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People around the world have been quick to dismiss Australia’s version of ‘what growing up poor looks like’ as an international trend proves Australia is better off than we think.<br>Australians have hopped on the ‘what growing up poor looks like’ trend and shared their photos of what they believe poverty looks like Down Under.<br>One Australian said that wearing Kmart shoes, living in an overgrown home, going to school in demountable classrooms, using a non-Apple phone, and driving a Holden Commodore as features of ‘growing up poor’ Down Under.<br>Other videos under the trend name living in housing commission, living off of two-minute noodles, shopping at Vinnies or , and spending $5 on fuel at a time.<br>However international commenters were quick to shut down the Aussie’s woes by comparing the standard of living in their own country.<br>’In my country this is somehow upper class,’ one person wrote. <br>’That’s poor in Australia dang, in Philippines I think that’s mid class,’ another commented.<br>  Several Aussies wrote that shopping at Aldi (above) or Vinnies is a sign of ‘growing up poor’ amid a new online trend<br> Several commenters came to the defence of campers after the online trend ‘growing up poor’ labelled Aussies who camp for holidays as broke<br>’You can’t be poor in Australia,’ another said.<br>’In the Philippines we have no car and motorcycle and our house is made from bamboo but we are not poor,’ another wrote.<br>Aussie commenters were quick to laugh about the video and left their own versions of what ‘growing up poor’ looks like.<br>’This is the most realistic one I’ve seen,’ one person wrote.<br> The videos show images of what it looks like to ‘grow up poor in Australia’ and often include Kmart shoes (above)<br> Several other videos under the trend name living in housing commission, living off of two-minute noodles, using a non-Apple phone (above), shopping at Vinnies or Aldi, and spending $5 on fuel at a time<br>’Nothing in the cupboard so tomato sauce on bread,’ another said.<br>’The shoes were so popular in grade four,’ another person commented.<br> RELATED ARTICLES

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However several other commenters said the things in the video weren’t exclusive to people ‘growing up poor’ and actually reflected the middle-class in Australia.<br> Several commenters said the video which chose an overgrown home, Holden Commodore, Kmart shoes, Huawei phone, and demountable classrooms was more accurate to Australian middle-class<br>’Camping is what all Aussies do though and that house right now is probably worth a bit too,’ one commenter said. <br>’Some people like living simple like that,’ another wrote.<br>’Lol that’s literally not poor the house looks decent, even has a car,’ another said.<br> Co <script async=”” website class=”art-ins mol-factbox news” data-version=”2″ id=”mol-c646b820-e55f-11ec-a8c1-43a90bcc7737″ website reveal what it is like &apos;growing up poor&apos; Down Under

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