I'm Leaving Australia After 4 Years! Pros & Cons Of Living Down Under

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  • @joea9813
    @joea9813 Рік тому +29

    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.

  • @krishlanaidoo8392
    @krishlanaidoo8392 5 місяців тому +12

    You are so true, cannot make close friends ❤

  • @jakelennon6057
    @jakelennon6057 7 місяців тому +6

    As an australian for 33 years, i applaud your accuracy in the pros and cons, well said, especially for GC/brisbane

  • @bonghead6621
    @bonghead6621 11 місяців тому +17

    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.

    • @richardbrown9344
      @richardbrown9344 8 місяців тому +4

      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..

    • @bonghead6621
      @bonghead6621 8 місяців тому +6

      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.

    • @Wayne-fn1sw
      @Wayne-fn1sw 4 місяці тому

      Same issue in the UK loads of fake people and divisions . Everyone is out for themselves. So many English invaders running away to Australia.

  • @tacorevenge87
    @tacorevenge87 Рік тому +23

    Australia is not what it used to be. Expensive, taxes for everything and interest rates to the roof.

    • @samhortonlifestyle
      @samhortonlifestyle  Рік тому +1

      Everywhere has it's problems

    • @Wayne-fn1sw
      @Wayne-fn1sw 4 місяці тому

      The UK is in a worse state than Australia is.

    • @xyzxyz4575
      @xyzxyz4575 3 місяці тому +1

      And red tapes too

    • @sylviam6535
      @sylviam6535 2 місяці тому

      Don’t forget: tons of regulations.

  • @krishlanaidoo8392
    @krishlanaidoo8392 5 місяців тому +2

    Sam you hit the nail on the head. Go with your heart families important ❤

  • @JoshuaSmith-vu4os
    @JoshuaSmith-vu4os Рік тому +2

    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.

    • @samhortonlifestyle
      @samhortonlifestyle  Рік тому

      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!

  • @davegallo8790
    @davegallo8790 Місяць тому

    As an Australian who lived in the UK for five years. A very fair and accurate summary.

  • @jeanmurat6335
    @jeanmurat6335 Рік тому +4

    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 👍

    • @royzevisionneur2045
      @royzevisionneur2045 3 місяці тому

      C'est facile de se faire des amis à Melbourne ? Plus qu'à Sydney ?

    • @shazza160
      @shazza160 28 днів тому

      @@royzevisionneur2045no. Not Aussies.

  • @youtuber261
    @youtuber261 Рік тому +8

    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.

    • @shazza160
      @shazza160 28 днів тому

      Best you go. The IQ of both countries will go up.

  • @Sandrita3211
    @Sandrita3211 Рік тому +3

    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?

    • @samhortonlifestyle
      @samhortonlifestyle  Рік тому +2

      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!

  • @jodhia
    @jodhia Рік тому +7

    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 ❤️

    • @youtuber261
      @youtuber261 Рік тому +1

      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.

    • @adudeczka
      @adudeczka Рік тому

      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.

    • @farzinfrank2553
      @farzinfrank2553 4 місяці тому +1

      Australia is just small talks and work. Everyone looking for thier mortgage.

  • @Shade878
    @Shade878 Рік тому +2

    Glad you enjoyed your time here. All the best mate!

  • @Fantabbydozy2608
    @Fantabbydozy2608 Рік тому +12

    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

    • @samhortonlifestyle
      @samhortonlifestyle  Рік тому +1

      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

  • @whoozworldizthis4221
    @whoozworldizthis4221 2 місяці тому +1

    Aussie here. You are spot on!

  • @womp6338
    @womp6338 2 місяці тому +3

    Australia is a very empty soulless country. I say that as a native, I visited England it it felt more like home than Australia

  • @jaypatel3979
    @jaypatel3979 Рік тому +7

    You have made the right decision as now there is no future anymore here.
    Too many red tape here

    • @MeadowDay
      @MeadowDay 2 місяці тому

      Who the public votes for will have to change…Andrews STILL in power????

  • @georgetsipas49
    @georgetsipas49 Рік тому +1

    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.

    • @samhortonlifestyle
      @samhortonlifestyle  Рік тому

      It’s interesting you say that. Do you have family in uk and Aus then?

    • @richardbrown9344
      @richardbrown9344 8 місяців тому +1

      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.

    • @john18eighteen
      @john18eighteen 6 місяців тому

      You don't have a mortgage do you. Great place to holiday but a bitch of a place to keep a roof over your head.

    • @sergiozammel8261
      @sergiozammel8261 3 місяці тому

      @@richardbrown9344 I think it really comes down to what circles you run in and where you live. I'm 64 and a great majority of my friends and associates are POMS..Years ago we did have a friendly rivalry with the English, mainly because they sent our fore fathers here as convicts LOL..But thats a long time ago.
      Sydney would be one of the worst to make friends as they have no time for a shit, and the rest is travelling to and from work.

  • @Pcolloins
    @Pcolloins 5 місяців тому +2

    Nice video.
    I’m coming towards the end of my second year work holiday in Australia. My experience has been similar to yours pretty much all the same places. I’m going to give New Zealand a try next.

  • @chrisheffernan3998
    @chrisheffernan3998 8 місяців тому +1

    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

    • @samhortonlifestyle
      @samhortonlifestyle  8 місяців тому

      The shortage of affordable housing in real! And I imaging in NZ you have more family and friends there too which can help.

    • @Wayne-fn1sw
      @Wayne-fn1sw 4 місяці тому

      UK has same issues with high rents , racism, homelessness and corruption not much different to Australia 🦘

  • @andrewmacdonald4833
    @andrewmacdonald4833 3 місяці тому +4

    I came to Oz in 2000....great country then...people were friendlier..more relaxed...when I look around, I don't see the same Oz...people are way too PC as well...also very cliquey..hard to make meaningful connections.

    • @samhortonlifestyle
      @samhortonlifestyle  3 місяці тому

      @@andrewmacdonald4833 interesting! I still love Aus none the less. Every country has there issues, I just hope they don’t make the same mistakes the uk, USA and Canada have made

    • @royzevisionneur2045
      @royzevisionneur2045 3 місяці тому

      Is this the case in Melbourne? Also how is the dating scene like? I just want to find a female partner then move to Switzerland haha

    • @ibika9457
      @ibika9457 2 місяці тому

      Great country in 2000 and before.. then the greed and mass mass immigration ruined it

  • @lemillion8394
    @lemillion8394 Місяць тому

    I'd love to hear how this turned out, are you back in the UK, anything you miss about Australia, thoughts and feelings about your decision?

  • @rebeloftheeast
    @rebeloftheeast Рік тому +5

    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 . .

    • @samhortonlifestyle
      @samhortonlifestyle  Рік тому +2

      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!

    • @youtuber261
      @youtuber261 Рік тому +5

      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.

    • @carerforever2118
      @carerforever2118 Місяць тому

      Police told me to stay home and continue to look after my mum in her old age after l called them to tell them my brother was abusive. Police suck!

  • @jaybee1196
    @jaybee1196 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for your perspective

  • @andrewvaughan5686
    @andrewvaughan5686 2 місяці тому +1

    Ive been living in Sydney for 15 years, moved from Ireland.
    Worst part about Sydney is meeting people/making friends. Its fine if you're backpacking or staying in hostels, youll meet other internationals in the same boat, problem is most if not all of these people leave.
    So youre if you want to stay here youre left with making friends with Sydneysiders which is near impossible, theyre way too insular and quite franky xenophobic.
    Im going to move to Melbourne soon, the people there are better.
    Also there is zero nightlife in Sydney for anyone older than 25.

  • @isabeaudemarco8115
    @isabeaudemarco8115 2 місяці тому

    Been here six years & have yet to make a friend. I joined a church & still find the aussies stay in their groups, excluding outsiders. Want to leave but my Aussies husband & I can’t find any spare either the cost of living.

  • @chrisnewtownnsw
    @chrisnewtownnsw 2 місяці тому +1

    As an Aussie I noticed the English like to sing in unison a lot, especially when they've been drinking. That doesn't happen much at all here and for no real reason. English love their football (soccer) we are mostly indifferent to it. English like to troll each other a lot more, here we make it clear straight after that we were just kidding around, the English leave it mysterious and it can do your head in. English dudes have wwwwaaay more game and charisma than us Aussie dudes therefore you guys get to take all our women. All in all I do like the English as an elder sibling kind of way.

  • @MrDanjacs
    @MrDanjacs 5 місяців тому +3

    On Aussies wanting to only hang out with Aussies.
    When I meet an Aussie, which living in Sydney is increasingly rare, i want to hang out with them.

    • @shazza160
      @shazza160 28 днів тому

      That’s a natural progress when there is mass immigration.

  • @louisaklimentos7583
    @louisaklimentos7583 Рік тому

    It is like being caught between two cultures . Just come to Australia for holidays and New Zealand too !

  • @shyamchabra5355
    @shyamchabra5355 4 місяці тому +1

    You have to be a two income (well paid) household, to survive in Australia!

  • @zero_earth
    @zero_earth Рік тому +7

    i hate australia and cant wait to get back to the usa. its miserable here.

  • @erniesulovic4734
    @erniesulovic4734 Рік тому +16

    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

    • @samhortonlifestyle
      @samhortonlifestyle  Рік тому

      Thanks for the comment. Where about are you from in oz?

    • @erniesulovic4734
      @erniesulovic4734 Рік тому +4

      @@samhortonlifestyle 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.

    • @mike4802
      @mike4802 Рік тому +3

      @@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.

    • @erniesulovic4734
      @erniesulovic4734 Рік тому +3

      @@mike4802 Sounds like a good plan mate 🙂

    • @jaypatel3979
      @jaypatel3979 Рік тому +2

      @@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

  • @vls3771
    @vls3771 3 місяці тому

    All the best buddy ..not sure if going back to europe in the northern hemisphere is a good idea ...

    • @samhortonlifestyle
      @samhortonlifestyle  3 місяці тому

      @@vls3771 I’ve been back for a year now. It’s not as bad as the media presents it

  • @sonnyobrien
    @sonnyobrien Рік тому

    So its 6 months later now. What is the verdict on your feelings now?

    • @samhortonlifestyle
      @samhortonlifestyle  Рік тому +5

      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

    • @sonnyobrien
      @sonnyobrien Рік тому +2

      @@samhortonlifestyle right now rent is unaffordable in australia. Impossible to find a sharehouse below 200

    • @samhortonlifestyle
      @samhortonlifestyle  Рік тому +2

      @@sonnyobrien I was paying 350 in Gold Coast

  • @willco5431
    @willco5431 7 місяців тому +1

    I am born here and I am not suited to the heat lol

  • @brendand1937
    @brendand1937 4 місяці тому

    Get to Esperance, set up a lifestyle, travel the world from there. Travellers everywhere

  • @seansmith445
    @seansmith445 Місяць тому

    Wow you have a hybrid accent after only 4 years!

  • @ankursahu5193
    @ankursahu5193 7 місяців тому +1

    Me too😊

  • @Forbes794
    @Forbes794 Місяць тому

    You made me laugh my sox off when you said Hobart is a fishing village, it's really not by any stretch of the imagination did you even go there ?

  • @carerforever2118
    @carerforever2118 Місяць тому

    Cool! Everyone is leaving Australia, soon l'll be all alone. Hate being around people. Yep. I'm gonna be all alone on this big island. It's gonna be all to myself! Yay!

  • @NoirL.A.
    @NoirL.A. 10 місяців тому +2

    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.

    • @samhortonlifestyle
      @samhortonlifestyle  10 місяців тому +2

      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.

    • @NoirL.A.
      @NoirL.A. 10 місяців тому +1

      @@samhortonlifestyle i suppose it beats being called "yank".

    • @sergiozammel8261
      @sergiozammel8261 3 місяці тому

      I'm an ozzy, and it is just usually part of our slang to use the descriptive of foreigners. Usually nothing is meant unless they are shitty and add some other descriptive like "ahh I got fleeced by that jippo Wog bastard" !
      I have friends from England that we freely call POMS to their face and they even will tell you when asked that they are POMS. Australia has changed in leaps and bounds for the worse over the years, I'm 64 now in Adelaide, and it used to be like a country town. You all would know the main people in your district and help each other, leaning on the fence for a friendly chat was normal. Life was much cheaper and less red tape and rules..
      Now you can't do this and you can't do that, seems not many has the time of day for anyone. I am just glad that the country itself is still largely the same. Thanks for your good rap on the place Sam, and it is people like you that we ozzies like to have back.

  • @stephengoldsbury4338
    @stephengoldsbury4338 8 місяців тому

    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.

    • @samhortonlifestyle
      @samhortonlifestyle  8 місяців тому +1

      I’d love to come back one day! Got family ties in the Uk which is what keeps me here.

  • @Yaraldi-u7q
    @Yaraldi-u7q 25 днів тому

    Have you found your accent changed? You kinda sound like 50/50

  • @Davo996
    @Davo996 2 місяці тому

    We used to be awesome. Unfortunately all the good clubs closed. It’s turned racist and too conservative. Melbourne is great but wayyyyy too expensive.

  • @amaknusa9212
    @amaknusa9212 4 місяці тому

    SO SAFE! SO SAFE!😂😂

  • @farzinfrank2553
    @farzinfrank2553 4 місяці тому +1

    Its debt taxs and fines. With not proper jobs.

  • @jol166
    @jol166 Місяць тому

    handsome ❤❤❤

  • @kenzo9644
    @kenzo9644 3 місяці тому

    We are so sad . I say good riddance to bad rubbish .

    • @samhortonlifestyle
      @samhortonlifestyle  3 місяці тому

      @@kenzo9644 standard bot account with zero videos, well done 👍

  • @Davo996
    @Davo996 2 місяці тому

    Rude flaky. True.

  • @shawnsuave5694
    @shawnsuave5694 2 місяці тому

    Byebye

  • @TurnMaster
    @TurnMaster 6 місяців тому

    Good, leave, the less the better

  • @coopsnz1
    @coopsnz1 Місяць тому

    high taxes why more educated move to Usa for less taxes & higher wages

  • @coopsnz1
    @coopsnz1 Місяць тому

    my cousin lived in uk and moved to usa the government socialism policys ruin countries why people leave