悉尼的东南西北---- 一个商人的视觉

happy888

看到一篇有意思的文章，讲的还真是那么回事儿。。。
Gerry Harvey is a billionaire entrepreneur. But while many of his peers flock to Harbourside yachts, he has based himself in the west. Here he explains why...
SYDNEY is a city divided into four: You’ve got north, south, east and west and we notice in our stores the different type of people in each one of those localities.
I was selling meat the other day in Harris Farm’s markets in Broadway Shopping Centre and the week before in Pennant Hills and the week before in the north shore and there was a difference in the people. They’re all nice people but there’s a difference.
Eastern suburbs people tend to be more difficult to deal with. If you deliver a piece of furniture that’s got a slight scratch they will make a bigger fuss than anyone because they’re very into service.
Eastern suburbanites are a particular breed. They don’t like to go outside their boundaries. They don’t mind an overseas trip but if you mention Parramatta they say Where’s that?’’ Then there’s the inner westie"
which is a western suburbs person on the way to being an eastern suburbs person. The only reason they’re not there is because they don’t have enough money yet.

Then you go to the southern suburbs, where I think some of the nicest people in Sydney live. They’re regular people. They’re easy to deal with. They’re not difficult. They’re more typically
Australian’’ — whatever that is. More salt of the earth types.
Then you go to the north shore. In the beaches they are beaches people. When we bought the
‘‘ Steyne Hotel in Manly it became very clear that we were in among them and if you do it their way they’ll support you.
North shore people see themselves as quality citizens but in a lot of cases they’re living beyond their means. They save and work hard and overextend themselves so their kids can go the best schools.
And they always dress well. Someone on the north shore will always look nice even if they’re 70 and just going down to the shops.
Then you go out to this place, the west, where you’ve got your real average Australian—which is every nationality you can think of.
And it’s fascinating if you’re a salesperson dealing with all different people because it’s so different. In a day you could talk to 15 different nationalities.
And I just find them interesting to talk to: You’ve got this great cultural diversity that people in other suburbs don’t quite appreciate until they get out here and experience it.
If you want the finer things of life and go to art galleries and top restaurants and overseas trips that’s fine. I’d rather food from my vegie patch.
I like ordinary people and I don’t care what nationality they are or what suburb they live in. I just like hard-working ordinary people who have no airs about them, no graces, and their motives are simple. You can see through them easily — there’s no deceit.
You can see it in their eyes, see it in their speech and the way they carry themselves. They’re just decent people, whether they’re rich or poor. They’re just decent people.
West is best: Gerry is a frontier man
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happy888

东西南北中你在哪个区？你所接触的人是不是那样？我知道北区的人的确如此

自游自在

第一次看到西区被表扬了.

自游自在

很多鬼佬都认为蓝山民众素质普遍很高.

astina

Eastern suburbanites are a particular breed. They don’t like to go outside their boundaries. They don’t mind an overseas trip but if you mention Parramatta they say Where’s that?’’
作者语气很嘲讽 : )

happy888

原帖由 astina 于 2011-7-28 11:24 发表
Eastern suburbanites are a particular breed. They don’t like to go outside their boundaries. They don’t mind an overseas trip but if you mention Parramatta they say Where’s that?’’
作者语气很嘲讽 : )

是的，这句话最幽默最经典！ 夸奖了你， 也嘲讽了你！

dickson

原帖由 astina 于 2011-7-28 11:24 发表
Eastern suburbanites are a particular breed. They don’t like to go outside their boundaries. They don’t mind an overseas trip but if you mention Parramatta they say Where’s that?’’
作者语气很嘲讽 : )

东区人向来看不起西区人民的

[ 本帖最后由 dickson 于 2011-7-28 18:34 编辑 ]

idontknow

咋没表扬一下山区人民

JuJu

我们同事里住在北区的被大家戏称为"North Shore snob", 住Northern Beaches的则被戏称为racist, 当然这个是在大家关系很好的前提下的玩笑.

天天天晴

曾经听过一个住东区的人说： PARRAMATTA? 那是猪住的。(paopaobing(14))

白雲山民

怪不得豬肉這麼貴了。