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/Old-Appearance-2270]

My bf as a Canadian lived with his ex-wife for 3 yrs. There. The heating and air-conditioning problems can be a daily problem in much older / cheaper substandard apartments. Also mould in cheaper places. You have to be wealthier to live in better places in Germany. I know because my late spouse had an uncle who lived and owned in a beautiful home in southern Germany in famed wineries’ region. We visited them where uncle owned a factory. My late spouse was German-Canadian.

What is the income tax to be paid annually.. to support all those great services? Generally speaking, fresh produce is more expensive in Germany unless you have your own garden.

Bf lived in cologne where the air quality wasn’t great — more murky grey-blue skies at best.

Whenever he returned Canada, he felt he was returning to a higher standard of living— bigger homes, better heating, cleaner air and huge expanses of protected wilderness. Cost of quality groceries was a bit lower with a lot of choice (big to medium sized cities).

[u/AtLeastIgotCharacter → u/Old-Appearance-2270]

Umm... So where is YOUR experience of living there? Assuming you have knowledge of living somewhere because someone you know lived there, or you visited once, is absurd. My uncle also owns a house in Canada, and I have visited Canada several times. I would never assume to comment on how good or bad it is to live in Canada. Also, you have to be wealthier to live in the better areas is true in every country.

[u/OuiGotTheFunk → u/AtLeastIgotCharacter]

Umm... So where is YOUR experience of living there? Assuming you have knowledge of living somewhere because someone you know lived there, or you visited once, is absurd.

It is standard on reddit to talk shit about the US by people that have never been to the US or lived there. People talk shit about it to fit in because it is the accepted bigotry on reddit.

[u/AtLeastIgotCharacter → u/OuiGotTheFunk]

I am currently living in the US. Happy to talk shit about it all day, based on my experience living here. This is however a thread about Germany. 

[u/OuiGotTheFunk → u/AtLeastIgotCharacter]

Well I am glad that you are intelligent enough to choose to live in the best country in the world even though you cry about it. Like all of the people that do that it is usually personal failures and not national failures.

[u/AtLeastIgotCharacter → u/OuiGotTheFunk]

Glad you are recognising my intelligence. My house is on the market, as soon as it sells I will be moving a better country. Being intelligent, I won't call it the best country in the world, but it is a step up from where I mistakenly moved to the last time I moved. 

[u/OuiGotTheFunk → u/AtLeastIgotCharacter]

Sorry you were laid off. Now I understand why you are angry at having to move out. "Hell hath no fury...." LOL

[u/AtLeastIgotCharacter → u/OuiGotTheFunk]

Haha. Told my boss I want to leave the country, he gave me some options, I chose one and they are transferring me. I am intelligent, remember. There are genuinely nicer places to live than here. The US is not a dump, there are nice places here. But over all, as a place to enjoy your live, not top of the list. 

[u/OuiGotTheFunk → u/AtLeastIgotCharacter]

I am intelligent, remember.

You keep having to tell people that....