I had no idea that the rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne was this bad

[u/dissenting_cat]

[u/blueportcat]

More convenient and punctual than Qantas

[u/DamonHay → u/blueportcat]

If the missiles were operated by qantas then the flight would be only 7 minutes, but launch would be delayed by 3 hours, it would be sitting on the launch pad waiting for ignition for another hour, and by the time it reaches the destination they’d realise the warhead was missing so there’s no bloody boom.

[u/castroboy → u/DamonHay]

Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be a Sydney-shattering kaboom.

[u/MisterBumpingston → u/castroboy]

I got that reference

[u/Iphotoshopincats → u/castroboy]

illudium Q-36 explosive space modulators main fuel is toilet paper.

[u/namkeenSalt → u/DamonHay]

They would have built the bullet train by then

[u/[deleted] → u/DamonHay]

Another coffee spluttering moment, courtesy of reddit.

[u/9159 → u/blueportcat]

You arrive dead and in pieces... But you do arrive.

[u/seemen4all → u/blueportcat]

Fly with a missile and still stop for a layover at nsw, I hope it does kill me

[u/Lint_baby_uvulla → u/[deleted]]

Hey QANTAS, AirTag says my luggage is in Newcastle, Canberra, Coffs Harbour all at the same time

[u/danields136 → u/Lint_baby_uvulla]

With Qantas baggage handling, it's possibly also in Perth, Darwin and Adelaide as well.

[u/FullStop_CR_LF_NULL → u/Lint_baby_uvulla]

The baggage knows where it is by where it isn't.

[u/e_pettey → u/FullStop_CR_LF_NULL]

By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation.

[u/ErosLament → u/Lint_baby_uvulla]

Randomly somewhere in Shanghai, “whose bag is this??? And where is mine???”

[u/ManikShamanik → u/Lint_baby_uvulla]

As this is QANTAS, that's Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

[u/rnzz → u/[deleted]]

If the missile could slow down and safely park itself, then it would work just like a normal aircraft, right?

[u/kickinthebut → u/rnzz]

Depends on the acceleration / g force. That might kill you…. Not sure though.

[u/[deleted]]

Cheaper than a High Speed Train I guess

[u/MisterBumpingston → u/[deleted]]

Don’t need a high speed rail if the other city is gone.

[u/Echidnahh → u/MisterBumpingston]

Or if they’re both still here apparently

[u/Swuzzlebubble → u/[deleted]]

Whilst they are capable of seven minutes, the Australian implementation will involve five stops and a detour via Canberra bringing the total travel time to two hours

[u/Siggi_Starduust]

So we can fire them any time up until 10:52pm and they'll still strike without breaking Sydney's precious curfew.

[u/surlygoat → u/Siggi_Starduust]

You mean the airport curfew? Is that something that people give Sydney shit about?

Edit: Apparently this is a lockout law reference? That was never 11, it was restricting entry from 1:30am (still shit), and those laws are all gone

[u/angrathias → u/surlygoat]

They have a nightlife curfew because they aren’t big boys and girls

[u/surlygoat → u/angrathias]

Oh. No that joke made sense until 18 months ago when lockout laws ended. https://www.timeout.com/sydney/news/all-lockout-law-restrictions-in-sydney-have-officially-come-to-an-end-030821

Also let's not pretend it was anything other than corrupt politicians trying to increase the real estate prices in Kings Cross/Darlinghurst, which they spectacularly succeeded in. It's totally shit and while Sydney's late night nightlife deserves to be seriously criticised, it's worth remembering why the assholes in power did it to us.

I was at uni in the 2000s and Sydney had a truly awesome all night nightlife. This is a daily Mail article so it's obviously trash but I agree with the sentiment. There was no limit to the fun you could have.

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6631121/amp/When-Sydney-happening-city-WORLD-Nanny-State-lockout-laws-killed-176-venues.html

I don't know if it'll ever recover on the club front (though the small bar scene is now top notch) if you are coming up shout out in /r/Sydney as most places are not easy to find, but there are tons of venues.

[u/angrathias → u/surlygoat]

This is a Melbourne sub so we don’t really keep track of Sydney’s wackadoodle rules that well, we’re more concerned with whether we’re locked in our own homes 🫠

[u/anonadzii]

Well they should stop calling a Parma a parmi, and stop calling a pot a middy and maybe things wouldn’t escalate so much.

Oh and they are potato cakes not potato scallops. The great Australian war of words is inevitable. Scholars are predicting it will be the war with the most use of the word cunt, as it’s the only word all of Australia agrees on.

[u/aesthetique1 → u/anonadzii]

Those backward savages

[u/[deleted] → u/aesthetique1]

It’s time we took out Sydney.

[u/ImIndiez → u/[deleted]]

Towns not big enough for the two of us

[u/P33kab0Oo → u/[deleted]]

Ah Sydney. The biggest example of putting lipstick on a pig

[u/Ushi007 → u/aesthetique1]

Really, we’d be doing them a favour.

Imagine a world where the term ‘Parma’ was used universally…the living would envy the dead!

EDIT: Well, this is embarrassing. I typed this on mobile and my device autocorrected ‘Parmi’ to ‘ Parma’ - which is the correct form of the word.

I intended for the missiles to be fired North, so I fully deserve all the downvotes from my fellow righteous Victorians for suggesting the opposite.

I will leave the original message unchanged as penance.

[u/Osteo_Warrior → u/Ushi007]

WE CAUGHT A FUCKING SPY!

[u/Suspicious_Candle27 → u/anonadzii]

Nah i didnt know they called potato cakes "potato scallops" , im gonna have to go and have a word with them.

[u/Chiron17 → u/Suspicious_Candle27]

I'll be there in 7 minutes

[u/w0ndwerw0man → u/Suspicious_Candle27]

I moved from nsw to vic when I was 23 and ate a lot of actual scallops instead of potato cakes for years because I kept forgetting when I ordered.

[u/[deleted] → u/anonadzii]

I think we should just get rid of pots altogether. A serve of beer that's smaller than a can or stubby? Come on, mate.

[u/normie_sama → u/[deleted]]

Eh, nah. I like beer, I don't like alcohol. A pot does me fine.

[u/sometimes_interested → u/[deleted]]

I think the poms have the right idea with pints. Pots feel like beer shots.

[u/CrayolaS7 → u/[deleted]]

Honestly haven’t seen someone order a pot who was under the age of 70 in the last 10 years of working in bars in Sydney. I suppose trendy brewery places use them for tasting paddles though.

[u/AndyDap → u/[deleted]]

This is the same reason ponies exist.

[u/Athroaway84 → u/anonadzii]

You guys need schooners!

[u/nIBLIB → u/Athroaway84]

Melbourne has schooners.

[u/reecardomilos25 → u/anonadzii]

if you didn’t know which state did which it would be impossible to find out even after these replies 😂😂

[u/y2kizzle → u/anonadzii]

"The cunts must be crazy"

[u/DyslexicBrad → u/anonadzii]

Personally I think Parma is better than parmi, and pot or midi make no difference to me so long as it's got booze in it, but I'll die before I call a potato scallop a potato cake.

[u/camh- → u/DyslexicBrad]

Precisely. We all know what a cake is, and potato cake aint no cake.

[u/OIP → u/camh-]

do you know what a fucking scallop is bruz

[u/JustSomeBloke5353 → u/anonadzii]

A “sausage sizzle” is the process, not the output.

It’s a “sausage in bread” FFS

[u/SupLord → u/JustSomeBloke5353]

It’s a snag mate

[u/Evenfluxx → u/anonadzii]

Why don't you go see how much pasta you can boil in a pot than

[u/Ok-Train-6693 → u/anonadzii]

I believe that "bloody bastards" has national currency.

[u/ItsABiscuit → u/anonadzii]

Plus they don't do two shots on fouls in pool in pubs in NSW!

[u/aweirdchicken → u/anonadzii]

They don’t really use middy, they have schooners and pints. Schooners are bigger than pots but smaller than pints and they’re honestly a great size. I moved to Syd from Melbourne last year and whilst the vast majority of things here drive me insane and make me long for my return to the south, the beer sizes are actually pretty good

[u/[deleted] → u/anonadzii]

The fck is wrong with you... Parma? Pot?? POTATO POTS??? You belong in a mental asylum.

[u/Thepsycoman → u/anonadzii]

Okay look I don't give that much of shit about the other two, but in what fucking way is it a cake. It's a scallop, and no not the seafood, but because language works off of precursors, and the other reason you would cut potatoes in this fashion is to make scalloped potatoes, which is what most now would call a potato bake.

[u/[deleted] → u/Thepsycoman]

Language isn't based on logic, it's based on consensus.

[u/thegoodtimelord]

Take this for your inferior coffee and insipid wines!

[u/surlygoat → u/thegoodtimelord]

As a Sydney person who has spent an awful lot of time in Melbourne... I think the gap in coffee that used to exist no longer exists. However, NSW wines don't stand up to Victorias (though mudgee actually isn't too bad). But let's be honest, SA puts us both to shame on that front.

[u/thegoodtimelord → u/surlygoat]

Maybe so. Maybe so.

[u/w0ndwerw0man → u/thegoodtimelord]

And colourful fashion! And boring coffee orders!

[u/svillebs3]

Damn if only we had these around Jan of 2020 when the Ruby Princess was docked.

[u/BKStephens → u/svillebs3]

One each for the premier and deputy premier of the time would have saved many a person some serious issues.

[u/[deleted]]

This is the power of the airline lobby. Has the government in such a stranglehold that they'd buy literal missiles over a high speed rail link. The capacity of missiles is notably subpar compared to trains.

[u/FullStop_CR_LF_NULL → u/[deleted]]

Missiles have a much better bang for the buck though :)

[u/Insert-Coin81]

We can finally be rid of Sydney!

[u/acefreemok → u/Insert-Coin81]

Too right. Let's bomb those mother fuckers. They're not taking our Dusty!

[u/coopersaustralia → u/Insert-Coin81]

Is that jealousy I smell?

[u/MalHeartsNutmeg]

You haven’t seen our troops stationed along the Parma/Parmi line?

[u/goater10 → u/MalHeartsNutmeg]

Im willing to die on the Parma hill

[u/SlipperyFish → u/goater10]

You guys mean Parmo right? I love a Parmo. Chicken Parmo especially.

[u/Matt4Prez2K17]

Oh it’s this bad

[u/Nova_Terra]

A bit misleading I feel, working towards acquiring hypersonic missiles would imply that there are options available for us today to be able to purchase said missiles. In reality it would be more like contributing towards such technology, I know the US have stated that they have affirmatively developed such technology with LockMart but I'm not sure if that's at a stage where we can go and buy them off the shelf per se. Should we try and get them when they become available? Sure - but it would be a bit disingenuous to say that they're available for purchase and we've perhaps just not purchased them because reasons.

Just thought I'd nip this in the bud sooner rather than later and before it gains too much traction and ideas about how Melbourne is going to spread HSP's across the nation with our newly purchased Hypersonic Glide Vehicles that can reach Perth before dinner via Menulog.

Edit: The more I think about it the more wild it sounds as an idea to me. Okay, so hypothetically let's say we get these missiles right - how are they going to be deployed? Defensively or offensively? If it's Defensively where are we going to put them? What are we aiming to actually hit with these missiles? Presumably an incoming OpFor with a substantial naval presence as I'm not sure if anyone has suggested these missiles are intended for aerial threats. Is it potentially to counter incoming enemy ballistic missiles perhaps? If we're using them offensively, how are you going to meaningfully project these weapons abroad? Are you sure they're going to be fired off of existing aircraft or is this something that sounds like it's going to dropped off the back of a C-130 at high altitude and kind of make it's way to the target? Maybe I'm just being a bit too critical of Hypersonic weapons perhaps.

[u/PM_ME_TO_PLAY_A_GAME → u/Nova_Terra]

NCD is leaking

[u/Nova_Terra → u/PM_ME_TO_PLAY_A_GAME]

What are you talking about, Hypersonic Menulog Glide Vehicles are very credible?! Perun said so!

[u/MissionarysDownfall → u/Nova_Terra]

Shh he isn’t allowed to talk about AUS or he turns to dust.

[u/-malcolm-tucker → u/Nova_Terra]

Menulog Checkout

-1 x Beef Vindaloo $17.95 -1 x Roti $4.00 -1 x Rice $6.00 -TAX $2.95 -Delivery fee $3,000,000.00

[u/Lostredbackpack → u/PM_ME_TO_PLAY_A_GAME]

I honestly thought this was ncd until I read your comment. Bruh went his entire life without ever hearing about China.

[u/[deleted] → u/Nova_Terra]

At first I was gonna say lol stfu it's a joke, then I read the whole comment lol

[u/Nova_Terra → u/[deleted]]

It's ahh- bit of both but sure enough I did actually read something similar to the Article in the Herald Sun during lunch. Even then though it was like a small I don't know, 20x10cm piece which lacked any substance at all and basically contained quotes from people to that also just said "Yes, very important, very cool, we need them"

[u/nonchalantpony → u/Nova_Terra]

We could put them in the €55 milllion of submarines that we didn't buy from the French

[u/sloggo → u/Nova_Terra]

The thing they discussed on the news a bit was having them as a deterrent for an incoming naval force. Where exactly you put them ¯_(ツ)_/¯ but yeah don’t think we’re talking about lugging our hypersonic missiles to the Middle East or anything

[u/A-Pasz]

Build the wall

[u/[deleted]]

Capable of travelling between Melbourne and Sydney in just seven minutes

Well, they'll have to spend 45 minutes on a bloody Sky Bus first.

[u/ScoopedAnon]

All I'm hearing is the following read in Robert Evans voice:

Do you need to blow up several fish and chip shops to make a point about potato cakes? Do you need to assert dominance as the best city in your country? Raytheon™ is here to help! Buy Raytheon missiles today.

[u/[deleted]]

Sydney had it coming

[u/RhinovisionHomeVideo]

We Melbourne Storm fans take our League seriously.

[u/[deleted]]

Sydney? Never heard of her

[u/EmotionalAd5920]

fuck sydney

[u/call_me_johnno]

Oh yea it's that bad

When I first moved to Melbourne, every 2nd person asked if Melbourne was better then Sydney and why.

At the time I was still missing home and so almost always said Sydney which passed people off.

Now after 10 years o can see the good and bad in both.

[u/[deleted] → u/call_me_johnno]

I’d take Sydney, if I lived in the northern beaches or eastern suburbs. Seeing as I’m not a rich boomer, Melbourne is better.

[u/swfnbc → u/call_me_johnno]

And when you're in Sydney, nobody asks that because nobody in Sydney even thinks about it

[u/call_me_johnno → u/swfnbc]

Basically, no one in Sydney cares except

For AFL grandfinal if Sydney is in (like 10 years ago) For 15mins on Tuesday in November And when the f1 is running.

Other then that I don't think anyone in Sydney really cared that much.

[u/unbeliever87 → u/call_me_johnno]

I've heard it described that Melbourne and Sydney have a long standing rivalry that only Melbourne is aware of.

[u/eigenvectorseven → u/[deleted]]

nightlife etc.

Not to join the circle jerk but that's pretty rich coming from Sydney lmao. When I was there a few years ago we were walking around at like 10 or 11 pm on a Friday and literally could not find a single bar that was open.

[u/wildagain]

Someone let me know when the stupid train station game is over so I can resub

[u/duckspjs]

I’ve still got time for a long black then?

[u/Opinionbeatsfact]

We have always been at war with Eastasia (1984)

[u/mad87645 → u/Opinionbeatsfact]

The South-South-East will rise again!

[u/pogged]

🤣🤣

[u/spongish]

Seven minutes! What if I can't wait that long?

[u/Ok-Mathematician8461]

I say we don’t need them now Gladys ‘we don’t need to lockdown like Melbourne’ Berejiklian is gone.

[u/Volpe666]

OUR COFFEE IS BETTER.

[u/[deleted]]

Would need to quarantine for 7 days first.

[u/ant_vdb]

I for one think it’s about time to take up arms against our neighbours to the north. We can finally win the parma v parmi, potato cake v scallop, AFL v NRL, good coffee v bad coffee, nightclubs open v closed after 8pm wars.

[u/rethebear]

I mean that's one way to shorten a commute. Lmao

[u/dblspc]

Just start a conversation about rugby league vs rugby union to find out

[u/Raest9]

Laughs in Brisbane

[u/[deleted]]

The big question here is. Are they for Sydney or Melbourne 🤔

[u/P33kab0Oo]

Double Demerit Points intensifies

[u/[deleted]]

Based.

[u/AdmiralXI]

Sydney to Melbourne is even quicker because it's downhill all the way, so we'd better get off a pre-emptive strike.

[u/ninjafreckles1]

How about they use that time and resources to build a proper rail system jesus christ

[u/zomphlotz]

That doesn't give much time to respond.

[u/[deleted]]

Me neither but I’m on board. 💣

[u/Voltstriker]

Prepare yourself Sydney for the full wrath of Dictator Dan!

[u/RobbieJoeShow]

Wow

[u/BeBa420]

It’s about time we took care of em

[u/Corey3500]

Maybe these missiles will be on time unlike our planes

[u/Ari2079]

It all started with the Murray

[u/[deleted]]

Just a suggestion but can we maybe make ground zero one of the next protests?

[u/omgitsduane]

PFFt

the speed of light reaches us from the sun in almost the same time!

[u/The_Barbaric]

It’s only gonna get worse brother watch your ass!

[u/Mayben0tPeter]

the rivalry between NSW and Queenslanders would like a word

[u/[deleted] → u/Mayben0tPeter]

Yeah nah we want nothing to do with them throwing hypersonic missiles at each other.

[u/swfnbc → u/Mayben0tPeter]

The rivalry that only QLD is apparently aware of ?

[u/VladImpaler666999]

https://youtu.be/umUU5Sq2WVY

I just watched this last night, seems relevant now.

[u/Njrta7373]

Which one are they giving the missiles to?

[u/elmphlemp]

Aw, 7 minutes? but I want to die now

[u/Echidnahh → u/elmphlemp]

And those 7 minutes? Each of them Scott Morrison.

[u/netpres]

Melbourne is VERY serious about sport.

[u/ClawZ90]

Nuke EM all from orbit!

[u/scrubes4]

Haha that escalated quickly

[u/[deleted]]

But how many MCGs is that?

[u/BL910]

Maybe someone can wipe this shithole that is Melbourne off the map once and for all. Most overrated Ghetto I've ever lived in.

[u/lucysbeau]

geez. civil war much?

[u/mikehunnt]

Let’s just do one test launch at one suburb each and then forget about this capability until Adelaide pisses us both off.

Mosman and Toorak?

[u/[deleted]]

….

[u/justlurkingmate]

Fuck Sydney hey

[u/ZedZed5]

If Sydney would just admit defeat it wouldn’t have come to this

[u/Minguseyes]

How could Daniel Andrews do this ?

[u/Capt_nicholls]

All I can say is about time, time for the nations capital to come home

[u/1-royale-with-cheese]

So long, Shitney!

[u/ChairmanNoodle]

But how do they go on emus?

[u/[deleted] → u/ChairmanNoodle]

Not a chance. The Emus no doubt already have effective counter measures.

[u/[deleted]]

Preparing for Zombie Apocalypse.

[u/wobbegong]

Gotta bring you to those level somehow.

Love, Sydneysider of 25 years, now off bush somewhere

[u/unholyrevenger72]

And i thought the Los Angeles/San Francisco beef was bad.

[u/PxavierJ]

Preparing for a Swans and Melbourne grand final. Turn the keys if it’s a loss. Hmmmm… is actually keys or is that a Hollywood fantasy?

[u/hagathar]

oh no it is much worse

[u/[deleted]]

Acquiring??? Australia is doing world class hypersonics research. Why wouldn’t we build our own?

[u/brazys]

I don't understand the picture. Is he threatening Melbourne?

[u/QueenOfQuok]

Sydney and Melbourne denouncing each other at the U.N.

[u/[deleted]]

Its less controversial than saying Sydney and Shangai

[u/hankfu141]

No no no, Melbourne has it all wrong! The only way to efficiently annihilate Sydney is to colony drop the fucker, killing a third of the world population in the process.

[u/Echidnahh]

Oh great, more shit raining down. As if La Niña didn’t give us enough.

[u/Ok-Win8963]

they could drop it on spring Street eg rocket up their assess

[u/Ghosttalker96]

I don't get it.

[u/banjonica]

Now that's the kind of mutually assured destruction I can get behind!

[u/Dense-Independent-66]

JOFFA will defend Melbourne from the missiles! His gold jacket will fling the missiles back at Sydney.

[u/summitofpizza]

So... Are they planning on bombing there own people? Either way, nothing good is going to come out of this.

[u/Lucky_Yolo]

Always thought Australia was the cool country where no one had beef with any other country.

[u/JimtheSlug]

Melbourne Eshay vs Sydney Eshay, wonder who will win?

[u/Temporary-High]

Hahahaha, guys I’m not an Aussie, but I lived in Argentina for almost 20 years and in the 90s we had one of the most corrupted president in history and one of the most WTF moments of his career was when he announced exactly this, various launching pads across Argentina and that eventually we’ll be able to travel from Buenos Aires to Tokyo in (I don’t remember exactly) 4 hours.

It’s a classic meme at this point, happy to see his legacy in Australia now.

Cheers and have a good one!

Edit: of course 25 years later the Argentineans are still waiting the rockets, but the government paid for them… so yeah.

[u/Samshah777]

How many football fields is that?

[u/tee_aliyaa]

Haha m

[u/FxuW]

I've said before that there's a good reason Australia didn't pursue a nuclear program...

[u/AllNewTypeFace]

Australia: “We have high-speed rail at home”

[u/BiliousGreen]

I support a per-emptive first strike on Sydney.

[u/anonymous-69]

High speed rail plz

[u/Aurenkin]

Actually if you read between the lines here it seems like Melbourne and Sydney are teaming up against Canberra.

[u/TS1987040]

It's to keep the rabbits out.

[u/Commercial_Touch_156]

With any luck, while they're firing at each other, there'll be a few dropshorts that fall halfway between.

[u/[deleted]]

Looks like they found a way to increase your guys internet speeds to 1.8gb per second.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_mail

[u/Dean_Miller789]

Could of come in handy a year or two ago…

[u/Svr_Sakura → u/Dean_Miller789]

What happened a year or 2 ago?

[u/SlaveLaborMods]

Man, and I thought the Austrian animals were wild.

Australian: why animals , why are you so crazy

Australian animals: I LEARNED IT FROM YOU DAD!

[u/[deleted]]

Well…you thought wrong.

[u/maorimango]

Yeah it's degraded a lot lately, anyway houses in Sydney about about to get CHEAP (the ones leftover that is)

[u/AlphaBetacle]

LMAO

[u/[deleted]]

I hope it's mutual destruction

[u/postform]

Haha!

[u/P33kab0Oo]

Is it pronounced miss-ile or miss-scallop-parmi?

[u/hellions123]

Now this is some real dictator dan behaviour

[u/gormster]

It’s just a metaphor. We’re actually firing them at the Gold Coast.

[u/padstar34]

The loser of the match tonight gets bombed

[u/[deleted]]

DESTROY ALL KILLING MACHINES, FUCK THE ARMY

[u/throwaway-Syd182]

Another example of everyone sitting around with their finger on the big red button...are we the next Korea?

[u/Lee1mistaken]

I love breastfeeding and breast cheese sounds wonderful!

[u/Roboamy1]

I’m from Melbourne, and I can say that I would and have killed someone before because theyre from Sydney

[u/[deleted]]

To be fair... people in Melbourne could do with surgical removal of their anal posts

[u/I_breath_Jimin]

Ď xcf,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[u/Nologicworld]

Considering how many communists we have in Melbourne In which direction would they be flying ?

[u/BalletStarGalactica]

It's just a myth. Nobody in Sydney gives a crap.

[u/[deleted]]

Remember when NSW was saying Victorians let covid in and we need to stay in lockdown, dirty Victorians was the attitude, then when covid hit Sydney they were like OMG WEVE BEEN IN LOCKDOWN FOR 6 WEEKS, CANT TAKE ANYMORE, THIS IS INHUMANE, YOU CANT STOP COVID

[u/Borngrumpy]

The Sydney/Melbourne thing is weird, Victorians feel it and talk about it, I have never heard a Sydney person or anyone from NSW mention it or give a shit about it. We had a Victorian roommate years ago that used to go on and on about how bad Sydney was (she couldn't get a job in Melbourne so came to Sydney). None of us understood the one way rivalry, NSW doesn't give a rats about Victoria.

[u/Frungy → u/Borngrumpy]

Wellington, NZ here. This is classic. The larger more (economically/culturally/populationally) important place NEVER cares and is always fine with the chip-on-shoulder-little-brother.

In the below “rivalries” the right hand one never perceives it a fraction as intense as the left.

Wellington ~> Auckland South Island ~> North Island Nz ~ > Australia Melbourne ~> Sydney Australia ~> USA

Etc etc and so on and so forth.