Middle Class
I grew up in the outer suburbs in a Mcmansion with upwardly mobile Howard-voting parents and garden view to ‘Fountain Lakes’ shopping centre. Boganism is in my gene pool.
A new blog called Things Bogans Like (inspired by Stuff White People Like) attempts to map out exactly what does and does not constitute Aussie Boganism.
The site is run by a group of young men who live in inner-Melbourne, go to music festivals and art galleries. Certainly, the fact many working-class people now have money and live in big houses has been making the intelligentsia uncomfortable for quite some time.
Continue reading "A bogan’s revenge: 10 signs you’re an inner-city tosser" »
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