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We're sorry. Actually, no we're not.
Hobart's whole cultural identity is a gambler's art museum with a poo machine, built by a man who has joked that he did it to impress women. Locals defend David Walsh like he's the Pope, but let's be real: your city got its reputation from a blackjack nerd's vanity project. MONA buses run the place, and the mayor is basically a mascot.
Hobart spent decades being called inbred by the mainland, then fixed its image by hosting a deep-winter festival of blood, red crosses and naked solstice swims. That isn't shaking the stereotype, that's doing a victory lap around it. Nothing says 'we're not weird' like 1,700 people skinny-dipping in the Derwent at dawn for art.
Hobart is spending over $1 billion on a waterfront stadium for an AFL team that won't play a real game until 2028. This is a city where people argue about a pothole for six years but will torch a billion dollars on a footy ground. The Devils have no games, no premierships and no history, so the culture is clearly well established.
Hobart holds nearly half of Tasmania's population and is still the least-populated state capital in the country, which is like winning a hot dog eating contest against two toddlers. You've got a deep harbour and a mountain that's the only thing taller than your ego, while the waterfront is built on reclaimed land. Even the mainland looks at you and thinks 'at least I'm not that small and cold'.
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