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Some people might say that moving to a new city or country is not a good idea because you will lose your old friend. However, I think moving to a new city or country is a good idea. This is because the old friend is not a requisite of life and you can contact with your friends with the Internet.
To begin with, the old friend is not that important to living actually. The average life span is almost a hundred years now. This long life, it is almost impossible to contact whole life with the old friend, because you would meet new people and make new relationships continuously. For example, There was a survey conducted by Gallup Korea with the old people who are older than 70 years old as respondents. The purpose of survey was to understand the consensus view about the importance of old relationship. The majority of respondents ranked new relationship over old relationship. An overwhelming 88% had responded that it is important to make new relationship since it can make your sight broader and life is too long to living with few friends. This survey shows that people do not have a negative view of not caring the old friend.
On top of that, you do not have to meet your friends in person since there is highly improved internet services now. There are many ways to interact with your friends even if you are not able to meet your friends. For instance, I was born at Seoul, Korea, and i am living in Tokyo, Japan now. But I do not feel loneliness because i can send a text or have a video chat with my friends anytime we want. I even contact with my friend who i met at Paris, France. And it is always a good experience interacting with many people around world.
To sum up, You can make new relationships at new country or city, and also can maintain your old relationships with the Internet. Therefore you do not have to worry about moving to a new city or country because of the worries about losing your old friend. In this regard, I firmly believe that moving to a new city or country is a good idea. |