As Americans living in Germany, we’ve found things we love and hate about living abroad in Germany. This video focuses on the things we LOVE about living in Germany as Americans. Stay tuned for the negatives of living abroad in Germany though…
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Note: keep your helmet-strap a bit more closed, at least bc the Police could qualify it as "open" that is the equivalent of not wearing a helmet at all – what could punished.
I walked to school alone when I was 7 years old and in 2nd grade.
There are enough old people who pay attention xD.
GrΓΌΓe aus ThΓΌringen / Erfurt
In points of safety: That Fahrradhelm isn't worn richtig.
..du hast 'ne geile Fresse, Mann!
Hi Mike, I can agree to your mentioned things and of course there will things you may hate, better to say you dont like. Well, as you know that we Germans complain a lot anyway but in general comparing with other countries its nice to live here. Those who complain the most have been not that much outside this country, I mean around the world, and are not really able to complain. Of course everything is not going well for the citizens with the actual goverment but msitakes have been done in the past as well and there will be a new chance to correct such things. Hope you still enjoy living here and you also donate something to our society as you have got back already from them. CU
I agree with most of the things you said , last summer I traveled the whole southern part of Germany up to the Frankfurt/O-Berlin-Hannover-Essen-Aachen line with the national 49β¬ ticket for 23 days by trainβ¦every night in an other place. What an experience !
Okay, public transport isnβt great everywhere, especially far from big cities, butβ¦
I invite you to Switzerland fox a really great transport experience-where all modes of PT are on one timetable -and on timeβ¦
I know itβs an old video but it gives you a good idea of how it worksβ¦
https://youtu.be/Ei8R852-COI?si=RmQNqLooe039VNZf
Nice to see a "third person's" view, while Germans always complain!
Love Hannover…and…books about penguins aren't banned… lol… there are even live penguins in Hannovers zoo. :-))
Ok, ich bin Deutsche, ich mag hier nicht mehr leben und arbeite darauf hin, auswandern zu kΓΆnnen. Deutschland ist total abgewirtschaftet, mit Migranten ΓΌberflutet und wird von unfΓ€higen, von den USA gelenkten Politikern regiert. Shithole Germany.
He obviously loves the thick end of racist Apartheid German institutions and enjoying his white privilege.
You got to make German friends who have been amazing because you are north Germanic Caucasian. Innit, whitey?
Lived in Germany for 2 years. Rnjoyed being there.
Hannover ist fun.
Germans are the most xenophobic and violent people on the planet!
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Yeah, you pay a lot of taxes, but you'll get so much in return … as a german, I didn't even know where to start! < so, it's quite a fair deal! π
Safety? We are going to change this in a few years by importing people without any control.
I think itβs a bit problematic that people always say, the taxes are 40-45%. It doesnβt match the reality and suggests that everyone has to give half of his money to the government. 45% is just the highest possible tax rate for the rich. The average citizen pays about 20% in taxes.
In einem Land in dem "gas" eine FlΓΌssigkeit ist, sind natΓΌrlich alle AbzΓΌge "taxes".
Der normale Angestellte zahlt in Deutschland rund 21% Sozialversicherungen – das sind keine Steuern sondern ein VERSICHERUNGSbeitrag fΓΌr den Notfall.
Arbeitgeber zahlt ΓΌbrigens weitere 21% fΓΌr diese Versicherung dazu und dann kann man sich natΓΌrlich auch freuen dass man einigermaΓen kostenlos kostenlos zum Arzt geht und einen eine Geburt nicht in den Bankrott treibt.
Und dann zahlt ein mittelgut verdienender Mitarbeiter zwischen 20 und 30% Lohnsteuer das ist eine echte Steuer
Our safety is not only about gun control. It is the result of a social society, in which everybody can live a proper life. It is our task to form a society, where there is no need for (private) guns at all. The monopoly on violence belongs to the organs of the nation … and even our policemen are far less violent as their collegues in the US. Social peace is not a question of police control, but about establishing social conditions, in which violence is not necessary and useless.
Yeah no guns , but plenty of knifes!
Sorry, but I think the video seems like a run-of-the-mill bashing video. From America emigrants towards America.
1. Health system is more appearance than reality. It's ok for a cold, but for therapy, appointments with specialists it's just horror.
And the fact that you go bankrupt in the USA with a doctor's bill is not true either. If you're an American, you should probably find out more, you can reduce bills by well over 50% and not stupidly pay every bill, brain afk.
Oh yes, ask the doctors and nurses how they find the healthcare system.
2. Railway networks, the USA doesn't need it at all. The country is simply too huge for that. And you can easily get a driver's license, in Germany you have to have a master's degree to get a driver's license.
3. Taxes; There are so many nonsensical taxes that there is nothing left over from your salary to treat yourself or save. Taxes keep people small.
4. Security, everyone always talks about the fact that the Americans have all the weapons. I've never seen one. Did you know that, as a percentage of the population, there are more weapons in circulation in Germany than in the USA?
Basically, I think it applies if social issues are important to you. There are countries like Denmark, the Netherlands or the Scandinavian countries that are worlds above Germany. You should probably travel to these countries rather than to Germany.
When others say WE are "cold" … they don't understand that we respect YOUR privacy.
When others think THEY are "warm" … they don't understand we find them OBNOXIOUS.
The main reason why Germany is safer than the US is that we do not have an NRA which owns the politicians by bribes ( called donations in the US ) and presses them to support only one business:
amunition and gun – and for that you need one thing in the US : FEAR !!!! and they produce it .. fear everywhere , a lot of shootings and and and
well done USA !!!
The main reason for so expensive health care in the us is : It's a BUSINESS !!! they earn a fortune by making people FAT , then get them ill and then pull all the money out of them ..
super brutal capitalisme not caring about anything else than : PROFIT !!!!
The main reason why you have no cycling infrastructure in the US is : it is costing money and does not bring any PROFIT to your car industry !! so simple .. ( and it could make people halthier ) bad for the other BUSINESS … healthcare !!
The main reason why you have so few cities with trams in the US is that : the cars producers told the cities better to buy busses than trams ..
in addition they bought the tram companies and scrapped the trams immediately to ensure they are not a competitor to their cars and buses as that is their BUSINESS and brings THEM Profit !!
( you can find videos of same in youtube if interested )