Cities, Pandemic, Lifestyle
Here’s How Melbourne Turned Out to Be a Depressed City.
From the most to the least liveable city: what happened to us?
This is my poetic description of the pandemic in Melbourne, Australia, where I live.
Lock-down, recession, pain, depression, and suffering are the terms to describe life in miserable Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia, aka down-under.
Stage four has been imposed on us with punitive enforcement.
We are locked in our houses and apartments; we hardly can breathe.
Yes, the government is proactive in keeping the economy healthy.
But, our people feel punished by losing freedom of life in this misery.
Melbourne has turned out to be a dead city.
I have been living in Melbourne for over three decades. I have never seen this city so miserable and inactive.
What happened to us?
I have no clue.
Melbourne is a city impacted the worst by the pandemic.
What is wrong with Melbourne?
This beats me.
What I miss the most is playing with kangaroos and koalas. But we cannot travel more than five km. No wildlife in less than five km!
I gave up the wildlife pleasure but was concerned with questions when picking up medication from a pharmacy ten km away from home.
Yes, we save petrol, and air pollution is reduced.
However, curfew enforces after 8 PM. Even a restricted number of visitors turned us into antisocial.
And we need to consume more gas and electricity to warm our houses in this miserable winter.
We cannot walk without a mask; hefty fines apply.
Even some neighbors put masks on their dogs and cats.
No children in the streets.
The silence sounds scary.
Factories are closed. Offices locked. Many shops shut down.
Cafes, gyms, and many other vitality places are not serving customers.
Fortunately, I have my fitness gear and a trampoline at home to keep me fit.
I keep myself busy with calisthenics at home during this pandemic.
I am wondering how business owners survive.
Once we were thriving, now we are struggling with surviving.
There is no vitality in this, once a vital city.
Yes, we are working from home and still productive.
Yes, there are some benefits, such as more writing and reading times which are the most therapeutic activities for me.
But not many people like writing or reading. Aussies love sports and adventure. How can they experience adventure in lock-down?
I am wondering what our active Aussies are doing to enjoy life.
Misery is touching on many of us. Yet, I am grateful for not having the worse.
Once, one of the most liveable cities on earth turned out to be a sick city, almost dying from a lifestyle perspective. Melbourne has turned out to be the least liveable city from the most. “If you imagine the entire city of Melbourne as a COVID-19 patient, then it has now been placed in intensive care”. [Source]
What did we do to deserve these consequences?
I have no idea.
I am not angry or upset yet concerned.
I am wondering what other cities are suffering like Melbourne.
Sure, we are not the only ones.
Knowing this can be a consolation to us.
2022 Update: I finally got a virus after being so careful since early 2020.
So did my partner in 2021.
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