What would you do for money? You can t work here legally, unless you get a work visa, which is highly unlikely for an uneducated 18 year old. I suggest that you stay in Australia till you have a marketable skill that might lead to a visa here in the U.S.
You will be neither mugged, carjacked nor murdered. This is one of the safest large cities in America. Nonetheless, it is also the city where housing is least affordable, so visit first, then make up your mind. You can subscribe to realtor.com to get an idea of what housing costs here. The unit size appropriate for a single man is Studio or 1 bedroom. Manhattan is out of the question unless you come from wealth because even outer borough apartments start at $1000/month. (American dollars)
Your best choice is to visit there or go to school there first. My son went to NYU, and when he graduated in Film and Television Production. I asked him if he wanted to stay there. He said New York is a wonderful place under two conditions: If you are a student, or if you are rich. Judging from your age, I would recommend looking at schools in New York. The fact that you are exotic will be in your favor with an admissions committee.
If you like the city life yes, but, i live in North Colonie, a town near albany new youk(wich is more economically stable and better looking than albany) If you want a quiet neighborhood with a peaceful neighborhood, i would suggest colonie (North Colonie that is)
New York City is a great city to live in if you are rich. There is theater, great shopping, and exciting nightlife. Real estate is extremely expensive, so don t expect to live in any place decent without a lot of money. Traffic and crime are terrible.
Nah fuc k it! Move to America, you only live once, you may as well get out there and experience as much as you can. If i had the money i would move to Whistler in Canada in a heart beat.
i think New York is a great option.You can go there for a month,or spend the summer there to see if you like it then you can move if u want:)good luck
if you want to get mugged, carjacked and murdered yes you should.
I d suggest moving to Melbourne. It is hard moving at 18 years old. I d suggest only moving to New York if you plan on living on dorm at a university. At least you can get a student loan and get home in the summer. I don t quite know what your situation is at home or with college aspirations though. Unless you come from money, Manhattan isn t the option. New York is cool, but it isn t as made out to be as it is. It basically is America s cultural capital. But what ever culture it is we have in our country is about as dry as your outback. We re not a very sophisticated people whom most lack basic intellect and have no ambition of acquiring it. I say move to a city like Paris. Or Tokyo. Try a new type of culture that you can learn something from. Or if you stay in the Anglosphere, London is a nice option. These are all very expensive cities though.Since you re 18, go for Paris. Why? Need I say? It ll be a lot harder getting women in New York. There are a few reasons why. One, just like all of America, we tend to have high obesity rates and NYC is no exclusion. You re talking about 35-40% of women and than another 30% who are 15-30 pounds over weight. Go to Paris or Rome and the first thing you ll notice is that is a lot less. I don t know if it is something about cultures with English heritage being a little overweight because while we are into looks, we just don t take the work to maintain it like Latin cultures like French, Italians or Spanish. You re young. Enjoy yourself. At least go to a city in America where there are lots of hotties like Miami or Honolulu. New York City is full of women who are in a rush and are so picky they d prefer hanging out with their gay male friends than dating straight men.
i live in new york and if you live in australia and move here you will be in for a wake up call. right now its 30 but it gets wayy colder actually it can get up to 60 degrees colder. (-30) and the summers can get hot too. we got 101 once but im sure your used to that.and also it all depends on where in ny you want to live. you def dont want to move to nyc the rents are really high there and you can barly make it down the sidewalk without squeezing through tons of shoppers. dont get me wrong its great for weekend shoping trips but not for livingcentral ny is more suburban exsept in the city of syracuse. it can get crazy thereup state gets alot of lake effect snow in the winter (central square area)and last would be the area around elmira its more country-ish. so thats what ny looks like and feels like. so do you want to move here? idk i wish i could move.