▶ Your Answer :
Some people argue that it is not a good
idea moving to a new city or country since they will lose their old friends.
However, I disagree with the claim because the development of social media already
phased out the remoteness. Also, new environment will provide an opportunity to
meet new friends.
To begin with, there are many online messengers
which connect people in different places with internet access. In the past,
people were not able to communicate with friends who live long distance. However,
the improvement of ICT technology freed people from that challenge. In addition,
people can be aware of their friends’ daily life by using social media such as facebook
and Instagram. Location is no longer an obstacle to maintain friendship. For
example, when I worked in Kenya a couple of years ago, I did not have much
works to do in the evening, but I never felt loneliness since I could talk with
my old friends who living in Korea. Interestingly, I could improve many relationships
in Africa rather than staying in Korea.
On top of that, new environment help people
make new friends. When people move to new city or country, they are exposed to new
relationship from school, extracurricular activities, and social activities.
With the additional relationships, people tend to feel happiness. The Seoul
National University implemented a poll in order to determine whether moving to
new city of country negatively affect people’s social relationship. The
research team interviewed 200 people who have the same experience in the last
three years. The majority people answered that moving to new environment did
not affect to friendship. Rather than, they pointed out that their social skill
was improved by interacting with two different friends group.
To sum up, people can keep in touch with
old friends via social media, and new environment will provide a chance to develop
new relationship. In this regards, I firmly believe that moving to a new city or
country is a good idea. |