The cost of living in Sydney....

[Cockadoodledoo]

I did say CBD. The housing is on par with Sydney in most areas and it's the every day things we have to put our hands in our pockets for (the insurance, fares, school fees, groceries etc) which are more expensive now in Melbourne than Sydney. So you are paying more essentially to live in an uglier, dirtier, colder city.

Cost of housing is quite a bit below Sydney comparing equivalents (5km from CBD, 10km from CBD etc). At least 10-15% or more lower in Melbourne. The rest well I wouldn't debate.. Both Melbourne and Sydney are over priced beyond imagination.

[Vasco]

This cost of living is an urban myth. I've just come back after a year in Melbourne and what costs me $38 at Woolies Double Bay costs $50 at Woolies in Melbourne's CBD because I pretty much buy the same things every week. My health insurance premiums are now $13 a month cheaper in NSW than Victoria and what I pay for a yearly travel pass in Sydney would only get me 8 months worth of travel in Melbourne.

I lived in a large 3 bedroom home about 3km from the Melbourne CBD and paid $400 a week rent.

The same house in Sydney would have been double.