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by Melonotromo
581 days ago
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You are mixing up different things and you don't get the point... 1. traveling gives you experiences. You don't need to travel constantly to learn and gain from traveling. 2. Moving away from home (abroad or to a big city) gives you again a lot of new experiences. New insights, new world view. If i move home today, i'm a complet different person than my friends which never left and while certain things might look the same from the outside, its not. |
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Of course I understand the upsides of traveling, and even moving abroad. I have done both myself. Here is the first comment I made on this thread:
>>> There are pros and cons to all possibilities, whether it is staying put, traveling as a tourist, or immigrating in a foreign country.
What most people who repeat these memes of "moving abroad gives you new experiences and perspectives" miss is all the negatives that can come with that. I have tried to inform people of some of the downsides that often come along with the positives, based on my experience and that of people I know.
If people want to stick to overly simplistic ideas about living abroad, they are free to do so. But I would feel I'm doing them a disservice if I did not warn of the downsides -- I wish somebody had told me about them before I left.