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Australia -> USA
17 years

Biggest challenge - The paperwork, expenses and travel involved. I had to come here, fly back, then my now wife had to fly there, then we both had to fly back to the US. We had a few stressful hiccups but it worked

I got used to how cheap everything was over here so it came as a huge shock how pricey everything was when we went to see my folks in 2011

One huge lesson I learned was to get a job with "health insurance" .. for the longest time I was oblivious to what that meant

Fun stories - Disneyland seemed like a myth living in Australia, but we've gone many times. We got to experience Comic Con in San Diego a few times, we've had trips here and there, parties and what not. It's been a blast

Interesting tid bit - within my first year I experienced my first ever drive by shooting as we slept and the next door neighbors house was shot at

Things I miss - living about a 15 minute drive from the beach and Melbournes atmosphere...