When you move to a new city how long does it take to be comfortable in the new city? (homes, look for a job)
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Moving to a new city is very alien like as you have no friends there and do not know what to expect. How long does it take to get comfortable? How long does it take to make friends? Most people make friends by going to school or having jobs. But moving to a new city you have no friends and be alone. So how do you make friends?
And moving to new city the streets will be very alien like so you get lost even on the highway and big streets. I tried looking at Google map and I don’t know where to start just looking at the map is confusing because you have no starting base point being you don’t even know two streets in that city. You don’t know the highways or big streets or any big landmarks. You will know nothing and you get lost no matter how good you are at mapping.
So how do you go about this and how long does it take before you are comfortable?
For starters turn off your navigation and rediscover reading street/highway signs while watching where you are going, so that after a short period of time you have figured out what's where for the most part.
Agree with the above, turn off the maps and just explore. Assuming that many posters here have a great interest in urban designs, one should be able to mentally map the "grid". It only took me twice to understand the overall layout of Chicago.
If you are retirement age, going to senior centers might help. If your health is good you can meet people hiking or at the gym. If you have enough money to go to festivals and concerts or on organized trips, you might meet people there.
If you intend to look for a job, once you have the job your coworkers will have suggestions.
BUT, having moved a lot, I would suggest moving to where there is at least one friend or close relative who wants to interact with you.
About a year. It can takes months just to locate the best stores to shop at and many months to find the good restaurants. Unless you run a delivery route, it takes a long time to learn the streets because you don't spend all day driving around.
It helps immensely if you have a hobby that you love because you can usually find a group that is involved with the same hobby. Maybe not meet friends for life, but good acquaintances that you can talk to and go to lunch with.
I think it takes at least a year to get over homesickness, and some folks take longer than that.
You need at least a year to decide whether you basically like it or not and another year or two to get truly comfortable IMO.
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