It's "the beginning of the end of our forelock-tugging comparisons with Melbourne" (Bar laws breed hip new eateries, 20 Feb 2010). So who is it that has been tugging at those forelocks?
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Perth is, we are told, a boring place to live. "Dullsville". Why? Because -- we are told -- we do not have the same exciting... whatever... as places like Melbourne. Whatever it is that Melbourne has -- eateries, concrete river fronts, exotic night life -- Perth needs it.
I wonder why so many people choose to live in Perth?
I wonder why so many people enjoy living in Perth?
I wonder why Rob Broadfield is still living in Perth? (Hmmm... Perhaps he's one of the columnists who just glosses over where he lives, so that his articles can be published nationally...?)
Sure, Perth is quiet -- compared to Melbourne, Sydney, New York... Yes, we lack some of the facilities that make life more acceptable for people living in the bigger cities. But I, for one, am quite happy with the way we are.
If we open smaller establishments for eating & drinking: great. If we don't, well, that's probably a sound commercial decision: I'll survive. But I won't pretend that a lack of small eateries makes Perth somehow worse than Melbourne.
Rob Broadfield may be a professional cultural cringer, that's his problem. He may wish to tug his forelock at cities which -- in his opinion -- are better than Perth. But he is, after all, tugging only at his own forelock. Broadfield is free to be embarrassed at whatever he likes, whenever he likes.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that all of the people of Perth are similarly slavish in their support of Melbourne over Perth.
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