[firecall]

That’s not always the case, in Australia at least.

You cannot always choose exactly where to live. Initial location can be mandated.

Which tends to be satellite towns that need population or have been selected as strategical requiring population growth.

Immigration and Housing Policy are conversational hot potatoes.

[defrost]

AU social services tends to prefer community building where possible, eg:

https://www.sbs.com.au/voices/creative/the-karen-road-to-nhi...

    Increased resettlement of migrants and refugees in regional Australia has been an on-going focus of the policies of successive governments.

    One recent regional resettlement experience, initiated at the local level, has yielded significant outcomes for a small regional community and the refugees involved. 

https://www.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/au/Documents/E...

From: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/settling-in-australia/settle...