That used to be true many years ago, but now that all the big German companies are putting up new factories in the former German Democratic Republic....
“That used to be true many years ago, but now that all the big German companies are putting up new factories in the former German Democratic Republic.”
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From everything I’ve seen, it’s still pretty hard hit now and is considered a tad “second class”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8WfEGegn6k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9vRsWIN-kI
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/10/31/the-berlin-wall-fell-25-years-ago-but-germany-is-still-divided/