I'm an expat from the US who has lived in AUS for 10 years now. Yes the country is going through some struggles, but I have never doubted me and my wife's decision to live here over the US. People have it good here, and most of the population have never had to endure an actual economic downturn. For people looking to come here, it's awesome. For those who have grown up here, its not that bad.
My female friend moved to Aus for her master program. Gotta say she is really about her decision and pretty much made a few friends there in a week. The only thing she complaints is, people are *prentending* to be nice, fake smiles, kindness and such. Or pretending to be social. Asking for instagram, phone number then not giving a shit. Seems to be a deal within the youth. And it seems like many people moving there are escaping from something. Rest of the world maybe?
@@Jay-vt1mw It's an internet thing, OP sounds like someone should go out of their way to stalk your social or something. Everyone asks for social and then not give a shit, it's a way of keeping contact in the future.
@@SCARRIOR nah i get what he means, coming from a place like the uk where people are very genuine (if they dont like you you know about it) its weird to see people pretend to like you, its like dealing with robots instead of people.
Bro, you got me damn near convinced. I'm a nurse and I've been traveling in the US which has been great! It seriously saved me. I was so close to falling off the deep end because of the stress of work and deep unhappiness with where I lived. I'm already finding myself becoming frustrated with my day to day life again. I think I might pull the trigger on this.
double check all legal requirements to be a nurse in australia. I knew a nurse from france which "got" a job in australia, and after arrival to australian hospital they told her she has to make locally like 1 o 2 years of paid university, and sorry for a mistake lol. She returned back to France.
Born and lived in Scotland until 2017, moved to Perth/Sydney until we moved back in 2022. To say I fell in love with Australia is an understatement. The lifestyle is unparalleled. We had more disposable income and happiness than than I have ever had. When my wife an I moved back to Scotland I was semi-depressed for 6 months . But 2 years on we now have a baby and the smiles I see on my parents face when they see their granddaughter is incredible. My parents wouldn't have had a relationship with my daughter if we stayed in Australia. My parents are 65 now. If we had stayed there and travelled back to Scotland once a year, assuming they lived until 85, we would only see the physically 20 more times and the rest would be via a laptop. Family gravitated us back to the UK.
I've existed in Australia for the past 28 years of my life minus 1 week (to Barcelona). Not a travel bug at all, Australia is a beautiful land - overall we have our mindset right here
A lot of it is right! Glad you like it here down under mate! Wish we could catch up in Sydney some time. I'm a 24yr old founder. Would love to hear more about your story
British Ex-pat who has lived in all three cities. Melbourne is hands down the best for meeting new people, multicultural, food and lifestyle. Great for those wanting a complete experience. Sydney is for those seeking status, the finance bros, beautiful locations but it's a wealth driven city. Great for those wanting the flash, shiny things. Brisbane is up-and-coming, but people can be very cliquey and reserved. Great for those wanting to relax and enjoy the great outdoors.
I lived in Oz for 1 year in 2015 and returned to the UK when my visa ended. I agree with most of your points but you can still live that lifestyle in the UK, just not on tap because of the weather (which makes me appreciate it more). Sub topical waters in Cornwall, beautiful mountains in Wales and Scotland and easy access into Europe makes the UK a good option. The grass is greenest where you water it and if you're not happy in UK it doesn't mean Oz will solve all your problems. Rent might be in comparison with London but getting onto the property ladder in Sydney is almost impossible.
Cornwall sub tropical waters? hahaha the highest temp is in august at around 18c. Somewhere that's actually sub tropical like Mackay is nearly double that with a max sea temp of around 30c in February.
@@kizzfdz1991 the climate is designated officially as sub-tropical. Did you not read my point on the weather not being consistent? Cornwall can reach 36 which is warm enough for me.
Perth is massively underated in my opinion. Been living here for 14 years now after moving from the UK. Great beaches, people are much nicer than Sydney for example, and the WA coast has so much to offer
between 11 - 19 I lived on the east coast of aus. From NZ, been living in Canada for 5 years now and I'm starting to miss it back in Aus. Absolutely right about how great of a place Australia is a place to live. If you don't want to go there because of snakes and spiders you will be okay
Funny. I know several people/families who moved to Oz - but fucking hated it so came back. I guess it's swings & roundabouts. Some will fancy it, some won't. Personally, I've never fancied Oz - even as an holiday destination.
I moved to Australia and live there for 2.5 years saving for my pilots license funds. Arrived solo in the outback and quickly met so many great people, work was endless and with enough drive, you can land yourself a great position, especially with their solar farm boom they have at the moment. Well I’m home now and nearly fully qualified, but I say it to everyone that’s looking to save or wants a break away from here to just go and let it open your eyes. Always a special place to me. Go to aus play by the rules to get your visa and make a go for yourself
As a born and raised Norwegian I decided to move down all by myself at the age of 21 to the east coast in Australia (GC), best decision I've ever made. You talking about the "mundane" life is spot on and being down here is fantastic in comparison. The only "issue" is the flight ticket prices are quite high so don't expect to go home every year lol (especially as a student). Great video! Been here for 2 years now and times flown by.
Leaving Australia is the best thing I ever did. Lived and worked there for years and leaving made me appreciate life more. Some things are cheaper (beef, petrol) but overall its breathtakingly expensive. Yes some things are good and some people love there it but man its dull after a few years and endless heat gets depressing. I did have a laugh about the "competition" thats coming from a country with only 2 supermarkets. Everything there is a monopoly or duopoly and prices are fixed at high. But hey it was a life experience and worth a try, some people like it, a lot hate it also. I myself cannot recommend it. I could make a list about all the things I hate about it but that would go on far too long.
@@marijadzincic2408 well the only way to really know is to experience it. Some people do like it and consider it a long jolly holiday. However there is a difference between living there one year and a few years. The qualities of the people are unparalleled anywhere else that I have come across. Superficial and dull, rivaled only by the hellish and superficial, dull landscape. Indeed the extreme boredom means the only interests people have are the national obsession with houses: like mosquitos the air is thick with greed. Its also a police state, silly fines for everything like jaywalking or bringing a piece of fruit across town (in some cities its not allowed). If there ever was a nicer version of Australia then it was 40 years ago before things were so headspingly expensive. Because they only way I'd ever live there would be if it were really cheap.
Yes thanks for reminding me that I shouldn’t take my country Australia for granted. Your different positive perspective is great encouragement because I know Australia is probably the best country, not a perfect country but a good one ever because I’m a well traveled and I know what we have in Australia. Thank you mate!❤
Great video James! I’m a Brit I used to work in Basingstoke my office was in an industrial estate right next to the M3 -it was basically ‘the office’ and I was over it!😂😂 My husband & I moved to Perth in 2013, absolutely no regrets, best decision we’ve made in our lives and we can’t imagine living anywhere else now.
Easier said than done. There is no way for the majority of the world to just "quit and move" to Australia. The information is literally for 10% privileged that don't have to get a long-term visa, which is barely possible nowadays.
Exact same story but I moved to the country side in Thailand. Using and drinking in my home country same as you in the weekends, expensive car, mortgage, ... Moved to Thailand country side. Build house of savings, beat up pickup truck, slower pace of life....
i can totally agree , australia is a great country , i am from planet earth, but i have lived almost 3 years in australia , i can really recommend going there :))
Just live in the US. We have climate from Alaska to Hawaii and everything in between. We have extremely interesting/expensive places to live like NYC, but we also have less interesting but cheap places to live in Alabama.
Bruh, a long black with a dash of milk!!! U just saved me like 90 calories a day. I always drink flat whites because long blacks are straight lava, but a lil dash of milk to chill it a bit... genius. 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
Bro, I am in my 5th week of packing up and shipping out of the UK. I moved to Taiwan after dipping my toe in the water twice for a month then a year and you hit the nail on the head, UK is just a motionless depression factory. My whole life has changed for the better in such a short amount of time it’s shocking
It's the general attitude in the UK that helped me leave in 2008. The glass is well and truly "half-full" in the UK. People are overly aggressive, they hate the government and are downbeat. Not everyone, but a lot are!
I’m migrating! Also, Filipino music playing in the background. ❤ Kanlungan by Noel Cabangon. And its meaning is somehow related to your point. It’s so crazy coincidental.
I've been umming and arring moving to NZ but everything that you said in this video of how you was in the UK and trying to find reasons to stay is literally me to a T. I didn't think I could find someone that I relate to, in terms of the situation I find myself currently in. I have my medical tomorrow for NZ but now I feel like I can fully commit to this decision. Thank you for the video and wise advice.
Some of the things he said were so funny, but at the same time this was extremely enlightening for me as a person who has just moved to the UK from the US to get an MD in order to build a base for my future. Never really considered Australia as an option so thanks so much for this video.
I like the airplane mask metaphor you used, thats me right in New Zealand (my whole life), im so bored of it and can't wait to move to Australia in the matter of months
That's how I feel living in Canada. Like, you mean there are places where people's default setting isn't "depressed" for half of the year (during the winter?). There is more to life than to work 9-5 on weekdays and then snort blow and ket on weekends to forget about it? Crazy
This can be said about moving to any place from anywhere else in the world. It's all your personal perspective, most of your problems could be internal, and moving won't solve them. Do it anyway, it could be the best thing you've ever done.
As someone who is from the UK, lived in Australia for 20 years, and now live in Europe I really enjoyed this video. I no longer live in Australia, and I have to say, there isn't much I miss at all (other than people). It's a fantastic place, and I had a great childhood and young adult life there but the reality is, the place is extremely expensive. If you are comparing to London, sure, it might come out ahead, but for the rest of the UK, any of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, or even Canberra will be far, far more expensive to live. I know I sound like a miserable Northerner, but the UK is far more than London. Home ownership in Aus is a pipedream except for the rich, with rents also at all time highs and there no sign of it slowing down. It never used to be this way, and of course, everywhere is more expensive, but Australia used to feel like a place with opportunity - it was still developing. I also found that Australian's (generalising) are far more concerned with having it all (car, house, boat etc) and everyone lives on credit, which is similar to a US mentality. Funny that James felt the same thing about the UK (Range Rover in Surrey - you should run the prices on buying a Range in Aus. You'll have a heart attack thanks to the "luxury car tax". Of course, in Australia's favour there is a ton of natural beauty, but then again there is in the UK. I would put the scenery of the Lake District up against anywhere in Australia. You're also far closer to amazing European cities with culture and history. In Australia, a listed building can be 80 years old. I have many friends who are from Australia who live in London, who never want to go back to Australia, and many friends in Sydney from the UK, who never want to return to the UK. Ultimately I think it is about your perspective, what you are used to, and creating a sense of adventure in your life. I also have a variety of personal/family reasons as to why being back on this side if the world is better for me, which no doubt influence my feelings about Australia these days. Which brings me to the conclusion, what is best for you, is best for you, and you should be happy wherever you live. It's great to see in the comments so many people who are happy living in Australia.
born and bred Aussie brother, best continent and country in the whole world, period 🇦🇺 no one comes close to australian culture, come over and rip in xx
I honestly think all Western countries are becoming similar. I think Australia is nice, but structurally starting to have the same problems as the UK. And the Sun and beaches are nice, but as someone who lives in a beach area in Europe, that's not everything for everyone. So ultimately it really depends what you like. I might also add that there is a statistic that most Brits/Europeans that move out there, come back. Mostly because of the loneliness of being an expat, especially when your parents and your "native land" is back there. It's not easy being an immigrant and leaving everything behind. It's fun when you're very young for a short period, but otherwise its not for everyone. I might also add that Europe is far from the worst place.
We went out around the same time. I came home and regret it, you stayed and don’t regret it 😂 hard to say regret it because fast forward and I’ve got 2 kids but would love to get them growing up over there. Like you say, Visas are the issue after 2 working holiday visas completed. It’s a different world init mate. Top video and just watched your fasting video aswell, class. Take it easy
Can we keep Australia's amazingness a secret please? I'm already never going to be able to afford a house, lets not convince more people to come and drive up the prices further...
thats exactly what he's doing and taking housing from hard working aussies. I bet he gets a kick back as well wonder who's sponsoring his BS probably the coffee shop he's talking about!!
The standard of living is definitely high, but it's far too expensive now. Sydney is consistently rated as having one of the least affordable housing markets, 2nd by some estimates/analysis; behind Hong Kong - a trading port city that has no more land to develop upon. The government is severely myopic, they've massively increased migration without developing the infrastructure needed to support such population growth. Average guy/gal watching this video isn't going to be making as much as this influencer, and won't afford the same glamorised Aussie lifestyle in either Sydney or Melbourne. If you've got a decent profession it's possibly still viable, but you'd probably be based an hour+ drive from the beach unless you've got serious cash.
I guess UK to Aus is cheaper, but Africa to Aus to super expensive. However, that won't stop me from trying to get there. Great video as always James!!
Furthermore, it is not true at all that everyone in the UK wants to live in London. Even Londoners prefer to move to the suburbs and commute in for work. And whilst he did ONE price comparison (petrol/gas) between the UK and Oz, if you do your own research you'll find that the actual cost of living in Oz is more than in the UK. Do your own homework. Don't trust a guy like this who doesn't even know why his local pool is not 100 metres long. I can't stop laughing about that.
I live on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, I am a Full time, Permanent life long Government Surf Team Member..I have never touched Snow, the snowman type Snow. I have never lasted at a job for more than 4 days. I am 52 years old, fit as, dont smoke ciggies and I do alright at trivia nights at the surf club when they used to have them before covid, unvaxxd too btw. I got no idea why I telling yas this.... so Ill bugger off.. CYA's Peace.
Was dabbling in the idea of moving for years. Half-assed applications and desire. Watched this video 2 months ago. Landed a job, selling my car, apartment and everything I own. Moving to Sydney in August for 4 years. Thank you so much man. The kick I needed 💪🏼
I love the idea of Australia but the quality of life, cost and freedom are just so much better in countries like Montenegro/Poland/parts of Asia. The politics of Australia seem like it’s going in a weird direction that in another decade or two will make it like the UK.
Grass is always greener. It really depends where you're going from and moving to. Sydney and Melbourne are BLOODY expensive. This isn't Australia in the 90s when you could buy a home and raise a family. The housing situation is very depressing. If you love sport and the outdoors life, great. If you're an intellectual, Australia ain't it. If you have career ambitions in tech, the USA is probably a better choice. If you want a cheaper life with beaches and heat, Asia is where it's at. Sounds like your life in the UK was bleak. However, the 'keeping up with the jones' and 'getting maggoted on the weekend' - I have definitely seen in Australia. Lot of people buying cars and houses on credit. Lot of unambitious people who fall back on the welfare state. Also, seeing a lot more surveillance, big government red tape and less friendliness and cohesion compared to my childhood - someone who grew up in Melbourne but living in Europe.
As a born and raised Aussie, I need to hear these perspectives as it's so easy to take for granted what is around me and how so many would break an arm and a leg to live here.
Good point, i live in NZ, and it doesn't hurt to be reminded that compaired to what is currently going on in parts of the world today, life is pretty sweet down here......
I was thinking same thing. 14:38 this is exactly what I needed to hear today. That’s it, I’m going to Bondi! Oh crap sculptures starting today! Argggh why couldn’t I have watched this last week!!
As an Australian whos going through some hard times mentally, this video made me look out the window and appreciate things a bit more. Thanks for the perspective.
Perfect timing. Yesterday i was passed over for a 3 year posting to London from Australia. I was devastated. Was going to take my wife and kids on an amazing adventure and in my eyes, unfairly, wasn’t awarded the role. And then James reminds me I live in the best country in the world. Thanks mate. Needed it
@@tig79rover91 of course we need more doctors here in australia as there are to many immigrants coming into australia at the moment. Im not sure how but maybe apply for a working visa?
@@Skoopyghost Yep. In Queensland where I live, Winters have beautiful weather but summer is awful. It's a bit of a cliche, but it's not just the heat, it's the humidity. The minute you're out of aircon on a hot summer day, you're wet with sweat.
The funny part about this video is what you said about moving from UK to Australia is how I felt about moving to the UK from the States. I think a change from the monotony of everyday life and experiencing something new in a new place is what felt good to me...More so than the country I moved to. Even with the shitty weather in the UK I feel better here than I ever did in Atlanta.
@@PhonySopran0 Weather is ass can't argue with that but I cook my own food and the people here dont annoy me as much as the stateside folks. So ehhh to each their own I guess.
Totally agree. I'm from the UK and lived in London for 10 years. Visited NYC a few times and desperate to move there. Working on my green card. I just need a change of scenery, a new culture and some excitement again. London was great when I moved at 18 but I'm done with it.
As an Australian living in Sydney all my life i never really thought about everyday as being a holiday. But compared to other countries like the UK it really is incredible! Great Video
@@HBGamer44 Wrong, completely wrong. If you're poor or rich it's better in Australia. UK is a miserable racist country where the weather is trash 90% of the year and there's kids with knives running around stabbing people. You're delusional.
I completely agree! My husband, toddlers, and I went on holiday to Costa Rica, from Calgary. Our kids had so much fun going to the beach and swimming in pools every day whilst it was -30 back in Canada, that we decided to move to Australia. Less than a year later we did it. Have been here since 2011 (first Sydney, then Melbourne and now the Gold Coast) and we still feel like we’re on vacation.
@@mutton_man it is but if someone has the right skills then they and their immediate family can certainly make the move. One year is fast though. That may suggest their skills were in high demand. New Zealanders are an exception BTW. Virtually all New Zealand citizens are free to move to Australia if they wish (and vice versa).
As someone who lives in the suburbs an hour from Sydney, I would say that Sydney is a lot like London in the sense that people aren't always friendly and are quite caught up in their own lives. We get friendlier further out from the CBD i promise 🤣
That's a thing with most metropolis sadly, I moved from a really small town where you could wave or say hi to random passerby to a place where people look at you as if you're insane for doing so. The culture shock was pretty bad lol.
Love the equating of living in London being "the UK". Sounds like you were unhappy with London, rather than the country itself, in many ways. I definitely get the cost of living, cultural differences though. Plenty of people live outside of cities in the UK and are happy, but people in London believe they ARE the UK, when it's actually the opposite. Anyway, happy for you that you have found somewhere better for you, all the best for the future.
Yes exactly I live in Manchester and Im quite happy here although Im Portuguese so every time I miss the sun I can always pop a short flight to Lisbon lol
@@jackbauer5455 For sure dude, plenty of low cost flights available. I have family in Lisbon, beautiful city. Not saying you did this, but many people move here and complain about the weather/climate here. And I think "did you not realise this before you came!?".
@@mattyno964 I'm a soft southerner, but I have heard many great things about the North: warmth of the people, cost of living, sense of community etc. London is largely a ghetto cesspit now, with some prestigious buildings and wealthy pockets. Would much rather live further North if I could.
@mattyno964 Grew up in SE and London and feel the same. We grow up and get brainwashed by "its grim up norf innit", then you actually do extended visits and it's a different country, down to earth people, and affordable homes/related costs relative to incomes. The south is dead for the average person.
Leaving the UK and going to Australia at 26 was genuinely the best thing I ever did. Missing family is unbelievably hard, but my health and the opportunities I was afforded are beyond anything I could have imagined.
Not that easy I'm afraid. This video breaks my heart cos I resonate with so much of what you said. Me and my wife travelled and ended up living in Sydney for 3 months. I got a great job in the CBD and made new friends via a BJJ gym. Life felt like a holiday - it was unreal. Even just walking back from the bus stop I often stopped for a dip in the Murray Rose harbour pool. But my wife's mum got sick so we flew home to support the family. She passed away and we ended up getting a dog to cope with the loss. I had my eye on getting back to Oz but our visas expired and we couldn't really agree. Ended up buying a home here in the UK and having a baby. Super happy with my little family life up north but MAAAAN I miss oz a lot and always wonder what could have been. I really try and come up with mental gymnastics about how i'd have gotten bored of Oz eventually, missed family etc but this vid really brought back what I loved about Sydney. I do need to point out some negatives -- your video is solely weighted around weekend warrior city types. There's a lot to love in the UK that isn't about drinking at the weekend.
What exactly is stopping you from moving in the future or atleast just visiting for a holiday? Also maybe if you stayed in Australia you would of missed England. Just a thought.
Always feels like a grass is greener thing. I'd love to move to Aus, but my Aussie mates over here think I'm crazy. They say Aus has no opportunities that's why they came to the UK. To each their own I guess.
I took the 1st step and traveled to Australia for 1 month, loved it, and I 100% agree with James, especially about the coffee. I was living in Asia for years and to be honest preferred it to Australia, but I always had Australia as a 2nd location to move to in future. I intend to move back to Asia in future and take more holidays in Australia, the UK will always be my home, but it's a small island with (in my opinion) and ever decreasing quality of life. The world is a big place and being pinned down never being able to expand your horizons is having one foot in the grave. "get busy living or get busy dying"
In 22 days me and my girlfriend will be boarding our flight from the UK to Sydney where we will begin our new lives, we have visited a handful of times and finally made the decision to make it happen. This video basically sums up all of the reasons why we both want to live in Australia, so now when asked the question “why do you want to move there” I will just show them this 😂
@@djh9022 I suppose it’s all relative, compared to where were living in the UK Sydney is a great place to live 😎, not hating on where we live as we love it here too but change is good!
I’m Polish, just moved to Perth with my wife, because we felt that one day we would really regret that we didn’t give it a go, even though the whole process of moving from Europe to Australia was really tidious and exhausting with all that paperwork and other bull$h!t. And after a 4 weeks here I can tell you that - oh my, that’s the BEST DECISION we’ve made in our life! Have a good one mate!
Australia is amazing, no doubt (I lived in Melbourne for eight months), but it's not as easy as just quitting and moving there. If your clients, family, friends are all based in the UK, it's very hard to turn that all upside down and move to the other side of the world because of the weather and lifestyle.
He wasn’t tied down by anything. I think he mentions not having kids and how that would have made the decision a lot more complex. It wasn’t a decision made on a whimsical fantasy. When the place you call home, doesn’t feel like home, you come to a point of having to make a difficult decision like this. It’s not easy. But the pain of regret and never knowing is worse.
Yeah, my favourite weather is kind of Autumnal gloom, or clear in the late afternoon. Seeing James in the direct sunlight makes me feel anxious, I hate direct sun!
This is a classic example of “grass always greener” syndrome. James speaks in absolutes. I could find videos from Aussies who left and love England. I did the same when I left England for Canada. Your journey is your journey. Don’t be swayed by somebody persuading you the grass is greener when that’s their lawn not yours.
@@hddy5994 Yeah but they were the worst when it came to the flue. I am german. Germany is pretty nice. But the government is shit. Less shit than Australia though. Australia is fucked.
Couldn't put it any better. Some would say I had a midlife crisis when I moved to Sydney at the age of 34 years old. In 2 weeks 25th Oct I will be a citizen. I've made some poor decisions in my life. But packing up and moving to Australia the best decision of my life. 😊😊
I moved from the UK to Australia and decided to move back to the UK to be closer to family. Maintaining a relationship with family on the phone is easy for adults, but grandparents will struggle having a relationship with grandchildren when they're young. Also, in my opinion, if you're unhappy, you shouldn't expect sunshine and beaches to make you happy. My happiness comes from my personal growth and my kids. I spend my time learning, training and enjoy time with my family, I hardly have time to notice the bad UK weather. However, if you're in a bad environment full of temptations that make you unhappy, you should move. But you could just move to a nearby city rather than a new country. In saying all of this, Australia is a great country.
As someone who moved back home (for family reasons) from a tropical 'paradise' country where I was earning a v high salary, I agree. Being in my early forties now, I feel so very differently about living my life so far away as I did in my twenties and thirties, when it was just about myself and having as much fun as I wanted, without needing to worry about family. I knew it was time to come back when I saw my parents older and with health issues. It isn't the same on facetime/whatsapp as actually being down the road. Also; I appreciate the UK seasons so much now, and weather never gets me down, I just get out in the driving rain in wellies or wrap up in winter, whereas I found Oz summers (had a friend who lived there) and the summers in my v hot, humid country unbearable. To each their own though- I still know someone who is living in Oz for good, despite family being so far away. I couldn't personally, but they seem happy.
you got a really valid perspective :) im the same. i want my parents to be happy as well. they took care of me when i was young and i have to pay it back.
@@rebecca7410 I am Australian and would never live in the tropics, summers can be a nightmare. This video being based in Sydney is probably close to about the perfect climate you can get, basically lovely 8-10 months of the year and I know for some foreigners can be a revelation to their mental health.
Haha yes lots in Melbourne too. They’re strippers a lot of the time… during Covid they lost their jobs in the brothels so they went and found another job in construction doing traffic control which pays decent and requires piss easy qualifications
I had a very similar experience. Moved here from the UK in 2014 when i was 27. Agree with pretty much all youve said. I remember my first week sitting on the beach thinking, 'why is everyone not doing this'. Only downside is that ya have to budget for speeding fines. Theres hidden cameras everywhere and random speed limits.
The beach is for rich people in Australia. most of sydney lives in the western suburbs, it's hard to get to the beach. Those cafe boys that live there are probably from rich families in the northern beaches n eastern suburbs.
thekrazya........ Believe it or not there are actually some beaches outside Sydney. I live in Port Macquarie.There are quite a number up here. Sounds like you need to get out more,at least out of Sydney.
Oh James, loved this video. So nice to hear you remembered our conversations. I’m with you on the Almond Croissant. Obviously never had one in Aus but they are yummy. Australian tourist board must love you. Take care and keep enjoying life. ❤️
The uk is more then just London, which literally acts as it’s own country. I can see why people get a better life in Aus compared to the uk. But in the same way you don’t have to cross the planet to get a better life. Aus can be great for a lot of people, but it’s not for everyone. Great video.
I moved to Australia (Perth) in 2007 when I was 10 years old, from Cardiff, Wales. I can safely say many years later that I am very grateful for my father coming here with his trade as a boilermaker and giving me a much better quality of life. I finished school, got an apprenticeship, qualified as a LV mechanic and have been working ever since. At 27, I've just bought my first home, it is 1000sqm, 25 minutes from the city and 15 minutes from the airport for less than $600k (307k GBP) I could only dream of that in the UK. Family and friends are definitely the greatest hurdle, but sacrificing a quality of life to spend more time with loved ones is something you have to weigh up. I am lucky to have some family decide to emigrate here after visiting on holiday. TL;DR If you are able to emigrate to Australia, do it.
@@lfcbroady 🤣🤣 Good man. I spent 6 months in Perth during my travels. Amazing city to get settled and raise a family tho nightlife is a bit meh. Mandurah and Fremantle are nice spots 👌
I'm Australian and my wife is from Germany. We moved back here 4 years ago and it has been the best decision! Now we are doing a lap around Australia in our van and seeing parts of the country that most Aussies never see. Great advice to come over for 3 months and see how you like it. Just be aware that being on a holiday is different to everyday life. You still have stress and problems but hey that's life!
Your kind words have made me even more grateful to be living in Queensland as an Australian! While some things are changing over time to make us more like America, it’s happening at a slow pace. Despite these changes, we are still far better off than many other countries. Thank you for acknowledging us, mate!
This is a downright lie! Cost of living in any major Australian city is terrible just like the UK. No more mini trips around Europe either you’re 1000’s of miles from anywhere. Good luck with it mate
I'm Aussie living in London, been here about 4 years and definitely keen to move home soon - main issue with going back is OZ is so isolated and I still want to see so much of Europe
@@JC-gy2ktas someone with family in both places that moved to NZ. Definitely NZ you won’t regret it. If you like a more busy kind of place then Australia
@@JC-gy2ktNZ is fkn boring mate and everyone I’ve known who has been there/lived there has said the same thing, don’t get me wrong it’s a beautiful place but boring😂
@@JC-gy2ktI’m weighing up moving back to NZ this month, but only because I’m nearly eligible for a passport which will get me to Aus! Aus > UK > NZ Auckland gets worse by the week, and the rest of the country is more suited just to holidays- especially if you’re comparing with London and used to having year round options for stuff to do.
I hope you realise you are living the old Australian dream. It seems what you're doing for income allows for you to live near the beaches but unfortunately it's quite unattainable to have that close proximity for most Australians. Most of us battlers (myself included). Have to commute in god awful traffic from Sydney's west to the city and then back. Lose about 4 hours a day in driving. Don't get me wrong it's a great country and I love it here but just keep in mind you need a very high paying job or have alternative income streams to live near the beaches/city
Bro, it just sounds like you became a more mature person in Australia than you were in the UK. I don't need a fancy car to feel good about myself, and I live in the UK. Home is where your heart is.
Legitimately good points and it does seem all the more intriguing to look into moving and working in AUS, I even have a friend moving there next month with his girlfriend. But when your mentality is "you have to live in London in the UK" and "there's nothing to do on the weekends other than drink" it's no wonder why life would become expensive, hard and depressing with that lifestyle and location. I do find it frustrating that people still look at the UK as just London and nothing else and see it as a legitimate argument to go overseas. There are some great cities in the UK to live and work, but that doesn't mean to say the country still doesn't have huge problems and it is better overseas - not just in Australia - in a lot of areas. I guess you just have to look at things as a whole when looking at a country rather than one city and one lifestyle.
I've just read your 'Not a life coach' book and I'm booking a one-way ticket to South East Asia. I was trapped in my toxic environment (private life and work) and decided to leave and life a little! Thanks for the inspiration James!
100% agree. Im french and live in Australia since 4 years. Everyday is beautiful and feels like holiday. I'm living in Noosa since 2 years now and wish to never go back in Europe to live. Don't get me wrong I still love to travel Europe but that's it. Very grateful for Australia
And for those of you disagreeing in the comments. Maybe, just maybe… the video wasn’t for you 🙃
A finger in the arse is just uncomfortable, like when you have a claggy poo that won't quite leave...Australia looks mint tho..
Or maybe people who actually live here know about all the bad things about the country that you didn't bother discussing
@@g-man827educate them then 😂
@g-man827 To be fair, he does live there. Go on what are the bad things?
Been doing this holiday thing for 20yrs
As an Australian who just plays apex legends and doesnt go outside, this is an interesting video, I had no idea it was so nice.
Only Apex Legends?
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@@PlayingDownUnder And Stardew valley😎
@@Jake-nb2en Noice 😂
I'm an expat from the US who has lived in AUS for 10 years now. Yes the country is going through some struggles, but I have never doubted me and my wife's decision to live here over the US. People have it good here, and most of the population have never had to endure an actual economic downturn. For people looking to come here, it's awesome. For those who have grown up here, its not that bad.
"expat" shut up, you're an immigrant
I'm glad you and your wife are liking it here. After ten years, you are one of us and very much an Aussie now!
Yes, still feel like we are on a vacation after living in Australia for 24years. ❤
Was sacked by a county cricket team in England in 2004, 2 weeks later I was in Bunbury, WA. 20 years on I'm still here. Love this country
My female friend moved to Aus for her master program. Gotta say she is really about her decision and pretty much made a few friends there in a week. The only thing she complaints is, people are *prentending* to be nice, fake smiles, kindness and such. Or pretending to be social. Asking for instagram, phone number then not giving a shit. Seems to be a deal within the youth. And it seems like many people moving there are escaping from something. Rest of the world maybe?
isn't this just a big city problem? i've heard similar takes from people talking about LA and london.
@@Jay-vt1mw It's an internet thing, OP sounds like someone should go out of their way to stalk your social or something. Everyone asks for social and then not give a shit, it's a way of keeping contact in the future.
Thats everywhere.
@@SCARRIOR nah i get what he means, coming from a place like the uk where people are very genuine (if they dont like you you know about it) its weird to see people pretend to like you, its like dealing with robots instead of people.
I lived 1 year in Australia and have lived 8 years across the world. Only in US and Australia fake people like this are common
Bro, you got me damn near convinced. I'm a nurse and I've been traveling in the US which has been great! It seriously saved me. I was so close to falling off the deep end because of the stress of work and deep unhappiness with where I lived. I'm already finding myself becoming frustrated with my day to day life again. I think I might pull the trigger on this.
double check all legal requirements to be a nurse in australia. I knew a nurse from france which "got" a job in australia, and after arrival to australian hospital they told her she has to make locally like 1 o 2 years of paid university, and sorry for a mistake lol. She returned back to France.
Born and lived in Scotland until 2017, moved to Perth/Sydney until we moved back in 2022. To say I fell in love with Australia is an understatement. The lifestyle is unparalleled. We had more disposable income and happiness than than I have ever had. When my wife an I moved back to Scotland I was semi-depressed for 6 months . But 2 years on we now have a baby and the smiles I see on my parents face when they see their granddaughter is incredible. My parents wouldn't have had a relationship with my daughter if we stayed in Australia. My parents are 65 now. If we had stayed there and travelled back to Scotland once a year, assuming they lived until 85, we would only see the physically 20 more times and the rest would be via a laptop. Family gravitated us back to the UK.
He has me in stitches all the time - considering moving and if this isn’t a sign I don’t know what it is!
I've existed in Australia for the past 28 years of my life minus 1 week (to Barcelona). Not a travel bug at all, Australia is a beautiful land - overall we have our mindset right here
A lot of it is right! Glad you like it here down under mate! Wish we could catch up in Sydney some time. I'm a 24yr old founder. Would love to hear more about your story
British Ex-pat who has lived in all three cities.
Melbourne is hands down the best for meeting new people, multicultural, food and lifestyle. Great for those wanting a complete experience.
Sydney is for those seeking status, the finance bros, beautiful locations but it's a wealth driven city. Great for those wanting the flash, shiny things.
Brisbane is up-and-coming, but people can be very cliquey and reserved. Great for those wanting to relax and enjoy the great outdoors.
I lived in Oz for 1 year in 2015 and returned to the UK when my visa ended. I agree with most of your points but you can still live that lifestyle in the UK, just not on tap because of the weather (which makes me appreciate it more). Sub topical waters in Cornwall, beautiful mountains in Wales and Scotland and easy access into Europe makes the UK a good option. The grass is greenest where you water it and if you're not happy in UK it doesn't mean Oz will solve all your problems. Rent might be in comparison with London but getting onto the property ladder in Sydney is almost impossible.
Cornwall sub tropical waters? hahaha the highest temp is in august at around 18c. Somewhere that's actually sub tropical like Mackay is nearly double that with a max sea temp of around 30c in February.
@@kizzfdz1991 the climate is designated officially as sub-tropical. Did you not read my point on the weather not being consistent? Cornwall can reach 36 which is warm enough for me.
@@Scottwoolley_ you said 'sub tropical waters' which is what I laughed about not the weather or climate.
@@kizzfdz1991 the water is pretty crazy blue, Isle Of Scilly is definitely sub tropical
@Scottwoolley_ maybe it's just me, but the colour of the water doesn't indicate if it's sub tropical. To me that would be water temperature.
Perth is massively underated in my opinion. Been living here for 14 years now after moving from the UK. Great beaches, people are much nicer than Sydney for example, and the WA coast has so much to offer
Couldn’t agree more!!! Been here 13 years, moved from Ireland at 25. Best decision I ever made.
Was it easy to find work when you moved?
between 11 - 19 I lived on the east coast of aus. From NZ, been living in Canada for 5 years now and I'm starting to miss it back in Aus. Absolutely right about how great of a place Australia is a place to live. If you don't want to go there because of snakes and spiders you will be okay
Funny. I know several people/families who moved to Oz - but fucking hated it so came back. I guess it's swings & roundabouts. Some will fancy it, some won't. Personally, I've never fancied Oz - even as an holiday destination.
I moved to Australia and live there for 2.5 years saving for my pilots license funds. Arrived solo in the outback and quickly met so many great people, work was endless and with enough drive, you can land yourself a great position, especially with their solar farm boom they have at the moment. Well I’m home now and nearly fully qualified, but I say it to everyone that’s looking to save or wants a break away from here to just go and let it open your eyes. Always a special place to me. Go to aus play by the rules to get your visa and make a go for yourself
As a born and raised Norwegian I decided to move down all by myself at the age of 21 to the east coast in Australia (GC), best decision I've ever made. You talking about the "mundane" life is spot on and being down here is fantastic in comparison. The only "issue" is the flight ticket prices are quite high so don't expect to go home every year lol (especially as a student). Great video! Been here for 2 years now and times flown by.
What was your problem with norway? i'm from the netherlands but the nature of norway is amaaazing. so i'm curious what drove you to going abroad
Leaving Australia is the best thing I ever did. Lived and worked there for years and leaving made me appreciate life more. Some things are cheaper (beef, petrol) but overall its breathtakingly expensive. Yes some things are good and some people love there it but man its dull after a few years and endless heat gets depressing. I did have a laugh about the "competition" thats coming from a country with only 2 supermarkets. Everything there is a monopoly or duopoly and prices are fixed at high. But hey it was a life experience and worth a try, some people like it, a lot hate it also. I myself cannot recommend it. I could make a list about all the things I hate about it but that would go on far too long.
it would be great to hear the other side for us on the fence :)
@@marijadzincic2408 well the only way to really know is to experience it. Some people do like it and consider it a long jolly holiday.
However there is a difference between living there one year and a few years.
The qualities of the people are unparalleled anywhere else that I have come across. Superficial and dull, rivaled only by the hellish and superficial, dull landscape. Indeed the extreme boredom means the only interests people have are the national obsession with houses: like mosquitos the air is thick with greed.
Its also a police state, silly fines for everything like jaywalking or bringing a piece of fruit across town (in some cities its not allowed).
If there ever was a nicer version of Australia then it was 40 years ago before things were so headspingly expensive. Because they only way I'd ever live there would be if it were really cheap.
Yes thanks for reminding me that I shouldn’t take my country Australia for granted. Your different positive perspective is great encouragement because I know Australia is probably the best country, not a perfect country but a good one ever because I’m a well traveled and I know what we have in Australia. Thank you mate!❤
Great video James! I’m a Brit I used to work in Basingstoke my office was in an industrial estate right next to the M3 -it was basically ‘the office’ and I was over it!😂😂
My husband & I moved to Perth in 2013, absolutely no regrets, best decision we’ve made in our lives and we can’t imagine living anywhere else now.
That's good to hear! Me and my family move over this year
Easier said than done. There is no way for the majority of the world to just "quit and move" to Australia. The information is literally for 10% privileged that don't have to get a long-term visa, which is barely possible nowadays.
Enjoyed your video! I have been in Australia for 42 years now and I must say it was one of my best decisions to live here.
As a fellow adhd’r who’s looking to spend 6 months to try it out next year this is really helpful bro , thanks
Came home from Oz just after the Sydney lockout laws were introduced, some mental nights in the Cross good times.
Exact same story but I moved to the country side in Thailand. Using and drinking in my home country same as you in the weekends, expensive car, mortgage, ... Moved to Thailand country side. Build house of savings, beat up pickup truck, slower pace of life....
Literally just moved here as a backpacker too, in the same age as you were, already know I’ll love it forever.
i can totally agree , australia is a great country , i am from planet earth, but i have lived almost 3 years in australia , i can really recommend going there :))
Just live in the US. We have climate from Alaska to Hawaii and everything in between. We have extremely interesting/expensive places to live like NYC, but we also have less interesting but cheap places to live in Alabama.
Bruh, a long black with a dash of milk!!! U just saved me like 90 calories a day. I always drink flat whites because long blacks are straight lava, but a lil dash of milk to chill it a bit... genius. 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
Bro, I am in my 5th week of packing up and shipping out of the UK. I moved to Taiwan after dipping my toe in the water twice for a month then a year and you hit the nail on the head, UK is just a motionless depression factory. My whole life has changed for the better in such a short amount of time it’s shocking
It's the general attitude in the UK that helped me leave in 2008. The glass is well and truly "half-full" in the UK. People are overly aggressive, they hate the government and are downbeat. Not everyone, but a lot are!
@@simongarner53402008 is the exact point the UK went downhill
I’m migrating!
Also, Filipino music playing in the background. ❤
Kanlungan by Noel Cabangon. And its meaning is somehow related to your point. It’s so crazy coincidental.
I did it 6 years ago, best life decision I ever made.
I've been umming and arring moving to NZ but everything that you said in this video of how you was in the UK and trying to find reasons to stay is literally me to a T. I didn't think I could find someone that I relate to, in terms of the situation I find myself currently in. I have my medical tomorrow for NZ but now I feel like I can fully commit to this decision. Thank you for the video and wise advice.
Some of the things he said were so funny, but at the same time this was extremely enlightening for me as a person who has just moved to the UK from the US to get an MD in order to build a base for my future. Never really considered Australia as an option so thanks so much for this video.
I like the airplane mask metaphor you used, thats me right in New Zealand (my whole life), im so bored of it and can't wait to move to Australia in the matter of months
Great video, needed this! 👌
Love that your video is filmed in Wollongong! What a great place to live!
That's how I feel living in Canada. Like, you mean there are places where people's default setting isn't "depressed" for half of the year (during the winter?). There is more to life than to work 9-5 on weekdays and then snort blow and ket on weekends to forget about it? Crazy
This can be said about moving to any place from anywhere else in the world. It's all your personal perspective, most of your problems could be internal, and moving won't solve them. Do it anyway, it could be the best thing you've ever done.
As someone who is from the UK, lived in Australia for 20 years, and now live in Europe I really enjoyed this video.
I no longer live in Australia, and I have to say, there isn't much I miss at all (other than people). It's a fantastic place, and I had a great childhood and young adult life there but the reality is, the place is extremely expensive. If you are comparing to London, sure, it might come out ahead, but for the rest of the UK, any of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, or even Canberra will be far, far more expensive to live. I know I sound like a miserable Northerner, but the UK is far more than London.
Home ownership in Aus is a pipedream except for the rich, with rents also at all time highs and there no sign of it slowing down. It never used to be this way, and of course, everywhere is more expensive, but Australia used to feel like a place with opportunity - it was still developing.
I also found that Australian's (generalising) are far more concerned with having it all (car, house, boat etc) and everyone lives on credit, which is similar to a US mentality. Funny that James felt the same thing about the UK (Range Rover in Surrey - you should run the prices on buying a Range in Aus. You'll have a heart attack thanks to the "luxury car tax".
Of course, in Australia's favour there is a ton of natural beauty, but then again there is in the UK. I would put the scenery of the Lake District up against anywhere in Australia. You're also far closer to amazing European cities with culture and history. In Australia, a listed building can be 80 years old.
I have many friends who are from Australia who live in London, who never want to go back to Australia, and many friends in Sydney from the UK, who never want to return to the UK. Ultimately I think it is about your perspective, what you are used to, and creating a sense of adventure in your life.
I also have a variety of personal/family reasons as to why being back on this side if the world is better for me, which no doubt influence my feelings about Australia these days.
Which brings me to the conclusion, what is best for you, is best for you, and you should be happy wherever you live. It's great to see in the comments so many people who are happy living in Australia.
born and bred Aussie brother, best continent and country in the whole world, period 🇦🇺 no one comes close to australian culture, come over and rip in xx
I did the same thing when I was 28. My only regret is that I didn't stay past two years. Who tf knows, I might go back when I'm 38. /shrug
I honestly think all Western countries are becoming similar.
I think Australia is nice, but structurally starting to have the same problems as the UK.
And the Sun and beaches are nice, but as someone who lives in a beach area in Europe, that's not everything for everyone.
So ultimately it really depends what you like. I might also add that there is a statistic that most Brits/Europeans that move out there, come back.
Mostly because of the loneliness of being an expat, especially when your parents and your "native land" is back there.
It's not easy being an immigrant and leaving everything behind. It's fun when you're very young for a short period, but otherwise its not for everyone.
I might also add that Europe is far from the worst place.
We went out around the same time. I came home and regret it, you stayed and don’t regret it 😂 hard to say regret it because fast forward and I’ve got 2 kids but would love to get them growing up over there. Like you say, Visas are the issue after 2 working holiday visas completed. It’s a different world init mate. Top video and just watched your fasting video aswell, class. Take it easy
Literally just got to the Jackie bit 😂 straight facts
Can we keep Australia's amazingness a secret please? I'm already never going to be able to afford a house, lets not convince more people to come and drive up the prices further...
thats exactly what he's doing and taking housing from hard working aussies. I bet he gets a kick back as well wonder who's sponsoring his BS probably the coffee shop he's talking about!!
The standard of living is definitely high, but it's far too expensive now. Sydney is consistently rated as having one of the least affordable housing markets, 2nd by some estimates/analysis; behind Hong Kong - a trading port city that has no more land to develop upon. The government is severely myopic, they've massively increased migration without developing the infrastructure needed to support such population growth. Average guy/gal watching this video isn't going to be making as much as this influencer, and won't afford the same glamorised Aussie lifestyle in either Sydney or Melbourne. If you've got a decent profession it's possibly still viable, but you'd probably be based an hour+ drive from the beach unless you've got serious cash.
I guess UK to Aus is cheaper, but Africa to Aus to super expensive. However, that won't stop me from trying to get there. Great video as always James!!
Good video. "Bills in Bracknell" bro knows about the Lexicon hahaha.
So excited to visit Perth soon! Gonna decide if i want to live there or not
I'm fine in Slovenia, tbh
omg thanks so much what did i win @RealJamesSmith--
As somebody who lived in Aus most of my life... you really like the beach. I hate it, sand sucks, salt water sucks, I hate the beach. :)
anakin skywalker?
Foreigners move to Sydney and Melbourne, Australians move to Brisbane and Perth.
Furthermore, it is not true at all that everyone in the UK wants to live in London. Even Londoners prefer to move to the suburbs and commute in for work. And whilst he did ONE price comparison (petrol/gas) between the UK and Oz, if you do your own research you'll find that the actual cost of living in Oz is more than in the UK. Do your own homework. Don't trust a guy like this who doesn't even know why his local pool is not 100 metres long. I can't stop laughing about that.
I live on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, I am a Full time, Permanent life long Government Surf Team Member..I have never touched Snow, the snowman type Snow.
I have never lasted at a job for more than 4 days. I am 52 years old, fit as, dont smoke ciggies and I do alright at trivia nights at the surf club when they used to have them before covid, unvaxxd too btw. I got no idea why I telling yas this.... so Ill bugger off.. CYA's
Peace.
Was dabbling in the idea of moving for years. Half-assed applications and desire.
Watched this video 2 months ago. Landed a job, selling my car, apartment and everything I own. Moving to Sydney in August for 4 years.
Thank you so much man. The kick I needed 💪🏼
Let's all move there. All 7 billion of us.
I love the idea of Australia but the quality of life, cost and freedom are just so much better in countries like Montenegro/Poland/parts of Asia. The politics of Australia seem like it’s going in a weird direction that in another decade or two will make it like the UK.
Accommodations alone is a killer
Grass is always greener. It really depends where you're going from and moving to. Sydney and Melbourne are BLOODY expensive. This isn't Australia in the 90s when you could buy a home and raise a family. The housing situation is very depressing. If you love sport and the outdoors life, great. If you're an intellectual, Australia ain't it. If you have career ambitions in tech, the USA is probably a better choice. If you want a cheaper life with beaches and heat, Asia is where it's at.
Sounds like your life in the UK was bleak. However, the 'keeping up with the jones' and 'getting maggoted on the weekend' - I have definitely seen in Australia. Lot of people buying cars and houses on credit. Lot of unambitious people who fall back on the welfare state. Also, seeing a lot more surveillance, big government red tape and less friendliness and cohesion compared to my childhood - someone who grew up in Melbourne but living in Europe.
Nothing untrue said by you. Australia is a cultural desert imho. Better wages in US too.
Me watching this at 27. Thinking of moving to Australia 😅😊
As a born and raised Aussie, I need to hear these perspectives as it's so easy to take for granted what is around me and how so many would break an arm and a leg to live here.
Good point, i live in NZ, and it doesn't hurt to be reminded that compaired to what is currently going on in parts of the world today, life is pretty sweet down here......
Facts, this video just made me realise how grateful i am to be in Sydney
I was gonna say. Sometimes you just gotta hear this shit so you appreciate what you’ve got hey?
so so lucky its taken / taking me and my partner nearly 2 years to get our Aussie visas haha
I was thinking same thing. 14:38 this is exactly what I needed to hear today. That’s it, I’m going to Bondi! Oh crap sculptures starting today! Argggh why couldn’t I have watched this last week!!
As an Australian whos going through some hard times mentally, this video made me look out the window and appreciate things a bit more. Thanks for the perspective.
I wish the stars would shine like they do do in the southern hemishphere, keep your head up up my friend.
As James said in the video, you're never alone.
Best 3 years of my life was living in Aussie. Miss it 🥲
Perfect timing. Yesterday i was passed over for a 3 year posting to London from Australia. I was devastated. Was going to take my wife and kids on an amazing adventure and in my eyes, unfairly, wasn’t awarded the role.
And then James reminds me I live in the best country in the world. Thanks mate. Needed it
London is a horrible, horrible place to live. God was looking out for you lmao
Blessing in disguise! What’s for you won’t pass you.
You’d be mad coming to London
Lucky escape, it was a shit hole when i lived their 30 years ago, God knows what its like now even the British wont go there.
Bro. London is awful. Stay away no one is happy here.
As an Aussie, living in Australia, after hearing this guy, I want to move to Australia! He makes so much sense. Great video, mate.
u look like an intelligent person, so maybe u know how i can work in Aussie as a doctor? I am a doctor from Germany
@@tig79rover91 of course we need more doctors here in australia as there are to many immigrants coming into australia at the moment. Im not sure how but maybe apply for a working visa?
thank you very much@@carbonisotope6444
@@tig79rover91come to aus. We need more smart doctors.
@@tig79rover91 you should be able to, how's those arabs , indians who cheat their way into australia, get the chance and you as a german dont?..
As an Australian already, i see this as an absolute win!
As a Icelander. I am not crazy about 40 degress celsus weather personally unless I can walk around naked.
@@SkoopyghostFuck man I'm english and our "summers" kill me.
@@Skoopyghostas an Englishman who has visited both Oz and Iceland you're both winners.
same
@@Skoopyghost Yep. In Queensland where I live, Winters have beautiful weather but summer is awful. It's a bit of a cliche, but it's not just the heat, it's the humidity. The minute you're out of aircon on a hot summer day, you're wet with sweat.
The funny part about this video is what you said about moving from UK to Australia is how I felt about moving to the UK from the States. I think a change from the monotony of everyday life and experiencing something new in a new place is what felt good to me...More so than the country I moved to. Even with the shitty weather in the UK I feel better here than I ever did in Atlanta.
gross lol. UK weather, food, people...all suck. Glad I don't have to work there a few weeks a year anymore.
@@PhonySopran0 Weather is ass can't argue with that but I cook my own food and the people here dont annoy me as much as the stateside folks. So ehhh to each their own I guess.
Totally agree. I'm from the UK and lived in London for 10 years. Visited NYC a few times and desperate to move there. Working on my green card. I just need a change of scenery, a new culture and some excitement again. London was great when I moved at 18 but I'm done with it.
The UK is far better than America!@@PhonySopran0
Fair enough, although there are much better options than the UK if you wanted a “change of scenery”
As a Māori living in Australia coming from New Zealand, I’m glad to call this country my home
if you don't support the wahs youre a traitor
Cause thats all you have!
@@mihalyfreeman5928 not sure what you mean
So you were born in Australia?
@@MainakMondal-wz8cx no
Love it
didn't expect to see you here!
Omg this crossover’s so unexpected i look up to you both!!
Your amazing Ali!!
What is bro doing here 😭
As an Australian living in Sydney all my life i never really thought about everyday as being a holiday. But compared to other countries like the UK it really is incredible! Great Video
Mate if I live in Sydney instead of the UK, I'd be walking every day looking at the beauty of the country
If you got money in the UK it’s better than living in Australia. But again, it’s personal preference! Both countries are great x
@@HBGamer44 Wrong, completely wrong. If you're poor or rich it's better in Australia. UK is a miserable racist country where the weather is trash 90% of the year and there's kids with knives running around stabbing people. You're delusional.
@@HBGamer44 There's also no such thing as a nice beach in the UK. Or hot girls.
@@HBGamer44 You have a better chance of having money in Australia, with the bonus of being in Australia.
I completely agree! My husband, toddlers, and I went on holiday to Costa Rica, from Calgary. Our kids had so much fun going to the beach and swimming in pools every day whilst it was -30 back in Canada, that we decided to move to Australia. Less than a year later we did it. Have been here since 2011 (first Sydney, then Melbourne and now the Gold Coast) and we still feel like we’re on vacation.
Gold Coast! welcome. My home ground haha
Gold Coast FTW.
I thought it was difficult to get residency to Australia?
@@mutton_man it is but if someone has the right skills then they and their immediate family can certainly make the move. One year is fast though. That may suggest their skills were in high demand.
New Zealanders are an exception BTW. Virtually all New Zealand citizens are free to move to Australia if they wish (and vice versa).
As someone who lives in the suburbs an hour from Sydney, I would say that Sydney is a lot like London in the sense that people aren't always friendly and are quite caught up in their own lives. We get friendlier further out from the CBD i promise 🤣
That's a thing with most metropolis sadly, I moved from a really small town where you could wave or say hi to random passerby to a place where people look at you as if you're insane for doing so. The culture shock was pretty bad lol.
Get yourself to the cross 😉
people are nicer in the riff than the cbd it’s mental. moved up to gc it’s heaps nicer here but less jobs
Love the equating of living in London being "the UK". Sounds like you were unhappy with London, rather than the country itself, in many ways. I definitely get the cost of living, cultural differences though. Plenty of people live outside of cities in the UK and are happy, but people in London believe they ARE the UK, when it's actually the opposite. Anyway, happy for you that you have found somewhere better for you, all the best for the future.
Yes exactly I live in Manchester and Im quite happy here although Im Portuguese so every time I miss the sun I can always pop a short flight to Lisbon lol
I have recently discovered up north in UK is faaaarrrr greater than anywhere down South, and cheaper housing too
@@jackbauer5455 For sure dude, plenty of low cost flights available. I have family in Lisbon, beautiful city.
Not saying you did this, but many people move here and complain about the weather/climate here. And I think "did you not realise this before you came!?".
@@mattyno964 I'm a soft southerner, but I have heard many great things about the North: warmth of the people, cost of living, sense of community etc. London is largely a ghetto cesspit now, with some prestigious buildings and wealthy pockets. Would much rather live further North if I could.
@mattyno964 Grew up in SE and London and feel the same. We grow up and get brainwashed by "its grim up norf innit", then you actually do extended visits and it's a different country, down to earth people, and affordable homes/related costs relative to incomes. The south is dead for the average person.
Leaving the UK and going to Australia at 26 was genuinely the best thing I ever did.
Missing family is unbelievably hard, but my health and the opportunities I was afforded are beyond anything I could have imagined.
Not that easy I'm afraid. This video breaks my heart cos I resonate with so much of what you said. Me and my wife travelled and ended up living in Sydney for 3 months. I got a great job in the CBD and made new friends via a BJJ gym. Life felt like a holiday - it was unreal. Even just walking back from the bus stop I often stopped for a dip in the Murray Rose harbour pool. But my wife's mum got sick so we flew home to support the family. She passed away and we ended up getting a dog to cope with the loss. I had my eye on getting back to Oz but our visas expired and we couldn't really agree. Ended up buying a home here in the UK and having a baby. Super happy with my little family life up north but MAAAAN I miss oz a lot and always wonder what could have been. I really try and come up with mental gymnastics about how i'd have gotten bored of Oz eventually, missed family etc but this vid really brought back what I loved about Sydney. I do need to point out some negatives -- your video is solely weighted around weekend warrior city types. There's a lot to love in the UK that isn't about drinking at the weekend.
What exactly is stopping you from moving in the future or atleast just visiting for a holiday? Also maybe if you stayed in Australia you would of missed England. Just a thought.
haha sounds like you know where home is brother.. we shall see you and the family soon im sure.
Aye man, part of my heart lives in Sydney forever :( @@moses7766
What are you waiting for?
Always feels like a grass is greener thing. I'd love to move to Aus, but my Aussie mates over here think I'm crazy. They say Aus has no opportunities that's why they came to the UK. To each their own I guess.
I took the 1st step and traveled to Australia for 1 month, loved it, and I 100% agree with James, especially about the coffee. I was living in Asia for years and to be honest preferred it to Australia, but I always had Australia as a 2nd location to move to in future. I intend to move back to Asia in future and take more holidays in Australia, the UK will always be my home, but it's a small island with (in my opinion) and ever decreasing quality of life. The world is a big place and being pinned down never being able to expand your horizons is having one foot in the grave. "get busy living or get busy dying"
Whereabouts in Asia mate? How do you manage to find work?
@@abusypersongood questions
Do you have to secure work before making the move?
In 22 days me and my girlfriend will be boarding our flight from the UK to Sydney where we will begin our new lives, we have visited a handful of times and finally made the decision to make it happen.
This video basically sums up all of the reasons why we both want to live in Australia, so now when asked the question “why do you want to move there” I will just show them this 😂
good luck mate. thats a dream for me and my family.
Word to the wise, Sydney is far from the best place to live in Australia.
@@djh9022 I suppose it’s all relative, compared to where were living in the UK Sydney is a great place to live 😎, not hating on where we live as we love it here too but change is good!
@@konradklisiak2273 yeah of course, you’ll have a great time, and you’ll get more options as you go. Good luck with everything mate 🙂
@@djh9022 you haven't been to newtown then. it's a nice place to live
I’m Polish, just moved to Perth with my wife, because we felt that one day we would really regret that we didn’t give it a go, even though the whole process of moving from Europe to Australia was really tidious and exhausting with all that paperwork and other bull$h!t. And after a 4 weeks here I can tell you that - oh my, that’s the BEST DECISION we’ve made in our life! Have a good one mate!
wa one of the best states you could be in. hope you enjoy it here we love the polaks or “white wogs” as we call youse
@@bogan9738 haha I didn't know that you call Poles this way here :) Cheers
Welcome from another Perthonian!
@@MindfulStir Thanks mate!
Moving to Perth with my GF in January 🤌🏻
Australia is amazing, no doubt (I lived in Melbourne for eight months), but it's not as easy as just quitting and moving there. If your clients, family, friends are all based in the UK, it's very hard to turn that all upside down and move to the other side of the world because of the weather and lifestyle.
He wasn’t tied down by anything. I think he mentions not having kids and how that would have made the decision a lot more complex. It wasn’t a decision made on a whimsical fantasy. When the place you call home, doesn’t feel like home, you come to a point of having to make a difficult decision like this. It’s not easy. But the pain of regret and never knowing is worse.
as someone who loves gloomy weather and was forced to move to the UK at age 12, I'm done moving. But I LOVE alternate perspective videos like this.
Yeah, my favourite weather is kind of Autumnal gloom, or clear in the late afternoon. Seeing James in the direct sunlight makes me feel anxious, I hate direct sun!
As a Scottish man, it’s not for me😂
This is a classic example of “grass always greener” syndrome. James speaks in absolutes. I could find videos from Aussies who left and love England. I did the same when I left England for Canada. Your journey is your journey. Don’t be swayed by somebody persuading you the grass is greener when that’s their lawn not yours.
this x100000000
And for some reason he's coming at it from the perspective that your only option in the UK is to live in London? what???
Yes and no. Aussie culture is all about the outdoors and not taking yourself or anything too seriously. It's unique.
Very well said
@@hddy5994 Yeah but they were the worst when it came to the flue. I am german. Germany is pretty nice. But the government is shit. Less shit than Australia though. Australia is fucked.
Couldn't put it any better. Some would say I had a midlife crisis when I moved to Sydney at the age of 34 years old. In 2 weeks 25th Oct I will be a citizen.
I've made some poor decisions in my life. But packing up and moving to Australia the best decision of my life. 😊😊
Where are you from?
USFCA men wouldve had guns for the women/ But 600+ dropped out soooooooo
@@reiokimura6519 originally Manchester UK
I moved from the UK to Australia and decided to move back to the UK to be closer to family. Maintaining a relationship with family on the phone is easy for adults, but grandparents will struggle having a relationship with grandchildren when they're young.
Also, in my opinion, if you're unhappy, you shouldn't expect sunshine and beaches to make you happy. My happiness comes from my personal growth and my kids. I spend my time learning, training and enjoy time with my family, I hardly have time to notice the bad UK weather.
However, if you're in a bad environment full of temptations that make you unhappy, you should move. But you could just move to a nearby city rather than a new country.
In saying all of this, Australia is a great country.
sunshine and beaches are a HELL of a proxy though, i'll say that much.
As someone who moved back home (for family reasons) from a tropical 'paradise' country where I was earning a v high salary, I agree.
Being in my early forties now, I feel so very differently about living my life so far away as I did in my twenties and thirties, when it was just about myself and having as much fun as I wanted, without needing to worry about family.
I knew it was time to come back when I saw my parents older and with health issues. It isn't the same on facetime/whatsapp as actually being down the road.
Also; I appreciate the UK seasons so much now, and weather never gets me down, I just get out in the driving rain in wellies or wrap up in winter, whereas I found Oz summers (had a friend who lived there) and the summers in my v hot, humid country unbearable.
To each their own though- I still know someone who is living in Oz for good, despite family being so far away. I couldn't personally, but they seem happy.
you got a really valid perspective :) im the same. i want my parents to be happy as well. they took care of me when i was young and i have to pay it back.
As someone who genuinely wishes just to move anywhere else with sun, when it’s this time of year and it’s dark all the time I 100% want to just jump
@@rebecca7410 I am Australian and would never live in the tropics, summers can be a nightmare. This video being based in Sydney is probably close to about the perfect climate you can get, basically lovely 8-10 months of the year and I know for some foreigners can be a revelation to their mental health.
The hot lollipop birds aren’t just in Sydney, they’re everywhere in aus 😂
There are none here in Brisbane
Haha yes lots in Melbourne too. They’re strippers a lot of the time… during Covid they lost their jobs in the brothels so they went and found another job in construction doing traffic control which pays decent and requires piss easy qualifications
@@thomasfandradeThere are a few. But yeah most of them are older lol
I had a very similar experience. Moved here from the UK in 2014 when i was 27. Agree with pretty much all youve said. I remember my first week sitting on the beach thinking, 'why is everyone not doing this'.
Only downside is that ya have to budget for speeding fines. Theres hidden cameras everywhere and random speed limits.
or maybe... and this might sound like divine revelation, but maybe dont drive too fast? drive like a normal person.
After seeing how authoritarian your government is/was during the pandemic locking y’all up like animals, I’m good. I’ll stick to Tennessee 😂😂
That was mainly in Melbourne. It's just what you see on the news. Where I live in SE QLD, we weren't locked inside our houses at all.
The beach is for rich people in Australia. most of sydney lives in the western suburbs, it's hard to get to the beach. Those cafe boys that live there are probably from rich families in the northern beaches n eastern suburbs.
thekrazya........ Believe it or not there are actually some beaches outside Sydney. I live in Port Macquarie.There are quite a number up here. Sounds like you need to get out more,at least out of Sydney.
Oh James, loved this video. So nice to hear you remembered our conversations. I’m with you on the Almond Croissant. Obviously never had one in Aus but they are yummy.
Australian tourist board must love you. Take care and keep enjoying life. ❤️
The uk is more then just London, which literally acts as it’s own country.
I can see why people get a better life in Aus compared to the uk. But in the same way you don’t have to cross the planet to get a better life.
Aus can be great for a lot of people, but it’s not for everyone.
Great video.
I moved to Australia (Perth) in 2007 when I was 10 years old, from Cardiff, Wales.
I can safely say many years later that I am very grateful for my father coming here with his trade as a boilermaker and giving me a much better quality of life.
I finished school, got an apprenticeship, qualified as a LV mechanic and have been working ever since.
At 27, I've just bought my first home, it is 1000sqm, 25 minutes from the city and 15 minutes from the airport for less than $600k (307k GBP) I could only dream of that in the UK.
Family and friends are definitely the greatest hurdle, but sacrificing a quality of life to spend more time with loved ones is something you have to weigh up. I am lucky to have some family decide to emigrate here after visiting on holiday.
TL;DR If you are able to emigrate to Australia, do it.
Have you kept your Welsh accent?
@@trancemadmaz Nope, I sound as bogan as can be :/
@@lfcbroady 🤣🤣 Good man. I spent 6 months in Perth during my travels. Amazing city to get settled and raise a family tho nightlife is a bit meh. Mandurah and Fremantle are nice spots 👌
1000 sqm?
@@nemanjamilovancevic7311 1/4 Acre, 10,763sqft
I'm Australian and my wife is from Germany. We moved back here 4 years ago and it has been the best decision! Now we are doing a lap around Australia in our van and seeing parts of the country that most Aussies never see. Great advice to come over for 3 months and see how you like it. Just be aware that being on a holiday is different to everyday life. You still have stress and problems but hey that's life!
Your kind words have made me even more grateful to be living in Queensland as an Australian! While some things are changing over time to make us more like America, it’s happening at a slow pace. Despite these changes, we are still far better off than many other countries. Thank you for acknowledging us, mate!
This is a downright lie! Cost of living in any major Australian city is terrible just like the UK.
No more mini trips around Europe either you’re 1000’s of miles from anywhere. Good luck with it mate
This man dosnt live in London
I'm Aussie living in London, been here about 4 years and definitely keen to move home soon - main issue with going back is OZ is so isolated and I still want to see so much of Europe
Londoner here, I got Londoner friends who moved to New Zealand, which country is better?
@@JC-gy2ktas someone with family in both places that moved to NZ. Definitely NZ you won’t regret it. If you like a more busy kind of place then Australia
@@JC-gy2ktNZ is fkn boring mate and everyone I’ve known who has been there/lived there has said the same thing, don’t get me wrong it’s a beautiful place but boring😂
@@JC-gy2ktI’m weighing up moving back to NZ this month, but only because I’m nearly eligible for a passport which will get me to Aus! Aus > UK > NZ
Auckland gets worse by the week, and the rest of the country is more suited just to holidays- especially if you’re comparing with London and used to having year round options for stuff to do.
I actually just decided to book a one way flight home for this time next year apparently I’m easily influenced
I hope you realise you are living the old Australian dream. It seems what you're doing for income allows for you to live near the beaches but unfortunately it's quite unattainable to have that close proximity for most Australians. Most of us battlers (myself included). Have to commute in god awful traffic from Sydney's west to the city and then back. Lose about 4 hours a day in driving. Don't get me wrong it's a great country and I love it here but just keep in mind you need a very high paying job or have alternative income streams to live near the beaches/city
Bro, it just sounds like you became a more mature person in Australia than you were in the UK. I don't need a fancy car to feel good about myself, and I live in the UK. Home is where your heart is.
Legitimately good points and it does seem all the more intriguing to look into moving and working in AUS, I even have a friend moving there next month with his girlfriend.
But when your mentality is "you have to live in London in the UK" and "there's nothing to do on the weekends other than drink" it's no wonder why life would become expensive, hard and depressing with that lifestyle and location.
I do find it frustrating that people still look at the UK as just London and nothing else and see it as a legitimate argument to go overseas.
There are some great cities in the UK to live and work, but that doesn't mean to say the country still doesn't have huge problems and it is better overseas - not just in Australia - in a lot of areas. I guess you just have to look at things as a whole when looking at a country rather than one city and one lifestyle.
I've just read your 'Not a life coach' book and I'm booking a one-way ticket to South East Asia. I was trapped in my toxic environment (private life and work) and decided to leave and life a little! Thanks for the inspiration James!
100% agree. Im french and live in Australia since 4 years. Everyday is beautiful and feels like holiday. I'm living in Noosa since 2 years now and wish to never go back in Europe to live. Don't get me wrong I still love to travel Europe but that's it. Very grateful for Australia
Well said, i agree
Noosas a popular holiday spot so of course every days going to feel like a holiday lucky you 🎉👍🏽
Well yeah, you live in Noosa, no fucking shit everyday feels like a holiday hahahahahahahahah....
@AceOfSpadesPRO01 everything is possible mate 🙏
@Jared-en1im yeah just manifestation mate