Come to Australia, OP.
We will honestly welcome you with open arms. People here are so friendly and non judgemental. They don’t care what car you drive, what you do for work, how you look or what you own. They will just like you and welcome you if you’re a decent person.
Some of the replies on here are comical. “The weather is disgusting” - pretty ignorant considering Aus is the size of Europe and the weather vastly varies across the country. Some places have snow and some places have sun, some in between. But okayyyyy.
“Insects/wildlife/spiders/snakes will kill you” - literally only ever said by people who’ve never been here. We don’t spend our days trying to survive the native wildlife. In fact, we barely ever see any of those. It’s the bloody magpies you need to watch.
Healthcare - far, far, far superior here. I can get a doctors appointment anywhere in the country within an hour. Free. In England I had to wait six weeks once for an appointment. There are a lot of British GPs in the area I live and we’re close to a lot of the world’s leading health related research universities, so I feel here that medical professionals are more up to date in their knowledge and just seem to take their patients seriously. We also live longer here on average too.
The air is cleaner here. It feels and smells
different. I can’t explain it and I forget about it until I come back to Australia from America or Europe, and then smell that fresh fresh fresh air for a few days. The scenery is just stunning. I still pinch myself everyday seeing how beautiful this country is.
Someone will come along later, if they haven’t already and tell you that Aus has no culture. That’s ignorant and borderline racist. There is a rich indigenous culture in this country, going back thousands and thousands of years. We have galleries and theatres and concerts too, shocking!
The fucking coffee here is like liquid gold. It’s indescribable. Australian’s take their coffee so seriously and, just wow. Never in my life, in all the countries I’ve travelled, have I tasted better coffee. And Melbourne coffee is the best, FYI. I’m in Qld, but can definitely appreciate that beautiful Melbourne coffee!
We swear. Lots. Sometimes as a sign of endearment. This was the most difficult thing for me to get used to, as well as people being just so nice (it appeared fake nice when I first got here).
Lifestyle is outdoors, relaxed and happy. We eat better here. Fruits and veggies in season and just taste better. Less hormones in Aussie meats. Seafood is divine. I catch my own most weeks; oysters, fish, mud crabs.
Cost of living is higher, but bingo, so are the wages. Leisure activities are cheaper.
“TV is shit”. We don’t watch it as we’re living our best lives! In England, when we go back we really notice the obsession with celebrities and sports stars and how a lot of people’s lives are centred around the TV or the local pub. So you can keep your TV channels. Though, shh, we can actually stream UK tv here. Even the BBC. Without a license fee. But we’re usually too busy having fun to bother. In fact, I think we last watched anything on the TV properly about 5 years ago.
Houses here are bigger. My wardrobe here is bigger than my bedroom in England and my laundry room is bigger than our old uk kitchen. We don’t even have a large house by Aussie standards.
Anyway give it a go, you can always go back if you don’t like it. :-)