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What's a skill that's taken for granted where you live, but is often missing in people moving there from abroad? (kyu.de)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by aard@kyu.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I was thinking about that when I was dropping my 6 year old off at some hobbies earlier - it's pretty much expected to have learned how to ride a bicycle before starting school, and it massively expands the area you can go to by yourself. When she went to school by bicycle she can easily make a detour via a shop to spend some pocket money before coming home, while by foot that'd be rather time consuming.

Quite a lot of friends from outside of Europe either can't ride a bicycle, or were learning it as adult after moving here, though.

edit: the high number of replies mentioning "swimming" made me realize that I had that filed as a basic skill pretty much everybody has - probably due to swimming lessons being a mandatory part of school education here.

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[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I grew up in rural Canada, but have been living in major metropolitan areas for most of my adult life. It still surprises me when I learn there are other adults that don't know how to chop wood, start a fire, work basic tools, etc.

[–] FleaCatcher@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are chopping wood and starting a fire common activities in the metropolitan area where you live?

[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Going to the beach or camping, not unusual to start a bonfire.

[–] Taringano@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Suburbia I'm canda just mean the great outdoors

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have no earthly idea how to do those things and I'm from Canada. It's also a gender thing if you're older like me.

[–] valentino@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're an immigrant or from the city? Everyone from rural areas know how to do it

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

From the city.