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Moving somewhere permanently without any local friends or family is a horrible idea for most people. It’s a fantasy.

Edit: Since I’m already being rate limited because I’m on dangs list because I argued with him…

It’s not easy for everyone to find new friends and romantic partners. Please don’t brush off the harsh realities of immigrating. My immigrant friends all tell me how hard it was to move to the US.

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If you're mostly self reliant where you live today and the climate sucks then it can work out just fine, especially if you are willing to really learn the local language.

Yes, only if one is in an good economy country (or first world country). Otherwise, economic migrations happen all the time, and I myself moved multiple times in life (temporary) for better job prospects and permanently for personal reasons to other countries, with not a known single soul in new place.

It really depends on where you move. I would never move to suburban America, for example, because of what you mentioned. But if you're young(ish) and/or don't have too many family commitments it's pretty easy to find a hobby based or cultural community in most cities.

You can just make new friends though. In my experience it’s infinitely easier to make friends abroad because in a way it’s you guys vs the locals

Your immigrant friends might say its hard but they still choose it over staying at home. I'm an immigrant, I've lived in 5 countries, it was pretty easy to make friends in all those places, though they were big global multi cultural cities.

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