My land

[KichigaiNeko]

Yeah, 1 suburb across from you.

But my south of the river knowledge is beyond dismal. I rarely head down that way.

Having lived SOR I must admit that NOR is a much nicer place. There are pockets where the crime and angst stats make these suburbs less favourable and have acquired tongue in cheek nicknames.

Did you see the news about the guy set on fire in Cannington by "dark skinned persons" really sad as Cannington and surrounds are rather nice on the whole. But to answer your question, I don't know of any "suburbs to avoid" each one has that element that are hell bent on causing trouble for residents. No I am not pointing a racist finger here as the stats seem to infer that it is across all ethnicities.

I would hazard to say that living closer to the coast (8-10 km) is much more pleasant than say living closer to the escarpment that seems to be a heat trap. Living in Mundaring has the fire hazard but is such a beautiful place. Zen currently works in Kalamunda and has a great view of the entire Perth Basin (I think).

Bunbury and surround does seem very nice with much more regular rainfall than the Perth Metro. Mandurah also has it's charms as does Armadale but I would say that Kwinnana is problematical due to the amount of heavy industry there.