In recent years, people have been shifting to a new country upon retirement. This has both advantages and disadvantages. I will discuss in this essay below the reasons why I conclude that there are more disadvantages.
Nowdays, parents live alone since their children move abroad to study and most of them never come back, leaving behind parents who have ties to their home country.
Some people feel this is advantageous since they spend nearly half their lives sticking to one place due to prevailing jobs, especially government employees. They could never move out since their job never allowed. They only plan to do so after they retire. This helps them make their own decisions, live carefree, learn new language, meet new people.
However, I believe that there are more disadvantages to this. Once you grow old, you start fearing life and become more emotional than ever. For instance, my grandparents have seen their children and grandchildren move out. They always wanted to move out too to their favourite place, Dalhousie, but this never happened and they always stayed in their hometown, our village. Now that they have grown old, they no longer want to leave our village since they ateare familiar towith the people they live around. They know that if, in case, there is an emergency, the neighbours will be the first ones to reach out. This is what matters the most.
Conclusively, I am a firm believer that there are more disadvantages of moving out, and at the end of the day itsday, it’s your people and your family that you want to be surrounded by.
