Should I move to joburg?
25F, feeling very out of place in Durban and thinking of packing up and moving to joburg. Everyone else in my family would prefer to move to Cape Town but i feel more drawn to the joburg for some reason. Would you recommend moving to joburg if I was someone close to you or would you tell me to move to Cape Town instead?
Here are some of the things that have been brought up whenever I mention potentially moving to joburg:
- The crime is worse than ever/more deadly
- The estates never have water
- Municipalities aren’t run well
- The weather is bad
- Theres no beach (id be fine living somewhere with a pool)
My reasons for wanting to move: I barely have a social life in Durban. I hardly ever see anyone my age anywhere. Everywhere I go (restaurants, the mall etc.), it’s full of families.
I just want to exist like a normal person in my country, somewhere I won’t be treated like crap because I don’t act Zulu enough or God-forbid, in looking for a church, I make the mistake of visiting what seems like an inviting, multicultural church that would actually prefer not to have any more black families. Joburg seems like a better fit for me but Im not sure. I don’t want to bother trying if I’m going to encounter the same everywhere. What would you recommend?