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Is it smart to move to Australia from USA?

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Potential immigrants debate the pros and cons

As moving to Australia from the USA has gotten more popular amongst Americans throughout the country it was extremely apropos that I came upon a great discussion regarding a twenty year old with a father with a deep military background who has moved quite often throughout his life and is now considering moving permanently to Australia from America.

The discussion underscores the immense popularity of Australia as this is a person who has traveled all over the world and he has found Australia to be the most attractive place to relocate to. The replies to the potential immigrant were both varied and fascinating and I think it was the first response that really carried the tone of the conversation and stressed the general feelings of those around the world that have made relocating to Australia so tempting.

The responder spoke of how Australia was one of the few countries in the world that has come through the global financial crisis with unemployment holding at record lows, how the climate in Australia is generally magnificent throughout the year, how it consists of friendly people who welcome outsiders and more.

These are generally all of the usual reasons you’ll hear about why people have decided to move to the Land Down Under. With all these reasons, in addition to some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, a reasonable cost of living and a democratically elected government, it seems safe to say that the trend of moving to Australia from the USA and, really, from other places throughout the world, will only continue to keep moving in a positive direction.

Contact Rainier Overseas Movers when you are thinking of moving to Australia from the USA to receive a free quote and answers to any questions you may have.

 

Rainier Overseas Aids Japan Earthquake Relief Effort

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Our Global Community – Donations to Japan

When you handle 5000 international moves annually it means that you have customers that are literally all over this world.

After the March 11th earthquake hit Japan we followed up with a recent client of ours who lives in the northern region of Japan to check if they were ok. Fortunately all was ok minus some structural damage to their home and damages to a few material items.

Hearing their story of the traumatic event, Rainier Overseas Movers wanted to help others in Japan that were not as fotunate. The question was how?

Sunny Suzuki and her family including their dog flew back to states a few days after the earthquake hit as they actually already had the trip planned to finalize another move Rainier was coordinating.

In a very short time Sunny Suzuki and Rainier Overseas Movers came up with an idea of shipping a 40ft steamship container full of relief supplies from Seattle to Japan.

After all, this is what we do every day for our customer’s personal effects and setting up the logistics would be simple.

With the help of our agent in Japan, Springs International, and a local Seattle moving and storage company (Hansen Brothers) we had everything in line to start receiving donations.

Sunny Suzuki setup a donation website (http://www.reachjapan.info/) and has worked tirelessly to spread the word. Contacting the local media and speaking with various companies around the local northwest community the idea is now creating a quite a buzz.

Kiro TV even did a special interview with Sunny and her family on March 31st!

If you would like to help or learn more, please visit the website for contact details – http://www.reachjapan.info/

Or contact Dave Wiviott in our Seattle office.