Hi - I am calling on all the expertise you guys have to help us a bit with a decision....renting East or West. (Cos that hasn't been asked before!!! ;-) ) I've seen a few properties in the Bayside area - we like Patterson Lakes, Mordialloc etc, and a few in Sanctuary, Point Cook. The houses are obviously a much better bang for your buck over in Sanctuary, up and coming etc.....but I just wonder if it's going to be soulless....are we going to be always hankering after popping up into Ferntree, onto the beaches at Mordialloc and St Kilda...or are there things to do at the weekends over on the West side? I'm not a snob - I just want to try to find the right place "first" time, and it's like pin the tail on the donkey. I don't want to feel isolated...but at the same time we have a budget, and the big spacious houses are easier to come by for less on the west. Help!!!! Please??!?!!?