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Eight Places To Be In Melbourne If You Like Books, Booze, Games And Clothes

According to Australian comedian, broadcaster and writer Paul Verhoeven.

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Eight Places To Be In Melbourne If You Like Books, Booze, Games And Clothes

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Words and choices by Australian comedian, broadcaster and writer, Paul Verhoeven.

Being a nerd in Melbourne is remarkably easy, but it’s somewhat harder to be a stylish one.

Without meaning to, I seem to have pigeonholed my aesthetic as ‘hipster nerd’, which I’m fine with – I have no beef with hipsters, and I’m a proud nerd. But how do you combine the two, in a city with an abundance of style options? Here’s my list of places I go to in order to foster my irritatingly specific look.

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