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Originally Posted by RobinMask
Sometimes it's more feasable to live without visiting, than to visit first then decide to live. Japan in particular is a very expensive country to visit, if someone only had a limited ammount of savings then to visit would probably use up a good chunk of money, maybe all of it. It'd make moving over then a lot harder because they'd need to save all over again.
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Interesting viewpoint but we're not talking about moving to a new apartment or a different area of town.
Moving to a new country involves a lot more than obtaining a visa and a job. It involves new customs, new languages, new climates, etc. It also involves leaving your job, family, friends and starting pretty much from zero.
Sure, it may seem more feasible to live without visiting but how much are you saving? $2000? Once you're in Japan only to realize that you're unhappy, miserable and homesick, you've just spent $1000 on a plane ticket, $3000 on rent and furniture and you've wasted time which could have been productive at home.