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Tom_Joad posted...

It is easy when you have money. It's doable for the average joe.

Pay an immigration lawyer to file your paperwork for you. Then fly out and hire a guide to show you around the places you are interested.

Speak to a realtor to buy a place.

Then hire a moving company to get your stuff from here to there.

Unpack.

And continue to use the immigration lawyers to set up your taxpayer number, public health service registration, in-country bank account, drivers license exchange, etc.

Shit, I did it 2 years ago. IT WASN'T HARD.

And I'm not filthy rich like Tom Holland.

And also leave behind everyone you know and love and start a new life on the other side of the planet. While also continting a career that has now gotten 10x harder, logistically.

That may not be a big deal to you. But it is to most people. And money doesn't fix that. Tom Holland has a life. A family. Zendaya. Zendaya's life and family. It's a lot to ask. And no, the military, who basically hold you at gunpoint and say "move or go to prison" is not an apt comparison. Especially when plenty of military personnel report strains on nearly all their personal relationships as a consequence. But you'll find a LOT of very difficult and painful decisions magically get a lot easier to make when there are life-destroying ultimatums leveled at you.