IMO there is still a lot of untapped potential in the south eastern German states Saxonia (the state where Dresden is located) and Thuringia. Both states historically had gread, very advanced industries and craftsmanship, which suffered a lot during socialist times. There are still great people, but it obviously takes a long time to catch up once the whole industry lost its competitiveness due to a failed political system.
I'm sad for all the hate this place gets in the sibling posts.
I live here and its not that bad, but i also know that i can't just grab you from the internet and show you around the place and its non-hateful sides.
On the other hand, there's also a deep suspicion towards foreigners and some of the most right-wing sentiments you will find anywhere in Germany. I literally witnessed some Indian-American colleagues of mine being physically assaulted because they had non-white skin color and were walking down the street. This in combination with the already existing labor shortages severely limit the region's potential.
Source: I lived and worked in Dresden for a decade.
The problem with Eastern Germany and Dresden in particular is that there is a solid 20-25% voter block for outright fascists, and the nominal "conservatives" and "free-market liberals" often enough aren't better at all - way over half the population is anything from hardcore Conservative to "would love to see politicians on gallows"-Nazi. On top of that Dresden has the only PEGIDA (bunch of Nazis that started protesting against refugees in 2014/15) group that is still running bi-weekly (the rest of 'em stopped over the years, with Munich's only collapsing due to Covid), which was already seen as a bad economic warn sign in 2016 [0], and the Eastern German states have the lowest vaccination rates by far.
Eastern Germany has a lot of very nice places, but hell no I'd never ever move there, especially not if you're a foreigner. The risk of everyday violence against anything the far-right percieves as "immigrant" is just too high.
Even as a native German I find Saxony and Thuringia two of the most unattractive places in Germany.
I would never ever consider to relocate - even if I would find great job opportunities (which don't really exists apart from a few exceptions).
Why: Dresden, Rostock, Halle etc. are the most racist, culturally and intellectually backwards places in all of Germany.
We call the area around Dresden "the valley of the clueless" for a reason.
These are some of the worst photos you can show of Dresden.
Try some image search instead. It’s called „the Florence of the Elbe river“ for good reason. There are almost no big cities in Germany today that are comparatively beautiful (Münster maybe, but it’s smaller). Some impressive art has been collected there.
This is geek‡ tourism, which doesn’t follow the typical expectations for tourist photos. My idea of fun is visiting a sewage treatment plant: preferably shown around by an engineer that is excited by it all and shows you the wet wear.
At the end of the article the writer says “let’s not forget that Dresden is also one of Germany’s biggest attractions with a beautifully renovated city center and surroundings which are a sight to behold. Vineyards line the River Elbe, the porcelain town of Meissen and the Saxon Switzerland National Park.”
‡ using the meaning of geek from last century, not the modern pop culture version.
> In Germany this summer, you can travel on regional public transport for 9 euros per month. Innovation Origins is seizing this opportunity to visit a number of future-proof projects. In this edition, we travel to Dresden.
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I live here and its not that bad, but i also know that i can't just grab you from the internet and show you around the place and its non-hateful sides.
[+] [-] jupp0r|3 years ago|reply
Source: I lived and worked in Dresden for a decade.
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[+] [-] mschuster91|3 years ago|reply
Eastern Germany has a lot of very nice places, but hell no I'd never ever move there, especially not if you're a foreigner. The risk of everyday violence against anything the far-right percieves as "immigrant" is just too high.
[0] https://www.br.de/nachricht/pegida-schadet-dresden-100.html
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The other way around, they were doing great (Robotron, Wismut, Pentacon) until the reunification. Socialism somehow kept them alive.
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[+] [-] JesseMReeves|3 years ago|reply
Try some image search instead. It’s called „the Florence of the Elbe river“ for good reason. There are almost no big cities in Germany today that are comparatively beautiful (Münster maybe, but it’s smaller). Some impressive art has been collected there.
[+] [-] robocat|3 years ago|reply
At the end of the article the writer says “let’s not forget that Dresden is also one of Germany’s biggest attractions with a beautifully renovated city center and surroundings which are a sight to behold. Vineyards line the River Elbe, the porcelain town of Meissen and the Saxon Switzerland National Park.”
‡ using the meaning of geek from last century, not the modern pop culture version.
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[+] [-] AreYouSirius|3 years ago|reply
That is second most important thing in whole article after main subject. Atleast should be for Americans.
[+] [-] mqus|3 years ago|reply
> In Germany this summer, you can travel on regional public transport for 9 euros per month. Innovation Origins is seizing this opportunity to visit a number of future-proof projects. In this edition, we travel to Dresden.
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