Melbourne has a lively music scene. “But it’s a scene that is in danger of dying, according to some venue owners around town. The pub proprietors say that as house and apartment prices in the inner city have soared, home owners’ expectations have changed. The new, more affluent residents have important jobs, peaceful lifestyles to live. They don’t want to be kept awake at night by guitars and drums. Their complaints about noise to councils and liquor-licensing bodies are increasingly being taken seriously.”