Eventually I will review those but I have to shift my priorities to Sony for a while.
Living in Oz ? Well, I hope to gain my (dual-) citizenship this year.
Life is generally better here but, of course, nothing is perfect.
A few impressions:
- generally people have a much more positive attitude towards life
- lower taxes ;-) ... but then the living costs are also higher
- no social jealousy (which is a pest in Germany). Generally people mind their own business.
- Sydney is great for 9 months of the year (but miserably humid during those other 3 months)
- the living quality is higher (living standard is roughly similar)
- working is more anonymous here (work is work)
- the pension system is not fucked up
- expats have primarily contacts with other expats
- the prices for properties are insane in Sydney
- IT is surprisingly advanced here (I'm working in IT in real life) whereas general engineering is 2nd or 3rd grade (there's barely any industry here)
- fixing a road doesn't take a year (like in Germany) but sometimes it happens overnight (literally)
- buying photo stuff is cheaper but if you need service you are fucked (but Amazon is finally coming later this year)
Living in Oz ? Well, I hope to gain my (dual-) citizenship this year.
Life is generally better here but, of course, nothing is perfect.
A few impressions:
- generally people have a much more positive attitude towards life
- lower taxes ;-) ... but then the living costs are also higher
- no social jealousy (which is a pest in Germany). Generally people mind their own business.
- Sydney is great for 9 months of the year (but miserably humid during those other 3 months)
- the living quality is higher (living standard is roughly similar)
- working is more anonymous here (work is work)
- the pension system is not fucked up
- expats have primarily contacts with other expats
- the prices for properties are insane in Sydney
- IT is surprisingly advanced here (I'm working in IT in real life) whereas general engineering is 2nd or 3rd grade (there's barely any industry here)
- fixing a road doesn't take a year (like in Germany) but sometimes it happens overnight (literally)
- buying photo stuff is cheaper but if you need service you are fucked (but Amazon is finally coming later this year)