I moved to Australia from America and this is one thing that I never expected here: 'Rundown and trashy'

I moved to Australia from America and this is one thing that I never expected here: 'Rundown and trashy' An American expat claimed Australia doesn't have decent sunsets She also described Brisbane suburbs as 'rundown and trashy' Read more: Expat shares things that are 'worse in Australia than the US' By Carina Stathis For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:55 BST, 16 August 2024 | Updated: 06:57 BST, 16 August 2024 e-mail 3 View comments Lauren was excited to move from America to Australia and experience a new way of life - but despite the hype of travelling abroad, there's one aspect she dearly misses about home. The 28-year-old quickly realised videos and pictures she saw on social media romanticised reality of living Down Under. She claimed the gorgeous sunsets she admired often in Arizona don't compare to sunsets in Brisbane - and dubbed the city as 'so rundown'.

'No one romanticising moving to Australia talks about how hard it is to go from this.. to this,' she wrote in a now-viral TikTok video.

The short clip showed a sunset with orange and purple hues compared to a dreary grey sky in Australia at dusk. 'Yes, there are beautiful places in Australia and yes it's possible to find them and live there too,' Lauren wrote. 'But they aren't as common and most of the suburbs look like this: rundown and trashy.

'I'm just posting this to show the reality of moving to Australia. It's not always pleasant and Instagram-worthy.' An American expat living in Australia dubbed suburbs Do.