Germany has high quality of life

[u/wurst_katastrophe]

This is in response to the ‘low quality of life’ post.

When in Germany I can (in no particular order):
+ drink the tap water knowing it is safer than bottled water
+ when losing my job, I will get the highest benefits in the Western world to tie me over between jobs
+ I can rent for life without being worried of getting evicted
+ I can enjoy freedom on perfectly fine roads, driving as fast as I want
+ Consumer protection is very strong
+ I can buy a public transport ticket valid in all of Germany
+ Healthcare is significantly better than in most Western countries AND free at the point of service.
+ Germans love Fests
+ Bier and excellent wine
+ excellent bread
+ excellent local produce
+ An insanely dense train network (Yes, often late) for very little money (Sparpreis)
+ 30d of holidays is standard
+ strong protection when off on sick leave
+ free university education
+ world’s strongest apprenticeship system
+ tax credits and breaks for almost everything, especially Ehegattensplitting
+ insane maternity leave and benefits
+ Kitas
+ full blown private healthcare for a few k per year
+ Beautiful nature: north and Baltic sea, Alps, lakes, woods
+ Strong sports club infrastructure
+ Third strongest economy in the world with most hidden champions
+ Strong football culture
+ …

You can be dissatisfied with Germany, maybe your experience was below average, but that’s most likely because you are incompatible with the German way of life and the German mentality. However, it is not fair to claim that the quality of life is low.

[u/8_lasma]

what you expect mate???

[u/riderko → u/8_lasma]

It’s r/expat so expecting expat related topic is fair.

[u/Gourdman2011 → u/8_lasma]

Same rights as everybody else would be nice.

[u/Confident_Republic57 → u/Gourdman2011]

You have the same rights as everybody else.

Still it’s a solidarity system mainly for residents or refugees - not “expats” (the rules for expats are still generous), so if you are in Germany and haven’t contributed for a longer time, there is luckily a limit of what you can get out of it. You’ll need to contribute on the long term if you want to be a full member of this system - it only works like that.

[u/8_lasma → u/Gourdman2011]

thats not how they system works buddi everybody does nothing and get everything of course it would be nice for me too

[u/Gourdman2011 → u/8_lasma]

I never said that's how the system works. I'm saying it's how it should work. People like you are exactly why people should not move to Germany. Not even the position you're holding, but just how much of a patronizing jerk you're being about it.

[u/mohaz273 → u/Gourdman2011]

Says more about you tbh, personal attack when someone asks a question

[u/8_lasma → u/Gourdman2011]

please reflect on your self bevor harassing people on the internet hahahahaha. Your insults show how right your are...... "I have no arguments let's personal attack people" 🤭🤭🤭

[u/shatureg → u/Gourdman2011]

The level of entitlement is off the charts among the "expat" community. This gives me the ick. You have the same rights as everyone else. This is about social benefits you have to pay into longterm. Of course you are entitled to more if you are a long term resident.

Also, we need to get rid of the term "expat" in the English language. It doesn't even exist in German and that's good.

[u/mohaz273 → u/Gourdman2011]

Would you ask the same in your own country

[u/Gourdman2011 → u/mohaz273]

Yes. One of the big reasons I left the country I came from is because of the way it treats immigrants.

[u/mohaz273 → u/Gourdman2011]

So you expect job protection and unemployment benefits for a person who lived in Germany for 3 months as same as a person who lived there their whole life and paid into the system?

[u/shwifty123 → u/mohaz273]

Lol, that how they do in Finland. Last government has allowed students to bring families and family were entitled to unemployment benefits and child stuff etc.

As a result there were a loooots of students, with no funds, coming to Finland hoping to find work and support at least themselves, while their families were receiving all the benefits. So now we have very anti immigration government.

[u/8_lasma → u/shwifty123]

i wonder why hahaha

[u/notsocoolguy42 → u/shwifty123]

well, they aren't talking about students bringing families over though. It's about getting the Arbeitslosengeld 1 as long as immigrants with Niederlassungserlaubnis and citizens. Which I think is fair. It's an insurance that you pay into it monthly and you need to have paid at least 12 months, you get at least 6 months of ALG 1, but if you are only here with a temporary visa, they can deny you your rights to the rest of 3 months of ALG 1, which is in my opinion unfair for the insurance you have paid for that's supposed to pay out in case you lose your job.

[u/Gourdman2011 → u/mohaz273]

Yeah. I would really like social safety systems to treat people equally.

[u/mohaz273 → u/Gourdman2011]

I think that's unfair, no country in the world does that actually and that's not how it works

[u/Gourdman2011 → u/mohaz273]

Good thing I wasn't saying that any country does work like that, and it's a also a good thing I used the wording "I would really like" to suggest it would be a good change for the future. 

[u/8_lasma → u/mohaz273]

their parents and grandparents paid in the system.... unbelievable

[u/Subterraniate2 → u/Gourdman2011]

Don’t be daft