To the rest of Australia there is one Sydney - the city responsible for dragging the country back into another round of Covid lockdowns.
But to residents, there are two Sydneys: the stricken west and southwest Covid epicentre which is subject to curfews, onerous restrictions on movement and troops on the streets; and the rest of the city where cases are few and regulation much more discreet.
The battlers of the south-west feel they are are doing everything asked of them by authorities: staying off the streets and out of local shops, leaving local businesses on life support as trade is sliced by 80 per cent in some cases.
They are even getting vaccinated at some of the highest rates in Australia.
People in the south-west, which has several of Sydney's Local Government Areas of 'concern', feel they are are doing everything asked of them by Covid bosses: staying off their streets and out of local shops, leaving local businesses clinging on while their trade is down 80 per cent in some cases
Bankstown newsagent Vivienne Vo is one of many business owners struggling in Sydney's as the lockdown and a constant police presence continues to bite
That was acknowledged in Tuesday's daily briefing by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, announcing Blacktown had gone from one of the worst-performing suburbs for vaccinations to one of the best.
Hundreds ignored freezing temperatures and pouring rain to stream through vaccination hubs on Tuesday, including Sydney Olympic Park.
'This is too important,' forklift driver and father of two Sukhwinder Singh told Daily Mail Australia as he waited for two hours in 10 degree temperatures and heavy rain for his wife to get her first jab.
'My background is from India and I know what it's like there,' said Mr Singh, 34, who lives in Parramatta.
The first freedom that Khamma, 17, wants back when restrictions ease is to be able to see her cousins. She was one of many who said they badly miss their family
Nadia, from a bakery at Auburn, was one of many workers in the south-west who got vaccinated and follows Covid guidelines even though she feels rules such as the curfew around her LGA is unfair
Accountant Anna skipped to her local Bankstown cafe for a coffee and spoke about how 'ridiculous' she feels the curfew is
Forklift driver Sukhinder Singh, who is fully vaccinated, waited two hours for his wife to get her first vaccination at Homebush today. He lost two family members to Covid in India this year
His mother-in-law and a cousin died from Covid this year in northern India as the Delta strain emerged in the nation before sweeping across the world.
The Delta strain may have now spread to his adopted country too, but still he says 'we are very, very lucky to be here'.
Vivienne Vo, 51, a Vietnamese mum who has heroically paid for her son to study law by working 16 hour days for 20 years at the Bankstown Plaza Newsagency, is getting used to the police trying to 'scare me'.
Ms Vo has a medical exemption for not wearing a mask because it causes her anxiety so severe that she can't control the crying it causes her.
'But every day the police come and scare me,' she says.
'You have to have a very strong mind to get through this.
'If I stay home I'll die from not being able to pay my mortgage, or from Covid, so just let me choose, I want to do my job and pay my bills,' Ms Vo said.
Police in Sydney's south-west carrying out QR code and contract tracing list checks on Tuesday
Bilal earned just $40 last week and is afraid to drive outside the 5km radius from his home - even though his job is driving a taxi
The city's greater west not only lives with the danger of Delta, but has also at times been the subject of accusations and anger from the government, with NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard earlier this month slamming the 'ignorance, stupidity and entitlement' of residents who would not obey restrictions.
But most are doing the right thing, and yet feel they're getting punished all the same.
All they've got so far is even tougher lockdown restrictions - such as the 9pm-5am curfew
