A number of reasons.

Some find it too hot or humid. Some find it too expensive (it is not a great place to live if you have no income.) Some find it too far away from the rest of the world – either because they have loved ones elsewhere or they like to travel to Northern Hemisphere countries. Some find adjusting to anywhere new very difficult; they get homesick and are overcome by rose-tinted views of “back home”. Some are offered jobs or transfers somewhere else.

Many don’t know how good they’ve got it until they leave Australia and go elsewhere. You do realise, with hindsight, that if you have a job and have your family in Australia, it doesn’t get much better anywhere else. Sadly, it’s often lack of having one or the other locally that is behind the decision to leave. People get sick of 24 hour journeys to see parents, especially when parents get infirm or elderly and can no longer fly out to see their grandkids.

In the end, it comes down to how you’re living, not where you’re living. For me, family, sticking together and having the means to support my loved ones are what come first.

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Thanks to Melissa Johnson first published on Quora