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Originally Posted by RogueSpear
The reason that this can happen in Australia is that there is a STRONG youth culture there.
In many Asian countries, you arent worth SHIT until a man can pay for an entire house, two cars, and his extended family.
Take a good hard look at the cultural and financial nuances and see the differences.
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This is slowly changing in Vietnam, afaik. More young adults are moving out before they can afford all of those. Mainly because they can't afford such things until they're much older, and they want more freedom NOW. The attitude they get from the older generations hasn't caught up with that, but they don't seem to give a sh!t. More are moving out & living with their BFs/GFs now and their parents can't do anything about it.
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Originally Posted by bubbletea
But I'm with Hen on this. I will also move out once I get a proper job. Until then I just can't afford to. I don't understand the people (mostly some of my white friends) who just think of moving out straight away once they get into uni, irregardless of the fact that they only have minimum paying jobs for their source of income. I think that's just dumb. Of course the freedom factor is very enticing, but I think the economic burden far outweighs that atm.
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I do understand them. It's called taking a risk and forcing yourself out of your comfort zone. Risk taking isn't always smart, but being smart & calculating your every move so that you stroll along through life entirely within your comfort zone isn't all that, you know. I didn't have a choice in this matter. I was forced into it by circumstance. However, in hindsight, even if I had a choice, I'd do it again. Since I uprooted myself at 18 to move here, I've done this "forcefully removing myself from my own comfort zone" a few times and every single time, I've grown so much from the experience.
The economic burden was very tough at first, but it forced me to become smarter at applying for jobs & making money. Recently I hooked my friend up with one of my old part-time jobs (building & repairing computers). When I had to walk him (who's only done retail/fastfood jobs and he's never moved out of home) through how to make the most money from it, I realized how much I had to learn to survive - and I'm only 2 years older than him.
There are many paths in life though. That's just one I've chosen.
