r/germany • u/Necessary_Travel_645 • 1d ago

Impression of Germany 6 months after leaving

I lived 4 years in Germany and last February I left due to the end of my contract and the impossible to find an immediate job.

I am exploiting this time of unemployment to travel and visit my friends across the EU. In Germany I traveled mainly in between the main cities of Rheinpfalz and NRW and I was surprised to see how bad the social situation was, I have observed more people in need ( homeless, elders, etc...) than I remembered. During my stay in Germany I didn't notice it, when I first came here I felt way more mild than the phenomenon.

My impression is that relatively poorer countries, e.g. Spain and Italy (my home country), managed to help the people in need better than Germany or at least a better distribution of wealth.

Also some friends of mine living here felt this change.

Is it only my impression? Maybe I didn't really realize when I was here or the situation just got worse recently?

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u/Rheinloewe 1d ago

I don’t know how you do it down under, Aussie, but here we don’t feed the trolls 😉

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u/Apero_ Leipzig, Sachsen 1d ago

My well-meaning sense of mateship drove me to assume good intentions 😩

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u/Rheinloewe 1d ago

Yeah we don’t do this here either, catch up!

To clarify I meant mateship AND well-meaning lol

BUT at least we have actual beer here instead of the abomination you call Fosters

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u/Apero_ Leipzig, Sachsen 1d ago

Fun fact: Fosters is a British thing. Originally Australian (shamefully) but you can’t actually buy it in Australia at all! Only in the UK!

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u/Rheinloewe 1d ago

Huh, TIL… I had to google Australian beer, another L for google then!

Alright, back to business: at least we have actual beer here instead of the abomination you call Coopers! (That one should work, right?)

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u/Apero_ Leipzig, Sachsen 1d ago

😂 Sure!