View Poll Results: WOuld you do it all again? (emigrate that is)
Yes
63
57.80%
Jury is still out on that one
9
8.26%
I'll let you know when I've done it for the first time!
3
2.75%
Yes but to somewhere other than Australia
7
6.42%
No
16
14.68%
You having a giraffe? I'd rather crawl round the desert with a mouthful of rocks
11
10.09%
Voters: 109. You may not vote on this poll
Would you do it all again?
May 3rd 2011 | 8:51 pm
#76
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 6,830
From: Perth
Re: Would you do it all again?
Not too many cosy over the fence chats,to be had these days either.
May 4th 2011 | 12:08 am
#77
Possum. Amiculum. Latrina
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 3,427
From: Footloose
Re: Would you do it all again?
Yes, they were directly before. Makes it more a little more attractive I guess. Thanks for your help ( and to Bermuda Shorts)
May 4th 2011 | 9:02 am
#78
Account Closed
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 14,188
Re: Would you do it all again?
If I was in the process of moving to Australia at the moment the results in this poll might be a bit of a shock to the system. Only just over the 50% mark think it was a good move. A surprisingly, at least to me, low number.
May 4th 2011 | 11:27 am
#79
Thread Starter
Home and Happy
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 94,308
From: Keep true friends and puppets close, trust no-one else...
Re: Would you do it all again?
Certainly differs from previous polls on the subject, and I must admit I'm surprised, I expected more "ÿes" replies....
May 4th 2011 | 1:50 pm
#80
Crazy Cat Lady
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 65,493
Re: Would you do it all again?
Are people voting one of the no options because they're thinking 'if they knew then what they know now' or yes with respect to how and why they came over? I voted yes with everything being as it was when we moved. If I was going on the way things are now with exchange rates and property prices I'd have voted no.
May 4th 2011 | 5:47 pm
#81
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 10,375
Re: Would you do it all again?
Probably in my first two years here I would have been a "I"m loving it" voter. It was the golden era
cheap everything, Good exchange rate, like most people the money side of things made up for the crap.
Even the heat was a novelty, now I just find that a pain in the ass.
Roll on winter
cheap everything, Good exchange rate, like most people the money side of things made up for the crap. Even the heat was a novelty, now I just find that a pain in the ass.
Roll on winter
May 4th 2011 | 9:06 pm
#82
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,838
Re: Would you do it all again?
Probably in my first two years here I would have been a "I"m loving it" voter. It was the golden era cheap everything, Good exchange rate, like most people the money side of things made up for the crap.
Even the heat was a novelty, now I just find that a pain in the ass.
Roll on winter
cheap everything, Good exchange rate, like most people the money side of things made up for the crap. Even the heat was a novelty, now I just find that a pain in the ass.
Roll on winter
I've been here 22years and still trying to recover from our initial financial losses on arrival.It would be a "no" for me.
May 4th 2011 | 10:29 pm
#83
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 938
From: London - but only until I can afford to move back to Sydney
Re: Would you do it all again?
Are people voting one of the no options because they're thinking 'if they knew then what they know now' or yes with respect to how and why they came over? I voted yes with everything being as it was when we moved. If I was going on the way things are now with exchange rates and property prices I'd have voted no.
May 4th 2011 | 10:57 pm
#84
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,838
Re: Would you do it all again?
The only reason I voted yes even though I came back to the UK late last year due to cost of living in Australia was that I am now in a position where over the next few years I will be able to buy myself out of the cost of living issues in Australia if you cant take over a seriously large amount of money to Australia I wouldn't going.
May 4th 2011 | 11:10 pm
#87
Home Sweet Home
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 5,128
From: Surrey, England
Re: Would you do it all again?
The only reason I voted yes even though I came back to the UK late last year due to cost of living in Australia was that I am now in a position where over the next few years I will be able to buy myself out of the cost of living issues in Australia if you cant take over a seriously large amount of money to Australia I wouldn't going.
May 4th 2011 | 11:44 pm
#88
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 938
From: London - but only until I can afford to move back to Sydney
May 4th 2011 | 11:46 pm
#89
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 938
From: London - but only until I can afford to move back to Sydney
Re: Would you do it all again?
If things carry on as they are I won't need to worry about a mortgage of immense proportions. When I move back it will be for good.
May 5th 2011 | 12:02 am
#90
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 4,553
From: Melbourne
Re: Would you do it all again?
Considering we migrated from Dubai, my answer would be yes, without a doubt! I'm actually glad we didn't make the move 10 years ago as originally planned and only migrated here 18 months ago.
