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On one hand, they're a more liberal country than we are, but on the other hand, it seems more acceptable in Oz to like things like car racing, pick-up trucks, etc, than it is in America outside the South.
On one hand, they're a more liberal country than we are, but on the other hand, it seems more acceptable in Oz to like things like car racing, pick-up trucks, etc, than it is in America outside the South.
I was looking at youtube for American Redneck but there were too many videos to chose from and I gave up.. so does this mean ALL of American culture is redneck?
I was looking at youtube for American Redneck but there were too many videos to chose from and I gave up.. so does this mean ALL of American culture is redneck?
Just as Not ALL Australian culture is bogan. There's just as many people who dislike Aussie car culture as those who love it.
Some of the culture I guess you could call redneck(which is not necessarily a bad thing). I think Australia is fairly conservative as well across the general population.
Some of the culture I guess you could call redneck(which is not necessarily a bad thing). I think Australia is fairly conservative as well across the general population.
the operative word is 'some'. The OP' language implies its all of Aussie culture.. this I disagree with. There are elements in both countries that may be deemed 'redneck' but to make a statement implying that ALL of Oz as redneck would be inaccurate.
Bogan would be our version of the American redneck, I would think. And bogans can be found all over Australia, not just in a local equivalent of a Deep South.
Definitely a Rev-head type mentality here, amongst a lot of people, not just who you'd label 'rednecks' either. A Ute would be the preferred mode of transport for a bogan, versus a pick-up truck, although a Holden Commodore or Ford Falcon is more popular and practical.
Hooning - driving recklessly, too fast, burning rubber, revving the engine - is very popular, in all neighbourhoods. Friday and Saturdays you can hear them for miles. And after a rain - they're out in force, spinning their wheels. That was extremely rare behaviour in Canada, and I never heard or saw that in any American neighbourhoods we stayed in. Here all too common. I often envision myself with a shoulder-launched RPG and taking these idiots out, but luckily for them it's just my overactive imagination.
I suppose we're conservative in some ways, not so in others. More swearing on tv and in real life than what I've seen or heard in the US. More accepted nudity & sex on tv than I saw even in Canada, which is viewed as more liberal. I'd say Canadians are more conservative in their dress sense especially for office-wear, and I'd say Americans would be more conservative that way too. It took a while for me to get over my shock at seeing young women in tight, low-cut tops in the office. You'd be sent home to change in Canada if you wore that. Definite no-no.
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