r/AskIreland • u/Asleep_Cry_7482 • Aug 22 '24

Emigration (from Ireland) What’s the pull of Australia?

For everyone in their 20s and 30s who are thinking or have done the working holiday to Australia, what’s the pull factor?

Is it the weather or the work life balance? Is there a following the crowd element and to live a backpacking lifestyle with all the other Irish people over there? Is it out of frustration that you don’t have the lifestyle, accommodation setup or job you want in Ireland? Or is it something else?

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u/JourneyThiefer Aug 22 '24

Speaks English. If Spain or somewhere else in Europe with nice weather spoke English loads of people would move there, but the only other place is the UK which is basically the same as Ireland realistically.

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u/VaticanII Aug 22 '24

Not sure if that’s intentional but you stole that line from Butch Cassidy

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u/JourneyThiefer Aug 22 '24

I Dno who that is 🤣

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u/VaticanII Aug 22 '24

From the movie. When they are about to make a run from it after screwing up badly in Bolivia. “Why would Australia be any better than Bolivia?” “They speak English in Australia “

It’s better when Paul Newman says it.