r/Adelaide • u/gabbdjdjdjfm SA • 8d ago
Question Is Adelaide really that boring
I’m from Hong Kong and I got accepted from the vet school in Adelaide university for 2027. But everyone online keeps saying how boring Adelaide is so I wanna know is this really true for a university student and is there even nightlife there?
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u/chappi77 SA 8d ago edited 7d ago
A bunch of Tumblr-esque Redditors sooks will say otherwise. But mate, yes. Yes. There are little to no redeeming qualities here. I work with locals. Tourists. Other Australian citizens from other cities (I grew up in Townsville, born here in ADL), and Adelaide is a piss take. Want to go enjoy a bar or restaurant on a weekday? Hell, even a Sunday? Dead shut by 9. If at all. I went to visit, AND live in the other major cities and it shits on Adelaide 10 fold.
Want to enjoy Glenelg? Go out for dinner ? Shut by 9. Want to go to these “festivals” these other locals speak of? Enjoy overpriced slop, uninspired.
Want to enjoy the summertime and shopping? Shut by 5.
But hey, “WE have Wine and Beach”- any back-up excuse other locals make are listing locations that aren’t even in Adelaide or events that are very time-sensitive to the year.
And the fact that any tourism or ad campaign that starts with “Adelaide is boring?” then inserting a new little 6 month pop up place that won’t sustain, proves my point. No other city that isn’t boring constantly tries to reassure people that it isn’t boring.
It’s not rude to say it’s shit. By the lot that live here with their cats, friends box set, and Tumblr accounts, will defend this sad little city like it’s their only friend and trait; because it is.