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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • I think this is a very valid question. Sometimes the grass really is greener on the other side.

    I like it here in Germany. Laws and social safety are relatively strong. Oftentimes I see an article about some chemical common in food being a cancer risk, and then I research it and see that it is a US-centered article and that the EU already banned the chemical years ago.

    Right wing populism is strongly on the rise here though. Racism and LGBTQ-phobia will strongly depend, with smaller villages and regions in East Germany being worse on average.

    If you’re a top earner, you most likely won’t get the crazy high salaries here that you might expect from the US (even if accounted for cost of living, childcare etc).

    Bureaucracy is annoying.

    Rent can be very high depending on the region.

    Job market strongly favors German speakers. I heard the Netherlands are more open in that regard. I think this will be your biggest hurdle.











  • Totally relate to that. I love discovering new things and reading many different people’s thoughts on a topic, but every platform based around scrolling on a feed is too addictive to me. If I use them too much I can already start to feel some cognitive abilities decline after a few days. The slow pace of lemmy is really nice.

    You might also be interested in curating an RSS feed for yourself if you haven’t already.