I hate to disappoint, but here in Australia, we don't actually have kangaroos in our backyard. In fact, all I have in my backyard is a small patch of almost-dead grass, a soccer goal for my brother, and a netball hoop for my sister. Oh, and a barbecue.
But that's about it. No animals of any kind.
I live in an average sized house on a street full of other average houses and some apartment blocks, approximately 7km (that's about 4 miles) from the "city", in a cozy little place referred to as suburbia.
The local strip of shops has a McDonalds. It has a Starbucks. It has a couple of supermarkets, some mobile phone stores, about 50 cafes, smoothie stores, and various other fast food joints. There's a train station, a couple of nightclubs, some bookstores, some hair salons, and a bakery or two. Go there on a Friday afternoon, at, say 3:45pm, and you will not be able to move amongst swarms of school age kids streaming out of McDonalds and Starbucks.
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This article is Melbourne based, and yeah, cities like Darwin and
possibly Perth are a bit more rural and bushland-y than other
capital cities, but it does a good job of breaking down the
kangaroos-in-the-street, Steve Irwin-esque stereotypes some people
have. Although, it does make out like we're all an hour from the
beach. To get to a nice, non seaweed covered beach takes 2 hours
in a car from where I live! I love Melbourne, the city, though.