Frankston, Melbourne

If this place was in Europe, let alone London, it would be millionairs all the way. As it is you could buy a huge three bed house here for less than 100,000 pounds and be right on the beach and in the city.
It has definately the pretiest bay beach in Melbourne. Gorgeous yellow sand, clear and clean water, jetties extending hundreds of metres out to sea and boats sailing past. Beautiful!
Plus it’s in town. If Frankston was considered a seperate city, which it is not, it would be the second biggest in Victoria.
It’s a thriving place and only 40 minutes drive to the centre of Melbourne.
So what’s wrong with it?
It has a reputation for being filled with drug addicts and chav’s. Unemployed people and bogans.
The reality is very different to this reputation. Frankston High school has a great scholastic and sporting reputation. There is a thriving arts community. There is an enormous amount of new development and new opportunity.
Frankston is not included in the Lonely Planet guide book at all (for this snobby reason) and is almost never visited by tourists.
Cheap, beautiful and exciting. Check it out!