Is Rusty POOR????? (Bluey Theory about Rusty's Family and House in Bluey Season 3)

[@aussiegirlmargie]

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[@Antares383]

@@solarflare967 I just wait for someone like you to first reply nice for you to reply what she said in the comment section you got my attention mate. :)

[@Tahasuperrockstar]

As real Rusty's family are poor 😮😮😮

[@monotonehell]

There's also the consideration that they might be renting.

[@Antares383]

@@FIREtheDARKcatDragon I wish I have one but I’m hoping to get a Australian cattle dog one day.

[@BrandyCattle30]

@@Antares383 you mean one that looks exactly like mama???

[@laceyjo89]

Id imagine that Rusty's family might have bought a more humble home compared to others, since being in the army, rusty's dad could get stationed somewhere else unexpectedly, so investing in a larger, nicer home to then have to sell it wouldn't be worth the trouble for them.

[@alphaomega7191]

Very possible they dont own but rent a Defence Service home near the barracks. Thats very common.

[@Roeseii]

to me, this seems like the most plausible! It would also make sense why they're able to pay for Rusty to go to Calypso's school with the rest of his friends, because his mother's putting more money into her childrens education

[@benhirst3819]

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[@RussetPotatoSizedBee]

I think a big hole in the "Rusty's mom works" aspect is that argument him and Indy had in Mum & Dads. "Moms don't work they stay home and look after kids." I think if Rusty's mom worked he wouldn't have defaulted to this kind of view. Where it makes sense for Indy to say that moms work since we see her mom working a booth in the tooth fairy episode.

[@aussiegirlmargie]

You bring up a good point, of course this happened when they were around the age of 6 and before Jack was at school. So it is possible that over that next year Rusty’s mum did eventually get a job which is why she couldn’t pick Rusty up a lot and he had to hang out at jacks after school

[@RussetPotatoSizedBee]

@@aussiegirlmargie Also very true! There is a good cannon year to work with. Especially if Dusty finally became old enough to go to primary or day care, she'd have her days open!

[@memo-fq3ps]

That's a good point, plus it's possible that the reason the mom wasn't able to pick up her kid every day is because she had to look after her youngest daughter or she just wanted an extra hand with the kids and a chance for Rusty to hang out with Jack after school. I knew a lot of kids who would carpool with other kids' parents or take the bus home, despite many of them having two parents with one of them staying home, mostly because it just makes things a little easier for the mom and the kids are happy to be with their friends. Otherwise you have someone like my mom, who would always pick me up late, because she was very insistent about me not taking the bus home, despite most kids at my school doing so, because she was afraid that the bus would crash while I was in it or that I'd miss my stop. She didn't work, but she was often busy with my younger siblings or would lose track of time, hence why she picked me up late (I'm sure it also had to do with having too much pride to admit that she might need help), so I don't blame moms like Rusty for not picking her kids up every day if she is a SAHM.

[@RussetPotatoSizedBee]

@memo-fq3ps Anxious mom club!!! Mine picked me up everyday after school for similar reasons. She was also super scared about me being nabbed up if I walked home. Even when I walked with friends.

[@yanderefangirl8317]

@@RussetPotatoSizedBeeI took a different street going home once when I was in elementary school. I was told it was a shortcut, but it wasn’t so I ended up being late going home. My parents were so worried that they showed me and my sister pictures of children who were missing. FYI, we didn’t live in a very good neighborhood at the time, so bathe fear of being kidnapped was shared amongst all parents and their children.

[@millersam07]

I know everyone loves the adults in this series, especially Bandit and Chilli, but I think it's important to note that the only reason Bandit is able to do so much work from home, take all that time to play with his children, and for them to even have all those toys, IS because Bluey's family is extremely privileged! These girls are growing up with thee best schooling, access to healthy food, present parents, a safe neighborhood. This is literally a look into "what can life be like for the privileged kids". I love this show, and I love it's rep of different "people" like the deaf community, and the ADHD children. I don't expect it to take on systemic poverty, climate refugees, or unfair political systems. Hell every child should get to grow up like Bluey, but I think it's important to remember that this is a life literally only the most privileged families can even hope to afford.

[@aromaladyellie]

I expect those are topics that would be touched on but not deeply explored. The show has implied miscarriage and infertility, and directly mentioned premature births with Indy's family. It's touched on abandonment issues and childhood depression with MacKenzie.

[@-servalcat-585]

Dead community!???

[@dtoons1100]

“CLIMATE refugees?” Lol

[@extremedarkfull]

I also love the representation of the dead community

[@millersam07]

Lol thanks you everyone for pointing out my typo. Though there was that episode with the dead budgie ;) so yeah the dead community is represented

[@MlpLover14]

His dad worked in the army, so I’m assuming that would boost up there money. Although, since he was the army, Rusty’s mom would have to take care of him and Dusty, so it was probably stressful. And I’m guessing that he’s spoiled because In the episode wild girls he said he had a new quad bike.

[@ravenschippers8267]

rusty could also be just pretending he had a new quad bike since i recall him saying that in the wild girls game where they played pretended. My assumption with the socio-economical state of rusty's family is theyre not wealthy but they're not poor either, a sort of upper middle class wealth. also the family could have bought the house back when it was cheeper when rusty's brother was still younger or could have been the house rusty's father owned before he met his wife. idk about ausie military and how they care for their active soldier but there is a chance that rusty's dad being a vet could have helped in getting the house.

[@asheronthedruid]

Rusty is definitely not spoiled, he doesn't act like a spoiled child at all. Muffin acts like a spoiled child and she is often shown with brand new toys like the electric car and often refuses to share, but not Rusty.

[@BelicTransporter]

Rusty receives a present from Willy Wonka and it is...... A Barbie doll and Barbie boxer....

[@Greifus]

The kind of school Rusty goes to isn't cheap though? So I am doubtful that he comes from a low income background. His family looks pretty typical middle class, so I think they are doing modestly well for themselves.

[@Antares383]

Yes to be honest it is a private school and they are pretty expensive in Australia.

[@erikalopez8684]

Maybe they get a discount having a family member military idk how it works in Australia but that’s how it works in the USA

[@aussiegirlmargie]

If we are getting super technical the actual school it’s based on is only $4000/year….which is technically cheap for a private school in Brisbane (and in the US to be honest)

[@jadesimmons2080]

Maybe she’s putting the majority of her money towards the school so her children can have a good education and life

[@Confused-.-.]

@@jadesimmons2080thats the cutest and sweetest thing ever

[@Pinkotica]

If I’m honest I like the idea of rusty being poor because I grew up rather poor to in a 3 bed two bathroom house that often had to many people in it for the amount of space. I think Rusty’s parents both working can be reason for both sides of the story him being or not being poor because maybe his mom works to allow rusty to go to the school he does/ afford their house. And maybe the house is a family house? That they had before the market rose which would fit into the timeline because their eldest son is a preteen/teen. I feel like making Rusty’s family poor makes them more relatable and I kinda hope it’s true as bad as that sounds 💀😅

[@cdfranklin1599]

I agree. I think it would be nice to show kids that not everyone is as privileged as their peers and thats ok. Maybe Digger had a bad experience in grade school so she went to work to be able to afford a better school. Maybe they were able to afford it at first but when the prices went up she had to go back to work, hence him saying moms don't work in season 1. I think it all fits in the timeliness well. I wouldn't say they're poor persay, but lower income than Bluey's family & I think that would be good to show to let kids know that its ok.

[@BelicTransporter]

Rusty have a Hello Kitty shirts and shorts from Wonka

[@gerogegerog5926]

I doubt they’re poor because Rusty’s father is in the Australian army which pays 150K a year and he is also wearing a green beret in army which means he is in a commando regiment which would explain why he is on deployment to a foreign land because he has the particular set of skills. And the Australian defence force increases pay for commandos and special forces

[@SeanTheOriginal]

And how much of that "increased pay" is Rusty's dad forced to use, out of pocket, for his own mental healthcare? If he's that far up the military chess-board then he HAS to have PTSD. You don't get that far in a business who's sole purpose is killing people and NOT have some form of trauma.

[@Movie_Duels473]

@@SeanTheOriginalan army’s sole purpose isn’t to kill people 🤦‍♂️ very basic and uneducated point of view. If you really want to go into it, I would assume Rustys dad is in his 30s or 40s meaning he would’ve possibly been deployed on operations in afghanistan which doesn’t necessarily mean he would have post traumatic stress disorder

[@Movie_Duels473]

@@SeanTheOriginalalso the army has professionally trained officers to help with counselling soldiers

[@BelicTransporter]

Willy Wonka sends to Rusty a Hello Kitty toy and funkos

[@fae206]

I’m not privy to Australia but in America there are a lot of army families who live near basis and a good portion is paid for by the army. Sometimes depending on the rank the families of American soldiers get free housing. Also, there are supposedly veteran bills that help veterans get affordable housing, Rusty’s dad isn’t a veteran but you didn’t touch on the reduced costs for army soldiers and families

[@Jigglysaint]

My thought is that yes, housing and Rusty's school are somehow being taken care of, or partly taken care of by his dad working for the military. I also think that the overall economic and possibly other issues that are present in our world are less so in the Blueyverse. Honestly though, it actually really makes me think about the backgrounds of all the characters. Like Coco. Big family right? Does that mean they have money? I highly suspect that Honey's parents have money, but are also part of a higher social class than say Bluey is. My evidence for that one comes from Spygame where you can see all the mums sitting in regular chairs, except for Daisy who is sitting in a giant fancy chair. And here is something about Winton's dad, AKA Cornelius. He is divorced and lives in a house with a pool which indicates wealth, yet we see him selling toffee apples at the Market. Now Markets was made before Helicopter, so it's possible that at that point they hadn't nailed down the character(or the story). But in the end though it doesn't matter since from what I understand, Aussies really aren't too keen on social standings or who does what or how much they make for a living. Quite frankly, I love the idea of a school that even though it's private, it's not one where kids are bullied for their background if they are different than the others.

[@fae206]

@@Jigglysaint I’m English and I love the UK but social standings are, ugh,

[@princesspikachu3915]

@@Jigglysaint I’m poor as heck. Living on a working class income that my husband brings home. I can’t work on account of severe nerve damage. And yet we have a good sized swimming pool. Above ground with a deck that has water resistant coating. And we also have a 5 year old. We don’t get any assistance. No family help. No food stamps. No medical. We live paycheck to paycheck And yet we have a very nice pool with a very nice deck. And our house is nice for a rental. We are lucky to have an old man as our landlord who is old school in values and rent prices. 3 bedroom $400 a month in a quiet country area.

[@dianeziembicki2918]

Yes part of being in the armed services here in America the soldiers get housing. They can give that benefit back and live on the base housing or post housing. They can also take that benefit and live off post or base. If the rent or mortgage is larger than the benefit that has to be paid out of their regular pay. Often soldiers buy homes and rent them out if they get transferred to a different base. Most move back to that home if that’s where the want to retire. Depending on Rusty’s dads rank will depend on his pay and benefits. They longer your in the bigger your pay and benefits. My dad was retired Navy & my son in law is retired Army.

[@BelicTransporter]

Rusty have a My Little Pony and Hello Kitty dancing and Wonka sends you a Super Rusty Wonder for Switch.

[@AngelJuliet]

I really appreciate how you break down Australian things that people from other places may not get right away. Really makes me appreciate the show that much more.

[@BelicTransporter]

Willy Wonka sends to Rusty a Asian hornet honeycomb, Papa John's 10$ gift card and a Hello Kitty backpack

[@Goat81093]

I don't think Rusty's mom works cause remember when Rusty said to Indie "Moms don't work they stay home and watch over kids" A kid with a working mom wouldn't say that

[@aussiegirlmargie]

Yeah but that was back in season 1 and before Jack came to the school, technically a year or more has passed in the Blueyverse since then. So it is very possible that his mum was a stay at home mum but has decided to go back to work

[@Goat81093]

@@aussiegirlmargie oh right time flows in this show I forgot lol

[@kaylabrownell1268]

My SIL was a stay at home mother but when my niece turned 3, she went back to work.​@@aussiegirlmargie

[@gabriellavedier9650]

Given the time frame seen in Movies, and the fact that they had to buy the house even earlier, I think they bought near the barracks while it was cheap and that they're a lower middle family. About the school? My family was lower middle, and I went to a private school. You make these kinds of decisions for family.

[@alphaomega7191]

Many defence service personnel rent defence service homes relatively cheaply near barracks - they may not own the home at all.

[@zuglymonster]

I definitely think they're lower middle, while Blueys family is upper middle class. Stripe I definitely think is upper middle class

[@alphaomega7191]

@@zuglymonster - Yeah thats about where I would place them.

[@BelicTransporter]

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[@kassiebork]

I like to think of Rusty's family as maybe a lower income family because it makes it more relatable to me honestly!! Like if you consider that they could've gotten the house before the prices sky-rocketed and that they put their money into the kid's schooling, it can make sense :] Financial situations can always differ, so they could just have moments with a lot of money either from saving up or whatnot and moments without much. It's how my family has been growing up. I think its nice to see all types of financial situations being shown.

[@BelicTransporter]

Rusty have a Hello Kitty boxer and shirt received from Willy Wonka

[@CallsignEskimo-l3o]

As a Serving Member, Rusty's father would be entitled to subsidised accommodation through Defence Housing Australia. These are generally modern properties with multiple living areas and bathrooms. The unusual thing about Rusty's house is that the kitchen overlooks the front yard rather than the back yard.

[@alixinthemiddle]

They probably aren’t as financially comfortable but they also probably aren’t poor. They get by and are content with what they have. Clearly if they wanted to buy a bigger house they’d be able to sell theirs for around the same price as everyone else and get a nicer house no problem.

[@asielmilian38]

They're more middle class.

[@BelicTransporter]

BelicTransporter sends to Rusty a Roger Waters collection and Metallica shirt and Hello Kitty guitar from Ludo Studio

[@thomasford2032]

She didn't mention how there are some circumstances where the army will partially pay for your housing depending on the position you have if you have been moved to be closer to say a military base and if the purpose in being moved was to closer to the base.

[@spectacularkidshow770]

I love how her purple pigtails look like cute dog ears!

[@ellieadkinson3657]

I don’t think he’s poor. I think he JUST lives in a country area. We grew up in the country, and we were in decent shape for money. I love this episode and THIS video too.

[@MultiYogibear]

the less maintained cricket pitch that Rusty, Digger and Tiny play at could just be because Digger and Tiny are teenager's (or close enought) and go to the pitch with less parental eyes on it

[@curiousKuro16]

I'm about half way through and wondering if maybe his parents like the neighborhood and spend money on experiences? I had an aunt that raised 3 boys in a similar postwar house and used the same cars for decades and the kids wore hand-me-downs. But they always went on vacations and never worried about college and were in lots of clubs.

[@michawandzel4046]

I did a calculations about when Bluey take pleace and these my results: 1988 - Fairytale 2012 - Baby race 2018 - Season 1 2019 - First half of Season 2 2020 - Second half of Season 2 and season 3 to episode "Tina" 2021 - Season 3b and 3c

[@iyedabidi5304]

that would imply that bluey is 9 and bingo is 7 in the newest episodes, and idk about that, but it still could be true

[@AvaR-dd2fd]

I think baby race was in2014-2015

[@lucymcangel255]

It's so strange to see every single thing Rusty's house have being called "poor" while they're exactly what a medium class house (including mine) in my country would look like ☠

[@houndreactions4453]

Maybe his family bought that house at the cheaper rate. When the price of the house changed it changed the economic status due to the equity

[@aussiegirlmargie]

Fingers crossed that would be the case!

[@alphaomega7191]

@@aussiegirlmargie - Could be a Defence Service rental to be honest. Lots of those near bases and it would explain why previously it has been indicated they were from the Bush. It's quite common given Defence Service personnel can move quite large distances. It fits with all the other info we have been given. Both Rusty & Jack look like where they live is a little further down the totem pole than many of the others. So a slightly too small a house near an Army base does gel with a rental and maybe indicates that Jack too lives in that slightly more down market area. I dont think they are necessarily poor but the location is probably more for practicality than anything else (close to where he is stationed). The prices now everywhere are high as you indicated but being able to afford those extra few hundred thousand difference is very difficult to get loans for so even if they own it's probably safe to say they are not as wealthy as many of the other families shown.

[@houndreactions4453]

@@alphaomega7191 my argument is only that the school Rusty attends is a very expensive school. Having wealth in equity and not cash could allow for things like fancy schools as long as they live within there means.

[@alphaomega7191]

@@houndreactions4453 - It's actually only about 4K a year. So about 75 a week - given pre school childcare is in general a lot more than that I dont think thats a huge issue. Especially since there is some level of support from the Government for military families on those sort of things. You could well be right in terms of equity if they bought the house but given the Australian housing market a house of the value shown is cheap in an Australian capitol city. If they were to sell and cash in on that equity you dont get much in a city for it but could buy quite well in the country. If they own they would be lower middle or middle class at a push, if they rent it sort of depends if they own property elsewhere. In general all we can say with any certainty is they are neither dirt poor or particularly wealthy.

[@houndreactions4453]

@@alphaomega7191 that’s why I think it’s the case they probably reevaluated the loan to get some extra money for emergencies allowing them to do things like better schools. Also who pays by week. It’s a 1868 dollar check a term so 7470. That’s a lot

[@rubiksfaq9214]

I remember reading on the Bluey subreddit that these events likely were set in the past, so there’s a good chance the 20 teen years like 2018 or so would be the accurate time period for these prices

[@bafg182]

I assumed Rusty’s house was defence housing if his dad is stationed overseas. I think the odd thing is how he is sent to a Steiner school. I assume Rusty’s family is more conservative than the other families in the Blueyverse (based on Rusty’s personality and his dad’s profession) and a Steiner school seems like a poor fit for a kid like Rusty, who we have seen appreciates order and discipline (with his interest in the army and sports) over less structured creativity and play (a big part of Steiner education). For kids like Bluey, Mackenzie and Jack, Steiner seems like a better fit for them.

[@featgorgon3985]

It’s possible his mom does work a civilian job on base, that’s what a lot of military spouses/family members do, hence why there are days where she isn’t able to pick him up and he has to go to Jack’s house, military working days are usually all week with the exception of weekdays, with days off and exceptions for holidays of course, explaining why there are days where she can pick him up from school and days where he has to go with Jack

[@Lavendeer201]

3:11 everyone has to wash SOME dishes by hand lol

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

You can make a lensless monocle by poking a needle hole to look through. Business cards are a good thickness for it. I like using egg carton bits

[@elijahe5224]

I thought about this a bit so I was glad that you made a video about it, I'm still not quite sure. I want to say they aren't due to the schooling situation and other elements you spoke on.

[@elijahe5224]

I'm gonna miss rusty week, hope we get more of him soon.

[@Dystnine]

Had a house like that as a chilhood home. Pretty cosy. I miss it.

[@itaricalderon4337]

I really don’t think they are poor, but maybe middle class, it could be that they chose that house cause the army would help with expenses, like a retribution for choosing to live close. About the private schooling, my brother and I used to be on private schooling while being lower middle class, we couldn’t keep it up for our whole education since it was a big burden for my family every month. They pushed us to have good grades which gave us an scholarship and they payed early, both helped with the costs. They wanted us to have “good foundations” like learning different languages and being more closely watched, but after elementary school we went to public schools, they still tried to get us to the bests public schools they could, and pushed us to do good in the placement tests. Where I live getting into a good school and keeping good grades means you basically already have a place on the top 1 university of the country.

[@karencarter18042]

I think your reason behind Rusty's mom working does not hold up. I think she does cause a lot of military families need the non-military parent to work especially when the military parent is overseas (or whatever you say for a military person to be in another country). The fact that Dusty is younger does mean she should never be left home alone. We do see that when Bandit has to go for a work trip Chili has to change things and not let Bluey go to Honey's house ( I did wonder why she could not go home with Honey's parent and get picked up later) so Bingo can still do her activity. We can not be certain that Rusty's parents could make the same thing happen, so in fact need Jack's parents to help pick up Rusty.

[@aussiegirlmargie]

I think it’s cause they said he went to Jacks a lot that year, implying that he hung out at jacks after school for a bit so it wasn’t just a lift home, he needed somewhere to stay for a while too that was supervised. We’ve seen Rusty’s mum pick him up from school before without Dusty so it’s possible she is in daycare/kindergarten based on her age as well

[@karencarter18042]

@@aussiegirlmargie So you don't think that Jack lives close enough to Rusty, that Rusty could be asking to play there until dinner time.. I think since we never see Rusty's mom or dad picking him up while having Dusty it is more likely that it is not possible to pick up Rusty while they have Dusty( but since this is the first time we see Rusty's family we don't know if Dusty could be picked up after Rusty) . I do wonder how far of a distance do Australian kids can live from their schools, but with Calypso's school being private there may be a difference from what a public school would allow

[@alphaomega7191]

Most likely scenario is that they are from the Country and Rusty's dad was posted to the Gallipoli Barracks before deployment. It's also very likely that the house they are in is owned by the Department of Defence and they are renting that's pretty normal for defence service families as they can move locations quite a lot in comparison to other families. I think in general on what we can see they aren't dirt poor or anything but they are probably a bit lower down the totem pole than people like Bluey's family. Same goes with Jack to be honest - there are some indications from this episode that their yard is a bit problematic and that like Rusty they are maybe a little bit poorer and cant afford the more upmarket homes.

[@kingboo_8304]

i’m so sad i missed the live! i was waiting last night but overslept lol

[@anthonypang7927]

I know lots of well off people who refuse to use a dishwasher I also know many rich people in australia who live in more "worn out" looking homes but chose it due to location The capital cities have seen big gentrification too and i know many people who are anything but poor but siblings will share a bedroom I dont think rusty is poor, nor loaded A

[@aussiegirlmargie]

Yeah the gentrification in the major cities has become insane the last few years! We couldn’t believe how much it’s affected Brisbane when we were looking to move back. Can only hope it all eventually levels out again

[@rafh603]

I definitely wouldnt consider them poor. I feel like its good that the show has depicted a different style of house and life thats still very "Brisbane" though.

[@pricelessppp]

A Aussie American sponsoring Morgan and Morgan? 😂 love the show for real and that’s a big sponsor!

[@Tvhiti]

I like to think all of them bought their houses prehousing crisis so they all didn’t pay that much lmao BUT I do think Rusty is solidly middle class. His dad seems like a working mans man, and if they came from the bush (they’d be country people where I’m from!) they may have wanted a more reasonably priced second home close to the base!

[@MlpLover14]

Although, I’m no Aussie so I can’t tell you the cost of a quad bike lol

[@aussiegirlmargie]

It’s definitely not cheap! A couple of 1000 of dollarbucks

[@crissbunch3349]

when will the new series be released? I can't know anymore

[@lestatsluver666]

I think your missing a huge point….as an Army family they could very well be living in defence housing. We moved around every two years as navy kids. Mum and dad certainly didn’t buy each time, we lived in the housing the defence force provided. By the way the dad’s letter talked about heat up north it sounds like they have had to move at least once in recent years….perfectly plausible

[@alphaomega7191]

Good pick up on the heat. It could also indicate they are originally from North Queensland and perhaps thats where Rusty's dad was originally stationed. There are a lot of Military bases up there. I agree that it could be a defence service home.

[@Alice_was-here_1999]

I kinda think his family might be well off but most of that money goes towards their home, school and life style so the don’t have much leftover

[@asielmilian38]

They seem more middle class.

[@ExistingSmiles]

I live in a not so nice part of LA (well it’s LA a living here in general would not be cheap) but seeing rusty’s home and neighborhood look like mine was very comforting! (me and 4 sibs have our own rooms but still)

[@BelicTransporter]

3:59 Bandit stung him by an Asian hornet

[@ijustdocomments6777]

There are people in the rural US who'll spend their money on land and vehicles, equipment, farming, etc, and live in a trailer. Obviously they have a ton of money they're spending but they are choosing how they spend it based on their priorities, typically to not go into ridiculous debt. Getting those vibes from Rusty's family.

[@sweetie1986]

Not just Australia. I’m in Ontario Canada, and my row townhome that i bought new for $239k (3 bed 2 bath, double car garage but no backyard) sold 10 years later (2011 - 2021) went for $850k, and now in 2023 is estimated 1.2m now. It’s ridiculous

[@florahuang5923]

The house being more expensive currently theory would definitely make sense but as we know he has a older brother so they might've bought the house when it was cheaper

[@Torivic]

Are the high prices of houses in Australia the reason of why people are moving out to US or somewhere else? And, since you used to live in Australia, do you sometimes feel homesick, after Bluey show decided to base on real-life locations a lot?

[@aussiegirlmargie]

I constantly feel homesick and the cost of living being so high is one of the reasons we havnt gone back to australia yet. It definitely is a factor that people consider when leaving australia especially to work and live in Europe or Asia which has a much better cost of living

[@ororomunroe8170]

I think its a safe assumption that Rusty's family is significantly lower on the tax bracket than other families, but calling them poor is definitely a stretch. Poor definitely gives off the vibe that they are impoverished, when they're really not. What they are, is working class, which doesn't surprise me at all. From a US perspective I had to do a little research because I'm not familiar with the salary of Soliders in the Austrailian military, nor the cost of living in and outside of Brisbane. However what I did find definitely supports the idea that while Rusty's family are far from poor, they're definitely still Working Class. Rusty's dad's starting wage In the military would have started at around 48-50k and assuming he would have had this career since post high school, its reasonable to assume that his salary would have gone up to 60-65k in the time passing. *However* on the wiki it mentions him having a green beret that *COULD* reference him being a commando for the 1st Commando regiment or the 2nd Commando regiment, which would put his estimated Salary at around 85k IF it's canon that he is a commando (the green beret could solely be for design purposes) So Rusty's dad makes at minimum 60-65k or if canon, a maximum of 85k. Rusty's Mum, I don't think works meaning they're living fully off of Rusty's dad's income. As far as housing goes, its reasonable to assume it was purchased in the late 2000s coinciding with the GFC, and subsequent housing crash, and would probably have ranged from 100k-180k (possibly low 200's). Which can all be comfortably afforded on a 60k salary. The year the house was bought plays a huge factor. Even though NOW they're worth upwards of a 1M, the family that bought it for 180k doesn't automatically become 1M richer. When my family bought our house, we bought it for 94k (Outskirts of a city, 4Bed, 2Bath, 1800sq ft) and 8 years later sold for 160k. 4 years later, its estimate is around 260k. We couldn't buy that 260k house today, but we owned it while it went up 10s of thousands in value. Adding kids into the mix significantly raises the general cost of living, but I can't properly calculate that due to the range In ages from Rusty and his siblings, as well as their respective birth years and inflation. But still affordable (I know this because I grew up lower working class with 2 other siblings and we did in fact manage to own). As far as having property in the Bush, that could be a whole range of things. Even if they did buy it, property in an undeveloped and uninhabitable area (like the Bush), would be unearthly cheap with low taxes (considering they kept it undeveloped and only camp there occasionally). What is also likely is the land was in the family already, and they don't really "own" it. Schooling is an interesting factor to consider here because as you said, that is an expensive school to send their child to. In my experience that would have never been in the question for my family. My guess is they either had a low income grant, or a military scholarship. Obviously my limited research could have been better, but it's a simple theory I wanted to look into, and it yielded some very likely results, but we won't know for sure unless one of the creators wants to confirm like they did with Chilli's Miscarraige. I think the portrayal of Rusty's living situation is extremely intentional, and probably represents one of the writers or creators childhoods growing up working class in Brisbane. I appreciate the varying economic statuses of the characters, and how the jobs of the parents reflect that. Better yet, none are portrayed in an "unhappy" way.

[@NaturallyVenomous]

I don't think Rusty's family bought their house this year. I think that maybe they bought the house around 4-ish years ago when the market wasn't so bad. Now they just happen to live in a million dollar home 😅

[@TheBirthHistorian]

Do they have married quarters in Australia? In the UK around military bases they have some housing owned by the MOD that is rented to service personnel for below market rate.

[@donaldthompson9544]

Eunice:..My Mum & Dad built their first house 🏡 in Ennogera have photos of it..😊

[@suesylvestersrightshoe]

Off topic but, idk why but it seems that even in Australia the houses are at crazy prices especially since they are small, could be how old is it as well. House prices are crazy here in the states too, even small ones.

[@RexThatDude]

2:07 I noticed something so on the episode of bluey , octopus it shows that they bluey goes to Chloe’s house and it funny because Chloe is a Dalmatian and there’s a movie called 101 Dalmatian’s and that’s there house number

[@yawstrichgaming2010]

If Rusty's family is poor, does that mean they're in debt?

[@evanluck1229]

Not necessarily, it just means they have low income

[@aussiegirlmargie]

Possibly just low income if they did buy this house years ago

[@yawstrichgaming2010]

​@@aussiegirlmargiewhat do i do if I can't open the NordVPN site?

[@Nickelbag610]

I've known poor families who sent their kids to a private/ better school. Now in my experience seeing this and the people my mom would hang around they'd usually achieve this by drug dealing; this was before the opeit epidemic. While I don't think at all the show was implying this I know for a fact a family can be poor and still front a nice life to an extent. Especially if they inherited the house and a bunch of other loop holes I won't go into details about. But I think Rusty might just be middle class. But I'm not Australian so idk maybe that is lower class to them.

[@tekartsu2051]

The Bluey Map shows the episode The Pool to be around Rochedale, which would mean that Stripe's house is in Rochedale.

[@littletallon]

Wouldn’t an army family get army housing in Enoggera?

[@aussiegirlmargie]

It’s always a choice if you live on base housing or out in town. You usually get a rental payment depending on your rank but that does not usually cover the full cost of rent of a house nearby unfortunately

[@lady_gwen]

Not quite accurate. You can live in DHA housing (Defence Hoising Accosiation), which provides a 3-4 bedroom house for about $600 a fortnight (every two weeks). This amount is based on your pay grade, and houses do get a bit nicer as you progress through the ranks. Very few (say only 1 or 2 tops) actually have a "marriage patch" or an area on base where the families live. Most bases require all families to go through DHA for their housing in proximity to the nearest base.

[@lady_gwen]

This is by far the most likely scenario (have a few mates who are military so I understand how it all works)

[@aussiegirlmargie]

@@lady_gwen yeah my husband is military so I was going off our experience but it is different for each force

[@maplebunny3089]

She was shocked about Australia home prices girl US is the same freaking ridiculous.

[@Beadedbycaela]

I love your hair Margie!

[@shannonflahertycardo1163]

Rusty is my absolute favorite Bluey character!

[@superdaisy3dworld46]

I can’t see all those episodes in America😢

[@aussiegirlmargie]

Hopefully these will also be out before October!

[@S3f2g8]

so if bluey livs at the top of a hill then haw does shy hav side by side nabers?

[@sarahbarnett1658]

From San Antonio, Texas. Has no idea what The Bush is. We have the poor area being West Side and W. W. White. Would I be correct in guessing it's like this?

[@mystcblue1980]

If ya don’t live in Brisbane , you wouldn’t know how living styles are in Brisbane and other suburbs. I lived in coorparoo and my dads place is old house that yes doesn’t have a dishwasher and had the old style cardboards you mentioned. But also coorparoo also had tram lines through it even through Capalaba . My dads house holds by tram tracks.

[@tookieran]

I’m guessing that they actually rent the fibro-shack and own the farm in the bush. Also, the ADF pays for a large bit of housing because of constant moves and pays for quite a lot of quality of life things (like schooling and dental care)

[@faithjoe99]

Whoa… those are some expensive houses… Aussies must be rich

[@fae206]

I live in the SF Bay Area and I’m like, yeah, those seem affordable which should say something about the SF Bay Area

[@aussiegirlmargie]

If only, we have a higher minimum wage but even now that isn’t keeping up with the cost of housing and grocery’s. It’s insane!

[@FuzzyGecko]

So i grew up rusty. Granted this in the usa so im sure programs differ. But it wasnt unheard of for military familys to live in houses higher than their incomes. There are programs here that will take off % of the home with the military paying the rest. They also offer super low intrest loans so your monthly payments can be lower. Also, it isnt unheard of for some areas to be owned by the military near the bases. That way as familys come and go over the years they have housing they can move into immediately. They dont pay rent but are in charge of all repairs utilities.

[@Soda-paws]

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[@alphaomega7191]

Minor points that I noticed that may indicate Jack's families socio economic status being lower than Bluey's family and indicate the same for Rusty's - Jack doesn't own stumps not even cheap plastic ones - he plays a lot of Cricket with Rusty using a Box and a Branch at the bowlers end. The Cricket obsessed Rusty has access to Cricket stumps at his home. Digger and his friends are shown using a very old looking beaten up Cricket ball and whilst they do have access to both pads and a Helmet at the ground they dont appear to be Diggers as he is not carrying them when he returns after Rusty gets hit and are not shown along with the Bat in their room. Digger also takes them off and puts them on Rusty the first time he bats indicating there are not multiple sets of the equipment being used. The pads could fit into his backpack at a pinch but not the helmet. Indicating Digger and his mates are sharing equipment and that someone other than Digger owns the helmet and probably the pads too. Given Jack, Rusty, Digger and his mates are all shown to be obsessively playing the game it is possible that for all of them money is a little tight and they are making do with what they have access too. That said it's possible Rusty's brother owns pads and a Helmet and he and his mates simply use the equipment of whomever lives closest to that ground.

[@anacer1086]

How do u get these bluey vids

[@mothfriend]

There was an episode where rusty was saying dads work and mums stay home So that made it seem like his mum doesn’t have a jib

[@janebaker4912]

Real estate and bluey. This is the best video ever!

[@BlueWolfYouTube]

Hello Margie! I know, your probably not gonna read this but I probably won't be able to comment much. and I can't get the new episodes of Bluey (because I live in the UK) and the reason why I can't comment much is because I can't get my phone. but I can comment on my tablet. Ps. Thank you SO much for reading! And I love your videos!

[@aussiegirlmargie]

Awww thank you for commenting and your support too! The new episodes should hopefully be coming to the UK soon!

[@BlueWolfYouTube]

Yeah, I hope it does come to the UK soon! Because I'm going on holiday on the 14th of July. Plus I love the episode stickbird! (This is an video idea though) Could you do facts about chilli in the episode Dragon if that's fine! (Thanks for reading again!)

[@Getlazy7056]

Question: what decade does bluey take place in?

[@CammMunro]

Could be a military houe. Like when Military families move about

[@clubcatz]

I want a video where you talk about Chloe being rich!!

[@Howesrhylan]

Nice vid margie❤

[@aussiegirlmargie]

Thank you ❤️

[@garvindreis]

Is that Australian dollars or dollarbucks?

[@canineatnight6026]

On the third sense, we could consider that the inflation rate in the bluey verse is different from normal.

[@crissbunch3349]

I have a question why only the bandit's father wear shorts? is it really because it was the 80th?

[@crissbunch3349]

Или 90-стые

[@RebaBee83]

I LOVE bluey and rusty is one of my favorite carecters☺☺☺☺

[@RackednStackeddd]

I knew a few families in my area that made pretty good earnings but had a modest house so they could spend money on other stuff like cars, clothes, or furniture

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

I'm so ready for money to not exist

[@aussiegirlmargie]

You and me both

[@shanikwadargin1276]

The hobbit bridge in the opera house. It can be seen in a Bluey when Nicholas has a crush on and chili you can see the hopper and have a break and opera house so yeah.

[@mothfriend]

They didn’t just buy the houses though So it would be the old prices wouldn’t it?

[@DogdaysOfficialChannel]

luv the Pigtails!!

[@mirandabetts-lara481]

i dont know if he is buuuut he prob is but thx for tell us if he is poor or not!

[@IaMp30pL3]

Hello! I agree with your theory that Rusty may be poor, and the fact the house is so much could be just a passed down house from generation to generation. That way, the theory would still work. Or they just live in a bad neighborhood and don't want to move. That's a possibility as well.

[@PerseW0333]

I also thought that rusty Mom and dad walked because when I heard that when his dad couldn’t pick him up, I my first impression with Ashley why can’t his mom and then I thought away to say I also thought your poor that’s probably reading there he’s not I thought maybe he’s she’s working for that moneySorry this car is so long. Love your videos.😅

[@bluey_original]

Was here before live

[@leahmendez163]

Aussie plz respond to this. I’m a big fan and I’m so exited for tomorrow cause season four of bluey is coming out I’m spend all day watching bluey are you as excited as I am 🥳🥳😃😄😆😆🤗🎊

[@kumachan9311]

I assumed they had that house and bunk beds to go with the "Army" chara theming, I did wonder why his older brother didn't pick him up from school, I just assumed it was a playdate with Jack kinda thing [Wouldn't his sister have kindy too] I think it's too hard to call from the little info given, Rusty saying he had a Quad bike, going to Calypso's school, didn't have a beat up old car when Rustys Mum picked him up in Explorers etc . I honestly wish Economic status wasn't shown like this in Bluey, it sucks when you're a little kid and you find out 'that's how the world is' [Start School and other kids bragging about parents job/car and all the things they've got]

[@yourgearyourway4094]

The snobbery is real.

[@BelicTransporter]

Come on Rusty, Let's go Party! 🎵

[@ficfan3484]

I've never been to Australia and have no idea about houses there. But somehow I did have the impression they weren't wealthy for some reason

[@Grace12811]

Ummm my mom has a dishwasher, but she washes dishes by hand before she put us them in the dishwasher so they get cleaned more thoroughly, and some things are hand washable only.

[@aromaladyellie]

It's possible Rusty's family inherited the house or got it before the prices skyrocketed, like if it was 4 years ago that the prices went up, 2 of the 3 kids would have been born.

[@Demiaifai1]

It is not easy to be like that because i can relate with rusty and his family a lot

[@dtvfan24]

Amazing. 1.2 M for a 2bed home. Aussies do have a housing crisis for sure and I thought UK had issues. Oh deary me

[@aussiegirlmargie]

Yeah that blew me away when I saw the cost for a 2 bedroom fibro shack!! It’s gotten really bad in the major cities