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[–]ChunkeeguyTeam T*RF Fuck Yeah[S] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Rural Tasmania is somewhat redneck but otherwise no it’s not backward.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

A study just came out where they found that about half of Tasmania's population is illiterate and their income is about 26 percent under the national average, making them the poorest state. Maybe not backward, but not forward either.

[–]ChunkeeguyTeam T*RF Fuck Yeah[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yes I saw that, It's a bit scary. It's definitely underdeveloped by Australian first world standards but if you went to Tassie you wouldn't experience a rednecked backwater unless you went looking for it. A bit like far north Queensland. Although you wouldn't have to look so hard there.

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I haven't been down there yet, but I can imagine you'd have to go out of your way to find the backwater parts, maybe in the mountains?

[–]ChunkeeguyTeam T*RF Fuck Yeah[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's all pretty mountainous but some parts are very remote from civilisation in the western half.