you guys make me chuckle, I have lived just north or Brisbane and recently moved near rockingham, and to be honest there isn't a great deal of difference between the two, things that I have noticed is that food shopping is slightly cheaper on the east coast, same style little Britain housing estates, hoons, I love where I live the people over here are a lot friendlier and always like to chat to you. when we lived in the uk we where always trying to think what to do next to keep the kids entertained that didn't cost a fortune, over here there are allsorts that are free, you just have to get up and look for it. as for the crime and drug problem think uk is a lot worse than here, the amount of people in my old local town that looked very shifty and unnerved me, didn't like what the uk was turning in to, and I must say that while I have been in this country I have never once felt unsafe for me or my children to the point that my kids now have a bit more freedom over here. House partys and loud music happen in every walk of life and you will always get some people who don't have no respect for others, I myself do not party or play music until the early hours but I have 5 young and very noisy children lol, but find myself always saying if I don't want to listen to that noise im quiet sure nobody else does. I love perth and all that it has to offer and so what if you might have to travel around to find stuff to do, you didn't come over to this beautiful country to bitch and moan so get off your ass and get loving perth. rant over x