Really now. Source? Most would say it was arguably the other way around.
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Goodness no.
Particularly those who live in the outer suburban areas of Australiaâs three biggest metro markets.
Although I wouldnât characterise all Triple M listeners as bogans, judging by a lot of the content which airs on the Sydney station I do get the impression youâd probably be more likely to hear 104.9FM blasting from radios in Penrith, Mt Druitt and Rooty Hill rather than Mosman, Potts Point and Point Piper! 
I wasnât aware that New Zealand even had any form of âboganâ culture.
Outrageous Fortune and Westside are full of bogans!
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You obviously live in PonsonbyâŚ
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From wikipedia:
âWestieâ predates bogan , originating in Sydney in the 1970s to refer to people from that cityâs western suburbs. ⌠âWestieâ is now in wide use in many cities and towns across both Australia and New Zealand , where it especially refers to the denizens of West Auckland.
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Lol. Used to. Until relatively recently!
If you can highlight the bit where it says New Zealand I can highlight the bit where it says Australia! 
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Just trying to point out that NZ bogans prefer to be called westies but theyâre still bogans. 
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Iâd venture to suggest that Australian bogans arenât too thrilled about it either, Iâm sure theyâd prefer to be called something else. But youâre right theyâre still bogans.
As for NZ, apart from west Auckland, thereâs a big chunk of south Auckland plus most of Upper and Lower Hutt.
(This post contains broad generalisations which may offend bogans and westies)
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What about Bris/Adel/Perth⌠As their western suburbs are generally more affluent than othersâŚ
Are they called âeastiesâ or âsouthiesâ etc?
Thatâs why the term âboganâ which originated in Melbourne has become the preferred option universally. Also, westies in Sydney moved to other areas and became cashed up bogans.
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True, thatâs why they call parts of the Central Coast, Mount Druitt by the sea⌠not to mention some of Sydneyâs northern beaches.
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Yes indeed⌠when I first arrived in Brisbane⌠bogans were called âbevansââŚ
Though we did hear the term bogan on shows like the Comedy Company.
Getting back to the earlier point though⌠interesting to see how high-brow other countries are compared to usâŚ
For example, Radio 4 in the UK is the 2nd most listened to station nationally (behind Radio 2)⌠ABC RN rates dismally in Australia (because thereâs so many bogans), meantime RNZN has the highest cume nationally in New Zealand (a station with much more in common with Radio 4 and ABC RN than ABC local radio).
So not only fewer bogans, but a greater percentage of listeners who want quality/intelligent programming.
Returning to the topic of MMM metro⌠their mix of bogan music/bogan talk/bogan comedy/ bogan-talk sport seems perfect.
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Radio 4 UK is not that similar to RN though? RN is more like an even drier NPR.
I like Fran Kelly and PK but thatâs about it. The schedule is too confusing and too niche shows.
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In Brisbane the inner west is affluent but the outer west and south west isnât (eg Ipswich). Logan City between Brisbane and Gold Coast is the bogan epicenter though, along with the outer north - North Lakes and Caboolture.
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Back in the 1960s and 1970s the Central Coast was a popular holiday destination for Westies. Of course no Triple M then 
, just 2GO.
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I think comparing RN to Radio 4 UK or RNZ without including the crossover with ABC Local is very misleading. You have to add a chunk of ABC Local to the RN figures for a fair comparison.
Also comparing demographics between Australia and NZ is a bit silly. Theyâre broadly similar but Australia still has an overall higher standard of living and much higher average incomes and wealth (both median and mean wealth per adult) So our bogans are richer lol
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Cabo is so much more bogan per capita than Logan. Logan has some culture, Cabo is like a Mad Max scenario.
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Yeah youâre probably right. Morayfield too.
There are some quite ok parts of Logan.
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I only heard bits of Richard Stubbs on 3MMM breakfast this week.
He sounded like he fitted straight back in and although he probably has never worked with Mark Howard before they seemed to have some real natural banter and chemistry. Rosie and Stubbsy sounded like they were old friends, guessing theyâve probably worked together many years ago or at least crossed paths in the old Austereo corridors??
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