I'm Leaving Australia After 4 Years! Pros & Cons Of Living Down Under
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I came to Australia in June 2019 and unexpectedly spend almost 4 years here! I love many things about this beautiful country, however it's time for a new adventure.
I tried to give an open and honest opinion about my experience here. If you found it helpful or have any questions comment below. And make sure to subscribe to the channel.
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Great content. 100% correct. High wages but really high cost of living It Can be really deppressing here in aus. Life here is very routinary and definitely feel the emptiness. Thinking of moving back to South east asia ever since i set foot here.
Thanks for sharing. Nowhere is perfect just go where you feel more at home!
Loneliest country on earth mate...
As an australian for 33 years, i applaud your accuracy in the pros and cons, well said, especially for GC/brisbane
Australia is not what it used to be. Expensive, taxes for everything and interest rates to the roof.
Everywhere has it's problems
Glad you enjoyed your time here. All the best mate!
Thanks alot, it's been great!
Thanks for your perspective
Very good video mate. As a French national I have lived seven years in Australia and I can say that all the information needed is there if you think about moving to Australia 👍
Totally relate to the feeling of emptiness. I’m from Lincolnshire in England but have lived in Australia for last 2 years and I feel the same. I love brisbane and I genuinely feel so lucky to be here. It’s beautiful but I can’t help but feel that pull to the U.K. I don’t even know why because I don’t really have any family back there but I miss my friends and I miss the familiarity. Can’t explain it! I’m here with my husband and we do have plans to return to the U.K. but life is sooo good here it’s hard to know when to make the leap haha. Glad you have enjoyed your time here. Good luck x
Brisbane is a great city! I lived there for 8 months. Your right the quality of life is excellent, it's not an easy decision. Thank you x
I can completely reasonate with you brah. I moved to Townsville in late 2022 only to move back to New Zealand within the last month. The rental crisis is diabolical, the cost of living is diabolical (although mine was watered down due to the fact that I lived in a $200 sharehouse). Too many rules and regs and red tape. Took me months to secure employment in a job that ended with me walking out in anger due to my manager breaching the tcs and cs and clauses of my employment contract and getting very aggressive when I raised the issue with him (i later learned that he assaulted another employee in front of a client and members of the public). Unable to get another job with stable hours i had no choice but to move back to New Zealand alot of kiwis are moving over in their droves but they have no idea what awaits them - I suggest they bring a tent over as its next to impossible for even an Australian to find a rental and employers (even temp agencies and backpacker jobs) will ignore and ghost their applications (it happens to aussie born and bred people too). I managed to get a full time job within a week of arriving back in NZ (and can easily transfer to my workplaces other offices located around New Zealand should I wish to leave Wellington) albeit on much lower wages than in Australia. Sure New Zealand has similar issues to aussie and the rest of the western world but moving back to kiwiland was jumping from the fire to the frying pan
The shortage of affordable housing in real! And I imaging in NZ you have more family and friends there too which can help.
Spent 3 years in Sydney and decided to move back to UK in April this year. I guess there were a mixture of reasons like missing family and European culture but then part of me also wanted to stay in Australia but I just could not cope being on student visa anymore and wanted to settle down as I reached my 30s. How was your visa situation? Did you have an opportunity to get a PR easily and settle down there?
Ahh I can totally see why you didn't want to study in Australia any longer. The fees are so high! During my 4 years I met so many international students struggle with trying to get residency via student visas. Some succeeded, some went home. My visa situation was okay, I could've stayed and got a sponsor, but decided against it because of the distance. Perhaps I'll go back in the future. See what the future holds!
I was born here. The cost of living is so high I wish I could leave and live somewhere like this country used to be like when I was growing up in the 90's. I'm just lucky to have a high stress job and a barely suitable run-down old roof over my head. I haven't had a holiday in over 10 years and really can't even afford to try dating to get a girlfriend and I earn over $100K per year.
As an Australian your comments are pretty spot on, I left this year as I have a remote job, currently in Latin America but want to bounce to Eastern Europe in a couple of years.
That’s great you are remote! Having mobility like that is priceless. I’d love to visit Latin America too, hope you’re enjoying it out there!
Geez I just came across this video and it made me sad. Sad that no Aussies invited you to hangout.. I'm in Newcastle NSW. Just north of Sydney. I love hanging out with foreigners and learning about other's cultures. I suppose depends on demographic and age. Here in "Newy" we look very much like the UK but with Beaches and I guess being a smaller city, we are more outgoing and want to get to know people. I hope you enjoyed your stay. Hopefully you come back and keep ties here! Safe travels. Subscribing for your future Vids in Asia ❤️
Was my experience as well actually. The Aussies I've interacted with over the years, whether that be through work or social occasions, tended to prefer sticking within their close circle of friends from highschool.
I had a different experience. I found that I met people much more easily in Australia than in Canada. Aussies were generally friendly and inviting. Canadians are particularly cold though.
I've been here for 5 years now and although I've got PR, I'm definitely planning my return to the UK.
Family and friends were the main reason but another is the housing situation. I don't think its spoken enough about but the build quality of properties out here is significantly worse than in the UK. I'm currently in Melbourne and the fact most rental apartments don't come with double glazing and regular insulation is a shocker.
I'm at an age where home ownership is of growing importance and I just can't bare the though of rinsing my life savings on some shitbox, in dire need of renovations, with no family or friends around to help.
Been living in Melbourne for the last 15 years and the depression is hitting me harder recently. It's really bothering me that regardless of Melbourne being the best city in the world it failed to make me happy. I can't pinpoint anything that's bad about Melbourne, it's my own environment. I grew up in domestic violence. I am currently stuck with my abuser and even the police are not helping me. They system here is failing its people. The healthcare system is bad because they invalidate patients, and police don't really do anything when it comes to domestic violence situations. They do not take away the abuser. The Australian law is so weak that the country's most notorious criminals are roaming free! They don't even give murderer's death penalties . .
Sorry to hear about your situation. If you have a secure job, leave the state and file a restraining order. I hope it gets better for you!
The whole "most liveable city in the world" thing is nothing more than a marketing line, designed mainly to attract potential overseas workers. Doesn't really hold much credibility, like many of those online rankings.
As one of those said workers, my observation is that it has some cool quirks that make it an interesting place to be for a while. However, there is nothing that stands out as superior for me, when compared to other cities of a similar size. It’s good but not amazing.
My other take is that the weather isn’t the problem but it’s the fact Australian housing standards are so poor, so residents really feel the effects when it’s cold. Obviously less noticeable in warmer parts of the country.
The fact Myki still exists is amusing also. Sydney has enjoyed easy contactless payments via credit cards for years already and over a decade in cities overseas.
Australian's has become a very cold and distant place as time goes by sadly.Even as a native born 55yro Aussie native I feel detached and distant from society as a whole.People are polite and friendly on the whole but not your friends more and more.
You have hit the nail on the head my friend...I feel exactly the same...Im not sure what has happened to the people here..
Long story short I believe much can be traced back to work choices under Howard.After that defeat people stopped focusing on fundamental assumptions.Now people blindly accept the decrees of business and government blindly.
Born in Oz and now for the last 3.5 yrs been planning on moving to where my parents came from, former Yugo. Been there and have a wife waiting for me. Oz has been going downhill since the early 1990s. We are now the new 3rd world fascist country....paying higher taxes, more freedoms being eroded away, making life harder to not only move fwds yet stay at the same level. The culture is gone....when was the last time we saw a burger joint on the local corner or went to a neigbours place for a beer and BBQ? Australia has sold or given away its culture and has become dead. Making true friends is near impossible. It is shallow and empty and all ppl do is work, work, work, and for what? Ok as of the last 2 yrs ppl are not working and have re-evaluated their lives so now we have the opposite....shortages of everything....doctors, nurses, public transport staff, etc......
While citizens were stopped from coming back into the country, the govt allowed secretly 150 000 Indians to enter per year, making it 300 000 Indians into Oz when our own ppl were not allowed to. This is the Australian Govt, for you.
Now the govt is creating digital ID passes for its individuals and want to bring to pass a 15km circumference limit on travel per individual.
Did i say fascist? I'll say it again.....Australia is the new 3rd world fascsist country. Canada is on par with us and how Trudeau is. Word is from ppl outside of Oz is that Trudeau is a Teddy Bear compared to Andrews.
I have been telling every man and his dog to leave Oz asap before it becomes too late
Thanks for the comment. Where about are you from in oz?
@@iamsamhorton Born and bred in Sydney. Lived in Canberra for 14 yrs which totally ruined my life and would never recommend anyone to move too, unless they want to screw up their lives in more ways than just one. Out of 4 things in life i hate cos hate is a very strong word, Canberra is one of them.
@@erniesulovic4734 I too have been living in Australia for a long time and I am thinking about getting out. I miss the 90s and back, when neighbours got together and socialised. Today, most people are competing with each other for social status. It is sick. It has destroyed society. I am thinking a quiet part of Thailand to move to.
@@mike4802 Sounds like a good plan mate 🙂
@@erniesulovic4734
I have same story like you and now going through divorce.
Thinking to go for holiday in the Balkan first then go from there
Feel you mate. Citizen by descent here. Came here early 20s due to GFC. I relate to the emptiness, difficulty in connecting with people. Finally, pride is taking the backseat and I am moving back home overseas. All the best. My rent is $570 for inner west Sydney to live on my own.
It’s interesting you say that. Do you have family in uk and Aus then?
I always hear that Aussies are the friendliest people on earth..absolute rubbish.....If you are from the UK they are very hard to relate to.
It is like being caught between two cultures . Just come to Australia for holidays and New Zealand too !
I agree. Thanks for your comment!
I've heard of stories of people who've never been to Australia, and have these images of Australia in their head. Then they move to Australia and find out it's not nearly as good as all their imagination made it out to be.
It’s better than many countries for sure. But it’s not perfect
So its 6 months later now. What is the verdict on your feelings now?
I was went to Asia for 4 months and I just arrived back in the uk. So far I think it was the right decision
@@iamsamhorton right now rent is unaffordable in australia. Impossible to find a sharehouse below 200
@@sonnyobrien I was paying 350 in Gold Coast
You have made the right decision as now there is no future anymore here.
Too many red tape here
I am born here and I am not suited to the heat lol
Me too😊
i hate australia and cant wait to get back to the usa. its miserable here.
What part of the US are you from?
northern virginia. @@RayRay-xt2qh
What part of Aus do you live?
brisbane. @@iamsamhorton
Only just saw your video, so I guess you’ve left already, what a shame Oz needs young educated people like you, come back if you can.
I’d love to come back one day! Got family ties in the Uk which is what keeps me here.
Good, leave, the less the better
i'm yankee but i lived in wollongong, nsw fer 2 1/2 years with an australian gf. just curious how often were you called "pom"? (no idea how it's spelled). australians claim it's not derogatory but they throw that one, "yank" and "lebo" around like a white racist saying "n****r". at least nobody pretends "wog" is not derogatory you here that one alot too.
it's usually males too, i've noticed. certainly not everyone and not all the time but often enough to be noticeable.
I personally don't get offended by being called a pom. It stands for prisoner of Mother England, which the first English settlers were convicts so I guess the saying stuck.
@@iamsamhorton i suppose it beats being called "yank".