I'm not surprised that Americans don't quite know where Melbourne is. In fact they don't even know where most major European countries and cities are located. When I was last time in the US (about 5 years ago) a lot of them were convinced Australia was one of the states in their country.

To Edgar,

Of course everyone's experience is different. For me, almost all of my friends from overseas left Adelaide over the last 4 years. Only two weeks ago I lost my best friend who moved interstate after not being able to find a job here for over a year. Within approximately half a year since ...

Of course...Rhino is right...He said what he was expected to say. I doubt that he would switch Melbourne for Adelaide. After one month of big events Adelaide will return to its lethargic state whilst Melbourne will continue to thrive. There is no point comparing the two cities: they exist on ...