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Germany is fantastic if you are white American or first world Westerner wanting to live in a place with good public transportation, good healthcare , good work
by nus07 4y ago
Germany is fantastic if you are white American or first world Westerner wanting to live in a place with good public transportation, good healthcare , good work practices and less hustle culture and good beer .
For others especially brown folks I think the experience is a little more complex. You will never feel completely integrated or accepted even though it will never be all our hostility.It is becoming more multicultural but I suspect there is starting to be a backlash against Angela Merkel’s open immigration policies and I fear Germany may flip in their next elections.I have friends who are 2nd generation Turkish or Greek who still don’t fit in and want to move to the US at the first chance .
The closest example I can find is living in Portland, Oregon. Great culture , good beer , sort of a socialist culture with good walkability and public transportation. But very homogenous and that fantastic living experience vastly changes with your ethnic and racial background . The intent is good and everything is good until it isn’t .
- wrp 4y agoOn the similarity of Germany to Oregon....30 years ago, I heard there was a quite large community of German retirees around Portland, who chose there because of the similarity to home. I grew up in Oregon and when I visited Germany I was rather disappointed at how different it wasn't. Same food, same work culture, same scenery and weather. I felt that I might as well have stayed home for all the novelty of the experience.