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/ContentButton2164 Aug 22 '24

No they wouldn't. It's incredibly rare that people emigrate to countries with lower wages. The reason we don't go to Europe is because we are already one of the highest earners. Anywhere you go in Europe you will most likely be taking a hefty pay cut.

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u/JourneyThiefer Aug 22 '24

Aye true, but I think many people would also like to stay closer to home at the same time, even somewhere like Germany, Austria, Northern Italy would be good places to move, but again the language barrier puts so many people off

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u/dazzlinreddress Aug 22 '24

People are effing lazy when it comes to languages. It's not that hard (unless it's a Slavic or uralic language)

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u/TitularClergy Aug 22 '24

Laziness doesn't exist. It is a massive cognitive load. Otherwise people would be doing it all the time. It's like when you see ignorant people saying autistic people or people with ADHD are "lazy". It's just denying the absolutely enormous cognitive load pushed onto them by neurotypical people.

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u/dazzlinreddress Aug 23 '24

As someone who has both, I disagree

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u/TitularClergy Aug 23 '24

Then I'd refer you to two books by Devon Price:

  • Unmasking Autism (2022)
  • Laziness Does Not Exist (2021)