A young British backpacker living in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has taken to social media to share his impressions of the city’s contrasting neighbourhoods.
The 21-year-old, known on TikTok as Chambothetraveller, moved from Britain to Australia in March and documented his experiences working as a tradie.
In his recent videos, he shared blunt opinions about the cultural divide between Sydney’s posh eastern suburbs and the working class west.
After visiting areas such as Blacktown and Mount Druitt, he claimed residents of the western suburbs were ‘much nicer’ than those of affluent eastern areas such as Bondi and Coogee.
“I just finished the tour of all the dodgy places in Sydney, and I have to say they might be rough, they might look a bit s**t, but the people are just a lot nicer,” he said.
“Like I’m getting a bit tired of living in the eastern suburbs like your Bondi or Coogee. It’s just full of w*****s.’
According to the young backpacker, conversations in Sydney’s eastern suburbs lacked warmth and revolved around activities such as morning runs and acai bowls.
“They were just sitting there like ‘oh, I just ran this morning, I just did this, this morning, I just got an acai bowl’, fuck you fancy pr***s,” he said.
Chambothetraveller claimed people living in Sydney’s western suburbs were ‘nicer’ than their eastern suburbs counterparts
In contrast, he described locals in western Sydney as friendly and attentive, claiming people would ask about his day and offer help.
“Everyone I spoke to was bloody golden and I felt very welcome in Mount Druitt,” he said.
‘Definitely not the nicest area in Sydney, but lovely people… all in all a big seven for me.’
He attributed the cultural difference to a disparity in wealth among the suburbs.
“They (people in the eastern suburbs) have been given so much money that they think they are better than everyone else,” he said.
After completing a ‘tour of all the dodge places in Sydney’, the 21-year-old described the people in Blacktown people (pictured) as ‘golden’ and ‘beautiful’
He branded residents of Bondi (pictured) and Coogee as ‘posh pr****s’ and claimed money was the reason they weren’t as nice as locals in Blacktown or Mount Druitt.
Chambothetraveller highlighted just one problem with the western suburbs: the presence of ‘eshays’ – a subculture characterized by young Aussies who wear designer sportswear and occasionally engage in anti-social behavior at train stations.
Many Sydney residents agreed with the young backpacker, saying people in the city’s western suburbs are generally friendlier and more down-to-earth than those in the eastern suburbs.
“We’re unreliable, but we’re the nicest people in Sydney,” said one.
“That’s why I love Western Sydney. The genuineness and sweetness of the people here make it an underrated gem,” a second person wrote.
“People in western Sydney are much more honest and down to earth,” said a third.
A fourth added: ‘So true. I lived in an eastern suburbs for five years, the last four have been spent out west, I absolutely love it, so much better and a lot friendlier.”