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I moved from the US to Germany 11 years ago. A lot of things have surprised me about living here with my kids.
Business insider ^ | 12/02/2023 | Naomi Kaye Honova

Posted on 12/02/2023 8:21:19 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

I'm originally from the United States, but I've lived in Germany for over 11 years.

Moving to Germany was not necessarily an extreme culture shock, but many things have surprised me — especially when it comes to raising my three kids, who have all been born here.

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To: AlaskaErik; Berlin_Freeper

Alaska Erik has given you a better picture of so called anti-vaxxers in America.

They aren’t really anti-vaxxers as many of them have been vaccinated in the day when vaccination meant cure.

The covid scam did nothing to build trust between the medical community and the people seeking proper medical treatment for health issues.

My own personal physician ran to the State of Florida to get the vaccine in January 2021 just as soon as it was available. or was it 2020. I don’t exactly remember. That said to me having looked at the evidence and timeline that my Doctor was putting trust in something that deserved none without going through the time and trials other vaccines had to endure.

Sorry for the treatment you got from Freepers whom I would say were trying to make you aware of conditions in the USA. Death, deceit, deception, and a host of other D words that we faced during the covid corruption. Worst of all, a total loss of respect loyalty and trust in what the medical community had become.

There were some who proved worthy of what little respect remained, but very few. It all boiled down to what was contained in an injection that most people knew was not good for what ailed them.


61 posted on 12/03/2023 5:28:24 AM PST by wita (Under oath since 1966 in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I was stationed there in early 90s. I visited my German girlfriend in the hospital after she had to have surgery. There was no cost (to her) for the hospital but she had to pay for pain meds. The recovery room where I visited her was an open bay barracks style with wood floors. There were 4 or 5 rows 15-20 beds long. It was like something you see in WW2 movies.


62 posted on 12/03/2023 6:02:05 AM PST by Farmerbob
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To: Veto!

Courtesy of Uncle Sam, I lived in West Berlin for 3 years in the 60’s while it was the “Island City”, surrounded by the Wall. Most magnificent, enjoyable, enlightening and indeed spiritual period in my life! Still the fairy tale, picturesque Germany of old (and my ancestors’) at that time. Still plenty of WW 2 damage evident but an endless beehive of repair and reconstruction underway. Unfortunately, with the former communists taking up the “green” movement and uncalled for collective guilt instilled in the German populace, it is not the same Germany I knew and loved.


63 posted on 12/03/2023 6:06:56 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: DesertRhino

“Who the hell would actually BRAG about being car free?”

Only an American democrat ...especially those of the New York City sub-species type.


64 posted on 12/03/2023 6:12:12 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: packagingguy

Cost free health care? She forgot to mention the 25% VAT she pays on everything she buys.


65 posted on 12/03/2023 6:12:38 AM PST by HapaxLegamenon (You can numb you got the plate OK thanks)
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To: KobraKai
All of Europe’s socialist lifestyle ‘advantages’ are due to American largesse. Yes, it’s amazing how much more affordable healthcare is when the United States is providing global defense.

This isn't said nearly enough; it ought to be shouted from the rooftops.

Western Europe has been living in America's basement since the end of the Second World War. I can also go to Europe and admire all of the benefits they have (well-paved highways, clean streets, well-maintained public transportation, et cetera). But the US taxpayer is living in what is increasingly a second- or third-world country because our money is going to other countries.

Just look at the reaction DJT ran into when he told the Euroländer that they were going to have to meet their financial obligations to NATO; they didn't want to hear it.

66 posted on 12/03/2023 6:19:38 AM PST by Captain Walker ("It is infinitely better to have a few good Men, than many indifferent ones." - George Washington)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
In the US, letting your elementary schooler walk a few blocks to the grocery store alone could lead to a Child Protective Services call. In Germany, that's super common and accepted.

I was in elementary school during the 1960s. We played outside, walked blocks to the stores, and came home when the street lights came on. Mom and Dad weren’t helicoptering nitwits who structured our days with approved playmates.

67 posted on 12/03/2023 6:21:09 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

She must have become a German citizen. Otherwise, how does she just get to “stay” in Germany? There used to be facets of German life, which were admirable but today Germany is full of what the Germans call “auslander” (foreigners); mostly muslim Turks. Germany used to have more work than workers so it imported lots of Turks and Italians, on temporary visas, to do the work. I’ve been around the world and there are attractive amenities in many different countries. But none of them are worth trading the U.S. Constitution or the Bill of Rights for (or guns for that matter)!


68 posted on 12/03/2023 6:56:01 AM PST by old school
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I wouldn’t move there even if my taste buds do die.


69 posted on 12/03/2023 8:24:28 AM PST by Vaduz (....)
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To: Palio di Siena

“It is crap “I walked to school by myself when I was 6 (in 1957) “I was outside all the time no matter the weather.
“People forget how we lived before we turned into pussies.”

Ditto dittio ditto.

In first and second grade, even in winter with banks of snow on either side of us, my brother and I walked nearly a mile to school, and back, every day - also 1950s.


70 posted on 12/03/2023 9:12:49 AM PST by Wuli ( ,)
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To: DesertRhino

Not having a personal vehicle really limits your employment options, especially in the US. Being self-employed myself, it’s a necessity.


71 posted on 12/03/2023 9:13:05 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: HapaxLegamenon

People that can afford it get private insurance.


72 posted on 12/03/2023 9:18:33 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: rlmorel

It’s very easy to visit far away lands and appreciate the good things about them. It makes me laugh when a twenty something goes to Europe and returns as an ‘enlightened’ liberal. Now they’re ‘cultured’ and ‘educated’, they’re more ‘sophisticated’ than the rest of us luddites.

What they miss is the deeper aspects. As an immigrant from the UK, whom still has friends and family there, I admit it took me many years to really understand how the USA is different. The higher standard of living is obvious, it’s the less obvious that takes a while.

Most don’t stop and consider the relationship between the people and their government. We certainly have our issues and are experiencing an undoing of our Constitution BUT at least we understand the CONCEPTS behind them. That the rights of the individual COME FIRST and ARE in the interests of the collective. Not the other way around, that the ‘best interests’ collective come before the rights of the individual. Only in the USA do people think this way. It is not the case in any other country.

Even in western nations, we’re seeing a rapid move toward communist/Stasi like tactics against patriots. Their ‘leaders’ are literally allowing the invaders to receive preferential ‘justice’ and target anyone dissenting with a different form of ‘justice’. Yet none of them realize it’s why we have the 2A....and we’re the ‘crazy ones’.


73 posted on 12/03/2023 9:45:34 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Vaduz

Why?
Where or what have you ever eaten in Germany??


74 posted on 12/03/2023 10:21:12 AM PST by ANKE69
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Who wrote this, the German tourism bureau?


75 posted on 12/03/2023 10:40:53 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
I think I've seen videos by her on youtube.In them she tells of a beautiful,idyllic Germany....much,*much* better than the US in every conceivable way.

I posted a response to her video congratulating her for having found paradise and that she'll now surely want to renounce her US citizenship.

76 posted on 12/03/2023 10:43:25 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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I have a nephew who has lived in Germany since he was 7 years old, he’s now 50. He is married to a German lady and they own a restaurant and hotel, which she inherited from her grandfather.

Sure things are “free” but taxes run about 70%. Bureaucratic oversight is insane (paperwork and reports for their business). The mindset of the average German is quite liberal and the older Germans still suffer from “German guilt” which basically paralyzes their thinking process, IMO.

It used to be (I assume it is still the same) the government (i.e. taxpayers) would pay for your college but they decided if you qualified. No yardsales/flea markets on Sundays, well, just because they say so. When there are rules that make no sense the average German just says “that is the rule, we don’t question it”.

Then there is the crime from the immigrants (good website, updated daily, if you want to stay up with crime in EU:
https://medforth.blog/


77 posted on 12/03/2023 11:29:53 AM PST by Oorang (Politicians:-a feeble band of lowly reptiles who shun the light and who lurk in their own dens. )
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To: fuzzylogic

I know what you mean.

In 1971, as a 13 year old when we finally flew home after living overseas for five years, I kissed the tarmac at Kennedy International Airport in NYC. (back when the airlines would deplane you on the tarmac.)

Literally, not figuratively, got down on my hands and knees and kissed the ground.

It wasn’t that Japan and the Philippines weren’t good places to live-I had a grand time.

But it wasn’t “Home”.

And I was glad to be home. From that day to the present, I have never thought it might be better overall to be some other nationality.


78 posted on 12/03/2023 11:53:29 AM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
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To: ANKE69

Knew a family of a gal pal food always had a tang to it reason #2 they have some strange younger groups.

Had a brother who lived there for two years couldn’t wait to get back home.


79 posted on 12/03/2023 12:40:54 PM PST by Vaduz (....)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They soon found themselves wanting to invade France....


80 posted on 12/03/2023 1:17:13 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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