Maketh with the boring-th

This makes me worry for Sydney. Our city is too caught up in faddishness rather than creativity, and safety rather than aesthetic risk to do this well. Witness the rise of leggings, spreading like a black lycra rash across the thighs of Sydney's women... The design of bars is the same. Sydney spent a decade stripping pubs back to generic stainless steel.

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"For too long Melbourne was known as Australia's second city, but it has finally emerged from Sydney's shadow to become the cultural - or perhaps countercultural - centre of the Antipodes." Cop that, Sydney.

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There was a time when I thought being a wanker was the worst thing possible. I have changed my mind. When we criticise wankers, we encourage conformity, safety and boredom.

-- Lisa Pyror If the Clothes Maketh the city, Sydney is still a pinstriped suit.

I feel validated.