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I usually get all my chores/errands done on Saturday but I wasn’t home so trying to make up for it today!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I am an early riser & hubby is working this weekend so he left for work at 5am so I figured I’d just get up & get cracking.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Coffee. The only thing that gets me out of bed in the morning. Now I want rare beef Pho",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "* giggle * Fulfilling the typical \"Cat Lady\" stereotype? ;)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What's a ghost bus",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Good luck",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was lining that up for today, but yeah it looked terribly sad.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Anything else you can recommend?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I hope you manage to find a charity bin to offload your donations & somewhere nice to eat!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Aww I know the feeling. Were the charity shops not open instead?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Don't apologise!! I love it and am trying to get tricks to help myself improve. It's all good!! :) * hug *",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Haha I got a Combo Pho cos I like the texture of Book Tripe. This one didn't have soft tendon though. I like the crunchy Bean Sprouts and herbs.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A bus that is scheduled to arrive, doesn’t show up, and when you look at Google/TripView, it says the bus has passed by",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I haven't watched these, but WE'RE BROKE, MY LORD! was part of the in-person/main festival recently (maybe last year or the year before, I can't remember) and I remember reading good reviews about it. \"I am what I am\" sounds interesting, I might check it out because I quite like Toko Miura's work (she was the driver in Drive My Car).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No. Not on a Sunday around here. I did end up finding somewhere which is good, otherwise they’d be riding around in my boot for ages.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I just finished “My Broken Mariko” and oof, yes that was very heavy going at times. But I'm glad I watched it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I took a look at “Animé Supremacy” and turned it off after 10 minutes. “I Am What I Am” looks more my kind of thing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ah Great! I have loads of stuff in my boot at the moment that I always forget about - old VHS Tapes and some beautiful new Women's Raincoats I'm not sure whether I want to drop off lol",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Here's a time-lapse I made of Vivid 2016, back when Vivid was vivid.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I would be happy if they scrapped the drones and brought back the whacky interactive art displays",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thank you for this, it’s nice to relive Vivid back when it was non-rubbish",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "These were the good ones, imaginative and truly inspired works that used the architecture playfully.  Lately I’ve just seen the buildings used as a giant screen and it completely lacks magic.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks for posting this.  That was a great year.  I feel like I walked around the entire city and there was something special around every corner.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think this was the first vivid I ever went to, shortly after I moved to Sydney. I loved how creative it all was, and it was all really accessible.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I generally dislike those people who are always claiming \"X was better in the old days,\" but in the case of vivid I think that's safe to say. There's something cool and interesting every year, sure, but they've overall developed it quite poorly. The paid portions cheapen the experience and make it more like a carnival. It should be what it originally was: a cool and interesting art event that brings people into the city during a low-tourism season",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Actually creative works not just Instagram backgrounds",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "only 1 ad huh",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Trying to return a book as I was passing through this morning, obviously libraries closed until late in the day but couldn't find an after-hours chute at town hall or customs house.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In the dozens of places I've lived with a decent range of libraries I've never seen one without, so assume I'm just blind, can anyone help me out with absurdly detailed directions to where they're hidden or if they genuinely don't exist which other libraries do have them? I'm only in Sydney CBD every month or so during normal hours despite making trips up here weekly or more in which I'd like to return whatever I borrow.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Green square library and Surry hills both have chutes. I believe they are connected as they are both city of Sydney.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Customs House Library after hours chute is on the ground floor lobby",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Haven’t used my local library in years Hills Shire council libraries all had return chutes right next to entrance.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Pretty much always near the entrance. If in doubt, call the library during work hours and ask specific location.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Newtown has a chute but it's currently being renovated",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Customs House chute is a big white box in front of the lifts on the ground floor. You can also drop your books in there during opening hours if you don't want to head upstairs to the actual library.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ultimo's is at the entrance to the community centre, on the right as you face the entrance",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1dgumy0.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Hey all you wonderful people in this community. I just thought I’d post a follow up to my post a few weeks ago about going to the Lamborghini dealership along parra rd.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Well I did end up taking my son. And he had a blast. The day we went was fairly busy (who would have thought there were so many people ready to drop 3/4 of a mil on a car on the same day!) however the staff who approached us were professional and polite. We quickly explained we were just there to gawk and they were fine with it. We spent a total of about half an hour there looking at all the cars. They are so cool up close! Took lots of photos and left. Overall  top experience and a very memorable day for my boy.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thank you to all the advice we received, it was truly helpful. Love love love.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ps. The green lambo belongs to the owner of the shop, as in his personal one.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yay for OP and his boy!!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've heard that in the US at least, the Porsche dealers are pretty happy for kids to come and gawk at the cars, as long as they're not disturbing people or damaging anything.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's partly a mindshare thing - a kid who sits in a lambo or a porsche today might end up being a customer in the future - maintaining that \"dream car\" presence could be the difference to them walking back in as a customer, or just getting a ferrari instead.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So OP,",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wen lambo?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'd imagine that a Lamborghini showroom probably has parents and their amazed children coming in quite often.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "As a lifelong petrolhead this was a heartwarming read. I'm sure many of us so-called grown ups also looked at those things with stars in our eyes as young ones.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So as manager of the Lamborghini dealership on Parra Rd, how's this new unorthodox marketing campaign going? Lol.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What a lovely update!! Sounds like a cool childhood memory for your son!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I am inspired by your post and maybe I’ll take my son too. Did they let him sit in any at all? My son is a huge car fan and seeing but not sitting may be too much for him.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Also may I ask did you go in on a weekday?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "OP I hope you're planning on buying the Lego Countach set for him",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That's a great update. I wonder if hot wheels does any lambos(?)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Maybe your kid will enjoy hot rod events, too!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Great update!!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’d suggest checking out some of the free car meets-Supercars of Sydney on Insta, or there are groups called cars and coffee, all privately owned, so you’ll often get the chance to say hi to the owner, and I’ve quite often seen kids sitting in some of the cars (but don’t assume this is a standard thing)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A friend used to spend school holidays doing this. He would pick a dealer and take his kid for test rides.  Nothing as high end as Lamborghinis but still nice cars.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm not even a car person, but I am obsessed with that green lambo ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Awesome update. To my daughter everything is a lambo if it looks sporty.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Cost the dealership nothing now they also have good PR on here.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That's a great update and I think something your son will always remember.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Nice to hear about businesses actually being decent humans.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Porsche (and presumably many other sports car manufacturers) did a few longer form ads back in the day leaning into that idea, [like this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wV1jgi1NOU). I'm quite amused by the implication being that the AWD 911 is the safe pick for a family hauler. I've ridden along in one of those 997-generation 911s and the backseats are... shall we say, less than ideal for family duty.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Or there's [this one from Mercedes-AMG](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uzZA_qrMSw), which flips the dream car script.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Username checks out (car)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "He’s just gotta build generational wealth. His son will pass on the dream to his kid. Maybe his great grandchild in 2070 will be able to qualify for a second hand car.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "OP needs to put 20k in VDHG and in 40 years OPs son and grandson can drive away in a lambo.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">I'm sure many of us so-called grown ups also looked at those things with stars in our eyes as young ones.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m a so-called grown up and I still look at those things with stars in my eyes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "went into op's history to investigate this claim, was not expecting what i saw hahahhaha",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We will most likely go again. He had a ball. Didn’t want to leave.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Unfortunately we didn’t get to sit or see inside the cars. Which was a bit disappointing. I don’t think it was because they were too busy as they had a free sales guy. But overall still a great time. My boy didn’t want to leave. We went on a Saturday.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "that AMG shape is so much nicer than the current one.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I drive a 996, which is the same chassis as the 997. There’s a window of opportunity from forward-facing car seats to about 10 years old where you can make it work with 1 child as a “family car”, *if* one of the parents is under 5’8. That’s the only way some of us could justify owning one.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Maybe even an apartment!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It was very interesting looking at them up close. They are so small! They had prices on all of them too which was fun.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I get to look at the scale model ones on my shelf with stars in my eyes. Really didn't grow out of my childhood Hot Wheels phase.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "lol you weren't kidding",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sometimes people don’t just want to drive a single car, they like to give a few a go.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was just kidding around, but now you got me curious.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In truth, if the manager of the Lambo dealership on Parra Rd isn't doing this sort of PR marketing, they should be!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Future customer created!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Kudos to the parents like you that made it work. I'm sure I would've gladly clambered into the back of the 911 family car if we were lucky enough to have one growing up.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Only tangentially related, but the 996 has really been growing on me as of late. The 997 is my favourite looking water-cooled one, but I saw a mint 996 Turbo at a car show one night and realised that they can be seriously handsome cars. My maternal grandfather always spoke highly of the P-cars after joyriding the early ones in his youth, so with his stories I was pretty much destined to have one in the dream garage.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Settle down there, this is r/sydney!!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The 996 feels like a cheat code into 911 ownership. Love or hate the headlights, once you’re in the drivers seat it still drives like a 911. But you get into one for less than the price of a Korean SUV.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1dgv027.json

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+[]

1dgvd8h.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "A thought-provoking sculpture of flickering lights stands as a powerful symbol of hope, each candle representing the growing number of stateless people worldwide and their resilience.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "However, Sydney council required a fence around the sculpture- which cast jail-like shadows over the candles. Poignantly illustrating the confinement and struggles faced by those without a nation to call home #photo #sydney",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It gives it even more meaning, and accurate.. hardly a faux pas",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Is it from the  nanny state. Or is is just because people would steal or break them? I’m not sure what’s worse",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The fence is there to prevent a faux pas.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Alas, fences are dumb and often fail.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Public art must survive without a fence around it. Of course, not every trip hazard is necessarily art.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A bunch of candles is pretty, but it’s a pretty low-effort art installation, if you can even call it that. The addition of fences actually gives it some political meaning - otherwise it just looks like a honeymoon spa suite.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How much does it cost to view?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "kids will throw them in the ocean.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "People would absolutely trash them if they could.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> Public art must survive without a fence around it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sculptures by the sea seems to be thriving without fences.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The fence is part of the artwork. The juxtaposition of need for a fence against the presentation of the work as public art creates an inherent conflict that challenges the viewer to reflect on its deeper meaning.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Public art must challenge its viewers.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This was free. But there were not many free sculptures this year. Hopefully more next year. I think it best for Vivid to keep most the sculptures free. Sure have paid exhibitions- but also have a decent amount of free ones.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They would have to take them to the ocean to throw them in",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Last time I went one of the sculptures was a hessian sack wrapped around a tree branch, so I'm not surprised they do just fine.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Most of those are too big to pick up and heave into the sea. Because you know idiots would do that.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What an odd take.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1dgwh2y.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Anyone know a place where you can hire table tennis indoors? I can't seem to find anywhere that allows you to hire table tennis even remotely near the CBD. Thanks in advance!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ultimo community centre. It’s free too",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I know your pain. We have a small apartment.  We found an expanding net online and now my wife and I play on our 6 person dining table.  So small, but very intense.  And we can drink and eat fried chicken to make a real night of it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Or, like today, we’ve played for about 2 hours off and on instead of going for a walk…",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "not sure what is considered remotely near CBD these days but this place lets your book a table",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://pingponghq.com.au",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The bottom level of the Coogee Pavilion has tables but you’ll have to fight 50 toddlers for them",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "World table tennis club in Fairfield. The only professional court available everyday. I have met a couple national players training there. The Olympic park has a good court too but it’s shared with other indoor sports.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sydney Uni! There's free tables outside but undercover near maze crescent or you can hire a court and table at the sport centre if that's more your thing",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The food court of the new Quay Quarter tower has a little section with three table tennis tables that are free for the public to use.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There are creeps there, just be careful",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'd love to find something a little closer, but that's a great recommendation. Thank you.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1dgyt20.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "With a $2k budget and shopping for ebikes in the [99bikes catalouge](https://www.99bikes.com.au/electric?product_list_order=price&product_list_limit=108)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What would you recommend is a good choice?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My daily commute ride is \\~15km with a mix of flat roads and a few long uphills.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Lower price the better obviously but wont mind spending extra for better quality.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My main criteria is a removeable battery so I can take it off and charge it indoors or at work.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'd avoid 99 bikes, had my bike serviced there prior to doing the Gong ride the other year, descending in to the Royal National Park my front disc brake drops out!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Leaving me to negotiate corners at high speed (I have a high \"gravity assist\" shall we say) and fortunately finding a stretch long enough and flat enough to stop with my remaining rear brake (now on fire) and using my feet like Fred Flintstone..",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you know anything about disc brakes this would rightly shock you, as there's no way for them to just \"fall out\", there's a safety pin bent in to place to prevent it, clearly not done by whoever serviced my bike.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I contacted them afterwards, obviously they'd want to know such important information as someone skipping checks on maintenance and... not even an acknowledgement back from the shifty fuckers..",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Use a local bike mechanic since, works been top notch and bills be lower each time. When it comes to buying a new bike I won't be darkening their door..",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My Merida is from 99 bikes and is excellent. Looks like mine is around $3k now but you might be able to beat them down.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Mine’s a mountain bike but I put road tyres on it which makes it a million times faster.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have had a Merida se espresso for a few years now and been very happy with it. You may be able to get one of the past years model for around that price. As a commuter, my must haves were things like lights, racks, a wheel lock and mud guards integrated so you don't need to think too much about grabbing a laundry list of stuff. Good luck and enjoy the ride!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Honestly, $2k isn’t enough. Double that, and you’ll start to get something worthwhile that won’t fall apart after a year.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Aldi used to be A excellent source of bicycles when their supplier was bicycles online but ever since they started using tempo as A importer the quality has fallen off a cliff.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Don't get a Beaufort. It is not worth it. Mine always has something wrong with. Spokes break often, gearbox has gears that don't work, both pedals broke.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Used to work at 99bikes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Look at the pedal range, decently made bikes, if you're only doing 30kms round trip the battery of most of these bikes will do you, especially if you can charge at work.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Pedal dodger is really nice for the price tbh I was looking and getting one myself.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Be prepared to not leave it anywhere.  The more expensive the e-bike the bigger the chances of theft even if left locked  or chained.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've got an NCM electric bike (Moscow plus). They have a range of bikes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://ncmbikes.com.au/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've done a bit over 2000km on mine. No issues.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I would strongly suggest you avoid any of these pop up ebike shops that have been in business for 5 years and mostly selling shitty copy paste Chinese bikes. You will spot them a mile away because they all use in house motors / batteries or just completely unknown brands.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In my experience with ebikes, you get what you pay for and I suggest you add more to that budget so you only have to buy once and avoid headaches with cheap bikes breaking down or worse.......just google ebike battery fire and see what cheap n nasty gets you.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I would suggest:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "1. Do your research, find out the 3 companies in the world making solid, top performing, well respected motors and batteries, yes there are only 3. You are going to want a battery/motor from one of them.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "2. Research torque and make sure you understand it in the context of an ebike. It has a significant impact on the price of the bike and your enjoyment while riding.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "3. Understand the pros and cons of mid drive and rear drive set ups. Rear drives are cheaper but I personally would never touch one.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Once you do all of the above you will realise that $2k probably isn't enough and then you need to make a decision. Increase your budget or sacrifice one of the above.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm happy after 6 months with my ET. Cycle T1000 Fat Trekking Step-thru E-Bike, Hydraulic Brakes, 48V 21Ah, 1008Wh Silver 26 with 1 year warranty for $2499. Wasn't able to hack the computer so, just 25km/h without pedaling. Uphill: gotta pedal it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's bloody heavy at 33kg. Has a huge battery, which I only have to charge weekly. My commute is just 6km, tho.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "E-bike batteries are generally removable but if you want a really good e-bike, you're looking at upwards of $5000.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "eBike of choice for many food delivery workers: https://www.leoncycle.com.au/NCM-Moscow-Plus-Electric-Mountain-Bike",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Goes on offer for $2k mark often. Pretty solid bike.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I recommend a NCM Milano if you are a female or a NCM Venice if you are male. The reason is the step through design which is better for people with dresses.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "NCM also have bikes that are around $1000-1500 like the NCM C5 which is a road designed bike.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I recommend these bikes because of the thin tires which gives you less rolling resistance so you need less power/motor to get it moving and keep on moving which is why I don't recommend the fat tires or the mountain bike designs which are heavier (30kg vs 45kg) and has much more rolling resistance since tires are not thin.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Since you are using the bike as a commuter , I wouldn't care about battery or motor power much but if you think hills are a serious problem then get a 48v bike. My ex had a 36v commuter and I actually found it more enjoyable to ride then my fat tire NCM Aspen+ even though my bike is more power and has off road kit (derestricts the speed and motor limit)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[https://www.leoncycle.com.au/](https://www.leoncycle.com.au/)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "These bikes are designed in Germany and are legal in Oz.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'd avoid 99bikes, they know jack shit about e-bikes and are just dealers. They do know their normal push bikes though but imho they are still over priced for what you get and the workers are just workers.. don't have a passion for bikes. Their low to mid priced e-bikes are just pure rebranded Chinese garbage.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you want to test ride bikes then go to Sydney Electric Bikes as they really know their stuff and are e-bike specialists.. they are also resellers of NCM.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "All NCM bikes have removable batteries but since you are only doing 15km a day you could charge it at home over night since most bikes have a range of 60km.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I forgot to mention they also have folding bikes so that could be a option if you don't have room to store it at work. But these bikes do come with compromises for the folding feature.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "NCM bikes are good starters bike with reliability and durability. I myself have grown out of them and ended up building my own 2000w mid drive bike (highly illegal and cost more than a used car or brand new motorbike)  and moved onto scooters and motorbikes since I pretty much reached the limits of e-bikes and didn't want to deal with fines when riding my high end e-bike.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I understand the sentiment. Unfortunately they are the only ones with a sale at the moment.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Comparing the prices of 5 local bike shops in my suburb and their ebike prices all begin at minimum $4k. which is unfortunately vastly out of my budget range.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Perhaps once I have chosen a bike I will go to a local bike shop for maintenance/service. But for now I am just trying to get a daily commuter bike for work.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I am currently eyeing the [Velectrix Stray Flat Bar](https://www.99bikes.com.au/velectrix23-stray-flat-bar-basalt) which does include those little extras. Do you think its a decent choice? Its currently 50% off at $2k which lands in my budget when its normally $4k",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "$2k isn't enough if you buy from 99Bikes since they resell rebranded Chinese junk and have shit after sales service.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But $2k is fine if you get a NCM bike from Syd Electric Bikes who have great after service support.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My co-worker is on his fourth e bike due to theft",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> yes there are only 3",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bosch shimano and?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> The reason is the step through design which is better for people with dresses.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Lol what is this, the 50s? Women don't wear only dresses, and step-through adds convenience regardless of wearing one.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My hip flexibility is shit so getting my leg over via the back would be a pain normally, and is impossible when carrying any kind of cargo on the rear rack. Also, being able to just scoot sideways off the bike when coming to a stop or quickly swap sides for whatever reason when you're walking it is mad.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Fuckin \"step-through is for skirts\" lmao.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Out of interest, how long have you had your Milano?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I had to get rid of mine after 800km as it had constant issues. Broke about 10 spokes in that time, every couple weeks I was back at the mechanic to get a new spoke and he advised me other riders had similar issues with spokes. Brakes also started to get issues in the end and they completely failed on the guy who bought the bike from me. I lost $1k reselling that bike.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I replaced it with a Merida from 99 Bikes and the bike has been solid for 1,500km, never a problem.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Leon Cycle are also just dealers so not sure what your point is on 99 Bikes just being dealers. I would be more focused on how long the manufacturer has been making bikes for. NCM has been in business for 10 years and clearly have no idea how to make a wheel. Merida been making bikes since the 70's.......",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The step through design is great if you have a basket too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">Syd Electric Bikes who have great after service support.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You serious?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My experience.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Send txt message to thier support line, cause fuck having an email address or phone number to call for modern support?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Get response maybe 2 days later, if at all. I still don't know why they don't even do an email address...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Response doesn't actually answers my question just advises me to bring bike in for a service at the one location that does servicing. Cause the other 4 locations are just show rooms, not bike shops.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ask if they'd have a spare part in stock. They don't know but will get back to me as soon as possible. Ask about price, they tell me the cost per hour for labour to install, but not the part cost. Tell them i can install it just fine myself and just want a price. Finally get a price and get told it's in stock in a single one of their stores, but not the one local to me that i can actually get to before it closes in the afternoon. No they won't ship it to the local store. I then find it online and get it delivered 3 days later",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I dare you to post a single new e-bike $2k or less that you think isn’t a piece of shit",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "dO yoUr OwN reSeArcH",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Neither merida nor ncm make wheels. Wheels are almost always made by a dedicated wheel manuacturer that bike companies then choose from.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A cheaper brand will cheap out wherever possible, and wheels are one of those areas.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "All NCM bikes have the non electric parts of $200-400 reid bikes. So rideable sure, and if you have a tools kit to regular service it could be functional bikes. But anyone who has the skills to service the bike would avoid them in the first place.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes. I said that because I'm not a shill for any company and it's important people understand why torque, engine/battery quality and overall bike quality is important so they can make informed decisions.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In the ebike space especially, there is a lot of garbage you could waste your money on as I have personally found out.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They make bikes, which include wheels, what's your point? They decide what wheels to put on a bike. When considering ebikes, there are factors to consider such as the load a rear hub motor puts on a rear wheel, that's a design decision you need to make as the company that's putting your brand name on that bike.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Well the guy you replied to did say \"won't fall apart after a year\" and my NCM was falling apart after 800km so I can't recommend them. Ended up buying a more expensive ebike which has been solid. I'm glad for the experience with NCM as it taught me that going cheap on ebikes isn't worth it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Well help a brother out and tell me the 3rd one. Atleast the 3rd one in your opinion. Cause I can't find a 3rd that doesn't appear to rebadge weapons grade chineseium.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And too bad if they come to different conclusions hey? Or they can't happen upon the particular search terms that lead to what you found.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I just don't get the need for gatekeeping the info like that, it's neither giving a man a fish nor teaching a man to fish. Just telling him \"there's fish out there somewhere, I'll let you figure it out\" which is hardly helpful.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> They make bikes, which include wheels, what's your point?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Almost exactly yours.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Your first comment made it sound like an internal manufacturing problem that might get ironed out with experience. When it actually was a very conscious choice to be a shitty brand.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "i swear ive never seen it run in the early 2000’s was wondering if anyone knows what happened to it?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "(also if anyone has any sites that archive old western sydney bus routes i’d appreciate it!)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://sydneybusroutes.com/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The index of all routes says the 760 ran from 1988-1997 from Mt Druitt-Riverstone before going on a three-year hiatus, resuming in 2000 on a Mt Druitt-Parramatta route before copping the final chop in 2004.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "why don't you just contact busways they would have records of every route axed",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I used to catch this bus sometimes, I go from plumpton to Westmead , took along travel time but wasn’t in a rush and was convenient for me and relaxing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Some bus routes that went through Mt Druitt and surrounding suburbs were cancelled because the locals were constantly attacking them and throwing bricks (etc) at them, and the bus companies decided it was a safety/safety issue and cancelled them entirely.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I didn't know such a site existed. I looked up a few routes I knew as a kid. One number I looked was reused after 24 years.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "this site is really cool but is there a similar site that actually has the route maps?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That was a temporary suspension at night only about a decade ago. The bus routes returned.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Probably not, there wasn't much in the way of centralised route mapping back then. You might be able to find an archive of timetables somewhere that has maps, but they'd be quite abstracted.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "“One of the reasons our Sydney housing system is so broken is that – if you don’t already own your own home - your options are either massively over-priced private housing, or rare and over-stretched public and community housing,” (...) “There is nothing in the middle.”",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Got to visit stucco once when a friend had family living there. Seemed like a pretty cool place.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'd pay $115 a week not to live in Newtown.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You depise those hairy hipsters aye friend. Ill take your $115 and ensure you are forbidden from newtown past curfew.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ok",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "There was what sounded like an explosion and now there’s plumes of black smoke coming from somewhere near rose hill. Does anyone know what happened?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Collective orgasm of redditors learning that vivid has ended.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Metal Recyclers in Auburn on Stubbs Rd.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Parramatta Philharmonica doing a rendition of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sorry mate I had beans for lunch",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I find during winter especially during cold nights, rain (anytime) and storms industrial areas seem to pump out as much shit as they can.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I walk my dog every night, always, even during major weather events (avoiding the widow makers) and its clear their doing it because their doing it with utter impunity.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've tried repeatedly to log it with the EPA but they demand ridiculous amounts of data (they want to know temp, wind, humidity, coordinates) and have it logged over a wide area and duration.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You know, do their job.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No wonder companies got away with dumping toxic waste into mulch.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Please ensure news such as this is the the accepted reddit format of 'loud bang'",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thank you for the Sunday evening chuckle to alleviate the end of weekend blues.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "News websites in 2 weeks: opinions are ruining the economy.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[]

1dh35pt.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "They do a cherry blossom festival in Aug/Sept, always busy but it’s worth a look.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I got married here! Great place :)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wow.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've been along the edge of it (following Duck River) on a run, but never into the middle of it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm constantly surprised by the places I discover tucked away - and my family (who have lived in Sydney for years) often don;t believe me until they see photos or visit these places themselves. I make a point of trying to follow completely different routes most times I go for a long run, so often stumble across new and unexpected places.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "49 lived in Sydney my whole life and I found about this place when I opened reddit 5 seconds ago",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bro has single handedly just kicked off the beginning of the slow gentrification of Auburn once the Easties and Northies that have never been beyond central station see this post ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's a stunning place. I've been twice during the cherry blossom festival. One day I'll visit during a different time of year.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh man...the amount of time I spent there with my grandparents as a kid.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Getting all emotional now, thanks for reminding me of the memories OP.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Also check out the Chinese garden of friendship at Darling Harbor. It's a lot smaller but very well designed.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They artificially change the colour of the water though. Thought it looked pretty amazing at first, well, still do, but it’s dyed.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's free on public holidays too",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Many, many years ago it was the council tip (when Auburn Council still existed).  I have memories of going there with my Dad to drop off larger items that could not wait until cleanup week.  There was controversy when it was discovered that the ground had not been compacted properly - a works shed was put up that developed a huge crack along a wall within a few weeks.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I got married there many years ago.  Of course my family gave me heaps for getting married at the tip. Got some lovely photos though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You need to climb to the summit of Mt Druitt next. Awe inspiring views.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Man I have bad memories of this place.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In the 80's when I was early in primary school, I just wanted to stay home and watch Sat morning cartoons but parents was in their mid to late twenties vanity stage (everyone goes though it) so we had to go every weekend so they could take pictures and poses.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've got albums upon albums of me looking grumpy at Auburn Botanical Gardens and very little else.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've long forced myself to forget this place and now you've brought back PTSD for me... :D",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Amazing place...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So glad to have this local to me. They also have an aviary on the other side of the road. Some of the parrots in there are rescues which is always great to hear.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's also a little zoo thingy next to it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks for reminding me! Too long since I've visited.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This place has obviously changed since I’ve been because I came here hoping to see other stories of being chased by geese here but NOTHING",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "did you catch the peacocks ?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bro taking a piss in the first one?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I take Sydney for granted",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes, this is a beautiful place !!!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep worked in Auburn for years, Duck Creek we used to take visitors to this park.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Have driven down Chisolm Rd thousands of times (but not for a while) - I've probably glanced at the sign many times - didn't know that was tucked in there.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Go during the week and not on weekends during the Cherry Blossom time.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wait until you walk from Coogee to Bondi",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Did they replace the stepping stones across the pond with the wooden walkway?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The botanic gardens are lovely! I was rather surprised about Auburn in general. Not so bad - shame about the hole of a shopping center though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I went once with my family.  It's three drones short of being a Vivid crush.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Has a $7 entry fee and it's super worth it! They even have wallabies, emus, and wombats in an enclosure. My family were so happy today",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Is the BMX track still hidden away on that track? I used to ride around there when I was a kid.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Mate I'm telling you, my camera is pretty good but you have to see it in person. I'm pretty stoked to have contributed something here",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "\"Wait...there's pleasant things in Western Sydney?\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Do I get commission or royalties from it? 🤣",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm sure they're happy memories  has the place always looked like this? I mean Japanese style and all that?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Nurragingy Reserve is amazing for bird spotting or photography at dawn. Love this place",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Noted and thanks for the recommendation, I'll try and see them the coming weekends",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "TIL",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ohh that's why it was free the day I went the other week on Kings Birthday. I thought it was always free lol",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's a beautiful place for photos, and Sydney Park (plus numerous others) are former landfill sites anyway. May as well stick something nice on top!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Summitted that place multiple times mate. Only came out with a slight bruise and $70 less",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wot?!! R u taking the piss? Is there a real Mountain there?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "From an Inner Westie",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Haha there was another comment thanking me for bringing back good nostalgic memories. Can't win em all!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's been a while since I've last seen geese there, the peacocks are still there though ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah they were plenty! I've never seen so many of them all in one place.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And his mate's taking a pic of him",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Missed the cherry blossoms and geese last time I did that",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Both Auburn Central and Auburn Plaza could do with a deep clean, and possibly changes of management. Both have filthy public facilities. Both have shit layouts/fitouts.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That said, they both serve a purpose and have some great offerings.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Red (Rez?) the barber and the butcher opposite him in the Plaza are both affordable and worth a visit to see if they suit you. Having an Aldi and TongLi opposite the Woolies in Central helps keep the bastards honest. Also the chicken shop.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Go early! been twice but I agree. it's painfully crowded and the food stalls are overpriced.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Isn't it free? I used to go there sometimes to eat lunch, it cost nothing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Will have to add it to my list of places to take the family as it's not that far from us (Bankstown).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They really check?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yummy ethnic food, duh.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I grew up in Auburn and my parents took me there as a little kid quite often, in the mid - late 90s. Yes, it has always been styled like a Japanese garden (well at least as far back as then).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I remember being mesmerised by the peacocks walking around and fanning their tails.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So glad you discovered and enjoyed it!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "for as long as i can remember, yes :)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Very much so - that second image in particular...I can see it in my mind",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Which massage parlour there gives you bruises?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just capturing a moment together.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Free if you live in that council area. Another thing lost when we got moved from auburn to Parramatta council.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Was a beautiful moment that I'm proud to have captured",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s Cumberland Council, not Parramatta. Fantastic place. I go there all the time.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Edit: realised you already said it’s free for locals",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wow, I didn't know that. It has been maybe 6 years or more for me.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It usesd to be auburn council then large parts of auburn for moved to be under parramatta",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "400 dwellings at a price of $450 million. Either the housing market is truly fucked, or someone's getting a little extra in the contract",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think that if they’re going to reinvest profits, I’d like to see them use that money to increase stock and drive rents down further.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I mean, I don’t need to point out the irony that they have basically trial and errored their way back to public housing, do I?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Everything else aside, I get so frustrated when something says it’s helping “healthcare workers” and I look in and it’s just nurses and sometimes paramedics. Allied health are healthcare workers too and we don’t even get paid as much ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Will they have full tenants rights or will they be under occupancy agreements that offer very little protections?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How about just paying them a liveable income....",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "if they truly wanted to help they'd make it easier to *own* homes for these essential workers. All this will be a way for government money to be handed to an elite few landlords..",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why wasn’t this means based? Many other workers can’t afford their rent too?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why isn’t Labor doing this by income level?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Edit: I support services. But the poorest people and homeless should get priority help over rich income private school teachers…",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why? Just raise their salaries. Why should they get cheap rent",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Spin, postpone, delegate to committees. Just don't do anything quick, meaningful, and effective.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Because, if you don't do anything, you can't make a mistake, won't upset a donor.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Teachers?????",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Is this a fucking joke?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They can only rent, dare dream of Owning :(",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "All those workers have unions, in curious why the unions aren't dealing directly with the housing issue for them like they do in Scandinavia.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Seems to me the real essential workers are the people working in gas stations and shops and train stations and cleaning garbage and many other things.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How often have you needed police, compared to how often you've bought something in a shop? Or ridden on a train? Or been on  bus?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "An easier way would be for a land tax waiver for landlords that lease a property to essential workers at a reduced rate.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I suspect they are only spitballing at the moment, so that’s not a definite figure.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Much of the cost would I assume be in land acquisition, unless suitable government land is already available.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah that sounds like complete horseshit. $350-$450k should get you a decent 3br house built in labour/materials. Nothing fancy, mind you, but more than adequate/middle of the road.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "$150M for master planning, $20M for approvals, $25M for McKinsey affordability effectiveness study, $15M for federal/state government coordination office, $10M for environmental compliance, $5M for communications office, $10M for community liaison, $50M for project management, $25M for IT services, $5M cybersecurity accidentally out of scope, $10M for payroll and business process outsourcing, $10M for quality assurance, $10M value realisation office,$10M for audit, $20M for programme management offices. There should be some left over for dwellings. If you spend money on the nonessentials upfront, Treasury has to give you more money to deliver when you run out.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What about future costs to cover the maintenance? Might not just be build costs. Gov needs to pay the sticker price and strata which is ongoing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It'd be better if they paid essential workers a wage they could actually live on, instead of building up assets that the next Liberal government will sell off the second they're in power",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I get that- but we don't get to pick where we work for the most part.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Paramedic wise - Recruitment can send us anywhere in the state. To get to stations where housing is 'cheap' is a 10-15 year wait. Commuting from an affordable area to Sydney where the positions are is a 1.5-2hr commute. Tie this in with a 12 hour shift (we never finish on time so it's likely a 14hr shift.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That day turns into an 18 hour day.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You can't buy a house in Sydney being a university graduate, so you have to commute in. Hopefully, a family member lives in Sydney...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Man I won’t pretend admin is nearly as important as the rest of healthcare but I’m training to get out bc I literally can’t afford to be a receptionist. Would be nice if we could get thrown a bone from time to time too. Turnover is ridiculous, we get told we don’t count, then employers whine that they can’t hire anyone.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If they means tested it, they'd have to admit that most workers can't afford to live in Sydney unless they're lucky enough to already own property. And if they admitted that, then they'd have to actually do something about it, and that's just too hard for them",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Because these are services that the state governments run and need to compete with other states to recruit into.  NSW is losing out to more affordable states and they need to ensure that these essential service workers are able to afford to live, or they’ll keep leaving.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "*essential* workers. We can’t function without ambos, teachers, firies, nurses, etc. A lower number of marketing consultants or finance analysts won’t be missed.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not sure why you’re getting negged. My mates a school teacher with an investment portfolio lols.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "*Puts on Cynical Hat*",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "....heavily Unionized Government Industries?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh no my guts are hanging out of my body after a car crashes into mine, quick let’s call the guy from BP servo up the road to Jaws of life me out my wreckage, the cleaning lady to take me to the hospital and we’ll get the myers staff to manage the traffic hazard caused by the bloodshed.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "/s",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah give more credits to landlords when they are the ones causing the problem in the first place, sounds about right",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Minns is claiming the land will be cheap since they already own it",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> The premier said an audit was underway to find suitable government land, including close to the city where affordability was at its worst",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I saw an ad recently for a 10 bedroom duplex (5 and 5) for a million. So immediately I could double their build and save them $50 million",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "According to this, it was $594K cost for the weighted average of all apartments in Sydney in 2021: https://www.cis.org.au/publication/where-should-we-build-new-housing-better-targets-for-local-councils/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "25% increase since then: https://www.corelogic.com.au/news-research/news/2024/construction-cost-growth-returns-to-trend",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So closer to 750K. But that's the average apartment, probably close to a 3 bedder? Could easily get to $1M then to make a 3 bed apartment according to those.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">  $350-$450k should get you a decent 3br house built in labour/materials.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This feels way to cheap. A decent house would cost $1m or over including labour and materials to build in Sydney. (I guess it could be the duplex part)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Isn't that what the rent is for? These aren't free houses, it's just a 20% discount on the rent",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Increasing supply is a lot better solution than giving blanket pay rises and sending people out into a supply constrained market.  They would just compete against each and everyone just end up in the same unaffordable position we're currently in.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sooo many complaints allll the time about the lack of social housing and government owned assets that benefit the people.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A government finally does something about it and you bitch.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A future LNP government can just as easily reverse a wage hike by cutting or freezing pay for these workers. Kicking essential workers out of their homes is a tad more politiciay toxic.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah I 100% get that for paramedics, it’s a rough job and definitely doesn’t get paid enough. I think my biggest gripe is with nurses ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Our ward CSO and admin staff are honestly indispensable, they’re the ones keeping the ward running tbh. Same with the cleaners, I mean where would we be without clean operating rooms? But those professions aren’t paid as well and considered “unskilled” like we’re just supposed to ignore the contribution they provide? If we don’t want staff shortages to get worse then we need to provide incentives, nurses aren’t the only ones who should be getting all of this",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Aren't truck drivers, grocery store workers or anyone else involved in getting your food from its source to your kitchen also essential? How about employees of Sydney Water? Or power companies?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They need to stop saying \"essential workers\" when they are just talking about a small section of public servants.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Because Sydney has an uncomfortable issue with admitting we have a wealth divide and major class issues.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "As someone who went to private school it disgusts me.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Labor isn’t nearly as pro union as they used to be.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We NEED to help the poor and needy. We have huge disparities of wealth in this city.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why is Labor and Liberals ignoring this and exacerbating homelessness?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh no, I need to buy something from the shop (something I do every day) but there's nobody here.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Also the streets are full of rubbish and pests are coming but there are no garbage men!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The servo has closed and there's nowhere to buy petrol, something I need to do several times a week so I can get to work.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I can't take a train either (something some people do every day) because there's nobody selling tickets and even if there was there's nobody driving the trains!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And there's nobody driving the buses either!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'd take a taxi but..you know...taxi drivers too are not essential!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I cannot buy food (something I need to do all the time) because there's nobody running the shops! And now the supermarkets are closed too....",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I would write a letter of complaint but we no longer have postmen....",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But at least there are policemen with a \"jaws of life\" around, something that most people go their entire lives without needing! In fact, not only have I never needed it, nobody I have ever met needed it either! Still at least THEY are here....they're essential! (even though I have gone decades without talking to one sometimes) Unlike food or sanitation or transport or general workers... at least SOMEBODY understands what is essential! All we need are policemen and teachers  to run our city!  nobody else is essential!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "/s",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So they have no idea if it's even possible, but they are announcing it? NSW never change",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In which part of Sydney?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My point of reference is the declared and costed projects I look over regularly, and I was specifically looking at \"good enough\", as opposed to the custom dream home that a lot of people would build. For the purposes of the government's housing proposal, let's say that I'm being WAY less conservative with my estimate, and throw it in at $600k for a 2br unit. Or your estimate of $750k.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Still insanely far off the 400@$450m they've budgeted (average of $1.125m per property), unless that addtional cost of the house is the subsidy costs baked in (so the market itself doesn't suffer) - that I could understand..",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm a construction underwriter. I review and insure these projects daily all around NSW. Knowing this shit is literally my job.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's about right for a new build, wood frame on slab, circa 150m2 single story house. You could allow for 20-30% variance due to material shortages/delays, but with everything going fine, $350-450k is fine.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The majority of cost in building a new house is land.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No way it's over a million. House and land packages aren't even that expensive, and the government is using land they already own",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A quick Google shows you can do a 4 bedroom house for half a mil. They're doing apartment towers, so the only way they're that expensive is if someone's getting a massive kickback",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah I guess not sure what time horizon they are thinking.  But just doing the maths below implies it's mostly the upfront costs. Just guessing numbers here. Let's say strata is 1000/quarter per unit (assuming 2 or 3 bedders with lifts). 400 units is $1.6M/year. Non-strata unit maintenance at about half of that, so let's say $0.8M/year. They would also be forgoing 20% rent, at 800/week average that is $3.3M/year. Which is essentially the taxpayer funded subsidy. Rent earnings after discount will be $13.3M/year. Net income would be around $11.5M/year, down from $14.8M/year. So it's around 3% net yield, instead of 4% net yield. So it's not really an issue.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "From: https://www.cis.org.au/publication/where-should-we-build-new-housing-better-targets-for-local-councils/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Weighted average apartment cost to build was $594K in 2021. Given cost increases since then due to inflation (around 25% since then according to https://www.corelogic.com.au/news-research/news/2024/construction-cost-growth-returns-to-trend), we have close to $750K per apartment built on average. But if we bias it to 3 bed (or bigger) apartments, which is above the average size of apartments in Sydney, it could easily head towards $1M (or more) per apartment?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Rent in Sydney is generally already well below costs if you include mortgage payments on a newly purchased property.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Note that the government WANTS to use already owned land, but they can't guarantee it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A 20% discount would make that worse, now hopefully the government doesn't have to deal with all the same costs as a private investor, but I can see how they would need to allocate for it in the short term if they need to use debt to get the builds done.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How many essential government workers live in Sydney? And how will making them compete for just 400 affordable rentals make things better?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Spending over a million per unit on land you already own isn't building up public housing stocks - it's a massive rip off. I could get a better deal than that as a private citizen on stand alone houses, and that's before factoring in the economies of scale",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm pretty sure when they say teachers, they mean public school teachers",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Of course, they could just give all those essential government workers a pay rise instead...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "*Very* few classroom teachers in independent schools are on $150k+.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I agree with your sentiment, but the average salary for a private school teacher in Australia is around $85,000",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That isn't really what Sydney is all about, no...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sure, not like the 90s or 2000s, but they still are.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Can't have an upper class without a lower one to prop them up.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I mean Victoria just said they want to build 2.5million homes in 26 years. Why can't we make up numbers too?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Seems very Utopia whats something we can announce NOW there has to be, quick!!!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They're announcing a budget allocation right? Thats probably why the figure is so high since they are unsure of the cost since it says they are also willing to work with Private landholders.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Pretty sure it was. It was house only (no land), so the location shouldn't matter",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Another comment or pointed out that the cost I quoted included land, so it should be lower. Say $800K at most if these are all 3 bedders. So yeah these numbers are too big, without more information. The subsidy seems to be minimal, makes the net yield from 4% to 3% or so.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That's great if its cheaper.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've made very preliminary inquiries on building a duplex and everybody has been quoting minimum $1m for a single brick, +$1.6m for double brick.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> Weighted average apartment cost to build was $594K in 2021",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That likely included things the government won't have to pay for (e.g. land, marketing). Grabbing [data from the RBA](https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2020/2020-04/the-cost-of-building-out.html), we can at least knock off $100k from that price, probably closer to $130k since it'll be financed with taxpayer dollars. That puts us well below $500k in 2021, so these are horrifically expensive apartments even after factoring in building cost inflation and (hopefully) larger than average size",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's just one news article on the start of a very complicated strategy.  So no, I didn't expect to find the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Source please?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah I know. It’s sad tbh. But Sydney is a city of major class divide. ‘You’re a westie.’ It’s a slur. I live in the east and I hate them saying shit like this.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I know. It’s disgusting.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Right. I’d also expect them to build apartments or townhouses, which should come out cheaper per unit.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I read another comment that the government already owned the proposed land, so that the proposed costing is JUST the labour/materials, as land doesn't need to be acquired.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Tradies are milking shit for all it's worth at the moment.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's also dependent on geology and the actual house. How many rooms/bathrooms? What's the square meterage? What kind of finishings/materials? Any major excavation and/or stabilisation required for the footings/piles/pierings?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "$1.6m sounds like a fairly luxury build mate.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah right, they must include land cost. But construction costs have increased 25% since then though. So that's closer to $600K in today's dollars if we assume the same apartments. 3 bedders would be maybe $800K? So yeah $1M would be very large apartments indeed on average. Will have to wait for more details I guess, but yeah it is too high without more information.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Seems like you're assuming a few things...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They're not the Liberals, they're beholden to the unions",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Took me 5 seconds to google mate. Try doing your own research instead of talking out your ass.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The plan seems to be towers, so it should definitely be cheaper. And also not 5 bedroom units either.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Whoever is building them at that price is laughing all the way to the bank",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yup I took some of the land cost away. But they also might do some private land acquisition depending on the site too? I guess not clear where all the money is going, but it's probably a bunch of government overheads ala Utopia.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They are conducting an audit looking for suitable land. That doesn't mean they'll find any. So the $450m would include possible acquisition.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Duplex is also 2 houses, so even at the luxury level it's still only $800k per dwelling",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It says 85k for all school teachers.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I SAID PRIVATE SCHOOL ones.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You’re so lazy and resort to labels because you didn’t even fact check properly.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I completely blanked on the duplex bit hahaha.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh you SAID PRIVATE SCHOOL ones I didn’t realise you SAID PRIVATE SCHOOL ONES I must have missed where you said PRIVATE SCHOOL ONES",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You’re totally dishonest and bad faith. You don’t care about poorer people by mocking this situation. Grow up.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh no the Reddit man called me bad faith shit I better go reflect on all my life choices right now 🥺🥺🥺🥺",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Google tells me it means a clear way. Now there’s no clear way times in the road that I’m talking about but there are multiple no parking signs. It is still a clear way and are buses (not public) allowed to park there?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes it's a clear way. Some are timed, others are not.  A solid yellow line around intersections are also clear ways 24 7.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Does anyone care though? I’m not quite fussed normally but this one, I’ve almost (not super close) crashed into a few times because there’s a hill while driving 70k/hr so you see it last minute. I called the cops once and they clearly didn’t care because it’s still there. Council would care but it’s always at night so no active rangers",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "People should care, but you're right - you'll often find a car parked in a clearway when they shouldn't be. Will the cops care? Probably not unless they happen upon the car themselves. Beecroft Rd. is a high offender of this, made worse by the fact that it's just over a ridge where you won't see the car until the last minute.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "call the Transport Management Centre on 131 700 to report a vehicle in a clearway",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you’re going 70 over a hill where you can’t see what’s on the other side, even if the speed limit is 70, that’s on you.  You should always slow down when conditions affect what you can see and how you can react, including cresting a hill.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This bus is there almost every damn night, I thought at least the police could make some easy money fining it, but they didn’t even want to send out a car.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I always thought that was for breakdowns only, will give this a go, thank you",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Obviously I’m not actually going 70, otherwise I’d have already crashed into it. But it’s a 70 limit, and it’s a clear way, a bus being parked there nearly every damn night should be some cause for concern, but no-one cares. It’s the same bus every night, it’s a school bus so easy to track but is there really no solution other than just letting it park there?!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Buses are exempt from no stopping restrictions in clearways.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Even if it’s a school bus that’s just parked there? (No driver there)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No, that's parking. I assumed you were talking about stopped and waiting in the vehicle as that's what buses often do.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Not just the beer that's cheap. 2 beers, a bottle of sake, 6 plates of sushi, a plate of Karaage chicken, and edamame for $65. For 2.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Alcohol prices are interesting, it's like if I'm buying a case of beer and it's $70 for 24 I'm like wow that's expensive, then you go to a restaurant and they are $11 a bottle.  At $6 thats still probably 300% markup, but a great deal comparatively.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I keep meaning to try this place being I always see it on my way to the station. Someday!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Finally, the reincarnation of Bar Century has come.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Asahi and Sapporo are now brewed locally. Even the 500ml cans. Had a bottle of the Sapporo this week and nearly spat it out.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Korean places around Lidcombe do basic (admittedly not exceptionally nice) Korean beers for 6 dollars. 5 is pretty insane though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How much was the Kirin Ichiban? Everywhere I go it’s at $12+",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "decent but still an absolute robbery compared to what you'll pay in japan. Easily 50% of this.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That sign rings a bell, is that in the south eastern parts of Sydney? If so; one of my favourite comfort food places.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Is it still shit though?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "SUGOI!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I live near there but was put off by the bad Google reviews. Some not so nice stories on there although some good reviews too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "that doesnt really seem that cheap. still over $30 per person",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was going to reply with a comment about the savings for teetotallers. But after looking up the spelling of that word and realising it's nothing to do with carrying tea, but actually mocking an alcohol abstinence campaigner who talked about the \"t-total\" absence of alcohol with a heavy stutter. I thought that was more interesting of a comment.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Imagine fucking up pronouncing something so badly it's still mocked 200 years later?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just needs $5 Vodka Mother's on tap",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Cass was my go-to during covid. Something like $27 for a case.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "$7",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Redfern",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It was a bit quiet, being a Sunday night, so the train was under plated and lacked variety. But it was all pretty good and tasty.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I don't know why you got down-voted this hard. It was always a pretty run-down very very middle of the road neighborhood place. I'd go there if I was desperate for a cheap snack, but it's not a place I'd ever bring someone to.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "With enough booze to get nice and toasty, though. The sake was enough to share.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I don't know where you're eating at for under 30$ a person with drinks. Like even Macca's is 20$ a pop and there's no beers there.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What restaurants are you earing at that have main meals under $20 a head, $20 is usually a salad with mains being $25/40.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "$30 a head with booze is pretty damn good",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "He's not eating, too busy betting - sharp.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I thought it had something to do with highlighting the Total with a capital T.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Funnily enough just yesterday I heard the word in a podcast, I knew what it meant thanks to the context I heard it in but I had to look it up and see what it meant and where it came from.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wild to open reddit and see there’s a discussion going on about it!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "wait, is that where it comes from???",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep. Whenever I've been there the variety has been crap and the fish sliced so thin you can see the rice through it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I found that explanation on a different website. I think there's a few theories.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Etymology can be fascinating. My favourite is dumbbells.  They get their name from silenced bell towers that were used by the monks to practice bell ringing. Essentially, weighted ropes around a room.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "People were noticing that monks were all pretty jacked and realised it was practising on the dumb bells.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1dh4xpr.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "https://youtu.be/PXwEtL7BFxs?si=ahzt0JkuhfcROUN9",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "1992 Sydney Harbour Tunnel and a Holden.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hope you folk enjoy.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1dh74fx.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "As I sit here dealing with a sick kid I realised so many people know has someone sick at home. Is it a bad winter for everyone else or do I have a biased view at the moment?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have bacterial pneumonia, no idea where I caught it from 🤷‍ it is the worst respiratory illness I have ever had.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Good thing we’re all being forced into the office to attend meetings via Microsoft teams.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Heaps of illnesses going around at the moment. Covid, flu, rhinovirus, pneumonia etc. It's a mess.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's definitely a lot going around, I just got over being sick all week. Also a lot of the office has been down with something and I hear a lot of coughing/sniffles on the trains, it's rough out there atm",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bad winter. My family all have Covid at the moment, including the four month old, who's now already had both Covid and RSV.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes and things I’ve never heard of like parainfluenza and “walking pneumonia” in the mix as well. And for the most part, people seem to have forgotten all about the value of masks, social distancing, and not coughing/sneezing great billowing clouds of disease in public places. People are gross!!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Dumbass middle managers forcing employees to be in the office leading to packed public transport during flu season tends to have that effect.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It seems to be going around. My kids have been on a constant cycle of sickness lately and I had a bad cold last week, which knocked me out for a few days.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Most of my family and friends seem to have someone sick at home at the moment too. I can’t believe winter has just started, I’m worried what the rest of winter is going to be like at this rate.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My partner has had a temperature of +38 for 9 days, negative to covid and had a swab test for bacterial pneumonia which was also negative. Pretty serious, affects the lungs. Going for full blood works today to rule out any other conditions.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My friend works in a hospital and she said they have all gone back to wearing masks because of Covid and the flu going around.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It hasn't happened for a while, but my uncle has a habit of catching covid. Managed to do it three or four times in the span of twelve months a couple years ago, and I have little doubt it's part of the reason why my grandmother's had multiple hospitalisations and/or run ins with pneumonia from 2020 onwards even with all the time she stays at home.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not sure if it's just luck or my insistence on always wearing a mask outside is helping, but I don't seem to catch colds anywhere as often as I used to.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s been brutal… our 8 month old has had gastro into influenza A, into parainfluenza and rhinovirus at the same time, into another upper respiratory infection. Wife copped the influenza A and I’m getting whatever he’s recently caught. All in the last 5 weeks.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Last week my sister had Influenza A, and between her 3 kids, one had paranfluenza , another mycoplasma pneumonia and the other had RSV.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This week myself and 3 other friends have had to take leave for being “flu-like”.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’d say it’s a tough winter for sure.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Interesting that while mask wearing was mandatory, flu cases dropped in number.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Take away the mandatory mask wearing , and numbers rise..hmmm",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you have a cough/cold etc , stay at home to avoid sharing it around.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you do need to go out, wear a face mask.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Second time having COVID. Im on day 6 and had near constant headache the whole time. My body is feeling better but the congestion and pain in my head just has not eased up at all.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Im in my mid-20s and this is definitely the top 3 sickest Ive ever been. Way worse than the first time I got it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My niece just got over Covid. And my mum just got over the flu. Both in different houses with no contact. Your anecdote matches up with what I’m hearing too. It’s getting around!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yup, my missus has covid after an industry conference last week.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I had covid and a nasty cough (maybe RSV) back to back a couple months ago.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I catch public transport and it is apparent we are in chesty runny nose peak right now.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My family had our flu shots back in April yet caught influenza a a week or so ago. 7 days later and I’m still so bloody sick.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How hard would it be for everyone to go back to using masks.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not hard at all.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’ve got  COVID for the first time. Took me 4.5 years but finally got it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Knock on wood, we have not been hit with anything so far this year.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No covid or flu, just tonsils the size of apples. I look forward to the day gulping isn't painful",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’ve literally had one thing after another for the past 5 weeks. Get sick with one thing, get over it, leave the house again, go back to work, social events or catch a few trains and catch something else. I’ve run out of sick leave at this point (health care worker so can’t go to work sick even though everything is already all through the ward). Previously have never had the flu and the couple of lots of covid I had previously hit me pretty mildly so whatever is going round this year is relentless",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Had flu six weeks ago donated by a generous coworker, covid via family maybe two weeks ago. Shit's fucked.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Teacher here - yeh I've had classes where about 30- 40% of my students are sick with covid or influenza. I've been ok (up to date with vaccines) but my partner caught covid then the flu within the same month (office work and constant public transport).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you are over 65 please get the flu shot, I missed timed it by a week. was booked in for the shot on the Wednesday got flu on the Monday before…sickest I have been for many years",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Everyone I know has had at least one and mostly all members of the house with COVID or flu. I've been lucky, I work from home, had my flu shot a few weeks ago and will get a flu booster today",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Day 9.  Much better, not covid, have done a test.  It feels worse than the Covid I had in March 2021.   Totally missed Sydney Film Festival.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m pregnant and sick with a cold. Spent the whole weekend with my in laws, and then my MIL tells us right before we’re about to go home that she’s sick. Of course we’re gonna have a bad flu season when you’ve got people who don’t give a crap spreading their germs even to the most vulnerable people.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My family’s been sick lately, we seem to pass it on to each other and then repeat. But was negative for covid and flu. Doctor said it could be RSV and apparently pneumonia is going around.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There was a pandemic going on, not sure if you remember. It never stopped, we all just got bored and stopped caring.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes 3/4 of us at home have a cold. Negative to Covid. It’s not too late to get the flu vax!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My partner and I both copped it after my colleague came into the office visibly very sick ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’ve had a head cold 3 times already this year, it sucks",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I usually don't get sick and when I do it's 4 days max.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This winter I've been sick for 5 weeks straight, 3 different infections. Every time I think I'm about to get over 1 thing I get hit with something else.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Started off as bronchitis, hacking up golf size phlem balls and my lungs feeling like I'm drowning. No other symptoms that took 2 weeks to start clearing. Then I got hit with a inner ear infection and cough and just as I thought that was over I woke up with my tonsils the size of a golf ball, fever and sore throat and ear pain.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This has never happened to me before",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Daughter and I are sick at the moment. Not covid we tested but coughing so hard till we vomit…",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s yuk",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I came down with flu out of nowhere on Friday afternoon.  Been bed ridden since. Test is positive for influenza A but not Covid but this flu keeps kicking me ass harder each day",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Took me two weeks to get over the last bout and I only just got better on Saturday.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My son brought it home from school. The impact on him was minimal; on me it was coughing all night and loss of my voice....(I'm in my 60's though.)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I decided to go on a cruise a month ago. Didn't know at the time it was a Covid cruise, but well of course it was,",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "More people testing means more people have it? Back in the day you had the flu because you were really sick and it was felt like more then a cold not because you tested for it. I can’t even remember testing for the flu before 2020.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep, more people get sick in winter",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My bf and I are healthy and no cold or Covid in years. Last and only Covid was jan 2021",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In other news, water is wet.,.. yes… more colds and flus spread in winter.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Have a Sudafed and shut up",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I just got over that. I’ve genuinely never been as sick, it was awful.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I had that about 18 months ago. Everytime I breathed I could hear my lungs crackle like they were made of cellophane. Worst I’ve felt in my life.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have this at the moment. Was so bad yesterday I had to go to emergency. Was having trouble breathing and could not get my temp below 38.5.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I don’t think I have ever been so ill.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh shit that’s awful, as it is bacterial can you take an antibiotic for it or will that not work?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Had the same about 3 months ago along with my wife, was absolutely horrific.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Pretty much loads of us in 8-9 hours time. Commuting into CBD office to sit in front of a screen all-day, with the vast majority of it being solo work...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My son and I are getting hit by Rhino every couple of months. Puts us both on inhalers for a week. Nothing major, but damn the cough lingers.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh poor kid , hope you guys get better soon",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How awful.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "As someone firmly middle management... I wish we had any control over this, it's driven by execs who have decided their idea of what productivity is is more important than the health of staff. People are disposable if profits rise. Think of the shareholders etc.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah I know a few people that are being forced back into the office after working fine at home. I think it's just the mentality of management to be able to see people at work.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My place is happy people don't come in because they have been able to downsize the office space required and are saving millions.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "people say this every year dont they? the cold weather hits, we all get sick, then things move on",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "who is testing for all these things? can you buy kits? ive never had a gp test what i was actually sick with, normally just told rest and you will be right or given some antibiotics",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> If you have a cough/cold etc , stay at home to avoid sharing it around. If you do need to go out, wear a face mask.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes, lots of sniffling noses or loud coughing on public transport lately. Mask wearing seems to be very unpopular though which is unfortunate.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I thought flu numbers dropped because the borders were closed.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "*that you know of",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was OS recently and got a \"head cold\". Gave it to my wife. We both tested positive. Symptoms were quite different to previous episodes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I had no fever or cough, just a very runny nose, a bit of fatigue and awful sinuses.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I spoke to my Dr yesterday and he said lots of covid patients are presenting with similar symptoms.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Same story with work colleagues… I hope you guys feel better",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think if COVID taught us anything, it's that cruise ships are giant floating petri dishes!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Before Covid, cruises were norovirus cruises. They've always been gross.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "2022, 2023, 2024.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Third winter, innit?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "NSW Health has confirmed it's been a particularly bad year for respiratory viruses, as well as an epidemic of Mycoplasma pneumoniae",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The crackling sound freaks me out not gonna lie",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep Amoxicillin didn’t work but doxycycline seems to be working.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks. Covid was a piece of cake for her compared with RSV",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Exactly this. My job cut 25% of staff early this year. There's going to be more in a few weeks. Remember if you don't own a business and you work for someone else you will always be disposable.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wish I had a manager like you, my boss is the one forcing me in and ourcompany has no official office mandate ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep. Literally every year",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There was an exact post like a week ago",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Shock horror winter = respiratory viruses spread",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You can get 4 in 1 test kits for Influenza A/B, RSV & Covid.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Doctor will swab and send the test to pathology. We did this for our 4 y.o. because he was feverish for 6 nights straight and the COVID/influenza tests were negative.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Turned out he had RSV and Mycoplasma pneumoniae at the same time. I ended up getting mycoplasma pneumoniae from him 1 week later- was coughing nonstop for four days, got swabbed, given antibiotics and still recovering now.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "GPs will do a respiratory viral swab which tests for all common viruses. My local coles has a RAT swab that does covid, influenza A/B and RSV.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We had restrictions all through the winter of 2022",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How did you test covid for the little one? Just assuming since everyone else had it or did you swab them?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If only there was a valid way to prevent respiratory viruses spreading? It’s not like we had a 2 year period where most of them practically disappeared to show us what to do…",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah, no, I work in healthcare and my coworker said he's never done so many chest xrays for children in his career.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I asked a bunch of chemists - sorry sold out. Discovered my local Woolies has a whole bunch of 4 in 1 tests.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In short, if you need tests, go to your local supermarket.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No lockdowns, no restrictions, borders were open, gigs were happening. I’d say it was pretty normal.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What kind of restrictions?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "PCR test, GP referral. She was the first to have symptoms, everyone else was just RATs.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And why do you think they disappeared?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It was primarily the border closures that did it. When we had zero tourists and travel = low virus spread.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Still didn’t get it to zero which is impossible",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So if you are ok to never leave Australia then border closures work",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "However if you want to travel unfortunately there isn’t much you can do outside of updated vaccinations, stay home when sick to stop spread of respiratory infections.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’d say that’s purely anecdotal as most people forget these things.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Our son was in ICU last September for pneumonia",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The head of the children’s ward let us know at least 70% of the kids in that ward if they did an xray would have some kind of mild to moderate pneumonia and this was not unusual for that age group.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This was post winter. Only a small % of the kids had Covid previously.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Also don’t forget a lot of kids <5 born during Covid had at least 18months or so without catching anything due to border closures and so their immune systems basically had a shock to the system when we returned back.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Our daughter went to daycare for 12 months during 2020-21 and got zero illness. Once borders opened boom sick every month",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Our son has been in childcare for a year and sick every month. In fact we have probably gone 2-3 weeks without some kind of cold or virus in our home. That’s normal from reading through what kids get from day care / childcare.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "cheers!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The lack of virus’s swirling around in the seasons preceding it leading to low flu/virus numbers is pretty abnormal though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Like the one where you had to be vaccinated to enter the country. That only got lifted in July 2022.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Here you go:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> On July 2, as COVID-19 cases began increasing due to the colder months, it was revealed that Australian health officials were discussing the return of the indoor mask mandate.[292] This ultimately never came to fruition. In mid-July, New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet pushed for COVID-19 isolation requirements to be dropped all together or at least reduced to 5 days. This was rejected due to the ongoing winter wave.[293] On September 9 restrictions again began relaxing. The mask mandate on aircraft was scrapped nationwide and Western Australia ended the mask mandate on passenger transport. At the same time the isolation time for COVID-19 cases was reduced to 5 days.[85] September 9 was also the last day cases were reported daily in Australia as the country transitioned to weekly reporting instead.[294] On September 14, COVID-19 disaster payment for people who had to isolate due to COVID-19 was extended so long as isolating was mandated by the government.[295] South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland all ended the mask mandate on passenger transport on September 21. Victoria ended the mandate on September 22 after it had been in place since June 2020.[86]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Per my updated reply, plenty.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You make it sound as though doing basic actions like wearing a mask, staying home and getting vaccinated would have zero impact, if everyone was to follow those rules there would still likely be a massive drop off in the cases we have. Just read the comments here about how many people are on public transport or in the office coughing up a lung while sniffling with all their remaining breath… how many infections could be stopped by just minimising other peoples exposure?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> The head of the children’s ward let us know at least 70% of the kids in that ward if they did an xray would have some kind of mild to moderate pneumonia and this was not unusual for that age group.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Duh, that’s because you’re in a hospital and hospital-acquired pneumonia is incredibly common in them.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sure, but anybody who isn’t a fucking moron was vaccinated by July 2022 so it was only a limiting restriction to anti vaxx dickheads.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So there was an entirely reasonable vaccine requirement to enter the country which everybody but dickhead anti vaxxers met, and there were some lame mask laws and isolation requirements, which anybody who wasn’t a dickhead would do anyway.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I arrived back in Australia in May 2022 and went to a bunch of gigs, went to a music festival, ate in restaurants, hung out in bars. Life was back to normal. Much more normal than the winters of 2020 and 2021. Most of the world had thankfully got back on with living their lives by then. I",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That’s literally what I said",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "“Stay home when sick, update vaccinations”",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This was specific to kids in the ward who had come in with pneumonia tbf.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That much is true at least.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Welcome to /r/Sydney. Feel free to use this thread to chat, self-post, or ask questions.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "New to this subreddit? [Our wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/wiki/index) has lots of good info on getting around Sydney, what to do when you visit, where to eat, and more.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Using a third party app or desktop view on mobile and can't read the sidebar? Please [**have a look here**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yt_ZZ7Y686kU1kdEOq0HOrXZNY56E1-r85nDgfB412o/edit) first ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you're new here, please read [the answer to pretty much every self post](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yt_ZZ7Y686kU1kdEOq0HOrXZNY56E1-r85nDgfB412o/edit), [reddiquette](https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/205926439) and [self promotion](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion#wiki_here_are_some_guidelines_for_best_practices.3A).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The amount of times I have already screamed at my emails and it’s only 9:30 am.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[C-H-O-N-K](https://imgur.com/a/EZBqt1t).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Pretty busy week this week.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've just put through the scary follow up emails/calls about 2 of the jobs that I interviewed for. Hopefully poking them along will mean I have an answer before the 3rd comes back to me. Just so looking forward to ending the hunt.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Finally have an appointment this arvo with the genetics lab to see if I have the same heart condition as my father. It's a 50/50 and I don't seem to have developed it yet, but I just want to know if there's a chance I've got it and passed it on to my kid.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Then I'm off to see the Tea Party on Friday with a mate. Not that we're old, but we saw the original version of this tour...25 years ago.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Then I'll drop the little one off on Sat for a sleepover with my oldies so we can go to a post school fete party at a brewery that the P&C is organising.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "May also have a funeral to attend at some point - the dad of one of the kids I grew up with. Seems like this is my new \"era\" - parents getting sick and dying. Yeesh.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "WFH today waiting for a locksmith, he arrived pretty early in the day surprisingly (props to Newtown Locksmiths). He said whoever last worked on the lock had inserted a cylinder in the wrong place and continued use forced the lock to become harder to use, which led to my key getting bent until it snapped off inside the lock. So he placed the cylinder in the right place.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Then the locksmith said my replacement key and only remaining key (given to me by my REA) was a cheap Chinese copy which he couldn't make a copy for. Then my REA told me I had to pay the locksmith and they'd reimburse me, but wouldn't say when. Not great. At least I got a day at home out of it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yawning in the middle of lifting in the gym this morning. Not a good start to the week to already be jn sleep deficit.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Looks like we are in for some chilly mornings this week. Happy Monday Sydneysiders! ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Nearly a 3 hour door to door commute on the train this morning  Wish I just wfh instead",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was going to go in to the office today and I actually got to the train station a few minutes earlier than I usually do, only to get announcements that trains were fucked. So I turned around, popped into the Woolies on my way home to buy some snacks, and got back home with time to spare to chill for a bit before opening up my laptop to work.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thank goodness my work allows me to be flexible at circumstances like this. I reckon I still would have gotten into the office before 9am, but I just did not want to risk being stuck on the train when I didn't have to.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Trying to think of a big list of names for the puppy I'll eventually get.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A part of me wants to name it Priscilla, even if it's a male dog with Prince as a nickname.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Another part of me just wants to name it Nugget or something super silly.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Such a hard commitment to a name, no matter what I'll need to meet the pup and see what sticks but it's such a commitment just to think of a standalone name for an imaginary pup, not even taking on all the  training I'll need to do lol.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "covid and flu is travelling through my team",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "funny thing is that we're all remote and working from home",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "it forced me to get a flu shot on the weekend - i asked about a covid booster and she laughed at me.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Shared my lasagna and the motion capture created [my favourite gif ever](https://imgur.com/a/1vRenD2) ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Don't feel great this morning and kinda dreading work on top of my uterus having her normal meltdown. I finally fucking said something about a man who sexually harasses the female staff but wasn't taken seriously the last time I explained why we refuse to pick up his phone calls, and actually got a warning for it instead (:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ugh. We'll see what happens, if anything happens at all.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Downside of EOFY sales.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Trying to determine if I want to buy Momentum 4 wireless that are currently on sale or wait for a decent deal on WH-1000XM5",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Signs of a slight personal step to the right: smh at all the hand wringing in The Graun over the sale of the Sirius building.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Me, thinking if it sold for $150m then at govt rates that means potentially up to 300 social housing apartments, townhouses or basic homes, instead of what? A dozen or two? That happen to have one of the best views in the world?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It would've been like winning Lotto, getting one of those on welfare.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My day for the next 5 days, Health and Safety representative training course.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Leaving home in the dark, and probably getting home in the dark. ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Accidentally sprayed some wine onto my white ceiling at my rental. Flatmate and I were trying to open a corked bottle of wine last night, without a corkscrew, and when the bottle opened, some wine flew out. we mostly thought it was around the kitchen, and we cleaned up the tiles and counter, but this morning i noticed a small blob on the ceiling. It's pretty light, and can only be seen from right under the spot, but still noticeable. Is there something I can do that will make it lighter/clean it up without messing up the ceiling?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I saw a raven, a magpie, and a willy wagtail together on my run yesterday. I didn't get a photo, but I thought the caption of Goth Bird Convention would have been pretty apt.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "As a fairly recent arrival to Sydney, I'm just wondering, exactly how scared should I be of Swooping Season? I live down in the Shire and my road seems to have a large population of Magpies!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> May also have a funeral to attend at some point - the dad of one of the kids I grew up with. Seems like this is my new \"era\" - parents getting sick and dying. Yeesh.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah I've just hit this stage, I think, and it's kind of heavy. My sympathies!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> It's a 50/50",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "(mate i could have told you that)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> the dad of one of the kids I grew up with. Seems like this is my new \"era\" - parents getting sick and dying. Yeesh.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "a mate said at birthday, we're at that age now, make sure you have a black suit in your wardrobe",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "does the key Given by the REA go into the cylinder sideways and instead of teeth have a bunch of little dimples in it?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They aren't really used here and are a pain because no one copies them. Hopefully he gave you new cylinder and you can just give the REA some new keys to copy.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Friday is the solstice. Then, the days only get longer until glorious summer.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Morning morning",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I missed the context here. Why did she laugh about a covid booster?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We had an in-person work thing last week and half the team was sick (but still showed up woooo).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've been meaning to get a flu shot, wondering if it's worth getting Covid booster #6. I think it's been a year since the last one.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was going to get a covid shot before my trip to Bali in a month but had had covid in March, and they are now saying don't get one for 6 month after infection.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "With it going around and me on the very dregs of my sterilising immunity, I'll be so annoyed if I spend a week in Bali coughing and sweating. Planes are petri dishes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I admittedly haven’t read much lately, but my understanding is the caught in the wild virus does help your immune system deal with future infections. The big fear at the beginning was that it would sweep through, with no natural defences and end in a lot of death.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have the momentum 4 over ears. They are quite bulky. And buggy as well. I always find myself grabbing my sony over ear 1000xm4s instead. I would suggest get the 1000xm4s instead. They are better than the xm5s. I got seconds on the sony ebay store. Except for not coming in original packing, they were as good as new. Absolutely perfect. Due to being seconds, I got more than 50% discount on the usual price they sell for.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sirius building had 80 apartments, whose residents needed to be relocated in a sale process that took 5 years.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That $30m a year could easily have been funded out of general revenue at a time when the state government was consistently running billion dollar + surpluses.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just a little soap and water on a damp cloth should do it. Red wines a bit of the chihuahua of stains. Its bark is much worse than its bite. Looks terrible but comes off pretty easy.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You only ever make the mistake of desperately trying to push the cork *into* the bottle once.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The pics don't do the big one justice, but you can *kinda* see it in the front on pics with how wide his stance is. I swear he lands and the earth shakes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Magpies love to gossip (I'm not even kidding) and they will tell other magpies about the good - and bad! - things people do. They also remember faces and pass that info down through the generations.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My suggestion would be to get on their good side leading up to swooping season and let them see you leave water out for them, or even **very** occasionally some walnuts for them. People like to give them mince, but please don't, it's really not good for them. Also, I say very occasionally because you don't want them to become reliant on you. They're wild birds and need to be able to feed themselves.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Fwiw, I've never been swooped and I've never had to do any of the above, but I know it would get you on their good side and make you the talk of the town.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Magpies are territorial, so they know the area and the people who live there. So you should be fine if the magpies have seen you walking up and down the street.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They hate pushbikes and scooters, because they move quickly and silently. Quick and silent means predator to magpies, which is quite logical.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeh, def heavy. At the same time, it's really made me appreciate my parents more - both for the mere fact they're here, as well as the fact they've already been through all this too. One of those weird \"oh yeh, my parents are actual people too\" sort of moments when the curtain lifts and you realise as the stuff that's gone on in their lives while you've been blithly living a kids life unawares.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> (mate i could have told you that)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Surprisingly its not always 50/50 (genetics gets complicated) - eg if it was an X-linked mutation then (as a son) they have zero chance of inheriting it from their father, or it could be mosaic then the chance depends on which tissues were affected in the father.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not that I'm aware of, and he said he inserted the cylinder into the correct position, I didn't really ask questions because I just wanted it done.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The REA only gave me 2 keys, the one that snapped and a backup. I wasn't aware the lock was so stiff to turn the key that it would snap the key when taking it out. I've never had this happen before in any lock ever.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My local locksmith cuts keys for $3, it would be quicker to get them done myself than ask the REA to do it and bring them to me, I'll have enough trouble getting the locksmith's $120 fee reimbursed from the REA. They don't have a preferred locksmith and the guy said he doesn't have an account with them, and he wasn't leaving until someone paid.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm clearly all about the heat, but it hasn't felt cold enough for that to be just around the corner.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This is the positivity we need on a Monday",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "\"FENTON, oh jeesus christ\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah I think I'm really overthinking it ahahaha",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's just something I've been wanting for so many years that now it can be a realistic thing, I'm just overreacting to it all.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Rosie is a gorgeous name though :)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "there's more of a push to get the flu shot out than the booster",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "the pharmacist told me that if you're young and reasonably healthy, there's no point",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Apparently airborne viruses don't actually spread that well on planes because the air is constantly being filtered. That probably won't stop you getting sick if the person next to you is coughing directly into your face, but you're probably safer in general than on a bus or train.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There’s no difference between catching the virus ‘in the wild’ and receiving a vaccine (or booster) the effect on your immune system is the same - it teaches your immune system to recognise the virus.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Neither are 100% effective at preventing re-infection.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "maybe.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "i never assume that the vaccine will give me a force field from it, my expectation is that it'll just turn my 5 day manflu into a 1 day manflu.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ah nice.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm looking to upgrade my QC35 II's, which are unfortunately getting a little long in the tooth. I've had to replace the cushions twice and I think they gave up most noise cancelling 2. I think the XM4 was only a side grade to that so I was hoping to level up, without going back to Bose.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Don't know anything of the history.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Do you mean all the residents had to be put up in rentals for 5 years?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Amazing it could take so long.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bribe the magpies. Got it ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My kiddo loves to chase birds around and I've warned him so many times, do not chase the magpies. I jokingly told him that one magpie in our front garden he chased once has got his number. Now it seems like I really do need to get on it's good side.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "i was young when my grandma passed away and i remember my mum saying to my aunt, we can't talk to her forever, no more calling to say hello or asking for advice",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "that's when it hit me, finality of it all.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "the 50/50 just reminded me of my annoying mathematically gifted study mate who in econometrics lectures constantly stated that all probability is 50/50. incidentally that mate is having a great old time at the bank of england, with a 50/50 chance that he's annoying those around him.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "and just because it'll cause me anxiety unless i say it outloud, i was obviously being glib and assumed that we were (online) mates enough for us to joke around this potentially serious matter",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yup - sadly in this case, it's autosomal dominant, so it's non sex chromosome linked, meaning both my sister & I are at risk, despite only Dad having it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That said, our remaining full blood cousin is also going to get tested - my uncle's had a bunch of heart related problems as well, so it's a chance he's actually had it too, meaning it was actually passed down from our grandfather.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Well, the solstice is the beginning of winter for the rest of the world. But you got to get through winter with positivity that it will fuck off.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Monday is the depression solstice of the week. It's only less depressing days from here until the weekend.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sure. Which might explain now why boosters are not deemed as necessary anymore, but were once quite important.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Does it though? I only have a sample of two",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "State Government kicked off the process in 2014, last resident moved out sometime in 2019. It's more likely that the residents were cascaded to other LAHC properties, but until the new housing started coming online that does result in a net decline in public housing, especially in the inner city.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've won my unkindness over by leaving water out for them and returning the golf ball one loves to carry around with it. All in full view for them to see, of course, but I've been playing the long game and it's going on 3 years now.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Forgot to mention, make sure you clean the water vessel out on the reg so diseases don't spread.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "i only have a sample of one which makes it difficult to setup a control for this experiment.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Technically I have a sample of 4. But two of those only had it once and weren’t ever eligible for boosters.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "i guess i could wrangle the girl but i've never seen her catch manflu",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Major train delays currently on T1 T2 and T5 lines due to signalling power supply issues at Harris Park.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "UPDATE: as of 2:30pm trains are pretty much back to normal.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "The human rights commission...for a cycleway. Wish I had this much time on my hands",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think we've hit peak NIMBY people",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">The former banking executive and federal treasury adviser said his interest was triggered by a near-miss with a cyclist on a shared path while he was looking at his phone.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">“It was my fault. But I realised this could happen to anybody of a certain age,” Waterhouse said. “The more I looked into it, the more I thought, ‘This is bizarre’. I’m really concerned about it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Satire, surely?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It seems the goal of these people complaining is to get the cycleway removed. If this occurs, cyclists will either:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "1. ride on the road, which is a major thoroughfare for cars and buses, and risk getting injured - or killed - by motorists, or",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "2. ride on the footpath and risk pedestrians getting injured.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The cycleway is the best option for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists, and for people to use the elderly and disabled as a way to block this is just selfish. Yes, these vulnerable groups use this infrastructure, but they aren't the only members of the public. The current design of the pedestrian crossing (which seems to be the main issue here) looks to meet accessibility standards - if it didn't, then it wouldn't have been built in the first place. Community concerns with the design would have been addressed during the consultation phase of the project, and to demand that Council and TfNSW stop construction on this is a waste of their time and resources.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "These floating bus stop arguments have been run and championed overseas by the usual cabal of anti-cycling, pro-car groups. They are a bad faith attempt to stop progressive change in our cities. Certain disability advocacy groups / or individuals with a disability get co-oped and pushed into the media to push the anti-car agenda. It's always shrill ideologically driven, unresearched bullshit.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And in a photo of pure gold, old mate complainant is standing in the middle of a fucking crossing with his back to the oncoming cyclists, forcing htem to guess as to his intentions to cross or not.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I want to lodge a HR complaint against NIMBY boomers who fear change.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This is the most Paddington thing to ever happen in Paddington",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "this is quite a ridiculous complaint, because the concerns they have with the floating bus stops are predicated on cyclist doing the wrong thing - not stopping at pedestrian crossings, or cycling drunk. You can't use that as an argument without taking it to the next step, which is that cars shouldn't be allowed on Oxford street either, as they might go through pedestrian crossings or drive drunk.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "These are the fuckwits that moved into King’s Cross then complained bars existed.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I hope politicians have grown a set after seeing the destruction these pricks caused to the cities nightlife.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Looking forward to discussing this in a few hours after the abc or guardian has an article up",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think the bigger human rights breach going on in Paddington is the fact there so many residents fail to clean up after their dogs. Every time my wife and I go to Oxford Street or the surrounding laneways we are having to dodge little brown mounds all over the footpath. And let’s not forget they constantly walk their dogs in Centennial Park off leash even when it isn’t an off leash area, and their dogs run at cyclists causing many accidents. My 81 year old father in law was knocked off his bike 3 months ago on the main road of centennial park by an off leash out of control dog, leaving him with fractures including his neck. He is lucky to still be alive. And of course the dog owner grabbed the dog and fled the scene, not checking to see if my father-in-law is okay after a heavy crash.. We don’t blame the dog, we blame the irresponsible owner.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Fucking stupid old NIMBYs are the scourge of Sydney, honestly.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Maybe get off your damn phone and look both ways before you toddle into a bike path and you won’t get cleaned up by the cyclist you just stepped out in front of.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What an absolute fucking joke.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> *The complainants, who include former City of Sydney councillor Kathryn Greiner, want the commission to ask the City of Sydney council to stop construction of the western part of the cycleway, which runs from the CBD to Taylor Square, and to ask Transport for NSW to suspend planning of the eastern part, which continues from Taylor Square to Centennial Park.*",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The western part of the cycleway has been under construction for over 3 months now and looks to be almost complete.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This is beyond satire.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Nimby will Nimby",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "drag it out a few years and those elderly NIMBY's should have passed away.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bus wankers",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "People getting blown up, but hey Paddington residence are oppressed by a cycleway.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This is why Sydney is boring as fk these days.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This is NIMBY for sure but I don’t really love shared paths.  Bikes are fast, pedestrians are slow and dogs often walk sideways (my dogs for sure do that!). I had many near misses even when I was focusing on my walks.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I agree with cycleways....i ride a little myself. Thing is 1 lane of traffic each way is crazy given the volume of cars down oxford st. Apart from buses theres no other effective, efficient  predictable public transport...and many wont / cant leave cars behind. Idk what the solution is but 1 lane each way will create gridlock as well (if thats whats being proposed - i cant read paywall article). Theres also few if any other viable alternative east to CBD routes, i live on William St and thats already a mess as is area around Fliders and moore park, an alternative for cars (sadly) needs to be provided (because people arent going to ditch them).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Strong Boomer energy here.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Having said that, I think a bike lane down Oxford Street is a terrible idea, I don't understand why the light rail wasn't extended from George Street up Liverpool continuing up Oxford all the way to Bondi junction to make that a combined train, bus, and light rail interchange.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You can see the old tram tracks at the Oxford Street Plaza in Bondi junction, obviously the trams are different now but the concept of pedestrianisation should remain the same.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Assuming that line extension was built, you could then plot out the reinstallation of light rail to Bondi, Coogee, Randwick, and Maroubra given it's very unlikely the Metro will extend out to those areas. You could then take the buses that are used in those areas and reroute them to adjacent suburbs and smaller streets to get people closer to home.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "\"And that's enough from the plight of Ukrainian prisoners of war being starved and tortured. Thank you Zlata. Next up is Cecil from Padington, Australia.\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What human rights are they claiming are being breached here?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Netflix raises prices again I’m going to the ICJ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Peak Sydney.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This is a good argument to put the cycleway on the road with a barrier to protect riders from cars.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But I doubt they'd want this either.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m a single person, that experienced an issue once, which was in fact my fault but let’s try and derail a project that will help thousands of commuters every day long after I’m dead because I’m an entitled twat.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "\"It was my fault, but I realised I could use it to inflict pain on people doing stuff I don't want them to do.\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Spoken like a true banking executive/political adviser.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I cycle up and down that section of Oxford St a few days a week as part of my commute. I'm really looking forward to the separated cycleway so that I don't have to risk my life with cars and buses.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And you're spot on, the biggest complaint a lot of people have is \"cyclists on the footpath\", and this new cycleway will massively reduce that happening. The only interaction between cyclists and pedestrians will be at these bus stop crossings.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Looking at the island on street view (Bondi Junction, SE corner of Oxford and York by the bus depot), I can see how their complaint might have some merit. Standing on the island, at the crossing, I can see how the bus shelter furniture might obstruct your lines of vision of oncoming cyclists. Other people on the island could also obstruct your vision. It doesn't look difficult to fix, either, you could move the crossings to the apexes at either end of the island, away from the furniture.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you napkin maths it out, assuming your view of the cycleway is obstructed around the bends where it comes in behind the shelter, and assuming you have cyclists travelling say 25km/h which is not slow and not fast for a bicycle and is slow for an e-bike, you potentially have less than 2 seconds of visibility of an oncoming bicycle. I think most adults would have no trouble crossing such a small crossing in 2 seconds, but the elderly or disabled may take longer, and so they are not in a position to make a safe choice themselves, they are relying on potential oncoming bicycles to see and avoid them.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My two cents, very much anecdotal, but in the comments here, there is much assumption of ulterior motives, and writing off the argument on the basis that it *must* be NIMBY-ism, all of which is assumed to be true rather than demonstrated by fact, so I thought instead I would try and form my own understanding of what the risks associated with the bus islands might be. At the end of the day I hope the HRC takes it seriously and does due diligence to assess whether or not there is any merit to their complaint.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Implying the politician's goal wasn't to kill Sydney's nightlife...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Mods have been removing ABC articles too because the ABC like to change their news article headings from time to time.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[removed]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Unfortunately I work in paddinton and within the first few weeks I have stepped in turds... people just don't give a rats ass.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In fact, just the other day I almost got run over whilst using a pedestrian crossing. It was 9 am and perfect weather and the dude came within a meter of me. I didn't even get a glance from old mate.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This is either something that is happening A LOT or you have shared this story at least 4 times on this sub.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Maybe I just spend too much time on reddit… maybe both.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I completely agree about shared paths. Based on how some have been designed in my local area, such as the one Willoughby Council did between Chatswood and St Leonards, many are poorly designed and make it more dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians. Given your concerns about shared paths, would you support building more cycleways than shared paths?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's not a shared path that is proposed on Oxford Street - it's an actual cycleway.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "All the more reason to build cycleways and fuck off shared paths to the bins of bad design ideas.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Dogs can be trained not to \"walk sideways.\"  Just because you can't be bothered to put in the work to train your dog doesn't make it the fault if infrastructure.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> if thats whats being proposed - i cant read paywall article).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "it's not. The are getting the space from removing right hand turning lanes. Which require extra traffic light phases and slow down traffic.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This cycleway will not only give options to leave cars at home, but will speed at through traffic (at the expense of people wanting to turn right of course)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think having cars going down Oxford St is a terrible idea. It wasn't built for them. If it were only buses, pedestrians and cyclists, it could be one of the best pedestrian malls in Sydney.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">  don't understand why the light rail wasn't extended from George Street up Liverpool continuing up Oxford all the way to Bondi junction to make that a combined train, bus, and light rail interchange.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Because 9 out of 10 of the busiest buses in sydney used to go from either hyde park or central to UNSW or randwick. Plus stadium and horse racing events.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What you are suggesting is a good light rail idea and should happen. But of the two, the south east was the better choice.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They are arguing that it breaches the Australian Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Apparently the elderly and disabled are being discriminated against because they have to use a pedestrian crossing?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The WHO's stupid sexy Flanders clause about Lycra.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Peak rich Paddington boomers",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">“The whole cycling thing is good on one level. Unfortunately, there are a number of cyclists who will cause problems. The demographic of Paddington is getting older. There are a lot of people around who I think will be affected.”",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They don't care about anyone else but themselves, so anything that doesn't directly benefit them will never be supported. If they move to an on road cycleway it will move to \"what about the carparks? what about the loss of a lane for traffic? etc etc\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No, no, malicious compliance - they want the path safer right, so we strip out a traffic lane and make it a safe cycleway.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh, we've totally fucked driving, sorry about that, but slowing everything down is super safe for pedestrians, just think of the children and elderly we're saving as you drive around a one way system to get back to the spot you wanted...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sounds like one of those cunts who strolls into Kent St cycleway looking down at their phone, then look put out when you shout at them to get out of the way.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "An \"issue\" that didn't even result in a collision, because unlike him the cyclist was paying attention to their surroundings, as one needs to do to stay safe.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Guy was simply startled, is all.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And contrary to what some people might think, no cyclist wants to hit a pedestrian either, because it's a bad fall with a very high risk of injury, shoulder in particular.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "THIS x 100",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "these people are cooked and I’m in hell",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Boomer defined in a single paragraph",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Simple fix for the sight line problems... No ads on the floating bus stops.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Watch Clovers head explode.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What weaksauce. All news sites change headings and even articles too. There's many sites offering cached versions of news sites.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Link to this Mod statement?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah frustrating if you want to discuss sydney news as it's hard to find alternative sources sometimes. If you use the headline implied in the URL then the mods tend to let ABC articles stay up regardless if the headline on the article changes - works for other subreddits like r/australia too",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was more commenting because the mods don't let you post SMH links",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep, sounds about right. Those laneways are a nightmare to walk around.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There’s also a rat problem so there literally is “a rats ass…”",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have shared it a lot, so you may have seen it before. I share it because we are trying to find the dog owner which is why I share it hoping someone will know who it was.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So it is 3 things, I share it a lot, it does happen reasonably commonly, and you, just like me, probably spend too much time on Reddit.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The good news is that my father-in-law was finally able to come out of the hard collar brace last week after 3 months, and it is now certain that he doesn’t need surgery. This means he will probably eventually regain full motion in his neck.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "*trams, pedestrians and cyclists",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It probably needs a single lane each way or like parts of George Street the ability for service vehicles to be on parts of it in order to do deliveries and maintenance to stores and homes on the streets that are right off Oxford Street. Otherwise you bifurcate Moore Park and Paddington without an easy way to get into or across both. Agreed though that 2/3 lanes each way is not the way to go.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The horror! Looks like we have to get rid of all roads now to make sure no one has to use a pedestrian crossing. I'm sure that's what they want, right?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "and old mate was using his phone when attempting to cross the bike path! Kids these days!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Stupid sexy Flanders.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Its funny, also full of conserva-gays, wanna be boomers in any other setting besides the bedroom  (and even then its pretty quiet / tame).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What all of us Sydneysiders aspire to be.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The whole ~~cycling~~ people thing is good on one level. Unfortunately, there are a number of ~~cyclists~~ shit cunts who will cause problems. The demographic of ~~Paddington~~ Australia is getting older. There are a lot of ~~people~~ wankers around who I think will be affected",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> Oh, we've totally fucked driving,",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "except they aren't losing any travel lanes. Only right turn only lanes, which require extra traffic light phases and actually slow traffic down.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "well, shouting is rude. Use you bell. That's what it is there for.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep no cyclist wants (another) busted collar bone",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I only have it through IMs. Even if you use the link article method and let it auto fill by populating the Article Heading via the given URL, the mods can still delete your post because they do not check all sources.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Amusingly, I got a notice from the mods saying it was removed.. and it briefly was unavailable, but now its back here and people are commenting?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Its not hard to get around the paywall, but fair enough. I'll try find a ABC article when it comes up and post it",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Which is always interesting, because the rules of the reddit don't say anything about paywall articles",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Are there any plans for a tramway on Oxford St?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Service and delivery vehicles will have no problem driving over tram tracks in an allocated time slot, I am not saying the businesses won't be able to get deliveries, that's ridiculous.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm sure they will complain about losing street parking or something like that.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "so we should ride through paddington wearing nothing at all?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sounds like you have an inside line!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The whole cars going fast on the road is good on one level. Unfortunately, there are a number of drivers who will cause problems. The demographic of Australia is getting older.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There are a lot of people who I think will be affected",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "99% chance they will look the wrong way",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I do use my bell. Shouting is what actually gets their attention.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They could also just not walk into traffic without looking, that would be handy.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Air horns work wonders too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Looks like it has been reinstated so idk, I think you are good now. Paywall thing is difficult to know if you are allowed to post (esp if you have a subscription) - I think the mods sometimes allow you to post if it is one of the ones that count towards your cap, but not if it is a subscriber only one, but even then SMH change it over the course of the day. Unfortunately I can't usually test before I post because my workplace laptop works funny if I use incognito mode",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There are only three mods here. I reckon one of them is very quick to remove anything that they don’t like (pretty much anything) and another one that then repairs everything.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah it's weird they don't just put a rule in but just make you guess if you are allowed or not. And sometimes they reinstate them (like now)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Unfortunately no. At least, none that are public.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In no way did I infer or imply that you suggested businesses can't get deliveries, take a breath.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Allocated time slots are a terrible idea, what happens if there's emergency maintenance required at a store or a home? Simple solutions work best.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Stupid sexy bike rider",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Its definitely a different vibe for gays once you cross the threshold & leave that slutty gay bubble of Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, Potts Point; and Dont dare be one of those horrid open / poly types from the inner west!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The looks and comments of scorn u get from the chino + oh so daring bright floral shirt conservagay Paddo set is palpable . Double the eye rolls & disgust when i dont know or give a F about their most recent artwork, sculpture acquisition or interior design project 🤢.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If I have learnt anything from commuting by bike, it is that older men in particular can’t hear the bell. I suspect they often turn their hearing aids off while out for a walk.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How doe George st work at the moment? I see cars sometimes driving into the shared pedestrian zone.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ha ha ha, brilliant. Yeah my kid went to Pado early learning center for a couple of years. As we didn't live in Paddington we were shunned we well. Lots of comments like \"how did YOU get your child in here\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's certain sections open to service vehicles to access loading docks on George St, particularly near the Apple store, there's also one or two parking bays near there. 24hr access but only council vehicles are there after 5/before 9",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah such a Sydney suburban totem pole vibe.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My response/view when encountering these types is:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh sorry isit desirable here? I didn't realise 🤔anyways id not want to live here anyway as id rather not be surrounded by people such as yourselves .",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "As I frequent this area for work. It's about bloody time! But you'd think they would've thought of this before propping up all the sub divisions! Dont think it's rocket science to see one main arterial connecting to M7, Blacktown/Mt Druitt was a receipe for endless traffic, Its more of a car park than the M4 at times!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They need to do more than this to be honest, hopefully someone seriously considers building the Castlereagh Freeway at some point, would remove a lot of cars and trucks off Richmond that are heading further out.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Glad to see them doing something though, the flyover exit from the M7 will make a huge difference",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just to Townson Road? It needs another lane in both directions all the way to Bligh Park! We drove out there to see family on the weekend and it took us almost as long to get from the M7 to Garfield Rd as it took us to get from the inner west to the M7.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I made the mistake of traveling through richmond road whilst driving to Sydney from Orange.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It was fucking horrendous, traffic completely blocked up and every single turning lane had at least 5 absolute cunts use it to cut in.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was absolutely raging by the time I got out of there.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That would be the fault of the previous State government, who refused to contribute to or facilitate the upgrade despite the intersection involving three major arterial roads and an entire suburb developed under SEPP without Blacktown Council's involvement or consent.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "When will people and governments learn that adding lanes does not solve congestion?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I quite genuinely almost died in a car accident that was caused by congestion (impatience, and unfortunately for me, caught between two trucks which was not my fault) and have been banging on for years about how something needs to change. Accidents happen here all the time and it is honestly ridiculous that the area has been expanded so much without upgrading infrastructure commensurately.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "One more lane bro just one more bro please just one lane a single lane bro c'mon bro one more",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That's true should've built the freeway first, considering that was planned at least 30 years ago if not more. Heck I even remember seeing the corridor reservation in the street directories of yore",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Or request better public transport to get commuters off the road, better zoning for more condensed living areas, and keep roads for commerce only. Cheaper for everybody, especially if you can go back to being a one car household.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Townson Road is in the masterplan to be upgraded and link to Burdekin Road / Stanthorpe Parkway to Parklea, which is supposed to take pressure off Richmond Road. When this happens though is up to developers and Blacktown Council so who knows.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep! A lot is still reserved or open land, so it could still be done.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "All the recent flooding has brought it back up a bit, so hopefully it does happen.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Given there is only going to be more development out that way in the future, it makes a lot of sense, along with the Outer Orbital proposal.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The way we are going its only inevitable that in 20 years places like Londonderry, Llandilo etc will all be redeveloped.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah that’d be great, but this is Greater Western Sydney not the inner west, there are definitely improved PT options that can be implemented out there, but there will still be lots or cars on the road.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thats all on NsW.. and there hasnt been a single update on the project since Sep22… wonder why.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1dhm6g7.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "I went to watch Jerry Seinfeld at Qudos Bank Arena last night. I bought two 600ml Pepsi bottles from the drink stand and the cashier removed the lids and disposed them, telling me that it's a rule they had to go by.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I know alcoholic drinks need to be opened for licensing reasons, but why these soft drinks? Was this rule for the Seinfeld show specifically or is it now a rule for any event?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1dhnn97.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "A few nights ago a pipe in our bathroom burst and flooded a bedroom, damaging the carpet. We ripped it up. I now have a single room worth of carpet, underlay foam, and wooden boards with nails sticking out to get rid of.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I would love to drop this off at a tip. I can't for the life of me figure out if there is a tip that will accept this nearby. The council website is of no help whatsoever and links me to the home pages of multinational corporations that might own a tip somewhere, maybe.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[This recycling center nearby](https://www.bingoindustries.com.au/our-services/tip-your-waste/recycling-centres) in alexandria sounds good, until you read the fine print \"All vehicles entering our sites will be required to have a UHF radio to communicate from 1 October 2022. UHF radios will be available for purchase from our weighbridges at cost price.\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What on earth? I'm not purchasing a radio just to drop some rubbish.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The council website excludes this kind of waste from collection.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I would really like to load this stuff into a ute and dump it but the city appears to have made this impossible. Any advice would be appreciated.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's loads more tips around, I go to a Remondis in Seven Hills which is $80 or so for 160kg, so I basically try keep my load under that.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Cut it down and put it in your red bin each week",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's really far from you, but Kimbriki tip is good for this sort of thing. $445 per tonne, minimum charge $60.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not sure which council you’re in, but carpet and underlay is allowed for council pickups in some areas (Inner West, for example).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Worth confirming you have this info right - would save you a bit of trouble.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's one in Leichhardt, I've dumped paint, microwaves etc. I reckon you could get rid of carpet and floorboards there, not sure if they'll be a fee for your items though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/live/waste-and-recycling/drop-offs-and-recycling-centres/weekend-transfer-station](https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/live/waste-and-recycling/drop-offs-and-recycling-centres/weekend-transfer-station)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was sure there was a tip in Alexandria that is open to the public and available any time. Otherwise have you tried the one in Artarmon? Although that one will require crossing the harbour so you might  as well take you stuff interstate.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What have the people at the tip say when you've called them and asked?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I had a bunch of old outdoor furniture recently, I just listed it as a job on airtasker and then accepted one of the offers that came through to pick it up and get rid of it",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Cut everything up into smaller pieces. Wait for the night before the weekly rubbish collection, then go along and put a bit into each of your neighbour's bins.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you wrapped it up I’m reasonably sure council pick up would cover it.  They say no to building waste as they don’t want to become a dumping ground for dodgy builders, but the waste you describe should be ok.  I mean, you could call the council anyway",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Airtasker - I've done it a handful of times, been great.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Load your shit up and take it to the tip at Artarmon or Rockdale (both Cleanaway).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[removed]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Airtasker?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's a rubbish disposal centre at Rockdale. I've used it before and I think the prices are quite reasonable. Well it was when I last used it in 2020. I threw out a price then realised I remember I was way off. Someone else here saying $80 for 160kg at their local disposal centre. Thinking back, that is close to what I paid now I think about it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Catch the garbo’s when they’re in your street, be nice and bribe them with beer",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Airtasker",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This is exactly what I need. Thank you!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I usually can’t wait for the council pick up to come around so yes! I always just cut everything down to bin size and dispose over 2-4 weeks",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I got rid of a old verandah using that method over a few months.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I did this with two old kids beds over about 2 months. Utterly bonkers but it worked.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This is a bad idea since it's wet and will start to rot very quickly",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sounds good, thank you!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Edit: Unforunately it's a two hour drive. Thanks anyway",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I checked the city of sydney site:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">Any of these items won't be picked up and may result in a fine:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">-Carpet, carpet off-cuts or underlay",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thats for IWC residents",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There’s one in Rockdale which is way closer to Alexandria",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Didn't answer the phone. Good sign",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'll definitely give this a try",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Probably just dumped it down the road id it was less then the tip fee",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You might as well just drive down a random road and dump the shit yourself. If you’re paying someone on airtasker they absolutely do not have a waste management licence.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "+1 to this - Airtasker is great for a one-off, and is just a person giving it a crack so no high prices from companies.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Most tips will have 250kg minimum charge.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There is one at Taren Point which is prob easier for you - [https://www.remondis-australia.com.au/locations/nsw/remondis-taren-point-rrf/](https://www.remondis-australia.com.au/locations/nsw/remondis-taren-point-rrf/)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "$96 min charge, same as the Seven Hills one, so that'd be 160kg or so. I would mirror some others and say, try put some in your bin to try minimise the cost at least. Then take the rest to the tip",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I personally like to dissolve my bodies in acid",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wait till about 11 pm when all the bins are out and see if you can divvy up the load, or try first thing in the morning before the garbos come",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If it rots, it will get smaller tho right?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wait till midnight, then cut it up and put it in all the nearby bins",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Go to Rockdale tip, use a vehicle with high clearance as even my hiace bottomed out on some rocks and cracked the radiator",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You will have to pay however it’s done on weight, but you don’t need any OHS shit",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Alexandria is most definitely not two hours from kimbriki. Assuming you’re within 15 or so of Alexandria it won’t be much more than an hour. Still a fair drive though, I do a similar journey relatively often",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just seen the other comment where it will cost you $80. Will probably cost about $20 in petrol so you’re probably better off there",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Well that’s annoying.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Well the OP hadn't said where he was.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They don’t check. They ask an address but don’t confirm if it’s real or not.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Too busy manning the UHF radios.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That can be true if you’re going bottle of the barrel bargain basement, but there are legit operators on there",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "best to cut before then otherwise everyone wonders what that dude is doing with a reciprocating saw at midnight hanging around bins",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Probably there so office renovators don't be lazy/irresponsible with building materials",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "He does in the comments champ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ive handed my licence over plenty of times there ,🤷‍",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep, chop it up in the day and at midnight on bin night, do the old dump and run all down the street",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not at the time I'd posted it buddy.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Excellent. Top bants. I dont know why you took my initial comment as being rebuttal. Im just adding extra info. But here we are.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes and farewell.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1dhok92.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "This winter is hitting me hard in terms of the coldness. I am well cared for, but makes me sad to think so many others may not be. I have a little money put away that could be useful so looking to see if there are charities that specifically cater to homeless people this winter.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Note: I don’t care religious or not, but they MUST NOT have history of discriminating against LGBT+ people.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks in advance.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://donate.waysidechapel.org.au/event/warm-a-heart/home",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Orange sky laundry is my forever go to for donations. They wash clothing and doonas for people doing it tough, and have a chat with them while their washing is going on if that’s what they’d like.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I also used to go to Kmart and buy a few single blankets, and pop a $20 note in them and walk around my local neighborhood and hand them out.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Since I'm sick, the flu, did a little declutter, and will be donating excess bedlinen and doonas to Noffs.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sorry to jump on your post op but I was having a similar thought today. I crochet and I was wondering if anyone knew of charities, shelters or even hospitals that need beanies, scarfs, gloves, blankets whatever to keep warm. If anyone knows of a way to donate i'd like to help",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Backpack bed!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://backpackbed.org/au/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "\"We provide Backpack Beds to street sleeping homeless people without shelter - to improve their dignity, health, sleep, warmth, comfort and safety. The Backpack Bed provides shelter and a bag for belongings to save lives of homeless on the street.\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Dignity.org.au",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Specifically deal with helping the homeless or those at risk, people/families suffering from DV etc.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They don't limit who they are willing to assist.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wayside, they're amazing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Look out for the smaller NGOs. Their income can be a quarter of the bigger, religious charities. Google youth centres in your area. It’s a recommissioning year in NSW this year, so a lot of those smaller NGOs will be doing it tough.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hawkesbury Helping Hands are based out in Windsor. Wonderful organisation, funded entirely from donations and volunteers.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.hawkesburyshelpinghands.org.au/donate",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[Two Good](https://twogood.com.au/about) and [OzHarvest](https://www.ozharvest.org/what-we-do/) are food-based charities.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's also [RecipeTin Meals](https://www.recipetineats.com/recipetin-meals/). You can't donate directly to them, but clicks and views on Nagi's website funds their work.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I recommend : [https://baysidewomensshelter.org/](https://baysidewomensshelter.org/)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's cold out there for lost pets and stray animals also, here are two Sydney based shelters for cats & dogs",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "- [https://catprotection.org.au/](https://catprotection.org.au/)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "- [https://sydneydogsandcatshome.org/](https://sydneydogsandcatshome.org/)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Otherwise have a look for other no-kill shelters out there in Sydney",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Can't you just buy some winter stuff - blankets, gloves, socks, thermos, etc and go around handing them out to homeless people you see.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ooo this sounds perfect! Thanks heaps!!!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks for the link",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Absolutely and I volunteer here also. Many are doing it tough. So thank you OP for your generosity.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What a great human 🥹",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.bhg.com.au/knitting-for-charity",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.miraclebabies.org.au/content/knitting-sewing/gjxlh4",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's also [Wrap with Love](https://www.wrapwithlove.org/about-wrap-with-love/). They collect blankets and distribute them throughout Australia and internationally.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My local library is a drop-off point for squares or full blankets, and there's a group that meets up weekly to stitch the squares together or to make their own blankets.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That’s good to know!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I honestly don't have the heart to do this myself, I reckon I'll break down after talking to a few. Plus I imagine an experienced organization can do this more effectively and efficiently? ie, the dollar can be stretch further etc. That's my thought anyway.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks heaps this was really helpful",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks for that suggestion. I'll check with my library",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I do squares for comfort, they post all the time showing the different places the blankets are donated to",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "I am a P2 Driver, I was stupid behind the wheel and got a speeding offence that got my license suspended for 6 months, and pushed my demerits well over the limit due to a double demerit period. I am told in the letter that on top of the 6 months for the speeding suspension, I \"may\" have an additional period of license suspension applied under the Demerit Points Scheme because my demerits crossed the limit as well.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So on top of the 6 months, I may be suspended for another 3 months but I am not sure. Has anyone been in the same situation? Is it common for them to top up the suspension?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It has been about a week, and I haven't been notified of any further suspension.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There are two suspensions to be served. One for speeding and one for excessive demerits.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You can't serve both suspensions at the same time so yes, you will serve your 6 month speeding suspension and then you will need to serve your demerit suspensions which will be 3 months minimum.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You committed two separate offences, so there will be two separate suspensions.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They cannot be served concurrently and you will notified of the second one when your licence is due to be returned after 6 months.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Call service nsw or go in to the office to check.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But normally you cannot serve both a police and demerit suspension together.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Stop driving like a cunt",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I haven't been in this situation.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1dhp6ci.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "If you want a more viral concept, consider doing the same at different price points and turn it into a GIF just to show how ridiculous housing prices and availability are around the Sydney metro area.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have a friend renting for $350 pw in Parra. Two bedder. Luck of the fucking Irish.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm impressed there are places you can actually rent for that cheap without being hours away!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "\"you just need to adjust your expectations and live in an area within your means.\". Such areas include: not Sydney.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I despair for the coming years where business will be crying about how they can't hire minimum wage workers anymore because no one will do a 2 hour commute.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was expecting an empty map",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "During the peak of the pandemic, I found plenty of [2 bedroom apartments](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11pNsa_RF4wxlXykbuNYSvG-xEOj8sk_lv1lVT8KJqDg/edit) for around that $400 per week in petersham/Leichhardt area. I was able to do all of these inspections over a weekend and picked a 2 bedder for $380.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It was definitely some of the cheapest rent I’ve ever had in Sydney in the 10 years living here. Before moving to petersham I was renting a 2 bedroom apartment in Crows nest for $460. It was an old art deco apartment and freezing in winter. Was vacant for 3 months when we moved out and they had to lower the rent a fair bit. I imagine some poor sod is now paying $550 per week for it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Interesting map. I'd love to see a map for fully detached houses under 1M and 2 bedroom apartments for under 600K.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We were able to find a 2br with a garage and brick walls in West Ryde for 560pw. But it's 3 levels up with no lift so inspections were not competitive. People were panting as they came through the door. Thankfully, my wife and I are athletes and find it to be no problem. We got the keys a week later.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "before the rent increase and i moved back home, my flat was technically two bedroom for 390 a week in sutherland (one two person bedroom and an office/single bedroom/childs bedroom). they wanted a rent increase up to 450 from me, and new tenant pays 500 a week. internal facilities had not been upgraded for probably longer than i was alive, so the end of the 90s",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I don’t think 2 bedroom units have been $400 a week in like 15 years, maybe more? I don’t get this post…",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What's the bet they all have issues, eh mould?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My 2 bedroom in the inner West is still $400 p/w, moved in during 2020. I was looking at alternative options in the same price range this weekend, let's just say that was uneventful.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "$400 for a 2 bed is doable in Adelaide",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You forgot to tick \"exclude secured by deposit\".  Some of these have been secured by a deposit already(the ones closest to the CBD).  I suspect that if you go to the inspections of the other ones, there'll be a big queue.  [search link](https://www.realestate.com.au/rent/with-2-bedrooms-between-0-400/map-1?maxBeds=2&misc=ex-deposit-taken&boundingBox=-33.764202532662416%2C150.92156464677998%2C-33.97358330550164%2C151.3869386396999&source=refinement&sourcePage=map&sourceElement=search-box-search)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sydney is only a for the rich and powerful don’t ya know?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not to rain on your parade but I was paying 490 for an  old 2 bedroom apartment in Homebush in around 2012 to 2015.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "under 400 for 2 bedroom hasn't been Common for a while",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Click on most of them and you’ll find a wall of text as the bottom explaining that they’re government subsidized through NRAS and there’s a fairly strict income test to meet to be able to apply",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This isn’t 2000",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I live in Penrith and my rent is $510 for a 1 BR ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So what you're saying is people can get more for $400 than the [last time you posted something about $400 rent?](https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/s/GjWG64gRAI)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I don't get what your point is.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You are not going to find anything close to the CBD for that price. I lived in the city back in 2014 in a studio converted to a 1br and we were paying $550pw already. Moved to the lower north shore a couple of years after to a 2br and we were paying $650pw",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thats only part of Sydney.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah man, it's not 2002.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "$200/ room hasn’t been a thing in Sydney for ages..",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Eventually this property bubble will burst from guillotine being applied.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Surprised at Hurstville  - not so much Brighton seeing as only PT options are buses",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's more a map of towns where you'll find $400 a week 2 bedder since there'll be too many nodes per suburb at that zoom extent.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Try FB market place, i got my place through there.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What else did you filter on? I just searched the same on domain, 2-bedroom rentals for max $400, and there's 64 results. Which isn't *that* many, but certainly more than indicated in your picture?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[removed]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Toonga Bay sounds lovely.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "a third of your pay for 2 bedrooms? get a roommate and dump the budget up to 800 a week and it's a whole different story. maybe I don't get how things were in the past, but this seems reasonable",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I can tell you the one dot in Parramatta will go up to 600 a week very soon.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thank you for this information",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "$400/w for 2br was ambitious 15 years ago... My shithole student 3br was $580/w.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why are people whinging about having to travel for an hour to get to work?Heaps of people commute from the central coast and the blue mountains and been doing it for years.Towns like Wyong and Katoomba that are more like two hours without complaining",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sydney is the second most expensive city in the world to live. How are you surprised?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s called compromising. But no one wants to do it",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ok?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There are 58 properties, actually. Some of them are freestanding houses.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you lift the filter to 435, there are 81 such properties",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Enough with the lies about housing affordability. It doesn’t translate as “I can’t get what I want at the lowest price in the area that I want it in”",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Back in the good old days.. you could buy a house in Sydney town for £400! … those were the days! ….",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This is a good idea. I am curious at what price point you start to see a \"reasonable\" amount of options.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you want a real viral concept, you need to use the red rooster line.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What’s so ridiculous? I see a map that shows that Lakemba is incredibly good value.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That's actually great for Parra now, I used to live there but I had to move farther west cause I couldn't find an affordable place there",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I met a lady who lived a short walk from Top Ryde. 2br with garage, 400pw. I didn't get to check the quality though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I would bet a lot of these are questionably legal granny flats, or units with a hot plate on a folding table masquerading as a kitchen.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My guess is they don't have a working toilet/stove/is possibly a garage.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The one in Kogarah is not for a 2 bedroom, it's for a \"Double room furnished available in SHARED apartment\". I cannot find the ones in Hurstville, Lakemba and Peakhurst and suspect they were incorrectly captured in the search or mispostings that have been corrected. There are a few in the 420-450 range in Punchbowl and Lakemba, which is about right for the area.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "edit: I cannot locate the one in West Ryde, but I did find a few in Marsfield where it's captured in the filter but is actually \"per night\".",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sounds like you're not a renter. They are often car spaces.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Most of them are unfavourable suburbs or low quality homes. Sydney people just want to live close to the CBD but not expect a ridiculous price.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm impressed that affordability in Sydney has gotten so bad that $400/wk for whatever these monstrosities are is considered \"cheap\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm renting a 2 bedder 20 minutes from Shinjuku in Tokyo for $300 a week and this is a bit on the expensive side, barely anything being available for $400 reminds me exactly why I don't want to come back to my hometown, because the rampant issues haven't been fixed, they've gotten WORSE.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You can’t actually rent these. Standing in line to inspect these is longer than the assigned time the agent has set for the inspection.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If a cheap rental is in sight for you, 100+ people already know about it and have signed to inspect it",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah Kogarah is pretty close to the city. But I assume the place that's $400 is going to be tiny and old.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's already happening really. I know people working in hospitals who say one of their (many) issues with hiring new staff is the fact that people can't afford to live anywhere near the hospital, and don't want to commute 1hr+ to work. It's great for a lot of imported health workers to be going to regional hospitals and such, but we are slowly draining our capital city health infrastructure of much-needed staff simply because it is too damn expensive to live here.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Literally. I'm almost 30 and looking to start a new career that requires undertaking an apprenticeship. My partner and I would like to get a place together in the next 6 months and it's looking like I'm going to be living in Wollongong and commuting for an apprenticeship in Sydney, because that's what we can afford that isn't a dilapidated shoebox.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This line pisses me off so much, its not like I even want a trendy area I just wanna stay where I grew up!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Also your CEO: \"we need you to commute to the office 5 days a week because its for Collaboration!\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Meanwhile your entire team is international. Including your manager",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "i didn't know Ryde and Hurstville aren't Sydney?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've been saying this for years to deaf ears. Your average office worker in the CBD is going to have to start learning how to make their own chai lattes at this rate.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "2bdr in Crows Nest? $700-$800 pw easily.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I found my current place a couple of months after the second pandemic but same story. I wanted to post this because I can't afford another increase and I wanted to survey how far west I'd need to go.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What are they charging you now for the petersham/Leichhardt apartment?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I got a 2 bedroom in hillsdale during 2020 for 380 a week now it's 560",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That's crazy low. I was renting at the start of the pandemic in Erskineville. 2 bed apartment was $960 a week.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "even mount druitt looks like it would exceed 1m for detached houses very soon",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[Two-bedders under 600k](https://www.domain.com.au/sale/sydney-region-nsw/?bedrooms=2-any&price=0-600000&excludeunderoffer=1) - apparently there’s 1000-odd.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Split that to make it suitable for a single and I'd totally rent it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Nah, I rented a 2bed in Eastlakes for exactly 400pw only 10 years ago and that was a completely median price at the time for inner south/inner west.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Depends where in Sydney. I was paying (half of) a very cheap 2 bedder in Dee why for $440 in 2008. Sure, it's the beaches, but the cheapest part and most places were much more. But a mate bought a 3 bed house in penrith and his mortgage was well less than my rent.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The 2 bedroom place I am currently renting was $350 a week two years ago. It was not the only place on the market at that rate.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not for long",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Can totally see Adelaide becoming the next Melbourne in a decade or so",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Is it?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.realestate.com.au/rent/with-2-bedrooms-between-0-400/map-1?boundingBox=-34.814997198003%2C138.27340225696807%2C-35.042150299341124%2C138.93258194446807&source=refinement&sourcePage=map&sourceElement=location-tile-search",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "According to this, it's about the same as Sydney",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "r/lostredditors",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah I'm getting that impression from the comments. Sheesh",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I mean ideally a few more places that can be afforded on minimum wage would be nice, but hey, what are ya gunna do.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I can afford a bedroom and that’s just the way it is for now.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wow. Doing your research? Good work, bud. Maybe get a hobby tho",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The ABS gives the median rental price in Sydney, 2002 at $246 a week. If you think a 2 bedroom apartment at $400 was something only possible 20 years ago, you're wrong.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'd advise you to look in the comments below where others have shared their experience of finding something around this price bracket.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Then I'd encourage you to look up the stats on rental increases after Covid which far exceed their pre-Covid status.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Guillotine is too much work for an Aussie mob. We'll probably just drown 'em - Waltzing Matilda is our national song, after all",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No, it's not. That article only compares 8 countries. It takes into account wages and ranks unaffordability, not most expensive. Wages in New York and Switzerland are much higher so they dont rank as unnafforable, but they are much more expensive. Sydney is not as expensive as Hong Kong, Singapore, Zurich, Geneva, Bern, Tel Aviv, New York.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sydney has a population of over 5 million, so 81 properties at affordable prices across such a huge area aren’t going to cut it. With vacancy rates at 1% you can also expect at least 20 people turning up to the inspection. Only one will get it, and for $50 extra.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bullshit. Post your map.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, which is a community support group, releases a list compiled from Domain of the most affordable properties around Sydney (intended for people trying to exit homelessness). Their prices are around $350 per week but are often boarding houses with residents who are usually still battling addiction or experiencing mental health issues. It's affordable but it's hardly secure housing. Definitely not reasonable",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "800 I'd bet, if not 850",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Under $500, there's a big splatter of them in Liverpool, Lakemba, Parra - 164 in total",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Under $600, there's a lot more in Parra, Bankstown, Lakemba and it green dots start appearing in the inner west - 635 total",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Under $700, the North Shore gets populated, inner west gets a bit more crowded and more appear in the East - 1381",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Under $800, North Shore is populated, Eastern suburbs are populated - 2361",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So reasonable options, I'd say under 700-800 you get options across all of Sydney for 2 bedders.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There is a single place in Lakemba for that price point, not a cluster of availability. That alone hardly makes it a good value suburb when we don't details about that property's condition. Having only 3 or 4 affordable properties less than an hour from the CBD by public transport is ridiculous.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep. I looked at one in Hurstville start of this year, it was just the home owner’s garage that they had cheaply renovated into a 2 “bedroom” granny flat (the rooms were like 2m^2, if that).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No insulation, exposed pipes and wires all around the walls, DIY white tiles for floors. And the only access was to walk down the owner’s driveway and through their backyard.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I don’t even know how REAs are willing to advertise these.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was gonna say, my rent is 350 a week for a single br granny flat in Campbelltown...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I went to an inspection of a $500 one a few months ago in Hurlstone Park. It was a literal ahithole with no laundry, no room for fridge, miserable toilet, miserable bathroom.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There were like 30 people on that inspection with me. Im pretty sure it went for 520 at the very least.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Real Estate's site is actively shit. I filtered for the same, and there's one in Hurstville but it's actually $500 same for Wiley Park's one.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah a few are rooms in houses but some are actual places you can rent",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.domain.com.au/1-88-waldron-road-chester-hill-nsw-2162-17059131",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Never seen a car space over $200/week, OP also says it's 2 bedrooms",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "After looking it up it the closer ones seems to be people advertising a room but using the total of rooms in the house. Some further (Auburn) are actual 2 bedrooms appartments",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That's a pretty meaningless comparison. You're not considering the average wages in Japan.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How does one move to Japan? I'm of the understanding that it's very difficult",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And will overbid for it too- even though it’s banned, there’s a million ways around that ban.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[The one in Kogarah is for 1 room,](https://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-nsw-kogarah-438962280) it was captured in search results because the apartment is a 2bdrm.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep I have co-workers driving over an hour home after a night shift because they’ve had to live so far out to be able to afford rent. We’re slowly losing people to hospitals closer to home and I can’t say I blame them, besides the time they lose from their day commuting it’s just downright dangerous to be driving that far while tired",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I work in healthcare. One of our sites really struggles to get staff bc of this.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We could  just move all the specialist facilities out to where the staff actually live.  Like say move everything at Randwick (Sydney Childrens, Royal Women's, Prince of Wales and Prince of Wales Private) out to Mount Druitt.  Just keep A&E at Randwick.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Similar situation here. Put it off for years already because it will nosedive our quality of life in general, but I'm tired of being stuck. We will be moving away from Sydney in a year or so. I'm lucky I have a partner in the first place and one with good career prospects herself, I can't imagine doing it now if I were single.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If we agree that certain areas are nicer than other areas, but we don't think supply and demand is fair or reasonable to determine who can live in these areas, what method do you propose?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "One. One 2 bedroom property in Ryde, one (1) in Hurstville.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You're being disingenuous.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "All of these places are Sydney, I was being hyperbolic.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They may as well not be though. It's Sydney by region but you are not part of what makes Sydney, Sydney. Just generic suburbia. Unless you are tied to Sydney by family or employment, there's no point paying a premium to live in those places over other capital cities or regional towns.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It was more 1 bedroom with a study. Very tiny. [Here is a photoshoot of the place](https://photos.app.goo.gl/Kf9janGsBjVzbPn97) if you are interested.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I moved to Alexandria to test out living with my partner before we bought a place. Looks like it rented for $420 when I moved out.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That's still pretty damn good. $600pw for a 2bd in Ashfield here.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But have you seen the views from the peak of Mt Druitt? It's breathtaking.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why is my reply here being downvoted?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And that's a good thing. We need to spread the population around the country, rather than jamming everyone into 2 big cities.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Like becoming better or worse for rental affordability?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Here's Melbourne: https://www.realestate.com.au/rent/with-2-bedrooms-between-0-400/map-1?boundingBox=-37.63733755680192%2C144.62196969470693%2C-37.85641611863704%2C145.28114938220693&source=refinement&sourcePage=map&sourceElement=location-tile-search",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Here's Adelaide: https://www.realestate.com.au/rent/with-2-bedrooms-between-0-400/map-1?boundingBox=-34.59125051576962%2C137.9883897838319%2C-35.04616249108496%2C139.3067491588319&source=refinement&sourcePage=map&sourceElement=location-tile-search",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Melbourne seems to have more.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah a lot saying so what did you expect from Sydney and brushing it off without remembering from the pandemic that a lot of our society relies on these low to medium income earners.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's going to be a real issue when they start moving elsewhere and they can't find people to fill the essential positions closer to the CBD.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Lots of temporarily embarrassed billionaires be like \"too bad, so sad\" in the comments. This is truly a \"screw you got mine\" country.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "okay but set it to one bed lol",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm gonna need a medic for this sick burn over here.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah I think a big part of the issue is that maps like this (and SQM data) only capture asking rents - ie what current landlords think they can get from a new tenant. It gives an inflated picture of the market.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have friend who are getting a very good deal with their rentals but they’ve been there for years.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I can assure you, the last time I rented close to $250 p/weekfor a 2 bedroom unit, was 1995, and my mate owned the unit.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "After moving to another 2 bedder, approx 5 years afterwards, I was paying (my share) @ $200 p/week.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I said nothing about a median.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yah none of them will go for $400.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And that's often another problem with these conversations. A home owner might look at the image above and say, yeah great, heaps of options.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "As an ex renter though, I know that at least half of these will be roach infested, most will be unpleasant to live in due to issues ranging from small to actually dangerous, and each of them will have 20+ other applicants lined up and willing to pay over the asking price.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "820 out in the upper north west. 90mins from the CBD.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Make it make fucking sense.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m $850 pw north Ryde",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah ok, if it’s a single data point then yes that doesn’t say much. But look, I’m going to get downvoted for this, but just to offer a historical perspective; even when I first rented in Sydney back in like 2008, it was already hard to find reasonable properties in that price range. I remember sharing a 2 bedder which was just over $500 pw (in total). Popular places for apartments like Pyrmont and Strathfield were already at that price level. I think rents were pretty much level for whatever reason until Covid, then it suddenly took off. People who managed to buy just before Covid really got lucky.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes but you’re a 10 minute bus ride from the middle of Australia biggest cbd.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Edit: read Camperdown. Campbelltown is indeed not 10 minutes from Sydney CBD.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Much worse than Campbeltown tbf",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep, my elderly uncle lives in Belmore in a $550 red brick walk up hell hole. Original Kitchen and Bathrooms....and I reckon the paint and carpet isn't far behind. Even the TV aerial doesn't work.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Normally I would agree, but the thing is, everything else in japan (generalising) costs less too. So I think its a good comparison to show what we all know - Sydney's cooked for housing",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The average wages compared to the average rent is actually really good in tokyo. You can see the comparison by google translating the website here:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://gri.jp/media/entry/29803",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You can see the rents compared to the salaries are quite decent. and this is only for the inner 23 wards in Tokyo, you can live outside these wards (west tokyo) or even in adjacent prefectures (Yokohama, Chiba, Kawasaki, Saitama etc) and still be anywhere between 20-30m to 1hr to either Tokyo/Shinjuku station or both for significantly lower.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hell, you can find places in Nakano (1 stop from shinjuku) 14m2 for $500 a MONTH. and there's plenty of places further down the line much larger for less.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "As long as you have a job lined up it is reasonably easy to get a work visa.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The specialists won't travel to those places.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Feels. Single income is impossible unless it happens to be extremely high. There's a reason people are living with roommates for so long.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Similar here, I'm here because I get paid more here, but I've just had my first son.  We're going to live like university students for 5 years so I can stack bread and fuck off from Sydney before the boy gets to school and put down roots somewhere else.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Brah I don't know I'm not an economist or city planner I'm just sharing my thoughts on the situation, I just feel it's wrong for people who have lived in an area forever get priced out because others decided they want to pay or charge more for the same shit, yeah supply demand blah blah blah",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why $400 pw cut-off? That's 200 per person. If we use the traditional 30% cut off, then you only need to earn 600pw to consider that affordable.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "yeah clearly its just gets tiring when people say Syd is unobtainum yet when you ask them where they looked they didn't go any further than 30km from the cbd",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "ikr! there's even a westfield, drive-thru starbucks, and a train station with an express service that takes you to the city in 50mins!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes u/metro_polis. Instead of 2 big cities it should be 1!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Honestly one bedders aren't that much cheaper unless you get a tiny room/studio where you have to share facilities including toilets with other residents.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Gonna take them 3 hours to get here, they have to commute from Lithgow.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Okay, so there's no confusion then: YOU haven't paid $400 a week for a 2 bedroom apartment in Sydney since 2000. But other people, myself included, have found accommodation at that price. Shortly after Covid, as well as before that.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I don't think even the most oblivious home-owner would think 30 properties in a city of 5 million people is \"heaps of options\". Your point still stands though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Don't forget the boarding houses being touted as studio apartments.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "To counter your historical perspective with my own - I have had friends and family and myself renting in (inner east, inner west, etc). 2008 you could find a 2 bedroom place 5 minutes walk from Broadway for less than $500 per week.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "2012ish, a one-bedroom <5 mins from Kings cross station for less than $300.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "2015 inner west (Marrickville) 2 bedroom for $350 per week.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Even looking only at the 2015 Marrickville one - a comparable property now is going for between $700-$1,100 per week. Double or triple the weekly rent.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Heck, let’s look further west! I found a handful of places at around the $500 mark for a 2 bedroom in the Parramatta area. They’re not within walking distance of the train station, of course - but hey, for an extra $200 or so on that 2015 cost, you can triple or even quadruple your commute time! (And cost.)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s not like people are asking to live in the cbd for these rates (though, you used to be able to).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They’re asking for a commute of less than 2 hours, preferably. And the options for that are… less than a dozen in all of Sydney?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Campbelltown is not a 10 minute bus ride from the CBD",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Japan’s housing market and economy peaked 30 years ago and its population is aging and declining with minimal immigration to offset. The yen is also weaker than ever. Of course it’s getting cheaper, and yet it’s still very expensive and most people aren’t living in detached housing or expect to ever live in large detached homes like the Australian dream.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And when you start talking about apartment living, people here are gonna froth at their mouth…",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm assuming it's not that easy to get a job there though? Not that I've investigated too thoroughly.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Do you think the situation is currently unfair for everyone? Or is it only unfair to people who were raised in a desirable area?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The only alternative would involve you paying the same amount as someone who was raised in a less desirable area, which in that case wouldn’t be fair to them.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So it’s really a matter of what is more fair - forcing people to remain in undesirable areas because they were unlucky, or allowing them the chance of living in a desirable area, but they have to compete with the people who were raised there, which risks them having to move to a less desirable area (supply and demand).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "To me, it seems clear which is the more fair option.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Even minimum wage 38 hours a week is $781 per week takehome.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But that doesn't fit OP's agenda so why do I care",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Essential workers are needed in every part of Sydney, so the point about long commute is still valid.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You're not wrong, but I would ask you what you think a reasonable commute time is?  Distance isn't really a good measure as public transport times don't really correlate to distance.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The real problem I have with Sydney at the moment is that being affordable usually means 1+ hours from the CBD so at what point does this get so bad that your average barista refuses to work in the CBD?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Mind you, my perception is also very CBD-centric. Working in fintech that is where most of the jobs are.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The issue is that even living 35-40km from the city is still quite expensive, and you don't get all that much more bang for your buck. Sure you get a bit of extra space, but for a lot of people who work jobs in the city, the commute means sucking 10 hours a week from your life. That's an extra weeks' worth of hours every month, just sitting in traffic and/or squeezed onto trains (which are often delayed).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm not a postcode snob. There are a lot of great things about the outer suburbs. I used to live there, I have family out there, and I go there often. But  until they make good on the supposed plans to turn Parramatta into a second CBD, or built actual public transport out west, and stop building car park suburbs everywhere, it's just not a great option for people. It doesn't make sense to have the inner city stagnating in its development while we just create more suburban sprawl on the outer rings. That's a recipe for a dead city.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "2 years ago was covid so entirely possible",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I live in a modest apartment with my girlfriend in the middle of Newtown, 20 minute walk to the city (UTS) and it’s $405 per week. So 200 each. Renting in Sydney is a fkn hustle but it’s not impossible.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Lucky. Basically all of my mates moved during Covid and got excellent deals, but 90% have had massive rent hikes since then. The other 10% must feel like a genius but honestly it’s just luck and/or daft landlords.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Or classic Monday agendapost, but we don't talk about that do we.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah, all good. I was just pointing out that, and it's definitely area dependant, $400 p/week is not the norm. We wish.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Currently paying >$750 for an old 3 bedder house on the outskirts of Sydney. Tbh, that's on the lower end of the scale.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You know, I completely missed the \"30 results\" and just figured it was being grouped by suburbs. That's... actually massively worse than I thought it was.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Touted is an apt word",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I don’t think we are in disagreement, up until about 2019 things were relatively flat, they’ve crazily gone up in the last 4 years. Also, do you remember Marrickville in 2008 though? It was not the Paddington-on-Cooks River that it is today. For $500 though it opens up a lot more possibility than OP’s diagram. There are quite a lot of options in Lakemba for one.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Maybe he thought it was Camperdown?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah I read Camperdown. Soz…",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Tokyo a city designed for apartment living and walking though. You can live your entire life within a 100m radius of your building. We're just plonking apartments in suburbs where the best feature is a 20 minute walk to a train that only comes every 15 minutes and takes 30 minutes to reach anywhere useful.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Tokyo's residents were actually growing till 2020, then covid happened and people died off, and many immigrants couldn't enter, and some left permanently with the yen weakening. Even then it was only a decrease of -0.1%. And while the apartments \"look cheaper\" with the declining yen, the prices in yen have stayed relatively stable.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's still plenty of detached housing available, especially slightly further away from train stations. there's just an absolute DOGTON of medium density available. Yes you aren't going to get the monstrosities like the 500m2 house on a 1500m2 block within 10 minutes of eastwood station. If the councils actually mass approved medium densitiy and people could buy larger apartments at reasonable prices that weren't dogboxes in the sky people might actually like them.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Easy enough to get a job, but not if you want a good salary",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If the job is English teacher, it's not that difficult to get.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wow how rational how mature and considered!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You think someone should pay more than half their wage to rent?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That is the agenda though. It still fits. $400 is considered affordable rent if that's your take home and the options for a city of millions is less than 20 (and that's assuming half of these aren't just illegal lodgings, bet at least 2 are a fitted out garage).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Most likely any 2 bedder is closer to $550-$600.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Essential workers would likely be on 90k+ minimum. A teacher starts at 95. If you use 33% of net income (minus taxes) that gives you a rent of $446/wk. That's enough to get you a studio or 1br anywhere in Sydney.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I don't know why the OP used 2br as the basis - would there be single income people renting a 2 bedder? Maybe if they're a single parent but this is not typical.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hey look, I'm not expecting something nice for the price. But the image presents a stark picture compared to what I was looking at <2 years ago",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Right you are.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hey, I thought it was pretty good snark until I read your edit.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you’re going to get angry over something you should at least understand what that thing is. Otherwise you don’t even understand why you’re angry.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I believe that anyone earning minimum wage and no prior wealth in Sydney is capable of living a long, happy and healthy life where they live in a safe environment, spend time with friends and family, can eat healthy food, have access to outdoor spaces to keep fit, breathe fresh air, drink clean water, and share virtually all the same important freedoms as everyone else in the country.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> $446/wk. That's enough to get you a studio or 1br anywhere in Sydney.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Studio probably. One bedroom absolutely not. My one bedder has gone from 500/week to 650/week in the last two years and I'm outside the CBD.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "I’m massively intrigued by the underworld and enjoy reading about it. So far I’ve read all of James Phelps’ books, as well as both autobiographies of Spanian and John Ibrahim respectively.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Are there any other good books out there worth reading?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sins of the brother or Milat for Ivan milat and gangland Sydney for a wider view. The underbelly series have a few seasons on Sydney at various stages as well which are decent",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Leviathan, John Birmingham. A classic at this point.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Must read is Brothers In Arms by Lindsay Simpson. The definitive work on the Comamcheros/Bandidos war and the Milperra Massacre. I'd also recommend Enforcer and Wrecking Crew by Ceasar Campbell.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks everyone for all your helpful suggestions. Greatly appreciated and I’ve got a bit of reading to do by the sounds of things! Cheers",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Coming in with a Fiction recommendation, but all of the Les Norton novels by Robert G Barrett have a smattering of Sydney and Kings Cross underground throughout. Les is based on a couple of people that Robert knew, one a copper and the other was an underworld stand over bloke. Both had dealings with the Kellett Club which is what the Kelly Club in the books are based off, which was a private (illegal?) casino.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Fantastic reading. The guy spins a good yarn, and Les Norton is such a well developed and likable character imo, especially when you realise that a lot of the stuff in the novels has roots in real life experiences and stories in and around the Cross. Be warned though, ol' Robert loved to colour his tales heavily with the use of every swear word in the English language, and frequently. Enjoy!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The life and crimes of Harry lavender by marele day",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The Chopper books are interesting. Mark Chopper Read.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[removed]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not specifically about Sydney, though a lot of it is about Australian organised crime, I recently read Dark Wire by Joseph Cox and really enjoyed it:",
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+    {
+        "text": "I hate this part of the Parramatta road so much!! It is simply corruption.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's purposely designed that way to funnel people into the private toll road and make the free option less enticing/gridlocked",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes but that doesn’t achieve their goal of funnelling suckers onto the M4 to pay the toll for the existing pre-tunnel road that was previously free",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Shit yes and to stop so many cars holding up the middle lane and force cutting into ppl on the left lane because they don't want to wait and cut in. If you are on the left lane speed up close the gap or you'll be surprised by a car swopping in forcing you to slam a break with a 1sec blinker to warn you before hand",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes. Especially since it shrinks to 1 lane anyway once you take the turn.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Will it? Never. See every other tollway in Sydney. The \"free\" path is f'd up by design.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you think that's bad, try the Church st M4 exit. So many accidents. I'm surprised the government hasn't had a class action.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Could they make the centre lane straight and right turn?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's like that to make it harder to avoid the M4. Trying to discourage Tight wads and funnel them onto the tollway to help with corporate profits.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "God i hate this and the a-holes who push in from the m4 lane",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They need two lanes for the m4, but i agree they also need two lanes to go straight. It seems odd that they havent simply bought up the adjoining properties to make this happen, from memory its all super low rise, maybe a carwash, a couple of houses and a strathfield car radios",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Needs light rail",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I wish it was.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But honestly if that section of the M4 was toll free people would actually use it and it wouldn’t be a problem",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Along with the bonkers traffic light phasing further up the road, it's another genius level design brought to us by the RMS.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "if they changed it they wold have pay $17 trillion compo to the toll company",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What a fucking rort this intersection is, I sometimes fantasise going there in the night and repainting it",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Minns government seems pretty attentive at the moment that can be blamed on previous liberal governments, .  Should just need enough people yelling a local labor MP or",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "\\*WAVES AT [NEWS.COM.AU](http://NEWS.COM.AU) journalist trawling reddit ...\\*",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This would be an easy change too, theres 3 lanes on the other side of the intersection where Concord Road intersects",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They won't do that as it will discourage the use. They want the backlog back to Burwood to encourage people to use the toll road",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I always seem to be funneled into the toll road when I don't want it. It's very badly marked. They need a raised lane divider",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "have gone straight through the lights in the middle lane before to get to the right turn lane for Concord Road, just gotta hope there's no cops around",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Studies world wide have shown more lanes is not the answer. We just need better public transport. Too many cars heading to the city",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was coming home from Burwood yesterday and used the M4 heading west. Not to avoid the stretch of Parra Rd betwen Strathfield and Auburn, but to avoid the horrendously long single line of traffic in the left lane.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes 930 at night still 3 blocks of traffic for no reason",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Politics aside, logically this design does not make sense.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You have two right lanes leading into a merger into a single lane, and the one straight lane opens up to four lanes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not a traffic engineer or city planner by any means so I'm open to learning if there is any pragmatic merit to this design - but this does look to be completely gimped by political decisions. This has to be the most egregious hostile design/dark pattern example in city planning.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No. The toll should be removed",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Whole of parramatta road is just fucked. Feels like I’m driving on ice and gravel at the same time",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You just use the middle lane as an exit for the M4. I do it all the time. Cars queued up for three sets of lights but you cruise over a little bit of white paint - HEY PRESTO - it was an exit all along",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I am certain the traffic lights there stay in red longer to push the traffic to m4.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I dont get angry easily but every time i drive through here i get enraged, good ole libs special",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "someone needs to pull a kramer and paint over the pointless lane funneling into the m4",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "yes this piece of shit intersection always inflicts rage whenever i have to drive past homebush - luckily this is like once or twice a year. the two lanes on the right are always free flowing with 0 traffic. There's also another m4 entrance opportunity even if you went straight. can this not be fixed? how does anyone do this every day?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No, why? It gets enough traffic to justify 2 lanes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It was corruption to start with.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The M4 was supposed to allow a commuter to completely bypass Parramatta road.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They stopped it there because all of the businesses on Parramatta road lobbied and threatened to no longer vote Labor (I think it was Bob Carr from memory but happy to be corrected) so they stopped it at Strathfield.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Made the journey completely fucked forever. It was a motorway that dumped you onto one of, if not the worst roads in Sydney and all of those shithole businesses went bust anyway.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The story of Sydney. Pander to the few and ruin for the majority.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not to mention how this section of the M4 from Concord Road west used to be free prior to 2017",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Nothing compared to the over the crest hidden M4 entrance at Ashfield though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">to funnel people into the private toll road",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Nah, it's actually to",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">make angry i30 drivers divebomb the left lane at the last second",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Is it free if you use the Strathfield entrance?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah it’s the worst when you only need to go a little bit past the ramp, like when I used to need to go only two blocks past Concord Road",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s not really about “funnelling suckers into paying the toll” the design would actually be good and serve its purpose if the toll wasn’t there. The toll is the issue.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Literally any of the options people have said here would be worse or more expensive than just removing the toll imo",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">Shit yes and to stop so many cats holding up the middle lane and force cutting into ppl on the left lane because they don't want to wait and cut in.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "*All right meow. Hand over your license and registration.*",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hate this, it's a deliberate strategy not a whoopsy. They need a median strip",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It;s why i often turn into the small roads of stratty and pop out the other side of the m4 entrance.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That's counter intuitive. You're going to clog up the middle lane more if you purposely block people from merging into the left lane. The people in the middle lane will be stuck there for longer.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Better just to be kind and let people in, in my opinion. Plenty of drivers don't know the area well and end up in the wrong lane, and there's no need to punish them for it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You reckon it might be people don’t know how to launch a suit against the state government (or they try to complain to Transport, but Transport drags out stuff or people otherwise stop giving a stuff?) or people don’t know just how bad and how big an issue this is?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Would be good to know what levers need pushing to get the government to fix stuff.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It is already.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I mean not officially but the amount of cars that do it makes me think at least some people consider it to be.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Might be dangerous for cars doing abrupt lane changes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I figure some of that since some of the M4 traffic is getting in the tunnel earlier they don't need the extra lane here.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Whoever approved it should be shot.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "there's no reason why the middle lane can't do both, it used to, they arbitrarily changed it to trap epople into going onto the M4 after the widening occured. There's no need to buy the houses to widen it, the only reason not to is purely $$$",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "One lane going into four is crazy but is becoming more commonplace in Sydney. Every evening there's a 1km queue. It's unnecessary.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep there’s definitely enough empty land already to buy up one lane’s worth of land. The last lot on the Mosley street intersection is already an empty lot. And surely strathfield car radio can spare one lane of land.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've suggested on this sub before they should reduce 3 lanes to 2 in the opposite (east) direction. Parramatta road is 2 lanes eastbound basically up until that point anyway, and the m4 eastbound offramp only becomes 3 lanes when it reaches those same traffic lights. Just keep those two things two lanes for a couple hundred more metres. That'll open up another lane for traffic in the other direction.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They can still have two lanes going onto the M4, and have two lanes going straight.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "“Just one more lane bro”",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Vic rd too",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The metro is on the way!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "and the short-ass lane going into North Stratfield",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And the next on-ramp pretty much constantly has people queued across it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Such a PITA trying to get from the Bakehouse Quarter onto the M4 in that direction thanks to people not looking any more than a single car ahead.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've done that once or twice when going into Ryde. Didn't feel too bad about it. But I've seen a DCOA video of someone getting busted by the cops.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Rule 92 (1) Drive contrary to direction of traffic lane arrow $302 2 demerit points",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So that there can be two lanes going straight on GWH and not have traffic backed up kilometres in that lane",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No NSW labor leader Neville Wran sold the land corridor in 1976 to prop the budget at the time.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WestConnex#:\\~:text=Though%20construction%20of,was%20later%20criticised](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WestConnex#:~:text=Though%20construction%20of,was%20later%20criticised)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I hate Parramatta road esp from Broadway to this m4. The lanes are super narrow, buses, trucks and Ute's on all sides. I got nervous driving down cos ppl also doing last minute merges to get off the turn as well",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What is it with small business owners and assuming that having thousands of people stuck in traffic driving past your shop each day will translate to sales?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Maybe if you're a bakery on a rural town next to a highway that makes sense but otherwise it's been pretty well proven people generally don't stop and spontaneously buy shit from random shops they drive past. Walk? Yes. Cycle? Yes. Drive, no.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Which tells you all you need to know. They made it worse and now charge you for it. Enshitification is awesome!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks Libs",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "don't forget the JRD exit ramp in the middle lane of a 4 lane section!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Surprise! You’re going to Penrith!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And I thought I was only the one that got confused with it. Ffs",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I hate that so much. Two lanes, one stays Parra Road and the other has one lane continuing onto Parra Road and two lanes into the tunnel. There's also a bus stop near the park for the suckers in the left lane.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just keep left until/after you turn into Maccas (in either direction)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I drive an i30 but I always experienced the problem from the other end. My trip home had to be through the m4 as a 1.5 hr+ commute home on Parramatta road towards Baulkham Hills was not tenable for me.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The far right lane would always be full of trucks and the middle left lane (the one that turns right for the M4) would be filled with people crossing over to the left lane at the last minute. The whole thing is a fracas.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh of course, at very least the part of the M4 that existed before the tunnels should have remained free. It was insane of them to toll the section between Church Street and Concord Road. It’s done nothing but make Parramatta Road into a carpark",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No buts meow, that’s the law",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "While I agree with you to be kind, anyone can loose patience when you are in queue for almost 10 minutes and it’s mostly because of number of pos cutting at the last moment from middle lane. They should simply make the middle lane as straight and right both. There is enough space after the signal to accommodate 2 lanes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Good, less people using the toll roads.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You should never let an asshole get away with their shit-fuckery. That's called positive re-enforcement and it will only make their shit-fuckery worse.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "NSW government bought by Transurban :)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A through and right lane would just become in effect a right only lane with how much demand the M4 has, then you would just have the same issue only with more people trying to merge to the kerbside through lane.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah, they may need to be quick as the high rise is edging closer. No idea what the plan is for the site diagonally across that fraser motorcyles has just vacated",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "OP said now.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I remember when it used to be 3 lanes turning right and only one straight.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I know there’s a take which is that the intersection is designed to funnel as much traffic as possible onto the motorway for the toll revenue but the traffic volumes do justify the two right turn lanes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The real issue is the next intersection being too close and the timing of the lights.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ah, thanks. I thought it was Carr.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Out of curiosity where was original M4 east land corridor located?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Any land east of the old exit at Concord is built over whereas the F6 corridor at Kogorah is quite obvious with an actual reserved greenway",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They did the same with the M5 entry at Roselands. They deliberately changed 2 lane roads in the area to one lane to make all other routes gridlocked. All so they could funnel people to the M5 tunnel which was gridlocked the day it opened (and has been every day since). Gotta help those overseas toll companies!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sounds like I need to know this on ramp!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "100%",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not to mention the left lane exit at Church St is a carpark that backs up almost all the way to Blacktown",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm not sure you understand. Many people end up in the wrong lane by accident.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s the reverse on weekends though, a right and through in the middle is more flexible",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's effectively a straight ATM though. If you want the M4 you learn to stick to the right as the middle will be blocked by someone trying to squeeze in to the left.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah now, yesterday, or when they first started charging toll from that entrance it should've been two lanes going straight, or at least the option of straight and right turn from the middle lane.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "However many cars turn right onto the m4 there there's at least 5x trying to go straight bc of the toll.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There used to be quite a few maps online but Google has really began to suck big time over the last 12 months.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It pretty much parallels Parramatta Rd. The new “Wests Tigers Centre of excellence” is built on part of the reservation on the north side of Concord Oval. From there straight down the middle of Gipps St and Queens Rd. There’s some unusual setbacks on some of the 1960’s/1970’s buildings along Queens Rd and the odd DMR “Do not dump rubbish signs” along the road too if you look hard enough. Then the road reservation went right through the middle of Haberfield, Leichhardt (it crosses Norton St along the top of Pioneer Park), then it goes through the middle of Annandale and Glebe.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "While Neville Wran has a lot to answer for over the problems building the M4, the M4 east section was really killed  by huge demonstrations about demolishing hundreds of terrace houses in Glebe. It was a big deal at the time. The whole area and terrace houses was owned by the Anglican Church as low income housing…a competitor to the Housing Commission.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "These links might help but don’t show the Strathfield end",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/7332jx/ghost_roads_of_sydney_a_map_ive_made_showing_what/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/Special/Unbuilt/unbuilt.htm",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just moved to Roselands and the local traffic shitshow is honestly fascinating.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I can get to work in Mascot via Homer St, the M5, or the M8, and the cost-to-travel-time-saved ratio is almost exactly $1/min on weekday mornings.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "(Sure there are the x% toll relief and M5 rebates but I'm still 100% out of pocket for however many weeks/months those take to roll over)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This one i think. Even if you’re in the left lane, if you keep following the same line, you end up in the tunnel. The lane splits right at the crest of the hill.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://maps.app.goo.gl/c8Le38MCiFydPpPv7?g_st=ic",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Part of a drivers responsibility is navigation, which includes figuring out what lane to use in advance. If you've made a mistake that does not constitute an emergency to others.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Especially given Google maps tells you what lanes to use.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It isn't more flexible, because the first person that wants to turn right blocks the whole lane and effectively makes it right only.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Then you'd have even more people merging from the middle lane to kerbside lane which is less safe",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No there are not five times as many cars going straight",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Interesting - so really it wasn't really much of a reservation then. Just a line on a map with some of the property under state government ownership & a vague proposal to build a road in the distant future.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Tbh I don't think this ever had a chance in getting built in its original format.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Even if the public was willing (which is unlikely as people saw what Highway building did to US cities like Detroit - it ruined them)... But post WW2 and income tax was federalised so the states did not have the money to do this sort of thing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Though a series of tunnels to connect the old exit at Concord to where the CityWestLink starts was probably the best chance they might have had but then the ANZAC bridge wasn't even opened until 1995 so it would have had limited use anyway.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'd argue a better approach (which should have happened) would have been to buy up a lot of the run down warehouses and car yards along Parra Rd and widen the more narrow sections & improve the intersections (particularly for right hand turns). That would at least clear the worst bottlenecks.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think the flaw in WestConnex and the Rozelle Interchange is it take so many cars into the city much more quickly that it's creating problems elsewhere that are going to require much more complex solutions.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Past a point I think there's diminishing returns in road upgrades anyway and that's where Metro comes in.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And the corresponding entrance from Dobroyd Parade has completely the opposite configuration",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's so weird how you post this and conveniently make sure that you post the google Maps link after the sign and after all the road markings. People should have enough common road sense to read the road and road signs. That tunnel entrance is not a suprise and is consistent with tunnel entrances all over the network.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm not defending toll roads here, but this is such a silly point. People simply aren't paying attention to their driving.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Changing lanes is normal, and is not an emergency procedure. Being aggressive to those who've made a mistake is crappy move, creates dangerous situations, and blocks traffic flow.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That’s true, so you take a gamble if you use the middle lane to go straight. It’s like that at the Burns Bay Road intersection with Penrose Street. It’s still better than the current arrangement, at least it’s not illegal to go straight and traffic will self adjust when it’s too clogged in the left lane.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No way to prove it but I would put money on there being at least 2x, which means it's more efficient still to have 2x straight and 1x right turn lanes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm broadly anti-tunnel due to the mega huge cost vs above ground, but I've got to say not demolishing Glebe for the M4 was the right decision. Those lines on the map don't paint a true picture of the scale that the motorway was going to take through Glebe and the inner city and inner west. It was going to be huge with lots of flyovers. There is a map around somewhere that shows the true scale. I'll post another link here when I find it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Here’s a DMR model of the motorway over Glebe. Note the interchange. You can see Harold Park on the model to the right of the interchange….and to the left of the interchange is a skinny freeway heading towards Parramatta Rd, that’s where McDonalds at Stanmore is. This area around the interchange is what most of the protests were about but also note the multi lanes in the bottom of the picture over Ultimo/Chippendale. That makes LA Freeways look positively amateur. This multi lane motorway curves right back up toward the Harbour Bridge. Haymarket was to be obliterated.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/o0tlke/a_department_of_main_roads_model_showing_the/#lightbox",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "….and this map showing how the proposed inner city network. Chippendale was pretty much entirely going to be demolished",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://glebesociety.org.au/albert-mispel-1938-2017-glebe-owes-him-a-large-debt/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's still a little confusing if you don't drive it regularly. The fact that it occurs on the crest of the hill gives you very little time to assess the situation and make the correct decision.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’ve only driven through there once, I read the comment and thought, I know what they’re talking about.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Exactly. It's not an emergency so if you haven't got in the correct lane properly in time that's your problem. Especially now Google maps tells you what lane you need to be in. If you've made a navigational error, tough luck, take the L, and learn from it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There is zero obligation for a car to yield position to let you merge into their lane (except at a marked zip-merge). They have right of way.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "why not make it a flex lane like htey do elsewhere like the princes highway. Have it switch from dedicated to flexible depending on the time of day.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There are more cars turning right than going straight. The issue is with the phasing of the lights at the next intersection.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You're right on the size. Though you can squish a 2x3 lane freeway fairly well it still cuts up the suburb & then the interchanges have a huge footprint.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "On the cost of tunneling - I mean a good outcome was the Eastern Distributor which saved Surry Hills and allowed Bourke St & Crown St to be retained as arguably Sydney's best boulevards.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's laughable now that they balked at the cost of the ED - 700 million in 1999 for 4.7 km which when you consider inflation - really is chump change.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They really should have dealt with the M4 East earlier. I think one of the biggest mishandling of the Aus economy back in the late 90s-00s was the absence of federal funding to build a lot of this stuff back then, especially with the mining boom in full swing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It would certainly would have eased the inflationary pressure that we've seen in recent years which was partly fueled by the rush to try to catch up on all this stuff.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Still I have to laugh at how they integrated the original M4 into the existing road system. 3 westbound lanes with only 1 of these for through traffic.... I mean how did that pass.... Could they not have at least resumed some land around there and widened Paramatta Rd leading up to the M4 to Concord Rd....",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm sure land along that section was dirt cheap at the time.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No matter how much longer you leave the lights green at the next intersection you will still have twice the length of traffic with one lane going straight.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you're interested I would put cash on there being more cars going straight than turning right at peak hour on any random weekday, there's no point in us saying we're right or wrong if not.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1dhuz8r.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Are there any venues around circular quay and george st that won’t be full on a Friday night? Looking for somewhere quiet for a nightcap",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Harts Pub?  or nice hotel lobby bar - Intercontinental, Sir Stamford",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Crystal palace on George street near central station",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Aria's pretty quiet. They have a good wine list and a decent view if you sit by the windows.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Go towards the central to broadway part of geroge St.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not exactly where you asked, but the bars are usually empty and quiet there.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The Dundee arms on Sussex st.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Quiet, gorgeous little pub tucked away amongst all the buildings. Cozy vibe and never a big crowd",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ryan's bar",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "InterContinental's Treasury bar has live music on Fridays, so won't be quiet",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "When was the last time you stepped outside?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "don't be such a dick",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Who's Ryan?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1dhverf.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "I’m moving to SHs soon and want to cycle to UTS as it cuts my time in half, however I’ve never been a cyclist before so I’m wondering how safe are the roads for cycling as a sustainable way of getting from A-B.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’ve been cycling in the inner city for about 10 years now. It’s gotten a lot better in that time — infrastructure is slightly better and (mostly) joins up, drivers (mostly) get the concept of people riding bikes on roads and aren’t territorial. That said, you’re on 15kg of metal surrounded by several tonnes of car that are moving much faster than you.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Depending where in Surry Hills, there are plenty of options for quiet streets and separated cycleways — with a bit of trial and error to work out your best route.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Get on, have fun, wear a helmet, be cautious. Take the whole lane if there’s no shoulder.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Generally speaking it should be possible. City of Sydney Council does a reasonable job of trying to improve and expand cycleways.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The only problem with what you mentioned is surry hills is such a huge suburb, if you mention roughly where you'd be located I'm sure people can give you a better route or opinion.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I noticed recently the city of Sydney is doing a lot of promotion for bike riding. This website has maps and you can also get a lesson for $25- I saw someone getting one the other day and it looked awesome. Good luck! https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/transport-parking/book-free-guided-bike-ride-cycling-lesson",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeh dude. I live in Surry hills and cycle everywhere. UTS isn’t an issue. Go via eddy ave",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Honestly from Surry hills I wouldn’t bother. For such a short distance the hassle of dealing with a bike isn’t worth it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wear a helmet, a camera, study the maps for some interesting routes off the main roads (not a legal requirement just less stress) and have fun.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just make sure it’s electric, some of those hills are miserable on a bike haga",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "alongside the other maps recommendations, google maps has a cycling route option too if you need something integrated .",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Use the map to plan out dedicated bike lanes and shared paths:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/use-the-cycleway-finder-map",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I wouldn’t cycle on a normal street in the city.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If there really is no alternative dont be scared of taking the full lane, it is well within your rights and as long as you're being reasonable most normal drivers will be fine with it and its better than riding on the side and inviting reckless drivers to attempt dangerous overtakes or driving along side you.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "surely there should be some designated bike lanes in that area...either that or just be super cautious riding the road",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Possibly. But you could walk there in 15 minutes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "stupid question; but do you know about the Devonshire St Tunnel?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes it’s totally fine! Just make sure you’re loud.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Getting back on top of Surry hills is kind of hard (up hill) lol.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "City of Sydney offers a free cycle session. They meet up with you and test your cycling skills and then you go for a ride of your choice. I chose to ride to the city (where I work) so we did that and got me comfortable.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If that’s not available anymore CoS also offers free cycle pathway advice from point A to be point B. You just email them your address and where you want to go and they’ll send you a map outlining the safest route.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thank you! I wouldn’t be the most confident cyclist so I’m very aware of people being around me. I’d like to become more confident without fearing for my life each day tbh haha",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hey it’ll be around crown street area! Is there a big cyclist population in Sydney??",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Alexandria is a huge suburb. Surry Hills isn’t really huge by Sydney standards.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This. For most of Surry Hills your commute to UTS will be shorter taking the Devonshire St Tunnel under Central. You can’t ride in there so you’ll walk your bike about 600m.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thought the same, I used to cycle Newtown to Crow's Nest (Bentleigh to Cremorne and Brighton-le-sands to Surry Hills before that) but now I'm Newtown to Surry Hills I just walk.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Takes forty to fifty minutes depending on how I'm feeling, would be fifteen to twenty on the bike, especially with Wilson St cycle path most the way, but it's just not worth the hassle - and cost, our office building doesn't have a shower so whilst I tried it I used anytime fitness over the road for their showers (which were terrible).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Even if it's the furthest end of Surry Hills to UTS I don't think I'd even consider cycling, plus you'd be locking up outside at that I'd guess? Least on my work commutes I could pop my bike by my desk.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But to OPs question on safety, be perfectly fine, I find the inner city actually a little better than the suburbs for dickheads as they're stuck going slower anyways, target than being able to tear it up a suburban street and then you're \"in there way\".",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "(Though did have one Ute blare his horn at me for not using the counterflow cycle lane at the Newtown end of Wilson, where it's one lane going the opposite direction to where I was going, it seemed too much of a nuance to convey through a windscreen I just pulled aside and let him get to the next set of lights quicker...)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I meant to ask about that, is it legit? Like does it follow cycle lanes etc or what is it based off of?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Another map is... [https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/lists-maps-inventories/sydney-cycling-map](https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/lists-maps-inventories/sydney-cycling-map)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You could probably walk or jog there too.  That area is pretty safe for bicycles. Surry hills is mostly quiet and bike paths or wide footpaths once you get to central.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The komoot app will give heatmap based routes if you want a quick recommendation.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah, sad that you're getting downvoted, but there are some moments where the safest option is to take the full lane.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I had a small portion of my ride on a section of very busy, but very slow moving road. If I didn't take the whole lane then cars would try and edge past and often force me into the gutter (full of broken glass, tree roots and potholes). So I just took the lane and made sure to ride as fast as I could when the traffic light turned green, so no one could blame me for missing out on getting through the intersection. So much safer that way!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m not even in Sydney yet so never heard of it",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You should really consider taking this course on how to ride in the city, it's good value for $25 and did wonders for my confidence and safety riding in the CBD.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/cycling-in-the-city-course](https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/cycling-in-the-city-course)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They teach you how to ride to be clearly visible to drivers and foster positive interactions. Then you do some off-street training for emergency braking, signalling etc then they do a guided ride through St Peters, Alexandria, Surry Hills, Central Station to the CBD. On the way they test you on what they taught.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My favourite thing I learnt was how to manage drivers' expectations. If you take the lane because it's not safe for them to pass, try to look over your shoulder and may quick eye contact. Establish that you know they're there and make a human connection and they'll be more patient.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I wouldn’t take cleveland st if I was you, probably one of the most chaotic roads in sydney specially during rush hour.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You could take a few side streets thru surry until you hit prince alfred and then it should be an easy ride to broadway?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Fairly big just don’t block traffics pretty please please please",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why can't you ride in there?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I don't know the exact answer tbh. I know it shows different 'quality' of cycle routes e.g. separated cycleway, shared path, and shared road / mapped cycleways (e.g. quieter side roads where there is a bike indicator sign on the road for example). I was guessing that the inputs are a mix of local council cycling route maps and some google survey / community input . So if you look up directions to somewhere and select the \"cycling\" option then it includes route considerations like any hills, etc. it seems pretty accurate / useful but I've only used it a few times locally",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's a pedestrian tunnel that goes from Surrey hills to Broadway.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Right next to UTS.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Most of the time it’s far too busy but I suspect there’d be some form of NSWGR/State rail/CountryLink//Rail Infrastructure Corporation/CityRail/Sydney Trains/NSW Trainlink/TfNSW/Transport Asset Holding Entity bylaw or similar making it an offence punishable by a $20 fine.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Even if it's legal I wouldn't recommend it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The tiles can be quite slippery when wet and there is too many people to avoid.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1dhvm4d.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "4 months ago I made this post about illegal waste.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[Someone has illegally dumped construction waste outside my home : r/sydney (reddit.com)](https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/1aom0nu/someone_has_illegally_dumped_construction_waste/)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "..",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I messaged the council, emailed them and this was their response. I guess I'll have to actually pay for this with my own wallet. Cops cannot do anything either.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Long story short:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "* Council won't clean up on private property.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "* Council and cops can't track down the dumper of the waste.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "* Neighbours have 0 idea.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://preview.redd.it/92a536jg847d1.png?width=1146&format=png&auto=webp&s=e1e65eabffb5414a5716cc0fb956bfaf34f5eea3",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ahh yes good old Liverpool City council.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Used to work there a few years ago. I know the senior officer who wrote that response to you. They are a good person and would have done what they could for you considering the circumstances.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's a shit go for you mate. Rossmore, Kemps Creek, Badgerys creeks and surrounding rural areas are rampant with this sort of shit due to the surrounding subdivisions in austral, leppington etc.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Start locking the gates and invest in a decent flood light/security camera combo.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There are some absolutely dog humans out there. Just gotta hope karma catches up with them.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How did they access your land in the first place?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Council can't clean up your private land unfortunately. Until there's an offender found there's essentially no offence and you are the \"owner\" of the mess.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It seems like they have thrown you a bone though because they are well within their rights to direct you to move the rubbish in 21 days.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Rent a bobcat and just push it on to the road in the middle of the night.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That's not private land ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm reminded of the film Law Abiding Citizen",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Shovel it out into the street. Council will fix it then. if they can't find out who did it, then hey, shit happens",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Can’t you go to the EPA for this?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Have you tried property insurance?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah nothing unexpected. Council never clean up private property. Nor would I expect them to",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "if it's all organic material and just dirt, i think some rubbish fills take it for free (and sell the dirt themselves).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sadly pretty much as expected - unless it's very obvious who tipped it, council won't do anything and will make it your problem.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Grab a shovel and toss it out into the middle of the street",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Do you have home insurance? It should cover costs for malicious or illegal acts.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think I would use it as landfill and level out the land a bit, and then install security cameras. Pretty brazen that it's so close to your house.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sucks but its either that or incurring a costly removal bill.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just curious, so there isn't anything they can do about it? What about the council rate OP pays all this time + other ppl. Wouldn't that be able to cover the costs? You said he's a good person, but from the email I can only see it as \"template formality\" kind of email with no way to help OP?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The gate was open. They just drove in.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "lol I was going to say this.. what if you just move it onto public land?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They'll probably come around and fine you for illegal dumping then",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Jamie foxx ruined that movies ending.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Council already know it belongs to OP and the fine/court costs of fighting it would be way more than just getting it removed. Onus would be on him to prove a certificate of disposal too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Should have moved it and then reported it, lol",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not yet, but I don't want to touch insurance as that'll mean higher future premiums due to a claim.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So basically it’s a loophole that illegal dumpers take advantage of?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They're very good at dictating what people can do on their private property though",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s not all organic dirt. Lots of metal, some plastic and bricks :(",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Test it for asbestos first though",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I guess there has to be a provision for people saying things like - (Dumps rubbish on own land) \"Oh noes, someone dumped all this rubbish on my property, and I have no idea who it is! Council please take it all for me and clean it up\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I know this is not what happened with OP, but you can guarantee that the people who dump this kind of shit, would do exactly this, and work the system to their advantage, to make other people pay for their messes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Geez wtf that is hella ballsy of them",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm so skiddish about walking in other ppl's property, even when they are expecting me (fb market pick ups). I wouldn't have the balls to just drive up AND dump shit, absolute true dick heads whoever did this",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They gotta prove it was him ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think you're out of other options unfortunately.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep. A mate had the same problem. Someone dumped on his land. Moved the rubbish to public land then called the council and reported it. Was removed within a week.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sucks but that's the only way to deal with the problem that doesnt rob you of thousands of $$$",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's no loophole, it's just a straight up crime.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's not a loophole, it's the old adage - it's only a crime if you get caught",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If your house gets robbed, the government doesn't pay the to replace the goods stolen",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's not a loophole, it's the old adage - it's only a crime if you get caught",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's not a loophole, it's the old adage - it's only a crime if you get caught",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's not a loophole, it's the old adage - it's only a crime if you get caught",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If it’s mostly metal, plastic and bricks that’s easier to dispose of than dirt, as it can be pre-classified as building and demolition waste rather than needing to be sampled to determine the classification for disposal. It sucks big time that this is on you, and the people who dumped it are trash humans who should be fucking flogged, sorry. If you have questions about the waste guidelines, let me know.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Signed, an environmental consultant.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But even if OP has a security camera recording that proves it's not them, council/police can't help too right? Though maybe I should think about installing one hm...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Well it does, it's just the community footing the bill",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Council did say they can take further action if more evidence comes to light so they are not saying they won't help, just that they can't do it at present.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Right now they only have OPs word that he didn't dump it himself",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh okay, that's alright then.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+    {
+        "text": "Welcome to /r/Sydney. Feel free to use this thread to chat, self-post, or ask questions.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "New to this subreddit? [Our wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/wiki/index) has lots of good info on getting around Sydney, what to do when you visit, where to eat, and more.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Using a third party app or desktop view on mobile and can't read the sidebar? Please [**have a look here**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yt_ZZ7Y686kU1kdEOq0HOrXZNY56E1-r85nDgfB412o/edit) first ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you're new here, please read [the answer to pretty much every self post](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yt_ZZ7Y686kU1kdEOq0HOrXZNY56E1-r85nDgfB412o/edit), [reddiquette](https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/205926439) and [self promotion](https://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion#wiki_here_are_some_guidelines_for_best_practices.3A).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bobette has officially learned about it being warmer under the blanket. She slept sprawled out under the blanket next to me all morning, with Jubbs on the other side, politely moving each time I accidentally rolled onto her paw.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "First cat sammich of the season and first ever with Bobs ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Was anxious driving in for a job interview and then I get an email saying ‘your interview has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. Thank you for understanding.’ Like what? 30 mins before the interview. And I took a day off for it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Our office of 8 has been cut down to 4 due to flu, etc. Sort of feels like Covid again",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Who had Australian rock legends, Grinspoon, releasing a new album after 13 years on their 2024 bingo? The first single actually sounds [really good](https://youtu.be/1UKFdJEWiY4?si=0M945Zo2Mwnti2mp). Better than anything from their 2011 album.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Also who remembers when Phil released an album during his ice phase under the name [The Lost Gospel](https://youtu.be/8HTUviOGQlA?feature=shared)? It was actually pretty good.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have one of those things coming up where Ausgrid are shutting off the electricity to my whole street for eight hours, possibly more.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This might be a dumb question but how does that affect the frozen food in my freezer? Not raw meat or anything but frozen pies and dumplings etc. The freezer won't be working for those hours but if we keep the door shut they will stay cold, right? It's pretty cold anyway!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Popped into a new cafe on the way back from school drop off. Ordered some scrambled eggs, then got distracted chatting to one of the other mums. When they arrived took a bite, having forgotten about the main selling point of the dish - truffle oil. Oh my god, that first mouthful was such a nice surprise! 10/10 will return.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Finished cleaning up my room, cooked my meal for the week, still need to buy a thermos (will incorporate this into my daily walk), then I need to work on my three side projects",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "MacBook Air users, I want to know which model you have and how long you have been using it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I am looking to purchase one very soon but because I have crippling guilt when it comes to buying expensive things for myself, I have been procrastinating.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Looking at the M3 base model, the specs are a little disappointing compared to whats out there, but I have always wanted a Macbook.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I will mostly be using MS Office, consuming media, storing photos and videos and maybe some light editing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Some people have said its better to get the M2 with higher specs but I like buying the latest version when buying something new.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I am currently typing this from my 2014 Acer Aspire (which was an excellent laptop btw). I can only use it when its plugged in, some keys have fallen off, and when it overheats it shuts off. Definitely time for an upgrade but still having a hard time letting go. I would like to use my next laptop for at least a decade as well.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Would appreciate your responses!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Also can I claim it on tax",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Are there any European grocery stores in Sydney that sell curry ketchup? It's basically the one they use for currywursts.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Anecdotally, there are more people sick with Covid than any time before.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Next thing on my list: cleaning up my room!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Coworker read on twitter that male friendships last because they are based off hedonism, are low risk and lack depth. That they rely on alcohol to get together and avoid confrontation; and are superficial because they just talk about sex, sport, money and other material things (eg cars).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I feel like if my decade long (adult) friendships are based off getting together regularly at a driving range or a pub to unwind; its pretty okay.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That \"Spicy shaker fries\" seasoning at Maccas... I love it, but I just KNOW it's going away because all the good things they do are limited-time. Anyone know how to make it at home? Or at least something very similar/close?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've been hoarding the packets off my friends who can't eat spicy food, and I've been sprinkling it all over my potato gems at home. It's heavenly. I need to learn how to make it myself.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I bought a new phone and it's the same size as the old one so I don't need a new case.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I must be getting old because I am way more excited about this than I should be",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "anyone else see the rogue stiletto stuck at the escalator in barangaroo ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "IM COLD! ITS SO FKN COLD! I HAVE THREE LAYERS ON TWO BLANKETS ON AND A HEATED MATTRESS TOPPER AND IM COLD!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why do people have to make things so difficult. Trying to flog some motorbike gear that's a bit small for me and I had two people, a boyfriend and girlfriend, both message me separately about one item, the girlfriend says she'll pass on them, but then the boyfriend says he'll pick them up tomorrow. Goddamn can just one of you do the communicating so I'm not hounded with multiple messages when I'm at work trying to piece together what the hell is happening 🥲",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I hope whoever has graciously used my account to purchase $303 of something enjoys it while they can. I also hope they weren't hoping to use my account for anything else, because that bish is now locked down harder than Victoria in 2020. Dan Andrews would be proud.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And finally, I hope my bank can see I can't be in two places at once and gives me back my money.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm back 🥹🥹",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Where's the best place to sell a mobility scooter?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We're in The Hills District and will take in procession this week a second hand mobility scooter (those seated ones with the big basket that older folks use).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Can anyone recommend the best place to sell it please?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks so much.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I don’t know your situation and how picky you’re able to be but remember a job interview is a two way thing. They’re interviewing you as a potential employee, you’re interviewing them as a potential employer. I’d be a bit put off by the lack of respect they’ve shown to your time.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Of course shit happens and maybe something truly unforeseen that required immediate attention did come up 30 minutes before your interview but it’s not great.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "\"again\"?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You coming back for the tour then?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I wouldn't have guessed Grinspoon and Regurgitator and Jebediah all announcing new albums and tours in 2024, but I'm here for it",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's not long enough to be an issue or warm up too badly, but if you add a 2L bottle of ice to the fridge before the outage it will act like an esky and the fridge temp won't be affected at all.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The freezer will be days before anything defrosts if kept closed.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Minimise opening the fridge/freezer doors and the food will be fine for the duration. This question came up a while back, iirc a half-full freezer will be food-safe for ~24hrs.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">other mums",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I didn't realise you'd become a mum, congrats!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Any feedback on the jobs?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The M2 is more than enough for your use cases. RAM will be the more important factor.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Disappointing compared to what's out there how exactly? Non-Apple laptops?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Are you currently a Windows person and you're going to switch?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you use it for work or have your own ABN, sure.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oddly I also moved from an old Acer aspire to a MBA.  I like mine a lot - I got it cheap due to haunting ozbargain (1100 at the time).  Don’t know about editing but it’s been fine for everything else.  Battery seems to last forever. Still getting used to finding where things are kept (documents etc) but not a big deal- I probably just don’t use it enough at the moment to be really used to it.  I have the M1 base model.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Dunno if it's an Air but mine is a 2011 or 2012 model.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Still works, although accepting updated OSs over the years has bloated it and slowed it down. Sometimes takes forever on the spinning beachball of death to do simple things like switching apps, and I can't get security patches anymore for some things.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I suspect a bit more RAM & a SSD would help but I think it's about time to get a new model.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Edit: mid 2012 model, 4GB. I have an even earlier one still running, maybe 2008-9? That one's basically an iTunes library of ripped CDs these days.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "get a refurbished M2 air with 16GB RAM.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm not sure how claiming on tax works with these sorts of things at all, thats something I have to figure out myself as well.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Don’t go older than M2",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Make sure you get 16 gig of RAM",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ignore people who say 8 is enough - it really isn’t, not if you’re heavily into the MS apps like Teams and Office.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "German butchery at Bexley North train station might be able to help you, they supply the products for the Concordia club at Tempe",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Edit: can see on their website they definitely sell German curry sauce and sausages to go with it, I'm keen to put in my own order",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Good for you! Bit by Bit hey :) I just broke down more tree branches, and will be running some more errands before getting back onto the PC to work on some writing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think for men (in general) because they're less close and generally external, friendships last longer because there's no \"oh she hasn't called me for a catchup in ages\". Whereas for women not debriefing for a while or about a big life event can often mean people drift and eventually intentionally stop asking to catch up.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> Coworker read on twitter",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's your problem.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But seriously, it's been said quite often that men don't like to passively spend time together, it makes them uncomfortable, they like to have some shared activity like playing pool or watching the football to focus on. That doesn't mean their time together isn't just as valid as women sitting at a table doing nothing but talk. It's just a different way of going about things.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's also a stereotype that men do things side by side (driving range, watching sport, gaming, going for a drive etc) while women do them face to face (coffee & chat).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "i.e. men's interactions are both focusing on some external thing, women's are focusing on each other.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I can't speak on behalf of men, but I read that we (human beings) have different friends for different things?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I wouldn't give too much thought towards twitter posts since half the time it's engagement bait to sell something or directly profit if it's a verified account",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[Wheat Flour, Sugar, Salt, Dextrose, Chilli Powder, Acidity Regulator (262), Yeast Extract, Anti-caking Agent (551), Vegetable Oil, Natural Flavour, Colour (160c).](https://mcdonalds.com.au/sites/mcdonalds.com.au/files/Aus%20LTO%20Menu_June%202024.pdf)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Found a link to a potential copycat version [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/comments/pfudvc/copycat_request_for_mcdonalds_spicy_shaker_fries/)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not the same, but two of my favourite chip seasonings are Old Bay Seasoning (pretty easy to lay your hands on this at [Colesworth](https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/258261)), and [Black Bear BBQ's Chippy Rub](https://www.blackbearbbq.com.au/shop/new-chippy-rub) (little bit cheesy, little bit spicy - you can get this at their stores, most Weber shops, and selected BBQ supply stores).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I just saw this video about Happy Alley and remembered your post about shaker fries",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8vzSZbPTEf/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I hope they get fired into the sun",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ooooh annoying!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh No!! Do you know how they got the numbers? Maybe they saw you enter it somewhere?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Johann Sebastian?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> sell a mobility scooter",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://backcareonline.com.au/mobility-scooter-trade-in ?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sadly not. Their Sydney show is two days before [FEST 22](https://thefestfl.com).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> you add a 2L bottle of ice",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "remember to leave a bit of air in the bottle so the ice has room to expand",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's been my crowning achievement this year!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Nah, nothing yet. Sent a followup email to one and called another yesterday, no response. I did see that someone at another place I've applied for looked at my LinkedIn the other day, so with some luck I'll get a response to that soon (have some friends at the company, so I'll chat to them on the side). In the meantime, went right on back to applying yesterday after having had a couple of days off last week.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes, have always used windows and want to switch.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m not particularly tech savvy - what exactly will happen if I *do* get the base model at 8GB RAM and use the laptop as I intend to?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Dammit, I'm low on acidity regulator (262). Will add that to my shopping list.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've used my card to purchase two different than normal things recently. I paid for a Dr cert / online consult last week when I had my migraine, and I purchased a menstrual disk online after meeting one of the owners of the business. Both seemed reputable, but I'm guessing it would tie into one of them.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That would read “I’m Bach”….I’ll see myself out….",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "the terminator?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh, fantastic.  Thank you ever so much.  Greatly appreciated.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Well look at that, I actually recognise a band name on that list for once.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That's important, thank you!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "/u/2happycats - from your mouth to God's ears. Just got a callback from the one I'd called (the government one). No Bueno - not in contention anymore. :( Sigh",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Where did it gestate? In a box?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I feel like I should say \"congratulations!\" as a Mac fanboy. It will take some getting used to but you'll be happier in the long run.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "When you compare prices with non-Mac laptops, you have to remember that Macs are very reliable and durable and part of what you're paying for is the Apple Store and Genius infrastructure. Also the fact that the OS and hardware are made by the same people.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "RAM is basically the amount of information your computer can have immediately to hand at once, without having to access the main storage.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "More RAM means you can do more at once. 8GB is pretty low these days, personally I wouldn't really recommend an 8GB device to anyone.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep, what the other reply said. In practice what it means is - more RAM = more applications open at once and less lagging",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You can use it, but you'll be frustrated it'll be slow.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Your hard disk is like a book where things are written down. If your computer lost power instantly, all the stuff on the hard disk would still be there. That's why we need to save documents, that's writing them down in the book.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Your RAM is where your computer does its thinking. If it loses power, anything it was working on which is not saved disappears instantly. Some applications need a lot of RAM to do their 'thinking', partly because that's just the way things are and partly because the people who wrote the software don't give a crap, they've all got huge amounts of RAM.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So if you've got a lot of applications open doing a lot of thinking, your computer is going to struggle.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "from what ive read vaguely, anecdotally and also in my personal experiences men bond best over some form of problem solving activity",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "More than a few keys were hurt in the making of the symphonies",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Is it Joyce Manor?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh man, that's not cool. I'm sorry, friend.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I am resisting the urge to be \"well, actually\" guy *so hard*…",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Nah, though I was a little tongue tied at the time and didn't ask straight out when I probably should have. To be honest, if it were me rating myself, I'd probably say that I had come from a slightly different background and needed more experience in the tech they were looking at (which I had some of, to be fair, but there are people who specialise in this stuff).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It was a bit of a longshot, but I was hoping to have found out I didn't get this one *after* I'd already been offered another job or something so that it didn't sting as much.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Still very good to go through this process though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Do it! (Are you gonna say he didnt compose any symphonies?)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Huh. Matt and Kim?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Symphonies kind of hadn't been invented in his day.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And Streetlight Manifesto",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A very good point. TBH I was just throwing out a flippant line without any consideration for how accurate it was in the lame attempt of getting a few smiles on some faces",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Change it to \"concertos\", we'll delete, and it will be like it never happened.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Didn’t take ‘em long to infiltrate Marrickville.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have a lot of family that live in the area, when they migrated, from the 70's onwards. Back then it was wog 'kafane' or our version of pubs that was making noise, and they loved it. All of these people are now elderly and they still don't mind the noise, because it offers a semblance of night life, and people actually enjoying themselves.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The fact that 3 people made this venue close down is absolutely ridiculous.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Saved you a click: It's the Great Club in Marrickville",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've often thought of starting a band called \"DIE NIMBY SCUM\", because I reckon every venue would be booking us just desperate to advertise our shows and put up posters",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’ve honestly never heard of this venue but my default position is “fuck NIMBYs”.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you don’t want to hear society, go live in Wilberforce.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Can we instil a nightlife protected area around these places? Sydney has hardly any nightlife as it is, we have plenty of open space in Sydney if you don’t like it move to a more rural area. I used to live near the shouting frolicking crowds of Oxford street nightlife and you get used to it. Use a noise machine, it’s not the end of the world!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">But it was a stoush with the landlord that finally pushed her to shut up shop, she wrote on social media.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">“For some time now, I have been in negotiations with the landlord about ongoing issues at the venue but unfortunately we couldn’t reach a solution that benefited both parties,” she [Alison Avron, club owner] said.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "On the one hand, fuck people who move next to a venue and complain about noise. On the other, it's not clear that was the reason the owner walked away.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Its not just music venues its also shops and supply stores.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A local shop that supplied trades people had to pull the plug them and only sell to retail. Some locals didn't like  the noise caused by the early morning trade shoppers.  The had been selling to trades people for a long time.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Great venue, such a shame that it's closing",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If the place was there before these people moved in they should be told to go fuck themselves. We had similar complaints with bus terminals, people move in then complain about buses at terminals early in the morning doing their job, NIMBY'S are 99% fuckwits.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Day this place closes I say we all go there with our pimped out car stereos and play them loud til the cops come",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "For anyone who got confused (as I did).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "NIMBY = Not In My Back Yard.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A person who objects to something they perceive as unpleasant to live near, but they approve of the same thing when it is further away from their home.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My take: if you don’t like it, move. If you’ve been placed there against your choice and are not able to move, count yourself lucky to “be placed”. Others are homeless and would love to trade places with you. Even with the thing you don’t want in your back yard.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The article says it was a fall out with the Landlord that made her leave not the NIMBYs.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's been making noise since nineteen hundred and fifty two. If you moved in after nineteen hundred and fifty two, you have no right to complain. That should be the law.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In Sydney, it's always about real estate.  Unless it's about money, but even then it's usually still about real estate.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I attended an Inner West Council 'local matters' forum (Marrikville ward) two nights ago.  One of the main things up for dicsussion was the 'Special Entertainment precincts' they are looking to introduce in Marrickville.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And there was this one guy who just KEPT on hammering on about noise, drunkeness, and the supposed chaos that the Great Club bought to his little street.  It immediately become clear that he was one of or perhaps the prime, instigator of all these complaints,",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And he was a belligerant, aggressive, obnioxious prick.  Like came across as \\*really\\* aggressive.  I would NOT want to encounter him one-on-one on the street.  :/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "As expected really.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Younger than I expeted though.  Prolly late 30s to early 40s.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Fuck that guy.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've lived in the area and never heard of it but that's beside the point.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Fuck NIMBYs and the horses they rode in on.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They even object to housing developments in the middle of a housing crisis.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just realised I havent heard from the pub 50m from me in a long time.. usually Fri-Sat nights are really loud",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Shitty click bait, nothing to do with NIMBYs, that’s a side issue, the issue was with the lease…….",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You'll be seeing posts in r/sydney complaining there's nothing to do in Merrickville soon.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why does the venue HAVE to be in marrickville? Why not Kellyville? Plenty of space, plenty of absolutely loaded people and less NIMBY-PIMBYS?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "3 people closed the Annandale - of which, one was DEAD, by the time it closed!?!?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah this used to be the Macedonian Club right? It's been a drinking venue for a long time. I guess maybe not as noisy back in the day",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And the article is weirdly outdated. Not sure why the article talks about uncertainty around future events, given I went to a show that was supposed to be held there on Sunday but they got told on Thursday that it would have to find a new venue.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I played soccer for Mega Alexandro ( Alexander Warriors ) back in State League 2 in 1997. It was our clubhouse. It was called Alexander the Great Club. It was a club for Greek Macedonians that had emigrated and lived in the Marrickville/ Earlwood / Canterbury areas.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That’s up there with naming your band “[Private Function](https://youtu.be/twvWc8g5t0g?si=qhFtSSRRj1-wOf9g)”. I like it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I would support a band called that regardless of my personal enjoyment of their music. Even if the music was (warning, personal taste may affect this judgement) a steaming pile of garbage in a burning skip bin, I would buy the T shirts at minimum. So over people moving in next to an established concern (not just music venues, but pubs, sports fields, race tracks, airports etc etc etc) then trying to,  and too often succeding in, closing a venue because they don't like it. Do your research before you buy NIMBY's!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I live on the same road as The Great Club. So far, I have only been to see one show there.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Before being The Great Club, it used to be The Greek Club. In the last 10 years, the immediate area has had some redevelopment such as a block of units and the Marrickville library.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Fuck the NIMBYs in that new block of units.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They’d just complain about kookaburras and cow shit then.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "On behalf of Wilberforce residents, don't send them here. Perhaps armidale, bourke or Moree would happily take them if they can't stand city noise.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This shit can be annoying though. I used to live in Surry Hills in housing Commission (so I couldn't just move, nor did I \"choose\" to live there), and there was a restaurant right across the road that had live music and birthdays every week, and they wouldn't kick people out till 2am. It's hard trying to sleep when you can hear bass pumping all night, glasses smashing, people screaming and singing. Then you got the Surry Hills crackheads screaming, fighting, and partaking in cracktivities too. There's definitely a fair middle ground.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Edit: Fucken Reddit. Apparently poor people shouldn't be allowed advocate for a healthy middle ground or you're a \"NIMBY\". You people are so fucked in head that you're unable to see any nuance. I don't know why I expect better from this sub.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Personally I love nightlife but like a quiet apartment so I.... live in a quieter suburb and venture into the inner city for my revelry.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "For Marrickville town centre the council is working on getting Purple Flag accreditation and also have a plan as a Special Entertainment Precinct (SEP). Similar to Enmore but with different characteristics.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think it will be great.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah I feel like the NIMBY thing is being used as a proxy to cover for a business that couldn’t pay the higher rent that the landlord wanted.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The development consent conditions and liquor licence are valuable parts of the building. If these were to be restricted say by times of service or operation or what activities could take place it would devalue the property. I’d say the nimby complaints have the landlord worried about their investment….. Typical Sydney on all fronts!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just convert the site into affordable housing. I bet they'll love that.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "the issue is the NIMBYS were creating multiple issues with local council and the liquor board, creating stress for ali the owner and often in these situations the landlord has to deal with some bs as well, now ali has not gone into specific if what happened and that's her business, but I wouldn't be surprised if the landlord got a easier option to sell to a developer.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Seriously !!!! It’s like moving to Port Botany and whining about ships",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Don't forget to drop down a gear or two as you drive past either.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Now you are talking sense",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "because young people are drawn to the city",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I never understood this. The Annandale is the perfect venue for music being on parramatta road, in largely a commercial area under a flight path. Surely the music wasn't penetrating down the street.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The Greek Club.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sydney has and had quite a few nationality-based clubs. I wonder where all the patrons went.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The Gaelic Club was almost across the road from Central Station. They had lots of great bands playing there back in the day.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And your beer company “responsibly”",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Edit: and a nut company called “Deez”.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I knew someone in the short-lived band “Session Cancelled”. No, really.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Didn't someone have a band called \"Free Beer\"? I've found http://www.freebeernet.com/. There's probably more.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I noticed that too, have been to roughly 6 or 7 gigs there in the past 2 years and those units near the library while partially facing the venue shouldn't be near enough to hear any noise, it's all enclosed with soundproofing and every time I've exited the venue the punters have been very sedate. Street traffic is noisier. This feels like a vendetta, disappointing since IW Council set up a plan to prevent a few complaints bringing down a venue.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I can only assume the landlord is worried about things they don't understand. Marrickville has many venues with no problems but this is/was the best purpose venue in town, slightly better than the bowlo and Red Rattler.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Where do I sign up for housing commission in Surry hills, all my family got was out west in mount druitt",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You got my upvote for “cracktivities” at least ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I don’t think you’re going to get a lot of sympathy for living in Surry Hills.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And I don’t think the ‘crackheads’ are the problem at this venue.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think I know exactly where you’re talking about because I lived there for about three months in late 2017,  I also didn’t like the noise, but at that point I was used to loud neighbours so it didn’t bother me too much. I don’t think it makes you a bad guy for preferring otherwise.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Isn’t 2am the fair middle ground? I mean it’s better than 3am.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A (very good) brewery near my place closed recently due to rent increases and was in the media complaining about how industrial areas are being knocked down and bring turned into residential. In reality, the building they were in is heritage-protected and amongst a group of warehouses which are all heritage-protected on a block of streets with 0% residential zoning, so there's no risk of it being turned into apartments.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I feel for them losing their base, but the blame seems to be in the wrong direction.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That or premises renovations - if it's been used as a venue since 1952 as per the article, it's entirely possible that disability access upgrades or fixture maintenance/replacement is required.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That doesn't drive the rage clicks though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I went their 3 or 4 times the year it opened, it always smelled like sewage.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Put me off going back.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "While it's true that the licence and permitted operating times are part of the value proposition, Inner West Council haven't considered any action on that basis in at least the last 15 months or so.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[According to council, The Great Club hosted \"a couple of events... in late 2022 that were not compliant with the club's license](https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/about/news/media-releases/2023-media-releases/statement-on-the-great-club-marrickville) and has not taken further action since then.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It seems those issues were resolved around 15 months ago though and IWC weren't interested in pursuing the matter further.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The complaints were of people being too noisy departing the venue, which they mostly weren't and went home fairly quickly. I personally went to around 40 shows there and people mostly just wanted to get home or head to the next venue. The venue even had signs up asking people to leave quietly. The Parramatta road traffic was much noisier and constant. This was a targeted attack with no forethought or sympathy, and Inner West Council sided with the rate paying residents. Luckily the bookers manage several venues now under the name Music & Booze Co, which Ali mentioned in her statement.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Like many things in Sydney, it's really about real estate value.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Miss the Gaelic",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Agree. I've seen punters outside numerous times, chatting at a reasonable conversation volume and smoking etc.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I tend to think TGC has older musicians and an older clientele. I saw Jody Stephens, formerly of Big Star there. I almost saw Robyn Hitchcock there.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "When your put your application in you're given 3 options to choose your allocation zones. Each zone has a group of suburbs in it. I waited 11 years for mine, and was finally given an offer for a flat in Surry Hills. If I said no, I'd have had to wait a couple years for another offer. The area itself is great, but 80% of my neighbours on my street were drug addicts, mentally ill people, or very old. Crime is very common there. Mostly petty. I actually saved 3 people's lives from overdoses when I lived there, and attempted 2 more that died. 1 of them was robbed by my other neighbour as he was dying. I came out trying to help and he had his hands down his pants and stole his drugs. I gave him CPR for about 15 minutes until the paramedics got there. He had died before I tried to help.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The craziest thing though, was my neighbour below me started banging on the wall one night at 3am with what sounded like a hammer, and I thought I heard her say \"help\". I called the police and explained exactly what I heard, but they took over an hour to come, and by the time they got there \"she wasn't answering the door\". So they climbed onto the fence at the back to peer into her window. All of a sudden I hear tons more sirens. Turns out she either overdosed or had some sort of medical emergency, and was trying to get people's attention by banging on the wall. Nobody else called. She died on the floor.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The second craziest was the week I moved in. The garbage chute is in the building, and I complained that it stunk really bad. The next day it smelled even worse, but they wouldn't investigate. The 4th day I noticed tons of flies in the hallway and said I think there's something dead. By the 7th day there were so many flies and the smell was so bad that couldn't ignore it. An old lady died alone in her home. Nobody ever visited her...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There were other things like the clothesline out back was constantly being raided. They stole my girlfriend's underwear, and some of my shirts the first week I moved in. I didn't really care that much, cause if you're that hard up that you're stealing underwear, maybe you need it more than I do. I bought a dryer that week and rigged it up in my bathroom though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's not a massive deal though, I grew up with that shit. But it's not all roses just because it's \"Surry Hills\".",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Check out Northcott, or \"Suicide Towers\" and see if you'd rather live there.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You guys are getting housing commission?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Mate you have no idea lol. One of the neighbours would walk past the building literally every single day, and shout at the top of his lungs about whatever weird shit was in his head. The poor bloke had schizophrenia and some other issues, and every day he'd go on his walks and shout. One time he was screaming about \"These N word cats! Fat N word cats! Fat N word cats! Don't tell the school though! You can't tell the school!\". Other days he'd be screaming about people watching him saying shit like \"I've asked you to stop! Just stop watching me!\".  After a while I grew to tune him out.  The poor bloke was very sick, but he wasn't violent so they never did anything about him.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There was a meth head in the next building that had dozens of customers every day. They'd leave syringes and shit everywhere. One day he got ran in on and they stabbed him to death. Nobody was ever charged. The guy in my building was a hoarder and he'd bring home VCRs, TVs, bikes, etc. And once he's done whatever he wanted with them, he'd leave the ones he didn't want out the front door lol.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's a very weird area that part of Surry Hills.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Didn't once ask for sympathy. Just pointing out that unlike the people in the story who chose to live somewhere and then tried to shut it down, it can be annoying when you're in this situation, and there's nothing you can do to control it. I don't know what you think Surry Hills is like in the Housing Commission areas, but it's certainly not rich white NIMBYs, that's for sure. It's more like a comparatively rich restaurant owner skirting noise laws and not shutting down at the times they should, with 40-50 drunk people on a roof listening to very loud music at 2am, screaming and smashing shit, while the poors in the housing commission block have to deal with it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Advocating for fairness. That's all.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You guys have become so indoctrinated with these kinds of issues, that you're incapable of seeing nuance. You're like Americans",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I wouldn't have an issue with it, if it was 2am and they stayed indoors. But it's a rooftop bar, so it's directly across from people's bedrooms. There's two big speakers on the roof, 40-50 drunk cunts screaming and shouting, and they're advertised to close at midnight.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Plenty of heritage protected warehouses have been gutted and turned into apartments all over Sydney mate.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It really does need an upgrade. I had never heard of this place, but got to see Kevin Mitchell there, the place was a bit dark and uninviting. Nice food though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Christ that's an awful justification. Who goes yelling up Nelson St after a gig? Most would be leaving via parra rd or going to maccas. Council needs to be better.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's a large block of apartments going up next door to the pub. That'll put more downward pressure on property than music.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> if you're that hard up that you're stealing underwear, maybe you need it more than I do.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hard up... interesting choice of words. LOL",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If that’s the case, they were in breach of their license and council/police would have acted on complaints?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Your situation was rough but 99% of NIMBYs across Sydney chose to move next door to the venues they subsequently complain about.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Fair enough, that's not what's happening to this particular building or area though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was at that same gig, the atmosphere was great, there aren't many venues left in Sydney where you can stand centimetres from the artist with no barrier, and meet them afterwards. Compared to other venues in Marrickville it has more of a homely vibe and allows for seated or standing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Pretty much, although it wasn't just a few complaints, it was constant over many months if not longer, so council started fining the business, from all reports they were being fined 5-figure sums, so council weren't shutting them down but effectively fining them into closure, and of course it worked.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Of course after it shut down, Darcy Byrne (who is still Inner West Council mayor today for that area) promised to turn that section of Parramatta Road into an entertainment precinct and reinstate it as a live music venue. Spoilers: he didn't. He also promised to reinvigorate the Italian Forum off Norton street in Leichhardt just up from the Annandale with more shops and restaurants. More spoilers: he hasn't.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's currently a gastro pub selling $25-$35 entree sized meals with the closest to live music being music questions they play during pub trivia. I went once to try out their trivia and I was gutted.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Lol Jesus Christ. I didn't think of that. I assumed it was a woman that stole them, cause there was also a blouse type thing, and some feminine shorts with a little pink bow, but now I'm thinking maybe it wasn't.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Exactly lol. I called them many times, and nothing was ever done about it. The front of the house would be closed, but upstairs they'd be partying. Surry Hills has a lot of crime, so the cops are always busy with other shit. They're going triage the complaints, which I totally get. But by the time they turn up to a noise complaint called in at 2am, the party is probably winding down already.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm not sure if you read my other comment about the lady dying in the apartment beneath mine, but it took them over an hour when I specifically told them I could hear someone moaning help, between banging on the wall. The banging stopped after about 20 minutes. That place genuinely traumatised me. Not even exaggerating.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Edit: Thanks so much everyone! Your suggestions were all invaluable and I loved the free relationship advice too. From a noob husband.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think the Langham has been mentioned so many times that I will save that to check out with my wife one day. Currently thinking Shangri la for the views or QT cause she will like the look of the room :)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My wife has said that for her birthday she would like a night alone to herself somewhere where she can get a massage etc. like a hotel with a spa ?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I am of course completely clueless and looking for ideas from the hive. Don’t really have a budget. Happy to splash out but also have a mortgage etc so not sure if 1.5K is reasonable to get something nice ?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "She is not used to being pampered so I would imagine anything decent would be very luxurious for her.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We have an 11yo, a 14 month old and a 2 month old so it will be well deserved !",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Pretty sure The Langham is where all the influencers and yummy mummies go.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Also within your $1500 budget.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hot tip is even get her a years worth of massages at your local Endota ie if that’s feasible so she can put regular massages in her routine so she can priorities herself.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "She may also get overstimulated or touched out especially with young bubs so she might not actually want a massage. You could mix it up & get a years worth of monthly facials too. Streamline this by pre paying the years worth so she’s forced to have her me time. You should also do a couples hotel stay with day spa yearly too, nice way to pour into your connection away from just being parents together.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Get her a room at the crown I reckon",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Make it 2 nights if you can. One night isn’t enough to decompress",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">We have an 11yo, a 14 month old and a 2 month old",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Plan to make this an annual thing if I were you - I also have 3, and if you think it is hard now I got some bad news for you ;-)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You will get a very nice night with that budget. I sometimes do this myself and I go to the Four Seasons. Eat room service in bed, take a bath, wander around the rocks. I recommend it!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Big fan of the premier rooms although they are maybe cutting into the budget a bit.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hope she has fun!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Langham.  Absolutely fantastic experience.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks everyone ! All great ideas so far and now I don’t feel so lost :)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The Langham Sydney is just perfect for this.  Excellent service, great spa and swimming pool",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Beautiful suites plus excellent bar in the gorgeous lobby.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm not married or in a relationship, so I'm not the best person to give you advice on this.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But, if your partner is after a \"quiet\" birthday, it's right up my alley. I've done \"quiet\" birthdays over the last 2 years, and it was a lovely time.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You could try and curate her day like this: Breakfast is at her favourite café or brunch place in the city. Personal recommendations from me would be Brother's Ben in Petersham or even Tuga Pastries in Alexandria and Clovelly. Sonoma isn't a bad idea, too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "From there, she takes a lovely trip to the spa. Tokyo Head Spa is pretty decent with their choices of treatments. I always used to see my dad gift my mum with a haircut and head massage thing at her favourite hairdresser for the wedding anniversary. Budget anywhere between 300-600 bucks, and you're  golden. I think there will be some other nicer places if you prefer something closer.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "An overnight stay at the A by Adina, Langham, or even the Intercontinental around Parliament House is pretty nice, too. There's good Italian food around these places. I'd recommend Ragazzi and Hubert's (if she wants French food). Porkfat is a good option for Thai food, too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I hope this helps. And I wish her a happy birthday!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I did this recently and the best thing I found was spending less per night and having 2 nights rather than 1. It meant I could sleep in instead of checking out at 10am and spend a whole day relaxing/shopping/whatever I wanted. 1 night is just not really enough. I found that going further from the CBD made things way cheaper.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Swamis yoga retreat",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">We have an 11yo, a 14 month old and a 2 month old",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">she would like a night alone to herself",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If I've learnt one thing from having my own kids, it's that nights away shouldn't be reserved for special occasions.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Go ahead and do the fancy birthday thing now, but if you want to score some real brownie points with the missus, do something similar a few months down the road. Maybe you both do the next one together and have the in-laws mind the kids for the night? Or another solo outing while you have the kids. Either way.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But a guaranteed winner if you plan something like that for no special reason.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "QT hotel in the city has an incredible spa. Hotel fitout is getting a bit old but it's still very nice.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Solid budget. Try the Gillian Adams day spa. Or, for a cheaper option, try city cave for a package with a float, sauna and massage (3 hrs~).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Took the missus to a nice spa place out west for a weekend for her birthday the other year, was quite nice, got to lounge in the pool, massage, nice room and food, quaint village to wander..",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.ihg.com/crowneplaza/hotels/us/en/windsor/sydwd/hoteldetail",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's also the Blue Mountains Onsen we went for the year after:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.japanesebathhouse.com.au/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Various hot tubs to soak in all day followed by a private Onsen and massage in the evening, meal was ok but pricey, would probably head in to town personally next time, accomodation had a good Japanese style too (we opted for the more expensive room, don't know what difference that makes).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Probably better value than in the city, especially the Onsen, you're kind of out the hustle and noise of the city, really peaceful.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think Sheraton and Shanghai-La also have spa/hotel deals",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The crowns spa is fantastic - you can book in just to use the pool, and then separately book massage etc. if I had 2 days alone I wouldn’t want to waste 5 hours on a spa package . W in darling harbour has also just opened and have heard their internal pool is nice",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The Langham. Just gorgeous!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The QT hotel is fun. It's quirky luxe and has a wonderful day spa on-site. Good food at the restaurants too!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The day spa also has a Hamman steam room.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They do packages that run for 6 hours that include lunch. A nice room and that package would be around the $1500.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The rooms also have lovely baths to relax in.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Swiss hotel in Sydney cbd or the Langham are very nice and they have Groupon vouchers at the moment for spa packages. You can get a super nice room and book in treatment for her :)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Second, The Langham and also you’re the man.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The Langham is great! Added bonus is that swimming pool and spa.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The Langham is the classic favoured by just about everyone.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The Capella is the new shiny spot worth mentioning. Also the new Crown.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There’s a tonne of day spas as well that aren’t necessarily attached to hotels worth mentioning: Slow House in Bondi; Gillian Adams in Turramarra; Venustus in Paddington.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I can’t speak to the hotel services, but I recently treated myself to a spa treatment at Endota in the Four Seasons and it was heaven.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’ve also been to QT for spa services and absolutely loved it there too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The spa at The Darling is amazing",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I got something similar for my wife's birthday as well. Got a 4hr spa package. You can find some good discounts online.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.groupon.com.au/deals/the-day-spa-the-langham-hotel-2",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Fairmont hotel in Leura is stunning with a great spa! Can get a high tea too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The Langham is absolutely gorgeous. Staff are beyond wonderful and it’s the kind of place you walk into and go…. Woah. Highly recommend.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The Langham is excellent. The spa is superb, treatments are great plus they have a beautiful pool. OP, ensure you get a room with a harbour view. Really impressed with your thoughtfulness btw ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yummy Mummies is very last century, I believe they are now called a  MILF or MILVES",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep definitely this one.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Never heard the term ‘yummy mummies’ before, but I know exactly the type you’re talking about.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That’s actually an amazing tip! She has lots of chronic joint pain from a genetic issue and even yesterday asked me if she could get a massage (I always say yes but she’s the type that always feels bad for leaving me with the kids/ spending money).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Would be amazing to just get her a years worth and she can go guilt free !!!!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Great idea, if OP can afford I’d do both. If mum is stressed and needs alone time and that’s what she has asked for. Then do that. Totally agree with regular massage as a wonderful idea but sounds like she wants that night off",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> She may also get overstimulated or touched out",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wife literally asked for a massage. Projection much?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hotel room with spa package and room service",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I second this, Crown’s beds are the BEST beds I’ve ever slept on. Their spa is amazing, and you get complimentary buffet breakfast for the morning. It’s the best breakfast buffet I have been to in Australia hands down!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "One night stays are the worst. No sleeping in. No time to properly explore the hotel. If money is a factor it might even be better to do two nights somewhere cheaper",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I would be happy to get her two but knowing her she will get anxious being away from the kids too long. She swears it’s not because she thinks I’m incapable but it’s the separation anxiety !",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Good idea. They are all girls too …. Teenage years will be fun!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes I do love the four seasons !",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Once during covid I got the premier full harbour room for cheap. Omg.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Would be my go to pad back when I was a young bachelor  ;) hence why I can’t use that one cause it wouldn’t feel right with my forever woman !",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I agree with this too. A good sleep in is worth it",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wife goes here often. Went with her once. It's lovely, but definitely wouldn't call it luxurious.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Second the QT. Honestly the vibe feels more luxurious than more expensive hotels even with the aging fitout. My partner and I go to the spa whenever we stay.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Good god no - took my partner here for her birthday and it's the worse I've ever stayed at, screaming kids everywhere, it's a family resort, not a peaceful get away, I was more stressed by the time I checked out than before I checked it!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you're going up the mountains, check the Onsen in my post above, otherwise Windsor is a better choice. But stay away for the Fairmont!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "She specifically requested “alone” so I don’t think a couples thing is what she had in mind",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Let’s listen to the wife who specified she wants to be ALONE, yeah?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This is the one that springs to mind - bought my wife a spa treatment and a night in this hotel years ago, she loved it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Mums I'd Love 'ver Emotional Support",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Two different things. Both terms from the last century that are still in use.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You’re actually a gem. I see nothing but green flags.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "As a fellow spoonie / chronic pain person, I think a year worth of massages honestly sounds like the perfect gift because then she won’t feel guilty about scheduling them in :) Or whatever helps her pain, like floating, acupuncture, infrared sauna, ice baths, etc. I think places like City Cave offer memberships for things like that.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’d even suggest so it fits your budget, maybe a cheaper hotel/spa combo with a membership or yearly plan for whatever treatment she likes/chooses? Managing chronic pain is a constant ordeal so I think she’d appreciate that!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm a sucker for a good massage and while hotel spas are luxurious, I'd rather the same money be spent on an Endota voucher -- much more bang for your buck!  And the actual massage is just as good, if not better than some hotel spas",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Dude, you are absolutely fucked! I had enough trouble with one girl and two boys - three girls will cause you to lose all your hair! 🤣",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Mine are all girls too. 19, 17 and 15.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Four Seasons not fun when cruise ship or large group in house",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hahhahaa no you can't send her there then. Clearly you have good taste though!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh dang, really? Was considering booking here because my husband and I wanted a couple of days away with a spa attached (he also loves ice skating so that was the main draw). Not the peaceful getaway I'm hoping for.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes I forgot to mention the 35yo kid/husband",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You’re too kind. I’m a GP so maybe understanding chronic disease comes easier to me than most !",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m abuzz with options right now after everyone’s suggestions but I think saving some money on this one weekend somewhat and getting a more regular package is where I’ll go!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thank you",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Haha. My current go to staycation is the W darling harbour for the whole family. Very busy vibe and nowhere near the four seasons but it will have to do for now",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No, it was really disappointing as the expectation set by the website and [booking.com](http://booking.com) gave me the indication of somewhere similar to the place in Windsor, a quiet getaway with a relaxing spa on the side, it was a far cry, the giveaway should've been the grown man throwing a tantrum at the front desk when we came to check-in about the level of noise and being mis-sold, thought he was a dick (still, bit of one as it's hardly the front desk staff's fault), should've just cut our losses and turned away then as he was right...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Never forget the Milk Crate Man. A tribute to a fucking legend.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There is a flashing street light out the front of Maybe Sammy’s. That was my favorite.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Nice.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But was it worth the $50 that Vivid charged to see it?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Looks crate",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Remember that giant milk crate sculpture they were going to build down by Central Station? What happened to that?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No way this is Vivid, I can't see a foodtruck anywhere?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How long was the line up for that?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Chef chair",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm filled with tears of inspiration. Marvelous just stunning",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The Dairy’s Farmers exhibit",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Looks like a raytracing demo",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No way this is Vivid, I can't see a foodtruck anywhere?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This is the best post I have seen all week.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Coulda splashed out on a little colour! But 7/10 for presentation.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I see it as an artistic homage to Tony the milko.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The milk crate that only carries lite.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A simple milk crate with which to detain real criminals at the same time sit on top of whilst enjoying a succulent Chinese meal (not a crime).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Mob spawner! Make a Zombie farm",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Someone put torches down before mobs start spawning.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The Spanian Seat",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hopefully Clover Moore sees it. Looks way better than the million $$$ milk crate art she wanted to build also.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "the spanian's dining table.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "bet it looks better when wet and colorful",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Well that's not saying much, then lol",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Great photo - but where are the crowds?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I remember one year, in Martin Place iicr one of the vivid installations was a pile of monobloc chairs and cheap led fixtures, and it still didn't look as good as this",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Vivid at home",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "arté",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Is there also a Bollard Man version of this display?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Better than going in that place",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This particular exhibit was actually only $44.99 per child, so not too bad.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "and the 45 min queue",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's a great crate would rate 8/8",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "To go with the other commenter for the sake of a chuckle; Spanian took it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Fr though, it shits me when he chucks his leftover food just anywhere. Fucking gronk.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The crowd leaving it was the issue",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "🫡",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The world existed before Spanian",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How many children are on exhibit?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Children's tickets available for 0-2 year olds, after that full adult price of course.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A bargain.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Pandering to the cratriarchy",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The fuck is a spanian",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "For sure. Milk crates made up half of my furniture when sharehousing back in the day hahaha",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "worked eight years at maccas, milk crates were our chairs in back area",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Well, because it's Sydney they skimped of course. But I saw a group of kids, probs 20-25, aged 5-10. Most of their glow stick necklaces had worn off though from the previous night, so it was only in the top 3 Vivid exhibits of the year.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You're selling them short, mate. If you're over 99 you get a senior's discount, so you're barely paying $40 at that point.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sydney based Youtuber. He's a massive douchebag that makes his fame of the fact that he's spent most of his life in gaol, and now does food reviews. It's sometimes fun to watch when he's in your neighbourhood doing \"In the hood\" videos, and some of his food stuff is actually pretty on point, but overall he's just a dickhead.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Update: I want to assure you that this statement is not being made against my will *tears streams down face* I want to say that Spanian is a top bloke, and Woolloololooooo is a top place. Please don't kill me!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A Spanish person",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes that's a fair point. For Sydney, that's excellent value!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yup, not even Bunnings can keep up!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Hi, my family is here for a short stay and we absolutely love steaks and is in search for good steak recommendations.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Does not need to be fancy places, we love a good valued local Australian beef steak.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We are living near Queen Victoria Building and we have a 6mo baby.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We’ve already booked Eastside for tmr (Wednesday) for their All You Can Eat steaks.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Looking to see if there’s any other good steaks / steak deals / or anything else worth visiting for today, and the rest of our stay.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We are also hoping to find some farmers markets or any markets that sells local produce, just wanna have a taste of good ole’ locally grown organic produce.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Any recommendations is much appreciated ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wants good steak... goes to an all you get eat ..",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bistecca",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Plenty of good suggestions here",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/16rng4i/best_steak_restaurant_for_the_money/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "from the last time someone asked this.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Steersons",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Meat and wine co",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Chop house",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Rockpool",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Botswana butchery",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That's pretty definitive",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Cancel your booking at Eastside and go around the corner to Ester:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://ester-restaurant.com.au/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Last time I went to Eastside it was more salt than steak, tasted like they'd thrown it in the sea (wasn't a great cut either, shame, it used to be a good place, but had been redone and not for the better).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you can get a cancellation checkout firedoor too:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://firedoor.com.au/menu/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But booking is usually a well in advance deal.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Closer to you is The Gidley too:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.liquidandlarder.com.au/venues/the-gidley/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Went for my birthday the other year, delicious.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "For a fantastic steak, try The Cut Bar & Grill and Rockpool Bar & Grill. For markets, hit up the Sydney Fish Market and Carriageworks Farmers Market for fresh local produce. Enjoy your stay!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Username checks out.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The fuck is a downtown.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "r/foodies_sydney/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[Issac](https://www.tiktok.com/@issac_eatsalot?lang=en) has you covered.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Unless they are picky, pick a pub in the city or a good meat company outlet. If picky, kingsleys",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Chophouse has some pretty good steaks! Located between Wynyard and Martin Place",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This looks interesting. Not tried it yet. But will do.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yappari Steak Regent Place",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "0451 593 100",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-samsung-rvo1&sca_esv=6a8e8a6372ddea43&sca_upv=1&hl=en-AU&cs=0&q=Yappari%20Steak%20Regent%20Place&ludocid=16217125914585856037&ibp=gwp%3B0%2C7&lsig=AB86z5Wo21Ad0kEI6Nr55GkWiTtY&kgs=59c1eb531673953c&shndl=-1&shem=lsp%2Cssim&source=sh%2Fx%2Floc%2Fact%2Fm1%2F4",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This may assist",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.reddit.com/r/foodies_sydney/comments/1dg3vxd/best_steak_in_sydney/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bistecca or 6Head",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Glenmore hotel does a 250g rump steak for $36 but you have to walk up stairs",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just went to chophouse.  I’m looking for good valued.  Can range from quality to quantity.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This ^",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Well, that thread made me sad",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Botswana closed in May, was looking forward to going the end of this month after hearing good things!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah Firedoor is amazing with an amazing price to go with it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ester is garbage. Horrible. Do not attend.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s at the opposite side of Uptown Sydney.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The lights are much brighter there. You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Downtown Sydney was traditionally near central station but it's a dead term here now.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yea fucking americans",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "To my understanding, AUS is mostly rural because I’m from Hong Kong.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks.  Just went.  Very satisfied ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Botswana wasn't great when I went though we didn't get the priciest steak. Aalia was really good though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In my defence, partner took me for my Birthday, so didn't look at the prices!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "(though they're still complaining about the price of the aged steak I had, so yeah it was probably pricey, but it was soo good)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Had the best duck I've ever eaten at Ester - and eat a lot of duck!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[https://www.instagram.com/p/CdazGQ1Jg9T/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CdazGQ1Jg9T/)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And everything else was great too - sad to hear you didn't have a similar experience.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm getting the Downtown Train to find an Uptown Girl.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Traditionally we don't use downtown at all, city centre (or a variation thereof) is the preferred term in... pretty much every language.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "\"Downtown\" is entirely part of the american lexicon that failed to get traction outside of North America; hell we only know about through cultural osmosis (slash cultural imperialism) if only to let us feel superior as we have a sensible chuckle at the poor lost seppos.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Understood",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m from Hong Kong, so live dead in the Center of the busy city.  I used downtown because to me, aus is mainly suburbs",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Botswana closed down in May anyways...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m from Hong Kong and lived my entire life in the city centre.  I used downtown because I thought it would make u guys understand more.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Don't worry about it, some people just hate everything American adjacent to the point of assholery. Your communication was clear.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh god no it's an American thing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Also fun fact, Cantonese is the third most spoken language (other than English) in Sydney.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh I just take every opportunity I can to rubbish their bastard cousin version of the language (except for the bits worth stealing) while cheering on Bluey for raising a generation of American children who use words like dunny.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What's second?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Arabic.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1difm3c.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "17 June 2024",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "MEDIA RELEASE: The removal of land tax indexation at the centre of tomorrow’s NSW Budget amounts to a tax grab by stealth which will exacerbate the housing crisis for those who can least afford it, the Real Estate Institute of NSW (REINSW) says.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "REINSW CEO Tim McKibbin says the NSW Government’s plan to let the inevitable increase in property values do the work of increasing taxes will end up hurting a familiar cohort: renters.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "“Given the high cost of holding a residential property, adding to the tax burden will only place additional pressure on investment returns, leaving landlords two undesirable options. They can either pass the extra cost onto tenants or sell their investment property, taking more homes out of an undersupplied rental market,” Mr McKibbin says.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "“This move will have the same effect as not indexing the stamp duty brackets. It is a tax grab by stealth and at a time when we desperately need to encourage investment in residential property, increasing tax will have the complete opposite effect.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "“Similarly, removing land tax indexation will have severe ramifications for commercial tenancies. Landlords will pass on the additional land tax to the tenant and with businesses already doing it tough, many will find the higher costs too much to bear.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "“REINSW has consistently called for property tax reform as a critical part of a coordinated solution to address the housing crisis in NSW. But instead of tax reform, all we get is more tax, and more broken promises,” Mr McKibbin says.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Mr McKibbin says that while increasing the tax burden on foreign investors may be politically popular, deterring investment in the state’s rental market may likewise not be in the best interest of tenants.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "“For people struggling simply to find a home to rent, whether the landlord is local or foreign seems largely irrelevant, and if only 0.6% of NSW housing stock is foreign-owned, reform in this narrow area is immaterial,” he says.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The boost in investment in better training for town planners to be detailed in tomorrow’s Budget is, on the surface, a welcome measure for a housing market crippled by housing supply delays. However, the REINSW says it’s a move which addresses the symptoms while ignoring the cause.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "“At face value, the investment in better planning and technology to expedite development approvals is a positive move which recognises the unacceptable delays plaguing the housing supply response. But in reality, it ignores the root cause of the problem,” Mr McKibbin says.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "“Government needs to impose service level standards on Councils rather than treating them as an unaccountable monopoly. For Councils themselves, it’s time to rise above local politics and accept that to accommodate an increasing population we need to accept higher density living.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "“Building high quality, higher density properties adjacent to or above transport routes is the future. It’s incumbent on Councils to either deliver this in their local Government areas, or be alleviated of the responsibility,” he says.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "TL;DR: Lobby group for landlords and property managers engages in lobbying for landlords and property managers.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The parasitic Real Estate Institute can get fucked.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> Real Estate Institute of NSW",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That’s all I needed to see to know the rest of the article was utter bullshit.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Land value tax is the single most meaningful policy the government can enact to solve the housing crisis.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "REINSW is disgusting for trying drive further wealth inequality in our society.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> They can either pass the extra cost onto tenants or sell their investment property, taking more homes out of an undersupplied rental market",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Because as we all know, when an investment property is sold it is *never ever* purchased by another investor, or by someone leaving the rental market to become a home owner, or by someone swapping to the property and selling their previous home to an investor or new home owner. Simply impossible. The house just goes *poof* and vanishes into thin air, and that bit of land is condemned and unavailable for building on forevermore.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why is it on the tenent to bear the increase, I'm sure the landlord can more than afford it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If they can't, sell up and let someone else buy the property.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Translation : Our already overly wealthy clients won't be able to rape and pillage as much money from the housing crisis. Won't someone think of the millionaires?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "this is a very blessed tax and we need land tax expanded and expanded and expanded",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "OP, why did you post this?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "sell their investment property to _whom_, exactly, McKibbin?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If it's going to become a less attractive investment, it sounds like you're saying that more houses will be going onto the market for people looking for a house to buy, which means _less_ pressure on the housing market?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Adding even more taxes is not the solution.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Landlord posting nice!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Excellent news!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Noticed him kicking down a few of these bollards. Right after the video he kicked his way through an Opal gate and went up the escalator.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Funny thing is, when I turned around to go back to my platform all the bollards he knocked down were back upright again! Couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 minutes after he kicked them down. Props to whoever put them back up haha",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "***DISRESPECT YOUR SURROUNDINGS!!***",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep, saw him as I was changing from Platform 21 to 18..Going on about something regarding \"where are your people\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm going to go out on a limb to say whatever made him that pissed off (breakup, firing, candycrush saga) he probably deserved it. Self-awareness skills of a toddler.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "God I wish it had of been a steel pole under that",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What a man-child. I bet he yells at teenagers working in retail.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Dressed up a bit - maybe a deal didn't go well...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Regardless, entitled and all about himself ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What did the poor board do to deserve this? ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What a tool",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think I know that guy, and if I’m right, he deserves whatever happened that made him so angry.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bro has been watching too many singhma chad looksmaxxing videos on instagram",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Gotta be a real estate agent. Tool.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You'd think someone with a Friar Tuck ass bald patch would be a little more serene.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yet another example of how maturity has very little to do with how old you are.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The Purge: Sydney... all crimes are legal for 24 hours",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Someone is not taking safety seriously!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Big tough man.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Total dick move.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I bet he has his cappuccino extra hot",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Probably upset because he just looked at his credit card statement and saw how much he had spent taking his wife and kids to see a few lights at Vivid last week.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[As soon as he kicked it, I couldn't think of anything else](https://youtu.be/DvOe83tmQXw?feature=shared)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ugh gross",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "He's the kind of dickhead who tips over lime bikes on the side of the road",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I know this guy. He's the same bastard who knocked down my antique cans.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What an entitled prick. Probably upset with the Budget as it’s not helping him financially.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This guy has “I beat women” vibes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "you shoulda yelled \"PICK THAT UP, BALDSPOT!\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Looks like a GTA NPC and the way that no one else around him reacts lol",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I know that anger, the only available up escalator to p23 (yes there's only one) must be out again.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Pooja what’s this behaviour?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Old mate has the courage of his convictions.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If he’s ok with behaving like this in public when he’s angry I don’t want to imagine what he’s like at home with his wife or family ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What an unruly individual.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "psycho killer c'est que c'est",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Fuck that sign",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What an unpleasant individual.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bit creepy filming this",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "thats really funny because as i was coming down the escalators running to the light rail, I noticed that bollard was down. must have caught it in the minute it was down right after his tantrum",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "To be fair the bollards are hideous and kinda useless. No reason to kick them to the ground and make it a tripping hazard, but I could see the original architect who designed the lobby cheering for this guy.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Maybe he was looking for the missing bit of hair off the top of his head underneath them.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s like when you play a video game and shoot all the enemies in one area….bodies everywhere, come back a couple of minutes later, no bodies and new guys like nothing happened.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "... you won't make it out alive",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Damn that's interesting, I couldn't make out whatever he was yelling every time he knocked down a bollard.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Someone took away his naptime I bet",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My toddler doesn't do that, thanks. Maybe his self awareness more closely resembles that of amoebas.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Candy crush saga has had server issues so this was my Sunday morning walking the dog instead.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Is it some rules thing? The sign looks like it has rules or guidelines on it. Maybe like wear a mask if sick, don't cough on people, don't smoke. Is he some kinda anti-social sovcit or antivax type?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I spent 25 years working in public transport and these types are one of the worst to have to try and deal with. Try telling them no and watch what happens.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Everyone has a guy like that in their life",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We all know \"that\" guy.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I guess it's a break from all the crackheads around Central doing this",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Was he so frustrated he beat his wife and kids when they got home?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "NOT MY CANS!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Cattle don't get shown advertising",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm with you on those ideas separately, but not in the same context.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Are we cattle or a captive audience?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Note that cattle are not a captive audience, just captives.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh no, have we stumbled upon the disturbing truth? There's nothing \"audience\" about any of it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Plot twist: he is the architect.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Are they useless? They're designed to direct people with accessibility requirements to use a lift rather than continuing along the walkway and realising they can't go any further.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If people just used common sense and didn’t pose a safety risk to themselves and others by bringing their luggage (and sadly prams/strollers) and other things up and down escalators, then the signs wouldn’t need to be set up in the first place. It’s because so many seem to be oblivious and don’t consider the safety of themselves and others which is why they have to put such signs up. I do agree to a more permanent form of signage rather than the bollard",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Paints a different picture. I wonder what happened",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Oh boy, I think Muffin's skipped a sleep!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I am a llama! Eating a banana! Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just read the budget maybe",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm nearing 10 years across various front line customer service jobs and firmly believe all workers in these roles should be given one free back handed slap across the face to a jerk customer of their choice with zero consequence, once a year.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "People like this tend to act like this because they've gotten away for it for so long, knowing they can punch down without anything happening to them. A good smack sometimes is long overdue.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Heads up your comment double posted (reddit does that sometimes,) this one is the lowest karma/interaction if you feel like deleting one",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They certainly have a use but they look terrible (and really cheapen the whole area) - I hope they’re temporary until signage which fits the design can be installed!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Maybe something happened and security or staff wasn’t there doing their jobs and it cost him.. and so afterwards his destructive behaviour was related to that.. “where were you guys?” So kick down stuff that isn’t really going to have a cost involved and show that they’re not doing their jobs? I dunno, just trying to find a way to relate. Everyone has a reason, even in stuff like this.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'd allow half a dozen backhanders to these dicks per annum.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks friend!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Lol. Good signage? In Sydney?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They really need to install more of those awesome 4ft wide advertising screens right in the middle of the footpath",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "There's some good stuff in there but this:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> Purchasers of NSW property from overseas are currently slugged foreign purchaser duty surcharge of 8 per cent, but that will increase to 9 per cent from 2025. But that’s not all – the foreign owner land surcharge will also increase, expected to raise $188 million over the next four years.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why just a 1% rise? Why not slug it up to at least 10% if not 15% or 20%?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Particularly for people who aren't even physically resident here.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "8400 public housing dwellings (25% being knock down rebuilds) over how long exactly? One year/per year? That's impressive and on target to reduce public housing waiting lists. Over 5 years? Dismal, and waiting lists will grow.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Of the 21k \"affordable\" and \"market\" (un... affordable??) homes, how many will be built and owned by the gov and how many will be built by developers. How much public land will be sold in the process?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Rose Jackson talks a big game but the absence of these details are giant red flags for me.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They need to make some housing dedicated to 18-40 year olds.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Over 55s have a category of homes for themselves, why not the younger age groups, who have it far tougher on average than the previous generations on the housing front",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They better deliver on these promises.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Liberals have screwed over this state for too long.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The property industry in NSW is cooked.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Insufficient labour available, cost of materials getting bigger by the week, poorly skilled labour, ridiculous red tape in many cases (local governments in particular) and inefficient building works. Then you get substandard builds which last just over the 7 year defect period.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This is a good first step but until these matters are mostly resolved the housing industry will continue to struggle to keep up with demand",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just hope it’s not the same old bullshit of promising housing and then turning round to the councils and saying “so how are you going to deliver this?”",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just get rid of negative gearing. Done.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Boomers don’t need 7 houses to rent out. If it costs them more in tax, who cares? They can sell the house, cop the capital gains, and open the market to other people.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The NSW Shared Equity Scheme was not extended past its 2 year pilot from 2022-2023 and 2023-2024.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Shame, I was just about to get my single parent to utilise it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In the year ending 31 December 2023, net NSW migration was 184k and natural increase was 32k. Interstate migration was 31k, so we can say net increase was about 185k.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/national-state-and-territory-population/latest-release",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And they are planning to build 30k new homes...I don't know what their timeframe is though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Even if it was a single year we'd still be falling ever further behind.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This is a commitment to failure.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Because it’s really not that big a deal. You could force all foreign owners out of the market and not really move the needle on affordability.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's a SMH article with a little more details. Not sure if its behind a paywall: [https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/record-5-1-billion-to-build-8400-public-homes-at-centrepiece-of-budget-20240617-p5jmdy.html](https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/record-5-1-billion-to-build-8400-public-homes-at-centrepiece-of-budget-20240617-p5jmdy.html)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But relevant point in the article is this:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">*Homes NSW will have the first right to develop public housing on the 44 sites released by the government, followed by state-owned developer Landcom and then private developers.*",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "40 is way too generous, that group should have their shit together but I definitely agree for ages 18-22. The student years are very rough, it would be nice for affordable housing for the youth, particularly if they don't have supportive families.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Pretty sure the housing crisis is Australia wide with Labor governments in other states. IMO it won't make a difference which party is in power, Aus is too addicted to housing on so many levels. This is just normal government behaviour going through the motions",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "For all of the liberals fault state side, they did start up with the density push along the metro lines",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yup, bandaid solutions over old bandaids that are rapidly falling apart.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We need the Liberals back in to cancel this shit and instead invest in a larger police force to keep those who will be living in the streets and tent cities in  line. Nightly beatings and regular street evictions have been shown in the US to grind down any resistance.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It isn't that simple.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "First of all, it is a federal issue.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Second of all, a hard approach would be knocked back straight away. Look at what happened to Bill Shorten.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Whether you agree with it or not, a lot of Australians have made a financial decision when taking on negatively-geared properties. It would disrupt many retirement plans and will disrupt the rental market.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You might not care about someone's retirement plans however owning property has intertwined itself in the Australian retirement plan. If we disrupt this, you lose a big support from the largest voting group. You also have people moving out of their working age, moving into retirement with their retirement plans disrupted which will have an effect on our pension system.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "David Pocock proposes a grandfathered solution where those with negatively-geared properties are allowed to maintain them while no new properties can be negatively geared nor can they be inherited.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This means it would get political backing by those who have them as they won't lose them and anyone with common sense who doesn't have one will most likely be in favour of the policy.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We will see them eventually phased out and anyone who had taken advantage of the policy will not have any interruptions to any of their financial plans (particurly retirement). The rental market would eventually adjust to it overtime as rental yields will increase but home ownership will increase. This will need to be supported through adequate government housing and a strong supply to maintain the increasing demand (particularly from immigration).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Federal issue, also that was tried and didn't end well...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s never going to happen. Too many people have negatively geared property and it’s voter suicide.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Won't have much impact. Might even make things worse for renters as negative gearing is an effective reveal subsidy.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "All that is really needed is way more building.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Certain suburbs would take a hit for sure though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "39 year old here. Go fuck yourself with a rusty pike.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "As a 31 year old. Fuck off.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And now are fiercely opposed to it. So dumb. Because they didn't get to do it. How stupid do they think we are?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wasn't influencing those decisions and selling that info, which got the premiers secret boyfriend and a few others into trouble?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ain’t no density near my closest metro station.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m not saying you’re wrong but it’s funny how the main rebuttal of this is always “it isn’t politically feasible.”",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not “negative gearing shouldn’t be removed.” Or “negative gearing is good.”",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Nope, the only counter argument is “good luck getting it done with how much we suck as a country.”",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Unfortunately regardless of how it is done, the LNP will almost certainly run a scare campaign on it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You'd be surprised. Foreign owners only have a chance on new constructions so most of where they buy are suburbs with lots of new houses anyway.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Equally you've had a seriously long time to get yourself together. At that age it would be pretty crazy to expect handouts for housing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just speaking facts.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm 30 myself. Respectfully get your shit together. You have had enough time to be able to figure things out.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They are only opposed to it because they won't get the credit.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> How stupid do they think we are?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They're pretty on point actually",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Agreed.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Which one? Many have plans in place.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There is around a lot of metro stations. Some density plans will take longer than others but the rezone has been done.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have myself sorted out, doesn't make the market any less savage or your complete lack of empathy less disgusting.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Again. Rusty pike, fuck yourself; you solopsistic muppet.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If we vote NSW state Liberal in particular, we do only have ourselves to blame. Are there really enough NIMBY votes to make that a thing? Are they banking on the NIMBYs lack of memory/dementia at that point? The goldfish vote.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It hasn’t. Plans for the accelerated precincts have not been released yet, but should start in the next month or two.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How is not being for free housing for 30 year olds a lack of empathy haha.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hope you tell everyone who isn't for your communist utopia the same thing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Don't pretend it's all LNP's fault. Randwick Labor in particular are horrific NIMBYs.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Imagine thinking that affordable housing is a 'communistic utopia' and needs to be restricted to a certain age demographic.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I wish I was as deluded as you - how's life up your own arse thinking your shit don't stink?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You're right the NIMBY isn't a party thing, Labor, Liberal and Greens all fight in-fill in a way. But the opposition to the Transport Oriented Development SEPP is Liberal thing mostly right now.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Placating NIMBYs has just been happening for so long that it'll take a while for a shift, especially the older and wealthier suburbs with infrastructure and excess demand.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If anything, I'd say the biggest sign of whether someone is a NIMBY is age.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "I never meant to end up here but after moving to Sydney with my ex and shortly breaking up after, I quickly fell in love with this city. It's just so fucking pretty ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "As long as you live about there",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Everyone who sees this comment should get the 5:15pm ferry from manly to circular quay and stand at the front of the boat on the upper deck. I promise the view is way better than this image looks",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "\"You gotta love this city for its body and not its brains\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No one can afford that view.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You ate with this picture",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1dii6ny.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Pre Covid and slightly after you had multiple venues where hip hop/rap music was the main genre including Ivy, Home Bar etc. Id say the last of these years maybe 2019. Then after Covid you still have dedicated sections for hip hop and rap music. Now with the venues that still exist its EDM and pop music. I think its probably me getting older and new music in fashion but has anyone else noticed this shift? I also feel like partly people from the Western suburbs/ethnics who are the main demographic for these types of music don’t come into the city anymore. Now the city demographics in clubs etc seem more Caucasian which leans towards pop/EDM music.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The answer is we’re getting older, what’s popular is always changing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "To quote Grandpa Simpson:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "“I used to be with 'it', but then they changed what 'it' was. Now what I'm with isn't 'it' anymore and what's 'it' seems weird and scary. It'll happen to you!”",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Welcome to the future, old man. The younglings don’t listen to that stuff anymore.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://hustleflowbar.com/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I for one much prefer EDM over hip hop, and I’m supposed to be in my Old Man Yells At Cloud Era.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hip-hop fans have always falsely assumed most people agree with them.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The reality is it's only taken seriously by a small portion of the population.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Look at the hottest 100 every year.  Triple J play the buggery out of Hip-hop all year and even then only 15-20 songs in the 100 are Hip-hop songs.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Expand that to a broader audience, that isn't inundated with that shit, and you get a better picture of what more people think of Hip-hop.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Most of it is garbage?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Older hip hop pre 2010 is listenable sure but the modern stuff is absolutely unbearable",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Practically every venue I go to plays hip hop/r&b.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But by venue I mean \"trendy food\" venue, because I'm old and don't go to bars anymore..",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's bizarre to me though, like, I get there's a culture of 'burgs and fries that kinda fits with it, but listening to Jay-z & NWA whilst eating BBQ is odd, as that classic rock food, and Malaysian street food is the hubbub of the street, not a pa blasting rhythm and blues..",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "(as much as I like these genres, they have moods I've associated with them over the decades and this, this isn't it.. it's like writing code without edm like orbital or the prodigy screaming in my headphones).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I don't understand why all food places have to play hip hop & r'n'b, and until this point, I was too afraid to ask..",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I for one much prefer EDM over hip hop, and I’m supposed to be in my Old Man Yells At Cloud Era.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I wonder if there is a correlation between liking different genres of music and disposable income",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Time have changed old man. You never heard me complaining they never played rock, metal, punk or emo :/ …welcome to the club.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Because it’s shit",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "On a slight tangent, pop hip hop's origin thanks to Silvia aka Silvia Robinson who got the Sugarhill Gang together and pioneered Sugarhill Records, in 1979:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://history.hiphop/sugarhill-gang/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "cos it's rubbish?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "EDM has a wider appeal, hip hop can get boring after a while.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The classic hip hop from 1980s to the early 2000s is pretty awesome to listen to.. but recent stuff is utter garbage. Just songs about tits and arse and bling and nothing else. Why would anyone play it ?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Cost of security and insurance would be my guess",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "With their hippin' and their hoppin', and the bippin' and the boppin', so they don't know what the jazz is all about!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m sure you rocked the brown onions stylishly at the time!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They certainly listen to it, they're just not dancing to it. Disco anyone?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just wanna dance to tracks from Astroworld and If You’re Reading This Its Too Late again ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah was gonna post this. These guys have been there for like 10 years",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Nice rec",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah but I would hardly call the hottest 100 a good club mix.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "since 2013, 8/10 of the most streamed spotify artists of the year have been hip hop/rnb artists. 5 of the live top 10 are. the stats show you're wrong on this.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I agree too but its hard to find places playing 2000s artists like Ja Rule, Nelly etc either. Its either some bs Tik Tok track from artists like Ice Spice or Taylor Swift….in a club",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I personally think Tik Tok has ruined music. People listen to Tik Tok remixes over albums. Back in the day (2016-2022) the hot tracks would be from popular albums and the favourites from it would dominate charts and be played at venues.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Same. When I was younger I was more into rock, metal punk, etc. When hip hop and rap became more dominant I was annoyed because I just couldn't get into it. I didn't know what I was meant to be enjoying in the music, because there were no instruments, simple beats and obnoxious or boring lyrics. Not for every song or artist, but the genre in general didn't have much to hook me into it. Now EDM and all of that is everywhere and much more enjoyable. I won't sit and listen to it at home but it's great for being out dancing in the crowd.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Spitting facts dude",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It really isn’t but ok",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Facts.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Go back to Facebook grandpa!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Facts.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bill Cosby was arrested on his way to his home planet",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah I spent my teen years listening to punk, rock, metalcore, etc. Think The Offspring, Green Day, etc before moving into heavier stuff later like Bring Me The Horizon and Bullet for my Valentine.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’ve never been into rap music at all.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My partner is all into EDM and plays it all the time in the car. I don’t mind it, and am aware it could be a lot worse. I play it myself on bus trips as it’s mainstream enough not to cause offence, yet does the job of keeping me awake.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "To me it fills that same need for music you can kind of get lost in, and listen to the different parts. Which is what I always loved about metal. Just zoning out and being in the music.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And honestly the vibe of a good mosh is the same as a good rave. In a mosh, where everyone stops and does spirit fingers or hypes up during the break down, it's the same as in a rave when people freak out in a transition or get hyped before the drop and then go crazy once it comes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Man I miss live music",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Following on from yesterday's post about Paddington NIMBYs taking the council to the Human Rights Commission over a pedestrian crossing on a cycleway, watch this absolute tool and his ridiculous beat-up as a cyclist passes behind him safely.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Reporter was almost wiped out by that jogger at the start!!! quick remove all footpaths!!!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A moronic show for moronic viewers.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "For \"almost taken down\", substitute \"completely missed and never in danger at all\" because as every cyclist knows, when you pass BEHIND someone, you know exactly where they're NOT going to be in a second's time.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "He was so absorbed in his investigation, he didn't bother to check for any traffic for a pedestrian crossing. High level stuff.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What a crock 'almost taken down'. Could have fit at least 3 delivery riders in the gap between the bloke on the bike and old mate reporter",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Fuck off this is beyond ridiculous, the cyclist was using the the cycle way while a tv presenter was standing ding idle on the crossing?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "This got way too much air time on tv this morning. They showed only a few seconds of where cyclists had stopped at the pedestrian crossing to let the old pair who complained to pass. But people were stopping for them.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Old mate in this clip also hurriedly crossed. You'd get the same shot if you tried this at a heap of normal zebra crossing. Heck if you got to Burke st near Waterloo you'd probably just get hit by a car then cyclist (/S).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "100% skewed reporting.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "End of the day, if you hit a pedestrian on your bicycle chances are you're both getting injured. So it's not something anyone wants.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Last week a cyclist was killed when riding in a shoulder... Where was this level of outrage by the media then?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Must be a slow news day, there is nothing of any importance here.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you read the story in SMH about these complainers the old guy almost got cleaned up crossing there *while he was on his phone.* So clearly the whole bike lane must be torn up.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How dare cyclists travel safely around the city /s",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes Jack, I’ve certainly made up my mind. You’re a bloody nong for conducting a TV report while using the cycleway crossing without looking. We all know, of course, this is a shameless beat-up of a story the style and content of which is classic click-bait journalism for which Channel 9 is very well known. I’m all for older and disabled people being safe. I also recognise the public infrastructure is there to share and one cohort or group doesn’t have the right to disadvantage or impede another going about their daily business.  More bikes should translate into less cars and therefore less car accidents and less pollution. More cycleways, not less.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Next time they report something like this, they should bring up the number of injuries and deaths caused by cars vs cyclists",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Was a bit hard to see the \"absolute tool\" as he rode past.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Funnily enough, arguably the reporter was breaking the law by ambling back and forth. As per the [NSW Road Rules](https://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/rr2014104/s234.html):",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">234 (2) A pedestrian must not stay on a crossing on a road for longer than necessary to cross the road safely.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Exactly how I imagine most of the numpties who complain about supposedly dangerous cyclists. I used to walk down Linear Park in Adelaide almost daily for years and out of many thousands of cyclists who passed me, only one ever passed close enough to me that I almost got buzzed.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Resist the clickbait rage. Don’t give them the views. I didn’t watch the video but 100% I can guarantee you they had the headline written up before the footage. All they and to do was stand in the way and get the shot they wanted.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "BUT MAH HUMAN RAAAAAAIGHTS!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why doesn't this wanker of a reporter try the same thing on the pedestrian crossing over the road and see how he goes",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Typical news.com.au bull shit.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Are there bad cyclist? Yeah. Are there bad motorist, heck yeah.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "To be honest, cycling should be the fastest way to commute. Just like London, NY, HK, Paris.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We need to change our mindset and stop prioritising car travel.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's rather telling that they didn't include the video footage so we could have a better idea of how fast the cyclist was allegedly going, see how much the reporter was dawdling around.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And yet the number of times cars have done this to me when I'm crossing a zebra crossing I've lost count of.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The problem was this guy crossing without even looking, if I did this on my bike I would have been killed by all the cars that don't stop.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And yeah, those boomers are typically idiots that can't fathom a change in hierarchy or the way transport and lane discipline works.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "All that video shows is the reporter walking into the oncoming path of a cyclist who already had right of way based on their proximity and yet the cyclist is some how at fault? 🤷‍",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have cars passing by me closer than that. Ban all cars?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Tbf cyclists do cross zebra crossings breaking the law and risking other people's lives quite often and there should be consequences for them.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "He stepped onto a crossing without looking. Dam I'd be tempted to crash into him on principal",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No, the cyclist ride over a zebra crossing while it was being used. They didn’t stop and wait for the pedestrian - the cyclist was completely in the wrong.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "“I was on my phone but it could have happened to anyone!”",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What a twat.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Looked staged to me.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was pretty underwhelmed by the clip too, but you need to ride a bit more defensively.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'd never have cut that close to someone on my bike!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "People do weird shit, he could have blindly swung his arm around, back stepped or turned and you've got a problem. It's like the dick head drivers you see each morning on every motorway who ran up someone's rear because they were a good enough driver to tailgate... until something unexpected happened.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Only today, a crazed vehicle came within *metres* of striking me as well!! I was *horrified* as I waiting on the footpath as this *psychopath* drove on the \"road\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "/s",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "**Local Reporter Almost Killed By Speed Demon Cyclist**",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes, all that is true, and they have on obvious agenda.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "*But* that cyclist is not doing the cycling community any favours. That's not how you go past pedestrians in a pedestrian crossing, he was clearly not slowing down to allow the reporter to cross and swerved around him instead.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s a zebra crossing. Doesn’t matter if it’s a car or a bike. If I want to walk across it blind with my head literally stuck up my arse, I can. The onus is on the cyclist/driver to be alert and stop if I look like I’m approaching. Don’t agree with me? Look up the road rules.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "He may as well be dancing a Tiktok (is that what the kids are doing?) with that level of awareness.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And seriously, that cyclist was nowhere even close to \"fanging it\". Super relaxed coast in the overtaking lane.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "About the same level of danger as the jogger earlier. Did she \"almost take him out\" also?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's a pedestrian crossing, you can't mow people down because they're on their phone it's up to the cyclists to give way.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Cars vs pedestrians too. Plenty of car hits don't get reported on. According to my quick google 50 pedestrian are killed and 1000 injured on roads in NSW.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think under 5 pedestrians have been killed by cyclists... Ever in NSW (a quick google doesn't give me any stats).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But because they are wearing lycra they are subhuman and don't count /s",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That's such a strange one, isn't it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I remember seeing it while looking up jaywalking rules for someone here.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Almost feels like it was created in response to some sort of civil disobedience protests?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's embedded video in the link.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Judge for yourself how fast you think the coasting cyclist with full safety precautions including daytime flashing light was going.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Then wonder why they didn't use menacing Rowdy Roddy Peeper music when they replayed the nEaR mIsS in slow motion, as if that was the only way you'd even be able to make out Cadel Evans on his final sprint to the Arc De Triomphe next to the Paddo Inn.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I cycle around Sydney constantly but no one’s ever got right of way against a pedestrian on a crossing. You could be in a car doing 60km/h and a pedestrian could walk into your path at the last second on a pedestrian crossing and you’d still be at fault.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There’s a question or two in the driver learners test that deals with it and the guideline is to slow down when approaching a pedestrian crossing and be ready to give way without notice.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah I’m not sure what’s going on in this thread. Pedestrians *always* have right of way. No ifs or buts. The onus isn’t on them to stop and wait at a zebra crossing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Agreed, but this wasn't an example of either.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There already are consequences. Cops can book you if they see you break the law same as if you're in a car. When cycling on public roads most of the road rules apply to you, with some dedicated laws for bicycles.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A license plate might make it easier to enforce laws but if there's a trend of cyclists evading police pursuit, I'm sure the cops would've raised hell about it by now.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think that's a misunderstanding of what giving way means.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It clears up any confusion of who takes precedence.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You are clear to proceed if safe to do so, having allowed the other party to take priority.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's barely different to being in a car,  and a pedestrian crosses on the green walking man symbol, then when they're on the other half of the road, you can drive on behind where they used to be, now that the way is clear. You don't have to wait until they've reached the opposite kerb.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In this case the cyclist did this by crossing into the overtaking lane, which is a legal maneouvre (as long as you're not overtaking someone in front of you who has stopped).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's something you could theoretically do in a car also, you just don't see it much for the basic reason that traffic conditions and vehicle capabilities are different:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's trivial for a cyclist to move across 1-2m into an empty oncoming lane and there's a high benefit to maintaining momentum.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's more difficult and dangerous for a car to move 3-4 metres across and the benefit is negligible because the acceleration is far greater and at no physical cost to the driver.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m kinda with u, my daughter got her L’s recently and I went through the handbook with her. It said to stop at a crossing if it was in use (ie. pedestrian must be completely off it before you proceed).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But as far as I can tell, the actual road rules state only that you must “give way”. So 🤷‍",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "..you wonder how many accidents (either vehicle, motorcycle or cyclist) occur because one party makes assumptions.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "\"I thought you were ...\" is often heard.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "These so called \"roads\" are a construct of Big Car to take away the majority of space from honest Australian pedestrians.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "/s",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And based on the clip that reporter is not doing the pedestrian community any favors, by entering a pedestrian crossing with his back to oncoming traffic, without checking for vehicles or making his intention to cross clear. The cyclist did exactly what he needed to do - passed behind the pedestrian at a slow enough speed to emergency brake.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">That's not how you go past pedestrians in a pedestrian crossing",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Car drivers do that shit all the time. Legally you're not required to wait until a pedestrian finishes crossing at a zebra crossing, you just need to give way. I'd be much happier with a cyclist zooming past my ankles than having a Dodge Ram revving at my heels. You only need to wait for the person to fully cross at a school crossing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yet where's the dodgy reporting with a news reporter walking back and forward across a zebra crossing that goes over a road?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Are you sure about that? The cyclist gave way by allowing the reporter to continue exactly as-is, and instead crossed into the overtaking lane, which you're allowed to do as long as you're not overtaking a vehicle ahead that's stopped.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We don't see enough to know if he slowed down or not, but given that he was coasting and not pedalling on a flat stretch I'd say he was following the rules to a T.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Which is: slowing down enough to come to a stop if needed. In this case it clearly was never going to be needed, unless the journo was going to bust out a capoeira backflip, which would seem unlikely given he was on camera and walking towards it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I know. On my way to work I walk on a zebra crossing that crosses over a bike path then a road. For the last 6 months only ONCE has a cyclist ever stopped to let me cross, the rest of the time the cyclists I've encountered continue like the zebra crossing means absolutely nothing. But if you say anything about cyclists...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Looked like he slowed down, veered a little to his right. Reporter also walked straight out without looking lol",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It is up to people to give way however there's a reason schools have lollypop people. It's up to pedestrians to be aware of their surroundings too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Some of these bus stop islands can cause blind spots on the cycleway so it's good to check before crossing and good for cyclists to take it slow.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Old mate claims he was almost taken out while walking on a shared path though.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And extrapolates his experience where he admitted to being in the wrong, to trying to prevent a cycleway, which is completely different to shared paths.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "From a study done in London for similar situation: “This review has shown that the risk of pedestrians being injured at bus stop bypasses is very low. There were four pedestrian casualties on bus stop bypasses over a three-year period, none of which appear to have happened on the zebra crossing, where the cyclist must give way to the pedestrian. To put this in context, 11,400 pedestrians were injured in collisions with motor vehicle drivers over the same timeframe.”",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I must be completely technically illiterate, but where’s the video link? I can’t see it anywhere.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sure...but a lot of comments on here are making it sound like cyclists are completely innocent....They're not.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s entirely based on what people understand is safe, and what I saw in the video was undue risk at the expense of safety.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "As a cycle commuter I assume every car or pedestrian I encounter is going to do something unexpected and stupid that will send me crashing to the ground and ride very defensively. 5 years on the bike and I haven't had an accident *yet*.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That is sort of the origin story of roads though",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> Car drivers do that shit all the time.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But that's *different*. They pay *rego*, this gives them a pass to speed, change lanes/turn without indicating, double park, and all manner of other driving sins.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> Car drivers do that shit all the time.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah, and it is bad. Cyclists should not aim to emulate the worst behaviours of car drivers.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have the same experience with cars, maybe we should focus on taking more of them off the road.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Pedestrian doesn’t need to look at a pedestrian crossing, right of way always",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Great study! Goes to show that cyclists really aren't the evil on our roads they're painted as.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's a great YouTube channel called \"not just bikes\" IIRC. He has great videos comparing cycling in the Netherlands and the US.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Best video is showing how kids and wheelchair users and mobility scooters all benefit from cycleways. So the argument given by these NIMBYS that cycleways are bad for disabled people doesnt quite ring true.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Do you have an ad blocker?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Maybe it doesn't serve it up for you because you're blocking the preceding ads?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Totally, there are plenty of dickheads out there.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No it's based on what the law says and the law doesn't agree with you.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And yet the reporter didn't even flinch.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I bet you the producer suggested he go and film an extra to-camera segment after noticing it in earlier footage.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I can guarantee you from decades of cycling, that there's nothing more predictable than a pedestrian on a crossing. They go in a straight line from side A to side B.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Even the famous Shibuya Scramble does this.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's almost nothing safer you can do than pass behind a pedestrian on a crossing. Like I said, you can predict (I would say with 99.9999999% certainty) that they're not going to suddenly backtrack to where they came from, because going over a crossing is a very intentional and directional movement, it's not like wandering around Paddys Market or a Westfields.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Case in point",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You should always look. If you step out in front of a car that fails to yield you'll be dead and they'll get a slap on the wrist legally.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Best way to get away with killing someone is to do it while driving.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Lol",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How do you think laws are enforced? The law is based on interpretation of the wording.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Don’t get me wrong, I’m confident they spent the whole day there doing this repeatedly so they could show the worst instance.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They would likely have lots of footage of cyclists acting in a mature and respectfully cautious way and chose to not show it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That doesn’t change that what I saw in the video was a decision by the rider resulting in an increase of risk at the expense of safety.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "At least we can agree to disagree and that’s ok.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes, and I should move on and stop threadsitting my own post :)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Hi, I'm in Western Sydney now, until recently was in North West. I need a shoulder replacement and was just given a quote which was far more (out of pocket) than expected. This was for a surgeon in the city, who was highly recommended.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I don't think I can do it, and am wondering if there's a bit of markup going on because they are in the city. Can anyone recommend a really good shoulder surgeon either North West or West (say Parramatta to Penrith). I would prefer someone who is good at explaining things/has a good bedside manner.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Many thanks.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Try and get a referral here https://www.ssmc.com.au/practitioners/sushil-pant.html",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It wasn’t this surgeon that did mine, I had my surgery done at Mater private after seeing a specialist here.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The specialist then referred me to a surgeon who explained everything to me, but also quoted me a high amount.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "After I said I might just have to live with the pain, he explained to me that he had a certain allocation of Known gap procedures he could perform.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Known gap cover applies if your doctor charges more than the no gap limit, but not more than an additional limit set by your insurer. This is the known gap limit.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If your doctor charges less than or up to the known gap limit, you must pay the difference between the doctor’s fee and what your insurer agrees to pay.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bring this up with them and see if they can help you.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sorry, it might sound convoluted- but I’m just going off how I got my procedure done.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Dr David Duckworth did mine after I was hit off my motorbike by a drunk tradie in his ute, shattered my scapula into 5 pieces and very well could have never been able to move my right shoulder again. 6 months later I had basically full range of motion back in my shoulder and 4 years later I have full strength returned as well with no lingering side effects. No idea what costs were like though as it was all covered by CTP, and I was out of it on so many painkillers I can't really comment on his bedside manner, but still I cannot sing his praises highly enough.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Think i will. There was a Herald article on Monday which gave Surgeon's annual incomes as circa $480k. I think that got me thinking a bit 🤔",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I will totally pay a fair price for good work, but having now done more research, I see his fees are definitely at the top of the range.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thank you. I can't believe that paying so much in PHI still means I have a huge gap.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Call your PHI and ask them for a list of their docs who may charge a lower gap.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "*\"I feel I made significant changes - positive changes - in energy policy in my time as the minister for energy, so I intend on continuing to try and make an impact in the energy industry in the private sector,\" he said.*",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There really should be some sort of oversight or non-employment clause for ministers overseeing policy for an industry getting employment in that industry for 3 years after leaving politics.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’d be interested to see who he goes to work for and their donations and other lobbying actions when he was in power.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Quote from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-18/former-nsw-treasurer-matt-kean-quits-politics/103993660",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Giant shame this.  He's been a huge voice in the LNP in NSW for climate change and the LNP (and NSW) will be far worse without him and his advocacy.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "He's also ruled out federal politics probably because the federal branch is so out of touch regarding climate change that he probably feels he can't make a measurable difference",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That was quick. They were asking if he was going to be the next leader not long ago when they lost the election..",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I remember him having a huge rant on Q&A about climate change calling people out of touch. Was quite weird for a liberal politician.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Dont fret. You can still catch him skulking around Westfield @ Hornsby.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just keep an eye out for the blue rinse crowd lapping at his heels.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Damn, now New Line Road will never be widened! /s (this was one of his main election campaigns that has never ever come to fruition)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So trying to be the straight guy in the LNP clown car didn't pay out? Crazy. Oh well guess there's always the private sector for better pay and less work",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bang on.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'll bet there was more than \"been thinking about it a little while\" sitting behind his snap decision, too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Technically wasn’t scomo the energy minister lol.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Anthony Albanese has announced Matt Kean has been appointed to be the chair of the Climate Change Authority.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "He also knows where all Glady's and Dominic's bodies are buried...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Rusted on Labor guy here. I know he talked shit often on partisan issues, but he was a voice for reason on matters environmental,  and the LNP need more like him.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You'll be less likely to see him there in the future now that he's no longer in politics.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "State vs Federal.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They already found Gladys' skeletons.  That's why she was found corrupt by the ICAC.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The moderate faction in the NSW Liberals will miss him as an organiser and the  rank and file in the Hornsby electorate will miss him personally, but the membership at large won’t. He could have achieved much more of what he wanted on policy if he hadn’t chosen to be so abrasive internally. That style might not bother people in the greens or Labor, but it goes down like a bucket of cold sick inside the Liberals.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We don't need more 'moderate conservatives', we have the ALP for that. If people want to stan for business interests they can keep working in PWC or some shit as he was and leave politics for people who actually give half a toss",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "She happened to appear on some phone taps when investigating someone who was supposedly completely unconnected to her. Either it's the most unlucky coincidence in the world, or she has done enough shit that ICAC can accidentally stumble upon a small bit of it. It's like the person claiming they never speed and happened to go past a cop the only time they ever did",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "She knew the game, how to avoid detection, and she was actually quite clever.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We've seen a pinky toe of her skeletons.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So does that mean she's in jail now?  Didn't think so.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s all a spiral.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Operation Keppel, into Maguire and then Berejiklian focused on him at first, because ICAC operation Dasha exposed evidence he was corrupt.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Operation Dasha was an investigation into corruption in Canterbury council.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Had the Canterbury council not been dodgy, Gladys wouldn’t have been found to be seriously corrupt.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's a shame she'll get away with it. Unless she's dumb enough to try her hand at politics again",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "ICAC investigations have different powers of discovery which is why many of them don't end up in a criminal conviction.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Is there any consequences for her being a crook then?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Other than a constant stain on her name.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Again, there can be no legal consequences as significant amounts of evidence gathered by the ICAC are inadmissible in a criminal trial.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Seems like the big businesses hiring her and others like her don't have a problem with name stains.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Plus she will happily go into retirement with a ministers pension. The ministers themselves also stripped icac of power to prosecute in court. So icac and royal commission can find you guilty but they technically can’t do shit about it. Welcome to Aus politics where the corrupt have made a full proof plan to get away even if discovered guilty.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Apologies if a similar question has been asked in recent past (I couldn't find any).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Which suburbs or areas in Sydney have you experienced to have the highest sense of community about it?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My partner and I are looking at moving (we're in Sydney and not looking to leave) and want to explore options. A sense of belonging to a local community where our young children can thrive is especially important.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What places have you been (not necessarily have lived) that has showcased a really nice sense of belonging?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Dunno mate. 43M blakfella lived here all my life. Always made friends with the people around me. Community is what you put in more than what you take out.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not to put things too bluntly, but what's your ethnicity/nationality/religion/socioeconomic status? Birds of a feather flock together and all that. I'm Aussie born with Viet background so my childhood was spent in places like Cabramatta and Fairfield, because that's where \"people like us\" found our community.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Look, I’m in Earlwood and have been here for 6 years since moving from closer into the city.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We live on a one way street and know our neighbours 10 houses up and 10 houses down the street. At Easter, Halloween and Christmas there’s usually a street party on. We’ve got young kids and have made friends all over the neighbourhood, through daycare and other kid activities. It feels like what you describe - my wife and I feel like we “belong” here. We love it!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "FWIW we are not Greek, and the various friends we have are of a lot of nationalities … I only mention this because there are some other comments that people can sometimes gravitate to people of their own race/heritage/background.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So, it’s a great spot for that community feeling — it takes years to build it up though, and it obviously helps to find people who are in the same (or similar) a life stage to you.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not what you sound like you’re after at all, but if we’re talking a pure sense of community, no joke, Mount Druitt has it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Look at a map and find peninsulas. Either surrounded by water or bush. No through traffic creates village atmospheres.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Depends who you are and your life style.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you are rich and/or wealthy retired  or professional lots of inner city and eastern suburbs will be your vibe.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you are afghan , merrylands would be your go to area.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you are white collar Indian  you will find strong community in marsden park area. ( side rant )",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Honestly I am the only brown bloke that knows how to use tools in marsden park , I'm not even a tradie but I made friends with a dozen other families teaching the dads how to fix basic things.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Again it really depends on your lifestyle , age , demographics.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We live in Baulkham hills and find it a beautiful part of Sydney. Good demographics with white , Indian and Chinese at about 1/3 each . Spacious gardens and pretty houses. Great schools- the community is good. We share Diwali sweets with our neighbours and they bring us Christmas cake.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hawkesbury is pretty cool, there's dumpy parts, there's posh parts, pretty decent food but not a lot variety. It's pretty but floods and fire are normal so don't move here and complain about it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I love Lane Cove! Check it out if you got your own car and don't mind bad traffic.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I live in the eastern suburbs of Sydney only for the past four years, retired, only know  a few physically close neighbours, but my sense of community is meeting the same walkers, some with dogs, some without, but there's not much more than weather,  how are you, and have a good morning, which is OK,  but nothing deep and meaningful.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We're in a pocket of Engadine that is basically directly across the Woronora from Lucas Heights and within the area we'd probably know a good chunk of people. We know 4/6 families in our street, both families we don't know haven't ever been anything but friendly when we've said g'day. We know a few people around the area as well as the neighbours up the end of the street have an annual Xmas BBQ out in the reserve with all the families.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We have young families all through the area and they all are pretty nice. Lots of primary school and daycare aged kidlets, lots of the similar aged ones tend to go to the same daycare or school so they spend time playing together during weekdays and weekends adhoc",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Chatswood, funnily. If you’ve lived there long enough everyone starts to remember and recognise you and you start to feel part of something. It helps that the local council/theatre has a lot of stuff on at the concourse and things like lunar new year are really big, so the area always feels drawn together by events.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Cronulla",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "For adults only, Potts Point - seriously",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m going to shock you all an say mount Druitt",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A community that helps each other out  won’t hesitate to pull over and help a complete stranger.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Hawkesbury. Even more so if you dare to go over the bridge. Bl",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Camden",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just to disclaimer that I am atheist, but the biggest communities (in terms of local people actively meeting socially, not just by accident) seem to spring up around religions - so whether a local church or a mosque etc.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Areas with good public schools where everyone is living within catchment and sending their kids is another form of community that springs up. Given you have kids you will presumably want to make choice of school/school access a priority so you might find you naturally grow into that community. Killarney Heights is a good example as it's down on a peninsula and there's a group of cafés right by the primary school with a big car park, so all the parents getting coffee etc in the morning whether they walk or drive.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Then you've got other suburbs with a few clustered cafés and shops that serve as a bit of a forum where you'll see familiar faces, the same people walking their dogs, etc.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Beach people who congregate around surf clubs all seem to have quite a sense of community and know everyone around.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So really it's more about the kind of people you are and the kind of community you seek. I would also suggest searching on MeetUp in specific suburbs, and FB, to see what kind of groups are on there and how active people are and what sort of activities (eg gardening swaps, walking groups etc) are happening in a particular locality.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Lots of different answers here but for me its waterloo and redfern",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The central coast is often considered very villagey and very community vibes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Usually coastal areas are more tight knit. If you want a nice area for kids and a dog, then the central coast is a great spot. There are always people on their bikes, jogging, walking dogs and so on. Lots of kids playing sport and all that.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The downside of this is that when I had my baby at hospital one of my midwife's recognised me from school and another worker was a mum of one of my old friends. People will recognise you and chat... personally I hate this haha.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If you’ve ever lived regionally or rurally, literally no where in Sydney feels like it has any sort of ‘community’ feel about it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thats just a sad reality, unfortunately.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Westleigh nice surrounded by bush. The park is always packed with families and the shops are there. Great place to raise a family p",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Seaforth",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I laugh when I hear people at work talking about their streets (Bondi, Hunters Hill, Five Dock) as having Whatsapp groups and community and street events because yeah…. That doesnt happen in Merrylands.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thats not to diss Merrylands, despite what the media will tell you, there is zero trouble or problems but its very much a stick to your own culture vibe.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Summer Hill, if you can afford it. Gorgeous little suburb.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The suburb of North Epping feels like it would have a community of sorts, especially if you have children in primary school and/or sport.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's very Anglo at the moment but slowly changing as more people of other ethnicities move in.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Rhodes/Wentworth point is so good. Super walkable, heaps of dog friendly areas, markets. Love living here.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Erko/newtown. Real local town/village vibes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Friend of mine moved to oran park and is LOVING the community. She didn’t expect it so very pleasant surprise",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Anywhere in the inner west, the council also holds lots of community events I think. Would avoid the eastern suburbs anywhere near the beaches, full of transient backpackers who don’t give a shit about holding loud parties or rich old farts",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Erko if you’re in the right streets have the most friendly neighbours that do look out for you, can be a mix of corporate couples, oldies who’ve lived there for ages or young families. Lots of parks so people are always out and about. There’s always people walking their dogs and with prams.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Punchbowl",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Honestly, the further west you go, the greater sense of community in my experience. Less individualistic too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "unless ur rich u won’t be able to choose where to live",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Lakemba south Asian community is right",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "darlinghurst!! not potts point but definitely darlinghurst. lived there for 21 years",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'd say the Hawkesbury has a strong sense of community",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "central coast",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "After living in Lithgow and Dubbo, I don’t think Sydney has any sense of community. Every time I go back to visit family I feel stressed because of how chaotic Sydney is. No one really cares about anyone else there",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Much of the Inner West has good community, if you look for it/make an effort",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Maybe it’s because I’ve lived here my whole life and work here (although won’t lie, am looking to move elsewhere for a change lol), but Blacktown’s pretty great for community.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The character of the area is changing pretty fast but you’ll still see the same people, there’s lots of events on here (great if you also have kids!), neighbours are friendly, and even though most people do go to the shopping centre as a “third place,” it at least gives you a place to see people and even run into others you may already know!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Lived in a few spots around Sydney. Strongest communities I’ve experienced were Como, Bundeena and Marrickville.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You’re having a laugh expecting any real community in Sydney. Move to the country if that’s what you want.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "> Community is what you put in more than what you take out.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "100% this. A lot of people now expect something for nothing. With people it doesn’t work this way.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Pretty much exactly this. ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Love Cabra. Food is awesome there ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "From fairfield here, it's great if you're looking for an Assyrian community. Most of us are here :)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I grew up in Earlwood. It's always been a great little suburb with community feel. My Mum has lived at the same address since 1969. My Uncle had lived in the same street as my Mum since 1964. My brother is involved with the local soccer club we played Soccer at in the 80's. His daughter works at the RSL now, where I worked more than 25 yrs ago.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The house parties at earlwood were insane",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Came here to say Penrith for the same reason... Not what OP is expecting!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Worked there for like 10 years and while there’s definitely significant negative aspects of the area you’re 100% right that there is definitely a great sense of community. People walk around their local shops and they know each other and talk to each other. Heck Chifley college put up a mural of a local elder and I’m like “I know that dude!” Because I’d served him so many times (and the mural was well deserved).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Love that!! Best food too",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And traffic jams.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Lugarno",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Balmain",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Was going to say likewise - across the Hills it’s very much a Singaporean style mix, which is the direction Sydney is going and it’s great",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sssshhhh…Don’t give away our secret. I’m in Marrickville but love Dulwich Hill!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Epping road in the morning the few times I have to deal with is enough for me to rule Lane Cove out.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I agree!! I’ve met heaps of people through my dog and I’m friends with all my neighbours around me. We hang out and go to dinner all the time. I find generally everyone is super friendly in Lane Cove",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You could try volunteering as a way to meet more people  in your community",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">Lucas Heights",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You'd be positively glowing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Good answer except OP said they're not looking to leave Sydney.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In b4 someone says Central Coast is part of Sydney these days (it's not). I'd suggest the culture on the coast is more open and community-oriented specifically because it's not Sydney.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’ve lived in the regions and found community there but I’ve also found community in Sydney.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "and parks for kids too. Honestly perfect considering what you're after. It's just a predominantly asian area.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've moved out of Fairfield but still find myself going back to Cabra for the food and cheap fruit!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Beautiful! And you’ve been a Doggies fan that whole time?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We’ve got the same through our street, a lady who passed away the other week had lived on the street for 84 years (when she was 2) — I remember her telling us that when she was growing up, the Catholics were at one end and the Protestants were at the other.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s a great spot to live. I guess I’m a relative newcomer but I can’t see myself living anywhere else in Sydney. Even if I could afford it",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep! We know 50% of our street, we have multiple parks in walking distance, a local coffee shop and neighbours who we'd trust with our kids. It reminds me of growing up in dulwich hill before it was gentrified with the benefit of a big backyard and better council services.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And rents double the average",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The bends",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Even in the 80s my dad called it Effing road.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Same ! Love the great work local council do with FB group, everything goes by that page and really useful.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I miss the concerts at the Canopy.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I move to Manly which also is nice but here local council FB group is used only to complain or talk politics ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I work there and can assure you, I don't glow (unfortunately). I don't work directly with any nuclear material at all (they don't tend to let engineers lose in the Chem labs )",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Where would you recommend for cheap fruit please? :)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My Dad immigrated to Sydney in 1963, from Sicily. His Uncle lived in Pembroke Ave, so my Dad and brother stayed with him until they bought houses a couple if years later in Cameron Ave.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My Dad, unfortunately, is no longer with us, but my Mum, and my Dad's brother still live at the same address 60 yrs after they first bought their homes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We went to Earlwood Public School, my Brother and I then went to Sydney Technical High School in the late 80's/ early 90's. We played soccer at Earlwood Wanderers and always went for our beloved Bulldogs.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm in Perth now, with my family. Have been for 17 yrs. But I will always have fond memories of my childhood home.... It was a great place to grow up.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Penrith region is pretty good these days.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And Erskineville around the train station is village-y.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "Before anyone comments, yes I am aware that with newer cars, lights are brighter. I’m not talking about those. I’m specifically talking about high beams.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Tonight in a 10 minute drive, I counted at least 5-10 cars and trucks driving with their high beams on in traffic. They were not using them when there was no one for 100m ahead of them. I had one guy behind me, another in the lane next to me, many coming the other way.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Are people just lazy? Oblivious? Do people just not care about other people? I don’t understand why recently I’ve noticed such an increase of people not caring they have their high beams on. It’s blinding, distracting, and dangerous. Has anyone else noticed this? How do you let people know? Is there a signal?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Edit: no thanks to the know-it-alls telling me I’m wrong. A lot of cars have automatic high beams and also others have experienced this as well. It’s not just LED like many people keep suggesting, despite my disclaimer at the start of this post.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There’s nothing worse than having a ranger 2cm off your bumper at 120k’s with the worlds brightest aftermarket lights flooding all of your mirrors.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "While we’re asking these questions, what’s with people stopping 3 or 4 meters away from the line at intersections?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ford Ranger",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They're very likely not using high beams.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's not uncommon that they're aftermarket LEDs that weren't installed corrected and didn't have their beams adjusted.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Also LEDs can be brighter and appear more harsh than their regular headlight counterparts.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Also you're right about the oblivious/just not care thing. It's a bit of that too. Who the hell cares that you're blinded. I can see just fine.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why are there so many people driving without their lights on when it's dark?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Pisses me off. I bought a ute and the cunt who had it before me obviously wanted to blind everyone with the world's brightest LEDs installed.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I've spend a good portion of my life driving across the outback and don't need lights as bright as some of the yobs in the inner city.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think there’s a few issues.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "- as many have said, it’s new led globes",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "- newer cars have auto dipping high beams, but they don’t dip soon enough and people are too lazy to do it manually",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "- many newer cars have the ability to adjust the angle of the headlight beam. Most people have them aimed up too high so they appear brighter in your eyes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I can't tell anymore, I have small car, it's low compared to other cars. Most vehicles lights(Hight wise)are straight into my eyes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Same reason ppl tail gate, speed, don't indicate when turning, corner cut. They just suck at driving and should play more gran Turismo to practice lol",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We wonder why there’s a vehicle arms race.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yet if you are in anything lower than a softroader like a RAV4, the headlights of a Ranger or similar burn your eyes out if they are approaching.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Going over a crest you’ll also get flashed. I’m sure many have aftermarket LEDs, but even if they are stock and properly dipped, it’s still blinding.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Sometimes it's the new style headlights but there are so many dick heads with halogens on highbeam.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'll flash them but they don't get the hint.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And what about the other side if the spectrum of drivers not having lights on at all, not even DRLs.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The problem is people who have no business driving SUVs are wildly attracted to them. They just leave their headlights in auto mode and are oblivious to how much unnecessary light their cars are emitting.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Maybe I'm just older and losing patience, but it seems that Sydney has turned into a hot mess of people flexing to each other. It's ridiculous.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "does anyone else feel that street, traffic and car lights are so bright now that they make even the illuminated areas darker by contrast?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah, I've noticed this too. And more people not using indicators anymore",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "New car lights are honestly a safety hazard- it’ll be a palava, but we need regulation introduced into the size of cars and strength of headlights.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I know this isn’t the gripe at hand but I absolutely fkn hate those LED headlights. They should’ve never been put on vehicles in the first place. Too blinding",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "should've seen the prick in the hilux last night on kissing point road, sat right behind me in his lifted piece of shit with his high beams shining brighter than heaven itself while beeping and spooling his piece of shit turbo for every 3 seconds i remained within the speed limit. if this is something anyone here does, go fuck yourself you piece of shit.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s cold and rainy, I have high beams on because my jacket doesn’t properly cover my nipples",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’ve noticed this too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Also recently either no lights on at all during late evening/night time or during heavy rain.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not realising that the light switch in some cars requires two clicks to activate main beam lights (as opposed to parking lights/DRLs). The last few vehicles I’ve driven (years ranging 2004-2018 models) have all required multiple clicks of the light switch regardless of where it is located (on a stalk or above right knee on dash).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And quite a few drivers with either main beam and fog lights on in normal night time driving conditions or only fog lights and no main beams. Makes it hard to see in rear vision mirror due to low placement of these lights.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Are people just not understanding how different vehicle lighting systems are applicable to certain situations?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You can let them know by putting on your high beams.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "When they see the blinding light it shall alert them to their own high beams.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You’re welcome",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just high beam them back until they dip theirs.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Matrix LEDs are becoming more common and are far from perfect. They have high beams on at all times but the cat “cuts out” other vehicles on the road.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My car has it and it works 80% of the time, annoyingly it’s auto engaged every drive. Audi, Tesla, Mercedes all seem to come with them now at least, those are only the brands I know off the top of my head.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "SAME HERE! omg...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "especially the Ford Rangers , i found their lights is always on high beam. Before you say \"oh thats because they are higher than normal car\"  NO, im driving a high SUV, almost as high as Ford Ranger, and my eyes are blinded by them.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "i fckin hate those , normally i flicked my high beam back when i passed them.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I complain to my partner all the time about it lol.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "And no... like you said, it's not the newer cars with brighter headlights. You can tell. Especially on the older cars with non led lights.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I usually keep flicking  my high beams / driving lights back at them to return the favour. Fuck them right back ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Unfortunately, they're just either oblivious or drivers with fresh licenses who did not graduate from the NSW P plate program (trying to be politically correct here)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Other pita is those driving on the motorways and hogging the middle and right hand lanes when they are clearly not overtaking. Or those pin dick ute/suv drivers that feel the need to tailgate you when you're already 5km over and overtaking at the time!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "FWIW, I drive an SUV, an no, I don't exhibit those typical behaviours ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "End of rant",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Cos they is cunts !",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The reason people drive with high beams is simple. Because they’re ignorant cunts!!!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Don't get me started on the rear fog light on some cars. I swear most owners don't even know what the switch does and they just leave it on.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why are there so many people driving with the rear fog lights in the rain? I see much more doing that than driving with high beams.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They would say something like \"I've been wondering what that blue light is for for years\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just go down to SuperShit and buy the biggest Kings light bar so you can blind them back.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It’s so irritating and a problem driving all over the world almost unique to Australia through piss poor policing and non existent driver training.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A problem very easily solved in a few weeks of police crackdowns",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So many people in modern cars don't understand their headlights at all.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I see plenty of people at night time with just their Parker's on because they turn on automatically, not knowing that their headlights are infact turned off.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm sure for every one of these peanuts there is one with their high beams on full time",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think it’s people using automatic high beams. They just leave it on auto and then they’re meant to dip when they detect a car coming the other way.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My own headlights are adjusted correctly (pointing at the ground when dipped) and they don’t seem to trigger the oncoming vehicle fast enough.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think newer cars use some kind of mechanical lenses to adjust the single bulb too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In short: people using auto mode and being lazy.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I flash people that do it to me.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Isn't all this automatic in the new cars?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "@OP. They aren’t high beams.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They are low LED beams. One factor is that modern cars are bigger and higher which adds to the glaring factor.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "*If you shine a torch at the floor it isn’t blinding anyone but if it’s directed at eye level .. it seems blinding to another person.*",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My (2015) Honda had LEDs but I was able to change its direction slightly downwards. It was slight but effective to not blind oncoming traffic. The newer models do not come with this “luxury” and I know I’m blinding folks but I legit can’t anything about it other than drive without lights",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I used to think the same thing. I was convinced everyone was using high beams and that it couldn't possibly be LEDs. Turns out I have astigmatism...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "How can you tell if it’s high beam or just really bright lights",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I drive with lights on all day rain or shine. Helps stop as many morons pulling out at the last minute in front of you and makes you more visible.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So glad it’s not just me I thought I was imagining it! My eyes are so sensitive so it drives me nuts",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Have you noticed the morons in the new Mitsubishi (outback maybe?). The car has two lights near the bonnet, two in the normal headlight position and then two fog lights - all the people in these cars drive around with 6 lights on, it’s so bright that you can’t see if they’re indicating",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "When stopped in traffic and there's a car with high beams on behind me, I put my forearm up and keep it there blocking my rear view mirror...I wonder if they notice and therefore realise that their brights are on?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I drive to Canberra weekly. The Federal Is notorious for this. I get people are nervous and feel like they need to have the entire road and countryside lit up to feel safe, but the road isn't going anywhere. You can dim them for the few seconds we pass each other.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Also, I find that not having my beams on is better at avoiding wildlife. When they are on the animals, stop,  get freaked, and do something stupid. When my beams are not on, they will quickly cross the road or run back into the bushes. You can see them if you are keeping an eye out. Their eyes glow. No need for the beams",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Either A. They're one of those ppl who Instal the aftermarket blinding high beams",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "B. They're a douchebag",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "C. They forgot they turned it on",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "D. They have a new car with auto high beam that either turns off when it sees cars (but sometimes fails to) or has matrix leds that only dims the part that affects you and your car (these are expensive af and can be found on cars like Audi's and recently Tesla's).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "To counterbalance all those dumb cnts that drive with their head light off at night.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Because our roads are filled with a cluster of morons",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Join us (it’s mostly yanks but still funny)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "/r/fuckyourheadlights",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Mine are automatic. They dim as cars approach and go on if it’s too dark. I’ve often think they dim slower than I would have turned them off had I been controlling it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Common issue with Mazda SUVs, where the factory LEDs are aimed quite high and requires a manual adjustment. Too bad most owners are oblivious to this.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The car I’m driving is a toyota Prado- I think 2021? And I can tell you my regular lights literally look like high beams, if I turn them off at night to the low setting I can’t see the road properly anymore. The lights are too dull. Plus my dash all lights up when I do that, so definitely not safe at night. If I put my high beams on, it’s the exact same brightness as the regular setting, but just wider range if that makes sense. I’m almost positive that you’re most likely seeing are cars like that. We can’t help it, sorry ",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah you can definitely tell the difference between those super bright LED low beams like in the newer Toyota's, and actual high beams as they will shine directly in your eyeballs. What I did was I recently installed some super bright LED high beams of my own and if I'm 80% sure someone has their high beams on, I'll revenge high beam them. I suggest you do the same.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Xenon lights",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Fog lights",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Ppl being cunts",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think it’s because with automatic lights, you don’t necessarily notice if you’ve accidentally jostled it to high beam, since you’re not intentionally adjusting the lights 99.99% of the time.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yep, lots of inconsiderate, selfish drivers out there.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My car auto turns them on and off. It has been quite unusual getting used to it!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I find people with old halogen lights are driving around more and more with high beams on which has no cut off so it will dazzle other drivers",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I also have an astigmatism so pretty much all lights at night bother me",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have also been flashed in one of my cars which is an older, lower sports car thats had a HID and proper projector retrofitted while going over a speed hump. People are stupid",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I get what you're saying but how do you know for sure it's high-beams and not just the newer model headlights (yes I know you acknowledged it).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just for reference I have a 2018 86 and the whole car is stock but I get highbeam checked on the daily. I tried using a lower-level light but it only has the dimmer which is so low it's basically off and you can't see anything at night. Unfortunately can't do anything about it and I don't know exactly how bright it looks to others on the road but every time I get flashed now I have to high-beams back so they know I don't have them on. Then sometimes ppl still get mad and start quick flashing me until they pass, it's so fucking annoying when I'm not even doing anything.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Cars are taller than they used to be and most new cars have terribly executed “Automatic High Beams”.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "if every Ranger failed to start tomorrow the roads would be 100x safer",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": ">Do people just not care about other people?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Selfish individualism at the expense of any community-minded behaviour is a specifically intended outcome of over 30yrs of neoliberalism. It's a feature, not a bug.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I shine my mirrors up so it goes in their eyes, they normally back off or overtake you.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The only time I truly enjoy adjusting my mirrors",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Also bc theyre generally sat higher on the road and love their lights angled up as much as possible instead of a downward angle",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My work Ute is a Ranger and in our defence Id just point out that the stock low beams aren’t very good and the auto-high beam not responsive enough.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I live in Sydney but work in regional areas quite often and I fully understand why people put aftermarket lights on. That said I mean places like west of Dubbo/Wagga, not the Blue Mountains or Central Coast.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Or the people that go way over the line?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The answer to both is that they don't know how to judge where the front of their car is.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I ask one once.  Newly taught driver and their “instructor”told them to do it in case they were hit from behind.  My response was WTF?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Think that's how they teach new drivers, especially with a lot of the overseas born driving instructors. They also still teach the unofficial 'waiting 3 seconds at a stop sign' which is wrong since all you need to do is come to a complete stop and you can go anytime when it's safe without waiting 3 seconds.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thats happening a lot more now too ive noticed",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Another reason is that a lot of modern cars have worse visibility. I find myself naturally stopping further back from lights in newer cars thinking that's where I should stop, then I look to the car next to me that's the same distance and realise I can still go forward quite a bit further.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That's how far away they see the road in front of them. I bet all the cars that do this are extra tall or the driver is far away from the front of their car.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Post-covid social distancing",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "People that do this have absolutely no idea how to drive.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You’re meant to stop as close to the stop line as possible without crossing it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You can use your wing mirrors to help with this - once the line is below the bottom of your drivers side wing mirror, you should be just behind it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "When I used to ride motorcycles, I’d tap on people’s windows, point to the line and say “the stop lines all the way up there buddy”",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "No one is policing this stuff. The cops just let it fly without any issue.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "More higher and bigger vehicles too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If they are angled downwards from a yank tank and you are in the normal car, it can be pretty blinding especially with bright LEDs.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Most modern cars illuminate the dash whenever the ignition is on making it less obvious lights aren’t on. Most modern cars also have an Auto headlight function.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Why those people don’t put those same car’s headlights on Auto, I have no idea.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It should be an automatic licence cancellation",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’d say because of more and more cars having daytime running lights now and possibly dash lights always on to some extent. Add a touch of semi decent street lighting and people being oblivious they think their lights are on",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have to turn on my lights manually and so when im in a populated area with streetlights i dont even notice that my lights arent on sometimes",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "pisses me off people driving ute in cities",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "* many newer cars have the ability to adjust the angle of the headlight beam. Most people have them aimed up too high so they appear brighter in your eyes.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's purely this!!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "So many morons turn the little dial up \"Because it makes the headlights brighter!\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Little realising, that it just adjusts the angle of the beam - to blinding karnt!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's lack of communication. I'm in my forties and I've never seen a car without that dial. I learned about it while my age was in single figures through playing in the car and asking a parent.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I used to drive a classic Mini. Everyone blinded me.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Even DRLs are like this. All you can see is LEDs in your mirrors and you can't distinguish other features of the environment.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I had someone who decided that was an invitation to a high beam competition, and apparently the lights that had blinded me were just the basic lights, and this bell end proceeded to turn on the sun to completely torch my retinas",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Good idea. I will stand at the bus stop with a high beam in hand to return the discomfort to anyone blasting my eyes with their beams!!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Unfortunatly you cant do it to those behind you or at the stop light when their headlights flood your entire interior and mirrors. I did once see the car in front reverse so that their headlights would not blind the guy in front.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m pretty sure most of them had no idea what that button did.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I actually heard this once. \"What's that blue jellyfish light mean?\"",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There's people that are just arseholes and those that are clueless about the controls ans switches on their cars.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Regardless if they are high or low beams, if they are blinding other drivers it is a problem.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "[deleted]",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Because I saw that all the lights on the front end of the car were switched on. I have covered that in a few comments already as well.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "OMG I'm going to set a profile in my Tesla to do this.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Is there a trick to doing that? How do I know when it’s getting them?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I usually  angle my mirrors so it’s not getting me so bad, I also slow down and make then overtake, then flash my high beams at them as a warning",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Is that what happens, I knew if you flick the rear view mirror up the light wasn't bad in that one, just the side mirrors. I didn't realise it then flashed the light back to the person behind you.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I hate those new LED lights, they are all too bright, it seems like high beam, but I don't think it is. What is wrong with the old yellow lights on cars, and keeping the LED for high beam when no one is around.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes, but there are some aftermarket LEDs (at least for the older PX/2/3) that had a *very* similar cutoff to the halogens. The problem was they weren't $20 on eBay.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I did it, adjusted them down a tiny bit, and I could follow a sedan at a safe distance and see the cutoff on their boot.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "It's doable, people just choose not to because they don't give a shit.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "But you won’t trigger the sensor, which is a pet peeve of mine. Ugh!",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Weird. My instructor taught me to make sure my front wheels touch the line.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think its in the handbook to stop with a few metres space if there's someone  infront of you, until someone comes to a stop behind you and then you can roll forward. Obviously only makes sense if you're not at the front.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "My instructor taught me that but for when you're behind another car so you don't run up their arse if you're hit from behind",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Is the newly-taught driver a little mistaken?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That said my instructor taught me to stand on the clutch at the lights with handbrake on, thankfully I broke that habit",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was taught this. Stop a full cars length behind either the stop line or the car in front of you until another car behind you comes to a stop. Only then should you creep forward to meet the line",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I was taught to say slowly in my head \"S T O P\" but a lot of this gets mistaken, they are teaching you to pass the test which means really exaggerated stops and head checks so they can't say they didn't see it. Instructors should be explaining why, mine did 20 years ago.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You're specifically taught to stop at least a cars length behind any car in front, wait til the car behind you comes to a stop and then roll forward to behind the car in front. I think maybe people think this applies when pulling up to the line too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Put your seat upright/higher.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "a few years later they'll spend a couple of million dollars on consultants and media people to make an ad campaign with the hastag #LIGHTSDOWN or someshit.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "All laws are written in blood.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We haven't had enough deaths by being blinded by unregulated headlights for this issue to be dealt with seriously.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The thing is that I don't even think it'd be that hard to do. Just include it as a part of the pink slip rego check.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Even renewing your rego seems very lax.. Don't seem to check light placement or window tint. I've seen a car with full windscreen tinted, like could make out driver so dark inside the car.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They'll let people drive around blinding innocent people, but they're happy to fine you if you're going 7km over the limit.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’ll die on this hill. Illuminated dashes made us dumber, no one needs to check if their lights are on anymore, because they can see all the info they need. DRL’s were the second stage of making us dumber.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Or they forget to when they are in a westfields parking lot because its so lit inside and then forget when they drive out. Won't lie its happened to me",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Right to jail",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We managed for about 100 years with manual lights on cars.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You’re in the fast lane in heavy traffic. There’s a ute behind you.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Does the ute:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A) Tailgate you",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "B) Overtake you",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "C) Take the next exit",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "D) All of the above",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Bonus round:",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The Ute is now a small truck. What is it carrying in the tray?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A) Nothing",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "B) Nothing",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "C) Nothing",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "D) All of the above",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "https://youtu.be/TmBTYK7XZQk?si=VnmerN8hWRNK505W",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm sorry....but I'm laughing so hard at this comment.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Do you find people driving big utes deliberately tail gate you in your Tesla? I do, and my wife refuses to drive our Tesla because of it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You know it's worked by their reaction. Only a slight adjustment is needed.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah the side mirrors. It doesn't work with the rearview mirror.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm on a motorbike, half the time the sensor doesn't even detect me...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The sensor is (used to be?) usually a few feet behind the line.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Be careful in the rain, the white line becomes slippery. Best option is to stop on the sensor plate, you can see it by the cuts in the road just behind the line, my daughter on her \"L's\" pointed them out to me.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah, I learnt this as \"stop so that you can see the tyres of the car in front\".",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "That seems to be the consensus but after 30 years of dealing with motor vehicle crashes nearly on a day to day basis Ive yet to see any advantage to sitting 1-2 car lengths back from a set of lights.  Any crash were the impact would have pushed them into the intersection from that distance caused other significant injuries from the impact from behind.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I just think its bad instructors",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Depends. If the lights are about to change I stand on the clutch in gear. If I’m gonna be there a while I’ll shift to neutral and use the handbrake.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I laughed out loud at this. Thanks. #LIGHTSDOWN",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah it pressure would need to come from insurance companies paying out too many claims that they got blinded. As someone in a low down car it’s horrible driving at night these days.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'd say it almost certainly has happened but if the victim is dead or comatose than their death is probably just attributed to 'speed'...",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Half of these vehicles are brand new utes with aftermarket lights. By the time they're due for a pink slip, they'll have sold the vehicle and bought a new one (as a tax write off) that they'll do the exact same thing with.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "We have ADR rules for a reason, they should definitely be part of a rego check",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m with you. My wifes car has that light that pops up in your side mirrors when another car is in your blind spot. It also beeps if you indicate while that lights on.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I get back in my car (without that feature) and I find I’m still waiting to hear the beep when I indicate. Its training my brain to be lazy and not check my blind spot. Hate it with a passion.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Canada gets it - https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a37490555/canada-automatic-headlight-rules/",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Was the first stage tailgates / boot lids that you can't close with your hand, you have to press a button? That is the beginning of the end of humanity in my book! /S (A little bit serious too)",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yes. Servos, shopping centres and apartment complexes have LEDs that give a daylight feel. Every other car coming out of Top Ryde is dark.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "and",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "E - I can't see shit if an UTE is in front of me",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Variation on B, zoom up the shoulder (aka \"bonus lane\") for their turn.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Yeah some people get really silly around it. Either try and race me or try intimidate me like I’m responsible",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "For their rising diesel prices.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I find drivers of big utes and these American style trucks to be super aggressive, almost as a rule. I'm not sure that is the Tesla triggering them. My Mini Cooper seems to do the same.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I have a sticker on the back of my car \"The closer you get the slower I go\" then when someone gets to close, I slow down, then when they back up, I  speed up again. It doesn't take them long to get the message. Since getting the sticker, I don't get tail gated any more. I don't have a Tesler, but a suggestion for those that get tail gated.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I saw a traffic light get triggered by a bicycle the other day, I was amazed",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "The loops for the lights are triggered by bicycles, i deliberately ride over the middle of them to trigger them (although i do find that sometimes in the mornings they dont work so well \\*\\*SHRUG\\*\\*).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "At each intersection there is a traffic box with an id number. There is a standard hotline (written on the box) which you can call to report if a loops is not picking you up, theyll come out and check the sensitivity of it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Some loops are stupid in the middle of the night. If you get there a little before a light change it wont register you for a whole loop, so you have to wait two full loops to get through).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Note: Keep in that my bike has an aluminium frame, so there is potentially not a lot of iron on it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm on a motorbike, and I love it when people don't stop at the line. More room for me to filter.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "put you side stand down, if that doesnt work go press the crossing button",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Not sure, but 3-4 metres would be past a few feet eh",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You can usually see it on the ground, will look like a painted grid",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "There is not always a sensor. Some lights are just on timers.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Starts about a foot from the line",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Thanks! I never knew this",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "With the lack of front visibility on some of these new cars, that's going to be several metres",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I got taught (a long time ago) to keep the car in gear and foot on the clutch and handbrake on, because if you get hit from behind you are much more likely to stall as your foot slips off the clutch. I can vouch for this as it has happened to me twice and it does seem to stop you going further into the intersection. The logic is that handbrakes only lock the rear wheels and if you are hit from behind your rear wheels can lift off the ground making the brakes superfluous, if you stall the car the engine becomes a brake, so it could just be a front wheel drive thing Do I still follow that lesson? Sometimes, but less often than I used to.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm the same now",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just assign a few cops around at night to find people and put quotas on it.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Every third person is using high intensity lights any police that can't come back with 10+ fines for the night after 2-3 hour shift should be deemed as underperforming",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Either you or I don't know what a pink slip is.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What's the annual rego check you need to do to register your car? That's what I mean.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "100% truth.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Same goes for all the auto gearbox drivers that become lazy drivers and do things like not indicating correctly or not indicating at all.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think the rule has changed in Europe too.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Every other car coming out of Top Ryde is on a self destruct mission and if you think Top Ryde is bad, try Macquarie.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "you can see where the magnetic loops are, if you line your bike with these loops any (non carbon fibre) bike will trigger it",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wasn't debating. Agreeing.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’m seeing cars doing well over car lengths.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "A vehicle check (pink slip) for registration renewal is not required for light vehicles under 5 years old, I believe. So yeah that won’t necessarily help solve the unregulated lights issues.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Brand new w vehicles don't need pink slips (or white slips or whatever colour the physical ones are now) for the first five years. Just get your CTP, pay your rego fee and you're good to go.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "In NSW at least, AFAIK a new car doesn't need a safety inspection when it is up for registration for the first few years of its life.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Too bad they can’t seem to keep that distance when in motion and they ride your ass.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Correcto",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I think that's exactly what u/_dontpanic_ is saying though, if they're not required to do a check to see if they're in compliance with rego for the first 5 years, that's a lot of time for people to sell the cars on where the incorrectly installed lights are no longer their problem",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "I was given notice to vacate as landlord is selling. Decided to get all new furniture at new place, so I need to get rid of everything at my old place.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Screwed up my scheduling etc and didn't manage to use the free council pickup.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Wonder if anyone's used companies like 1300rubbish recently and if you have what was your experience like?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Do  not use Cheapest Load of Rubbish, quoted $800 for a job then **after** doing it said it took more loads than they expected and wanted $1800. Told them to fuck off and paid $1000",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Put them up for free on marketplaces and will disappear in an hour.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I'm inner west but we always use Cheapest load of rubbish.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "They came with 3 hours notice when I was moving my parents, and have been good every time we've needed them",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Look into if your council does booked collections, some allow you to book a collection once or twice a year",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If they dont, put them out anyway, put a sign on them saying free and they will be taken",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "What’s the time frame you got before you have to leave? Phone done charities to see if they can take it off you.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Put it out on the kerb anyway, it'll be gone in a few minutes",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I weep for our planet.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "If it’s still got life in it, please consider donating, giving away on Facebook or putting on the kerb with a ‘free’ sign.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "I’d prefer to throw stuff away than deal with the absolute lunatics you’ll find trying to give away free things on marketplace",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "You’re better off just listing everything for a small amount that will filter out at least some of the crazies.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]

1dislho.json

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+[
+    {
+        "text": "My little cousin is in Sydney at the minute looking for work. He's a qualified plumber in Ireland but hasn't had his skills transferred yet. I'm from Perth so don't really know what the go is for Sydney. Is there any good recruitment agencies for getting casual or contract work?",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "He's not fussy and will take whatever he can get until his skills get sorted.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Lots of my English and Irish tradie mates found their work through Facebook marketplace. Might have to weed through a lot of shit offers, worst case have him go out to Coogee Bay hotel/ coogee pav and make some friends with other Irish and they'll sort him out.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Mayday recruitment",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Make sure his visa stuff is sorted",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Just FYI, although aussies have a reputation for being laid back, the regulators absolutely do not fuck around. I understand they're looking for casual gigs and are qualified back home, but you'll want to be really all over the legislation, as [unlicensed and non-compliant plumbing or drainage work](https://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/trades-and-businesses/construction-and-trade-essentials/plumbers-and-drainers/non-compliant-plumbing-and-drainage-work) fines and punishments are no joke, and infringements could definitely affect his visa status or chances of future certification (I am not a lawyer, check this thoroughly if you wanna roll the dice).",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "About the agencies, you're not gonna find much luck - they used to put in a lot more effort, but these days are often useless middlemen applying to jobs on normal sites on your behalf.",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    },
+    {
+        "text": "Irish around Sydney fb group is good for this also. Some recruiters post in that group looking for tradies for contracts also",
+        "extra_info": ""
+    }
+]