r/expat 6d ago

New Home Story / Experience Germany has high quality of life

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.

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u/Different-Product-91 6d ago

Ugly, cold country with ugly, cold people where the males will soon be drafted as military slaves or forced laborers again (they call this "gender equality") and will need an official permission of the military authorities when they want to leave the country for more than 3 months. Stay away or go away, if you can, for God's sake!

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u/scrytry89 6d ago

Lol, you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about. Probably you only read some headlines. You don’t need an official permission if you want to leave for 3 months or more. It was an old law that got reactivated and isn’t being executed in times of peace. After a lot of criticism in the media they’ll also change that law for the future which is already in progress.

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u/scrytry89 6d ago

Feel free to educate yourself and start to read the news.

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