Personally i'm from melbourne but i've been to sydney as well so i thought why
not break down for you guys as in sydney or melbourne for international students
in this video i'm going to tell you which city is great for international students
and this video has been divided into multiple parts because we are going to compare a lot of
factors so make sure you watch this video till the end and without any further ado let's get started
awesome so as an international student your first priority will be universities right so sydney
has got about 35 universities in total whereas melbourne has got seven universities in total so
if you are someone who is looking for having more diversity in terms of your university selection
then sydney is the place to go however i strongly believe that your university selection should not
be based on what city you want to go but it should be based on what course you want to pursue so make
sure you are selecting the right course and then go ahead and select your right university the next
factor that i would like to compare is housing which is nothing but accommodation because we
need a place to live right so according to budget direct one of the most trustworthy sources
a three bhk house in sydney which is basically in the suburbs would cost you anywhere in between two
thousand seven hundred to three thousand dollars however the same three bhk in the city would cost
you about four thousand five hundred dollars whereas in melbourne if you are looking for a
3bhk house that is in the suburbs it would cost you anywhere in between 2200 to 2500
but if you are looking for a 3bhk in the city then it might cost you anywhere between three thousand
to three thousand five hundred dollars so we understand sydney is really on the expensive side
in terms of housing and accommodation because you know what sydney's population is high so demand
for housing and accommodation will be really high the prices have been skyrocketing like anything
so if you are looking to save some money on your every month's rent then melbourne is the way to go
let's talk about transportation now as an international student it's not mandatory for
all of you to purchase a car from day one right at least six months of your international student
journey here in australia you will be using your public transport and even after four years i'm
actually using a public transport i'm i i don't have a car i don't even know how to drive okay
anyways here in melbourne which is in victoria you will have a travel car that is called as mikey and
you will have two options for this mikey which is basically a travel pass or travel money which is
mikey pass or mikey money okay and we have multiple zones here in melbourne zone one
zone two zone one plus two and all of this we have special concessions and special discounts
however however if we look out if you if you look at it from an overall point of view um if
you have to travel anywhere in melbourne okay not the regional areas where you have v-line trains um
if you have to travel to how many other places in one full day it would cost you about nine dollars
so let it be your travel for 10 times 12 times three times four times in a day it would not
cost you more than nine dollars however in sydney here in victoria we call it as mikey but in sydney
we call it as opal car okay it's called opel car so sydney daily fair is about 16.5 dollars that
is almost double to what melbourne residents pay right um so in terms of transportation
public transport the daily affairs of sydney is extremely high than melbourne now that being said
if you are someone who has got a car and if you are looking to compare the fuel prices for both of
these the fuel prices are pretty much similar um you don't have much difference so yeah that's good
it's time to talk about the utility bills now when i say utility bills you your electricity
bill your water bill your wi-fi bill your gas will all of these uh bills come under utility
bills after living in australia for about four years now um i don't think so we pay a lot for
your utility bills but that again depends on how many people are living in your place and uh to
what extent are you guys using right if you are using it moderately and you have good number of
people in the house which is about four or five that means you wouldn't be paying much however
here in australia this is what generally happens okay sometimes um you pay your water bill and
gas bill three times once in three months okay uh electricity will also you have an option of paying
it by quarter which is three months or you can pay it every month personally we pay our electricity
bill every month and we pay our water bill and gas bill once in three months okay that's how we have
it here so if we have to compare with sydney and melbourne to utility bills you don't have much of
a difference it all depends on your individual usage uh rather than comparing two cities um
in terms of utility bills okay let's talk about the most important aspect which is groceries
now if you are talking about the staples as in the milk bread um rice and uh eggs right these are the
staples here in australia if you are considering staples sydney is going to cost you a tad bit less
not a lot tad bit less than melbourne however if you are going to talk about veggies and meat
both of these cities uh will cost you pretty much the same however let's say for example per person
per week if it's costing 40 dollars in sydney it's going to cost you about 35 in melbourne okay so
there's very slight difference not much again it all depends on how much you eat how much you spend
how how badly you go out and spend your money how do you save there are a lot of factors but this
is an overall um comparison right now coming to my opinion if you ask me sir and you tell
me whether sydney is good or melbourne is good as a person living in melbourne for four years
i would be quite partial to melbourne okay but if i remove that opinion and if i consider it
from an overall point of view i would say if you like really if you like places where you have
more people more crowded and then um if you don't like those calm places then go for sydney if you
want to have a laid back lifestyle um if you want to if you want to have if you want to enjoy
nature specifically then move to melbourne okay my personal preference would be melvin but again
it all depends on individual preferences right i hope this video was quite helpful and quite fun
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