Things Melbournians secretly love by pretend to hate

Let’s crack the code; things Melbournians secretively love and admire yet pretends to hate in the eyes of the world.

1. Puffer jackets- If you were asked to name one of the more unlikely items to receive high fashion treatment, the puffer jacket will definitely be your pick. But from mid-May this is your best friend!
2. Rivalry game with Sydney - Melbourne is clearly the winner, yet playing it up is super fun!
3. Crazy weather - Ah… living with that all four seasons in one day-like weather, all day- everyday!
4. Myki - the reusable travel smart-card required for trains, trams, and buses in and around Melbourne. After all, its not as bad as the memes say.
5. Hook turns - As much we get confused on it, we also defend it as an efficient traffic management system.
6. Spring racing – the way make fun of someone’s fashion sense, drunk moments and awaiting those memes.
7. Neighbours – its not even a thing to like it, but we Melbournians have a soft spot for that fictional Erinsborough.
8. Asking people what school they went to – we can’t help ourselves but this is like a conversation starter.
9. Buskers – most of us discuss saying we hate buskers during peak hours, but that’s exactly what gets us going with the day too. Nothing’s like enjoying some good music at Flinders Street.
10. Hipster beards – oh, you had me with hipster beards before they became mainstream.
11. Avocados – Me: “oh, its sooo expensive!” Also, me: “I can’t wait to make a fancy latte outta it” and google up on the 200^th recipe for the week.
12. Deconstructed food – way to Instagram before my belly!
13. The north-side vs south-side : is it cliche or really a thing? Or just lying by a thin line?
14. Trips to IKEA – mainstream, true. But who can resist?
15. Interstate dim sims – you can’t go to south Melbourne market every week! But, wait!?
16. Ah them wine descriptions – complex, intensely seductive, addictive full bodied- cloud notes and everything under the sun, and I feel nothing but tipsy.
17. “OMG I feel awkward!” – while we actively look for social gatherings to feel awkward, we still brag and complain about being in awkward social situations all throughout.
18. Explaining different types of coffees to tourists – oh, haven’t we mastered this over the years? Wanting to show the superiority!
19. Standing in long queues to get to a restaurant – and when we finally get a table, we click away to let the whole world know about it.
20. A drunk Karaoke singer – a drunk singalong in the midst of complete strangers at a karaoke bar and pretend to regret it for the next 3 days.
21. Stay in Friday nights – as much as we love to party and be out, we sometimes want to snuggle up and just Netflix and chill.

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