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Melbourne lifestyle wins but at a price
It might be one of the best cities in the world to be a student, according to international rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds, but Melbourne is not all it’s cracked up to be say some residents. Melbourne was beaten only by Paris, London and Boston, according to the QS Best Student Cities 2012 list, which took into account the quality and number of universities, as well as affordability and quality of life.
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If you are an international student, you pay three times more tuition fee compared to domestic student. At least some domestic students could move back to their parents’ house to save on rent. And still going to bars and pubs when you could not afford rent? Parking fees are expensive so what’s new? What’s wrong with taking public transport?
It would be good to get an international student’s perspective here. There is a feeling out there that we see them as walking money-bags, where the only concession available to them is… I can’t think of anything.