Some people argue that moving to a new city or country will always bring costs in terms of expenses for moving, losing friends, and time consuming to accomodate to the new environment. Most people are concerned about losing contacts with their neighbors and friends that they have known for ages. However, I think that there are no problems engaged with losing contacts with old friends when moving to a new city or country.
To begin with, thanks to the development of technology, we have various methods to keep in touch with old friends. There are always different ways of contacting them for example through text messages, phonecalls, social network and these means or communication system enables to directly talk or be aware of our old friends at anytime. For example, eventhough I left my home coutry for several years, I still text message or often use skype to contact my old friends. This does not make me feel as if i am isolated or away from my friends but always be updated with new informations of my friends.
Next, there is always a posibility of meeting our old friends in our life. People may meet their friends by visiting the old place during their vacation and actually meet their old friends. they may also plan to travel to other countries together.
in conclusion, despite the fact that moving to other places separates one individual and its friend distantly, there are always ways to greet them again by travelling or by contacting them using internet or phonecall. In this regard, I strongly contend that whether living abroad or living contiguously will not make a significant difference. |