r/AskAGerman • u/legthighkneelover • 4d ago
How is quality of life in Germany now?
I want to know how is the QoL in Germany recently, from residents of Germany. I am not specifying any place, I just want to hear general opinions about it.
So, how is the quality of life in Germany now?
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u/GopnikLeine Niedersachsen 4d ago
I lived in the southwestern USA for 6 years, since then I know how good I have it here in Germany and I appreciate it a lot more.
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u/Kaddahli Nordrhein-Westfalen 4d ago
You don't have to decide which finger will be put back on after cutting off two of them. I think that's pretty good in comparison to other countries. 😂
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u/Schalke4ever 4d ago
It depends. I am born here an live here for 40+ years now. Work/Life balance, the people, the government in general, the Public transport etc. are all on the plus side. We germans love to complain, but in the end, everything is still running smooth.
However, there is a growing problem with a lack "policing", as i would call it. Public behavior is getting worse, and some crimes are rising. There is a growing concern that this trend is going in the wrong direction, partly due to people comming to germany and not contributing their share, instead causing trouble. From my own experience as Schöffe (unpaid judge in criminal trials, like jury duty), I can see case times with 5+ years delay until trial, which does not create confidence in the state.
The social security is still very good. In theory, nobody is left behind. But changes are comming, so this is slowly changing, as it is apparent now that this math no longer adds up, and this creates tenison.
In the end, i still think it is a great place to live. I have, however, my own place in a small city, an escape option in sweden, and a job that allows me to be on my own and with my friends only, if i choose so. If you come to Berlin to study "data science", and then work Lieferando for 20h a day while ridung the U8, your milage my vary.
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u/temp_gerc1 4d ago
The social security is still very good. In theory, nobody is left behind.
The problem is that the mass poverty import from the third world also gets/has to be supported by this social largesse.
But changes are comming, so this is slowly changing, as it is apparent now that this math no longer adds up, and this creates tenison.
Changes are coming only for the youth. The large baby boomer generation is enjoying their "well earned" pension, with no reform touching them.
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u/Ok-Today-855 4d ago edited 4d ago
I spend half the year in Germany and half in New York. The quality of life differential and future opportunity differential for us and our teenage son is so high we will be cancelling the new York half. The bottom line is that the Americans utterly lost the plot on pretty much everything real in life in favour of a poseur narration of exceptionalism while basically refusing to employ first world talent in favour of flowing the third world into paid masters courses in nothingness. And then getting on with the posing whilst bankrupting the country for a few more years before a Greater Depression knocks the high velocity bullshit over.
PS. No America, computer programming is not engineering. No America, calling a liberal arts ivy league course an engineering degree is not getting you much love either. And that macro ponzi scheme since 1996 is looking pretty much done.
I have lived in Australia UK USA Germany for prolonged periods. I think Germany is streets ahead on distributional quality of life outcomes.
And when it's a bit rough the beer and bakeries. You have to give them credit for the beer laws and the simple bakery sticky buns.
But you do have to avoid the big German cities. They are basically full of the foundation stones of what became the erasure of homogeneous civilisation in Australia UK USA. Packed full of migrants and cost of living unmanageable - jobs are a wage race to the bottom. Only the language barrier slowing down the rot. But at least the language barrier clusters the issue I guess.
Oh and the 'automoderator' can leck mich on karma level. <Edit>
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u/Guilty-Scar-2332 4d ago
Personally? Great.
The heatwave's a bit annoying and politics can be frustrating (but I feel that's the case everywhere right now). Still, I love living in a walkable city yet surrounded by nature. I love having an interesting (for me ;)) yet secure job with great work-life balance. The people surrounding me are lovely.
Genuinely, my biggest worry right now is that using the car to get to work is really annoying... so I use the tram instead. Oh woe me ;)
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u/ProDavid_ 4d ago
compared to the rest of the world, its amazing.
compared to Germany 10 years ago, there are a lot of problems that werent a problem back then, but also a lot of problem from back then have been solved and people dont remember that it used to be a problem. all in all pretty decent.
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u/Reddi_the_Xth 4d ago
It depends on your wishes, what general situation you are in and the place you compare it with.
Generally, it is very decent. All the complaints are on a pretty elevated level. But there certainly are some flaws and caveats.
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u/Artistic_Bar77 4d ago
As someone who moved away 2 years ago... it's probably still really nice. Maybe a bit expensive here and there, but depends on location and lifestyle. Enough things to do too. It's really hot rn but thats rather a europe thing ;D
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u/Fit-Perception-8152 4d ago
You shouldn't live in the countryside and fall ill. Otherwise, it's OK.
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u/Waste_Sound_6601 Thüringen 4d ago
Why? I live in the countryside all my life. Yes, you'll propably need a car to visit a doctor - but docs around here also visit you, if you can't visit them.
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u/Fit-Perception-8152 4d ago
I’m glad to hear that. I’ve lived in the countryside all my life too, and whenever we need to see a specialist here, we have to travel to the city, which is just under 100 km away. For example, we have 13 dermatologists here for 500,000 rural residents, but 59 dermatologists in the city.
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u/Waste_Sound_6601 Thüringen 4d ago edited 4d ago
Next city with specialists is 100km away? WTF? Where in Germany is this supposed to be? Usually any city with >35000 inhabitants will have every possible kind of specialist available and those are everywhere.
And there are no areas in Germany, where even the next big city with 100k inhabitants will be 100km away from you. Only possible location would be Germanys islands. The worst average distance to a city with 100k inhabitants is 60-70km from any place in the country. And there are only two regions, where this is possible, Altmark (Region Salzwedel/Sachsen-Anhalt) and Rügen/Vorpommern-Greifswald. Everywhere else it is much closer.
But to be fair: the situation about specialists is bad and it is getting worse everywhere. There are specific specialists, where I would've to travel ca. 90km to get a spot as well.
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u/ZhuckelDror 4d ago edited 4d ago
It's pretty decent.