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    3 Quick Tips On How To Make Friends After You Move

    removal 15 May 2014

    Especially if you have lived in one place for a long time, learning how to make friends after you move can be difficult. After first, moving to a new place is full of possibilities, but after things settle down, temporary doubts about the move and even a little homesickness can set in. This is not a good thing, especially if your move is really a positive step forward in your life. So let’s talk about how to make friends after you move:

    Tip #1: How to make friends after you move to the big city. Let’s face it, people move to a place like Sydney or Melbourne to get ahead – but there is a price to pay for success. And the first thing that you will find is that everything that you want to do is expensive and people don’t seem to want to meet you unless they think you have money.

    So what do you do? Don’t sit around in your new home feeling sorry for yourself. Go on the Internet and find all of the free activities that you can and go do them. The one great thing about a big city like Melbourne and Sydney is that there are so many free things to do that you can occupy your time and make new friends at the same time – all for little or no cost.

    Tip #2: How To Make Friends After You Move To A Small Town. The other side of the coin is that you live in a hip part of Sydney and then you decide to buy a house – only to find that the only homes you can afford are located in what feels like the Northern Territory. That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but when you buy a home outside of a city like Sydney, things will drastically change when it comes to making friends. The first thing you will need to do is make friends with your neighbors. They will know they lay of the land so to speak, and can help you find places of local interest, as well as places to avoid.

    Next, go online and look for local clubs that share your interests. There are also many local facilities like sports clubs that offer affordable activities like boating or whatever locals do. The main thing is to be open to new possibilities and the fact that whatever you do will involve people that you may make long-lasting and meaningful relationships with.

    Tip #3: Don’t sit on your computer or mobile device and expect to make friends in a new city or town. The longer you put off getting out into the real world, the longer it will take you to get used to your new environment. Even if you don’t make new friends right away, you can do things like go shopping and find out where local restaurants, clubs, churches, rec enters, sports clubs, and other places where people meet are. Then go online and find out when people meet and what they do is of interest to you. Remember, every organization has a website – you just need to get the information and then get out there.

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