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- When Aolin Xu's parents offered to pay her tuition if she moved to Australia, she obliged.
- Xu has noticed that Australians are more open to travel, but are less political.
- She also says she's benefitted from Australia's job market, which is less competitive than the US.
This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Aolin Xu, 22, about moving to Australia for college. The following has been edited for length and clarity.
I was born in Australia but grew up in Washington. When I was five, my parents moved our family to Canada and then to America.