Go to Germany and then come back and tell me your take on it. 😉
I have been. Last time was 10 years ago. There is a huge divide between country/small town and big city. Small towns were insular but tolerant of strangers. (I am of German extraction so I didn’t stick out as long as I kept my mouth shut.) In this they are like Pennsylvania small towns that have not been over run by foreigners. Big cities in Germany are now no longer German in the way London is no longer English.
Since my last visit was 10 years ago—I can bet the divide between country/small town on the one hand and the big city is even greater than it was 10 years ago—as it is in England and the USA.
The Germans these days are a severely abused people —as are the English. They are abused by foreigners their liberal elites have let into the country. And they are abused by their liberal elites policies. Just as people in blue states in the USA are abused by liberal policies—and abused by foreigners the elites have let into the country.
I can guess that if you’re an American but, say, of Jewish extraction, you’ll feel the bad vibes in German downtowns that come from Muslim hatred for Jews. If you go to German small towns—you may well feel the bad vibes from the local resentment for all things foreign—or you may not be able to tell where your own resentment ends and German resentment begins. Nor well understand either one because they are so impersonal and structural.