Living close to your own communities has both positive and negative impact on you and your families.
At the very beginning when your are newly settled in Australia, it is okay to stay within your migrants communities, so you can get the necessary help.
This could help you dealing with culture shock, home sickness, loneliness, feeling isolation or language barriers and getting used to all the new systems as you start your new life in a new country like Australia.
We talk the same language and we share our dreams and happiness. We understand the depth of the words that we say. That's when we feel connected, says Fatima Salihi who migrated from Afghanistan to Australia in 2018.
Though you may benefit from living in the same migrant community that may speak your language, practice your culture, eat the same food similar to those from your homeland, there would be a catch. If you just spend too much on your communities, you may not understand the Australia's ways of life and may not be able to speak like an Aussie or learn the English that is very important to enable you to live comfortably in Australia.
But migrating to Australia doesn't mean that you have to live only in the cities. Some migrants communities may prefer regional towns or remote areas of Australia, depends on which visas categories and which Australian government policies it implements.
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But after you have been living for some times, and grasp Australian culture or way of life and understanding its political system, legal systems and its economy, some time it is better of staying away from your communities so you can live your lives fully as you should in Australia.
Within those pockets, they speak their own language and that removes them from connecting with the rest of the Australian community, which removes them from learning English, which removes them from understanding the culture and the norms of that country that they call home, say Mahir Momand, the Chief Executive Officer of the Regional Opportunities Australia.
That means you cannot just live within your own communities, but you may need to network and participate with the broader Australian communities to fully grasp Australia way of life.
