Locals or Expats: Who do you choose?

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Who'd you hang with experts or locals? That's a choice. So who? Well, it depends when you first arrive abroad. And even before you go abroad, you can easily do your research online. Hang with expert forums, find some experts in the city.

Look up some meetups, remember meetups where expert meet together. And that is quite nice because they speak your language. They know exactly what you're going through. They've been where you are now. And they can help you and it's nice. It's nice to connect.

It's nice to find people from maybe your own country. But how long do you want to hang with Xbox? Some people stick with Xbox for years when they are abroad. Me personally, I will really Hurry up to find local people. While Because I want to integrate, I want to integrate in a new country. And locals are a great network for support for information.

That is information that a lot of experts wouldn't know. They have these locations, these ideas, these tips and tricks that I love. I mean, as simple as you know, which restaurant should I go? Where will I buy my food? Where will I get, you know, where will I open my bank account, which bank I love doing what the locals do. There, they're difficult living there.

They know the ins and outs of the neighborhood where you arrive. They know the neighbors, they know the neighborhood, they can give you so much valuable information. If you get to meet them if you get to know them. You learn so much about the culture where you are and that helps you adjust and integrate and it helps you to feel at home so much quicker and easier. Then if you hang with experts and of course a combination is fine. But a lot of people often ask me when I'm abroad like you know, I'm living in France and people say like, oh, are there a lot of Belgium's in France?

If I want to know, Belgium's, I'll go back to Belgium. No, I want to meet the locals. I want to know the culture. I want to integrate. I want to feel home because when I'm abroad, no matter where that is my home and I want you to feel home no matter where. So how do you feel home?

Yes, at first when you want some comfortable comfort zone, then go and meet with some experts. You know, you don't feel alone. You don't feel you know, you feel you can relate. But as much as you can, I would encourage you to meet and mingle with the locals. They are an invaluable source of information and support and it helps you integrate and adjust with the culture. So big tip As much as you can mingle with the locals, good luck

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