Melbourne/Naarm

1 Flesh-eating bacteria

• Flesh-eating bacteria encroach upon Melbourne: Buruli in Victoria

2 “Naarm”

The city is reputedly known as Naarm in the Boonwurrung and Woiwurrung languages (although it is complicated). Naarm has advantages in that the way local English-speakers pronounce Melbourne is baffling to outsiders, and disadvantages in that it has little brand recognition. Also, I suspect that the way English speakers say ‘Naarm’ is incorrect¹ The very-woke use ‘Naarm’ exclusively. Anti-woke hipsters use ‘Melbourne’ exclusively. I personally think that arguments about naming things are a quagmire and will call this city whatever the current context demands.

3 Veg boxes

• The Flying Zucchinis
• CERES Fair Food
• Good & Fugly
• Farmers Pick
• Melbourne Food Hub
• Pino’s Fine Produce

4 Incoming

• SOUND SYSTEMS OF MELBOURNE - EL GRAN MONO
  

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• Melbourne’s Missing Middle

  Melbourne’s density drops precipitously from high-rises to single-family homes, with very little medium density between. Melbourne’s Missing Middle’s signature recommendation—a new Missing Middle Zone—would enable six-storey, mixed-use development on all residential land within 1 kilometre of a train station and 500 metres of a tram stop—building an interconnected network of 1,992 high-amenity, walkable neighbourhoods.

  Melbourne’s Missing Middle envisions Parisian streetscapes across all of inner urban Melbourne, along our train and tram lines and near our town centres. Gentle, walk-up apartments, abundant shopfronts, sidewalk cafes and sprawling parks replacing unaffordable and unsustainable cottages.

• The Paris End

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