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> It's not that easy to keep young people, but I find that more and more "older" people (like around 30) start with the firefighters because they want to take p
by maga 5y ago
> It's not that easy to keep young people, but I find that more and more "older" people (like around 30) start with the firefighters because they want to take part in the life in their village and what not. So, there's hope.
With a long life of "tech nomading" I'm pretty comfortable living alone and in strange environments. But the older I get the more I feel unfulfilled due to lack of real community around, contributing to it, taking ownership and responsibility in it. I guess that happens to those 30 year olds in Germany as well.
- chefkoch 5y agoWhile moving around is getting more common, i think it's still way less than in US Tech. Also the distances are so much smaller munich - hamburg is only 6 hours.
- martin_a 5y agoBut "rural" Germany with its village structures are harder to penetrate if you move to a town, probably. So either you join the sports club or the firefighters to find your place in the new town. ;-)
- WJW 5y agoMy favorite "Americans vs Europeans" joke: Q: What's the difference between an American and a European person? A: A European thinks 100 km is a large distance. An American thinks a hundred years is a long time. I definitely qualify as a European in this regard; "only 6 hours" is super long to travel for me.
- chefkoch 5y agoI recently read it takes around 12 hours just to drive through Texas, the same time it takes to drive from Munich to Barcelona.
- mynameisash 5y agoI like that one a lot. My other favorite (as an American) is: Q: What do you call a person who speaks two languages? A: Bilingual Q: What do you call a person who speaks one language? A: American