Pros and Cons of Moving to Australia (An Honest Review)

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I'm a Malaysian who migrated to the United States in 2016. The first location I settled down in the U.S. was Houston, TX. I had the same feeling that making friends was difficult. I'm a runner, so I decided to attend social running groups and that's how I started making new local friends. I moved to Utah in 2019, I met my wife here, she's from the state of Mississippi. We find that making friends with local Utah-ians isn't easy either, then I started joining local running groups and I ended up making a lot of new local friends again. I came to the conclusion that you don't force yourself to make new friends, you just have to do what you enjoy doing, be yourself, and friends will come later. If you keep being concerned about making friends and wondering if there's something wrong with yourself, you will end up having anxiety.

Although I have never lived outside of Australia, I have lived in multiple locations within the country. My method of making friends, was to throw a "welcome to the area" party and invite all of my immediate neighbours. Each time, I was shocked at how many of them did not know one another, despite being long term neighbours.

I'm an Aussie, and I think you're right about friendships. It's hard for ppl who grew up here too, especially if you move interstate a few times like I did. It definitely requires effort and patience.

As a local I also found it difficult to make friends at University. After my first year I think I had made one real friend. It wasn’t until I lived on campus that things got a lot easier and social.

I'm from India, living in Perth, married to an Aussie. Perth people are , friendly and it's clean too. I went to Kolkata last year after 8 yrs, for a month holiday. I started to miss Australia.

A balanced review, and excellent video. I definitely agree - and I have lived in Australia all my life. Your comments on friendships, cost of living and suburban lifestyle are very accurate. It takes Australians a while to warm up to people on a genuine friendship level. I have worked overseas (short assignments only), and I don't think Australians understand how lucky we are. It's a wonderful country.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! All the best with your future in Australia! ❤

Ay che! Qué lindo escucharte. Bien completito y honesto. Nos ayudás un montón, hasta con el listening. Gracias totalass! ✨

Enjoyed every bit of your video. Thank you so much. Really hoping of living and settling in Australia really soon.

Thanks for this video!! I’m moving out of the US to Australia here in a couple of months and I am so excited and appreciate both pros and cons and just an overall honest review !:)

You are doing awesome work. Wish you all the best for future endeavors. Looking forward to see you in Australia.

Making new friends is actually difficult for everyone, especially in terms of different age groups. Sometimes, loneliness is someone’ carnival, or carnival is someone’s loneliness, it really depends especially for maturers. It is truely a relief if someone looks at things from another perspective.

Such a well-made video (lighting, color grading, editing, information)... and such a pleasant accent to listen to :)

I'm sorry that you felt so alone when you were at uni. And, yes, the universities need to review the policy of segregating local and overseas students. And may I compliment you on your English. You speak English very well. My daughter and I are learning Spanish together using Duolingo. This is now day 147 of my Spanish journey, and it's a slow journey! I'm always impressed when I hear someone, for whom English is a second language, speaking such lovely, colloquial English. And I'm glad that you've grown to love living here. Australia is a wonderful place to live.

Yes I agree to some extent. I'm an Australian, I've always lived in Sydney. I feel that there are two worlds. The temporary traveller / student / backpacker world and at the same time the australian word. I'm in the middle of these, because my partner is brazilian. I feel the 'coldness' or 'being closed' might be because in these big cities, everyone is so transient. even people from Sydney are always moving, always coming and going, you feel that everything is temporary. It might be because you always meet foreigners, every day, so it's hard to invest in friendships when maybe subconsciously you know that they might not be around

Very informative, thanks. I love learning about different parts of the world.

It was super hard for me as a born and bred Australian to make friends at Uni too ❤️ I went to Uni after most of my peers and to a different campus, and I found it incredibly difficult to break into any of those established social circles that you mentioned - I got along better with mature aged or international students! You'll also find that city culture is also quite different to country or rural culture. Living rurally, stopping and chatting anywhere and everywhere is MUCH more common. We know almost all of our neighbours, we wave at people as we drive by, we stop and chat at the supermarket or the bakery. In the city, this is just not a way of life that is quite as common. Clubs and groups are definitely the way to go for making good friends as adults!

Loved knowing you’re a neighbor 🇦🇷 🇧🇷!! Great video and content as always 🎉

I definitely felt the same as you while in uni here! Despite my efforts to join in clubs with local students, it felt kind of remote, later I figured out I was in a group mostly for undergrad students and they already shared similarities in growing up (e.g. went to the same high school, etc.) while I was a graduate student. So I ended up making mostly international students but they were very nice and we became good friends! ❤ It was not until I started to work to make more local friends. So you’re right. Maybe upbringings, maybe we were adults, maybe it’s the Australian lifestyle. ^^ but anyway, I’m glad you raised this issue up and hopefully future international students could feel more welcomed and included in the fun here! 😊