▶ Your Answer : Some people think that moving to a new city or country is not a good idea because you will lose your old friends. However, in my opinion, I don’t think moving to a new place is a bad for our old relationships. This is because there are many ways to stay in touch, regardless of physical location, and it gives us opportunities to make different types of friends. To begin with, moving to a different place doesn’t always result in losing a relationship. In fact, people can stay connected with their friends by using numerous types of mobile and online messengers. Even if we are in a different country, we can stay in touch, as there are many mobile applications available regardless of countries we live. For example, I have moved to another city when I was 20. At that time, I only had friends in the city where I used to live so I had worried about whether I could lose my old friends. However, we could stay in touch through text messages, online messengers and free phone calls. So we couldn’t find any difficulties in maintaining our relationships. On top of that, moving to different city actually gives us opportunity to make different types of friends, which can help us broadening our perspectives. By moving to a different environment, we can make friends who are different from our old friends and we can learn a lot of new perspectives from them. For example, my husband moved to Singapore 2 years ago. At first, he was quite concerned about losing his old friends and making new friends. However, as time passed, he could meet many new friends from his work, sports club and neighborhood. Most importantly, he could make friends from completely different background, which enables him to learn various kinds of culture, industry and even language. Now he is very satisfied with his new relationships. To sum up, even if we move to a new city or country, we can maintain our relationships with our old friends. Moreover, we can widen our knowledge, by making new friends from different backgrounds. |