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What advice would you give a young adult about to move out? (midwest.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I am asking this question because the young adult in question, is me. I am to move out in a few years, and it feels impossible to move far away from my hometown (which I want). I have no idea how to juggle both finances, a job, and the move itself. With the global inflation going on, it feels impossible getting hold of a decent apartment to rent.

What advice would you give someone like me? What should I keep in mind and prepare* myself for? What are your experiences moving out, or moving away from your hometown? How long did the process take for you, and how did you manage keeping a job that paid all your taxes and rent? If you could look back and give younger you some advice, what would you tell them?

(If it provides any context, I am North European.)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you don’t need to for safety or sanity, don’t. Now is a bad time to try and set out on your own.

If you must move out from your parents, find someone to do it with, not a romantic partner but a platonic one that you can be good roommates with (maybe harder than finding a romantic partner lol). Going alone these days is near impossible unless you’re already well off me have a healthy safety net, something most people don’t have today.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Going alone these days is near impossible unless you’re already well off me have a healthy safety net, something most people don’t have today.

He's from northern europe so the government most likely provides him a safety net. I'm also from northern europe and I had no problem moving on my own and start studying without any savings.