Why Germany is a Great Country to Live In | Why I like living in Germany (as an American immigrant) 

Hi Michael, thanks for your comment. I’ve met people that moved to Germany and then did the training to become nurses but I haven’t met anyone who became a skilled craftsman yet. It’s interesting to learn more about this.

​@@JessieLina As I mentioned earlier, young people who have just finished school have interests other than crafts. In the trades you often get dirty, you also have to be physically very fit and many young people don't want to get dirty or work longer than eight hours and often you work in certain trades in assembly and are gone for days. But that will have a bitter revenge in a few years. If there are no handymen, who maintains or fixes everything that is so important to us, a warm home, running water or electricity? Baby boomers, myself included, are retiring. When the electricity goes out or the gas heaters fail, things get tricky. As an educator, I also see parents pushing their children to go to college or get a menial job. It is a pity that only a few want to learn a certain profession. The trade has a future and you can work for board and lodging in an emergency. And if you have completed your training in a subject such as bricklayer or carpenter or electrician, you can even study a subject such as architecture or electrical engineering. And then the course is often shorter. And as I said, many companies are now giving up, not only because of the high energy costs and inflation, but above all because there are no young people in many professions. It is also worth mentioning that you used to be able to learn a trade with a simple school-leaving certificate. This is hardly possible today, as the requirements in trades are very high. This applies above all to subjects such as mathematics, etc. Our government's hope of attracting many people from abroad to the country is linked to the hope of filling the vacant positions. But as a trainer who also works with refugees, it's not easy. Mainly because of the language barrier. Since the training in the trade is dual, i.e. one day at the vocational school and the rest in the training company, a very good knowledge of German is required, especially in the trade. Many of our students only learn the German language for a year, but then we have difficulties in placing students in training companies because more and more companies are giving up. All in all not an easy situation.

Well it‘s exactly the reason why there are no craftsman and under the given conditions won’t be for a long time: We desperately need craftsmen but you must be good in German, do a 2 years apprenticeship because we don‘t accept anything you learned before and to get a visa for your apprenticeship you need to have 9000€ on a closed account and as bonus you will have to deal with one of the worst bureaucracies in the western world. Welcome to Germany.

That is a great story! Thank you for sharing

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks!

Thank you Deema!! I also miss the mountains haha. I wish there were more mountains around Berlin, it's pretty flat here, but at least I can go to mountains on vacation.

Germany actually is a pretty good country for hiking. There are the Alps and other mountains. And you are free to use any path (and lake) (unless espifically marked) without getting trespassing troubles. Many books, online sites, many mountain trails, many cottages with food and sleepover opportunities. You should inform yourself (online) before you enter the tour. (regarding conditions, snow, closed cottages, price...). There are web sites for meeting people for hiking.

@@JessieLina In Bavaria we have a lot of great mountains.

nice that you being here

I also really like how active Germans are and how people spend time together here. ❤ Having a community from your home country is so important!

@UCRIezSMWV-gkMuV5daMo35w not a"guest worker" anymore i think he is welcome

@UCRIezSMWV-gkMuV5daMo35w she is way more i think

I would mention a downside of immigration. There are some forms of self-isolation groups of ethnicity. They live in their own cultural bubble, without trying to integrate. In my community i see and hear rarely Germans. So sometimes i feel not at home in my own country.

Happy New Year!

Freut mich, danke!

Welcome aboard! Thanks for watching and subscribing! I actually haven't tried Spaghetti Eis, shameful - I know. I keep mean to try it but somehow haven't yet.

Hello hello! Thanks for watching and commenting!

True! You can easily bike from town to town!

Thank you! I’m still happy here and hope to continue to be. Of course, Germany is not a perfect country (nowhere is), but there are many benefits to living here and it’s nice to take the time to appreciate them :)

Have you been there 50 years ago? 50 years ago there was no Amazon. Not even malls out of the city centers. So yes city centers were crowded with shoppers. Less tourists, maybe.

I have another video where I discuss housing in Berlin. My tips are: 1) search outside of the ring & 2) try to network and use connections as much as possible. It’s tough but not impossible to find an apartment these days. Good luck!

I'm so sorry to hear this, I also have had hard moments. Hope that things improve for you!

I think both countries could improve. There’s no perfect country in the world.

@@JessieLina yeah obviously. but I mean do you think either of these countries has the capacity to actually get their act together and change anything away from their chosen path?

Much not-european "foreigner's" reaction might just be: *irony-button ON* "Wow, there IS a public traffic system available? And it BRINGS me ANYWHERE? What, IN JUST HOURS from town to town? Through the whole country in less than a day? Wait, anywhere? The whole continent? And I don't have to be rich for that? NO, you're JUST KIDDING, RIGHT?" *irony-button OFF* I'm german and, yes, if you're used to it to 'be just there', you kinda take it for granted. And yes, missing or "late" connections are annoying then. To get this realistically you must know the 'first world perspective' of most Germans that everything 'under perfection' would be a reason to complain. (I think that's a reason why we're having highest 'standards in complaining' about anything. Kinda the "Secret of being unhappy" under most privileged circumstances. Like this e.g.: *irony-button ON* "Ah, yes, the train arrived only 16 s too late but it's departure afterwards was 1 minute and 26 s too late because it was waiting for the old woman in the wheelchair! That's too late! I'm having rights too and wanna have a compensation!" *irony-button-OFF* Thanks for remembering to get this perspective kinda more realistic, chill down and be able to get happier. Greets

@@marc6506 Excuse me, please. I know that in many countries WHO Call themselves developed there's neither proper Public Transport Nor healthcare Nor Social Security - Bad luck!

@@janheinbokel3969 Moin Jan, no need to excuse. Just saying. (More for the 'audience' for explanation than to you personally. Of course you know.) I'm always thinking of that dying woman who was lying nearly naked beside a people crowded street in Yogyakarta (Java, Indonesia), nobody was giving attention to her and I couldn't help her. I tried and wanted to let call the next officials an ambulance but they refused obviously rating her as worthless 'trash'. She was in such a bad shape and dried out that I couldn't say if she was 20 or 60 years old. She probably didn't made it until the next morning and I shed a tear for her right now decades after her 'third world problem' death. Still. She represented maybe 1, 2 or WTF trillion peoples increasing on "our" planet. This humbled me for life. That means "Reisen bildet" ("Traveling educates") for me and always garantees to get the perspective right that we enjoy mostly only "first world problems". Therefore my perspective is that we are ALL rich in Germany according to 'world standards'. Even me as I was on Java as a student with BAföG¹ which was 'minimum existence standard' in Germany and still is. I asked a local and there it was enough for about half a year for 2 parents with 2 kids. Alles Gute _ ¹ BAföG (which I referenced above) = german state-funded full scholarship of all basic³ study + living costs, half subsidized, half interest-free loan; repayment 5 years after graduation until paid, reduced with immediate² repayment or above-average² study performance or subsidized, as long as below income/asset limits | Service for our non-german readers | *shout-out 2 U* ² Double CHACKA !-) ³ To get it right, dear non-germans: "Basic" means the pure subsistence minimum which changes in time of course (see current BAföG rules online). To live better, I added a 2 afternoon/week job while studying and rented out my place during absences several times every year.

@@marc6506 Agree

I’m from the US

@@JessieLina how long are you living here?

5 years already

Glad you found someone that you like! For me, currently, Germany is where I want to be, but who knows what the future holds for me.

I'm coming from Ghana. It's always sunny. People are personable - to the point of invading your privacy. Our economy is shit and our government is corrupt. Is Germany "better"?

Hi Aidan, thanks for your comment. In this video I focused on the positive things I appreciate about Germany, but no country is perfect and there are definitely things I don't like as much. My list of things I dislike would look pretty similar to yours so I can understand how you felt. For me, at the moment at least, the positives outweigh the negatives.

Hi Freddy, I think it's hard to say if any country is "better" than another. Somethings will be better and something somethings will be worse. It all depends on what you value the most and how you prioritize that.

@@JessieLina OF course. I'm coming to Deutschland for an education and hopefully I can be of use to my country by developing it in my field of study. I do like how green some parts of Deutschland are. It's something I've grown up with all my life and I'm glad I will be able to be "one" with nature once again. It does look like there's a lot of loneliness in Germany to look forward to 😂

Moving abroad can be lonely and hard, but you will be able to make friends and a community. You might have to do more intentionally than at home. When I arrived here I found different groups and meet up to join and made friends through that. I hope you enjoy your time in Germany and best of luck with your studies!

That goes without saying 😉 but yes, very true!

have you been to the usa?

@@TheMntnG No, not yet but I know USA very well. I follow lot of stuff closely and my life is more Americanized.

@@itsmejohnson5931 the public transport situation is a joke, you have no idea. and safety is worse than romania.

@@TheMntnG Agree but not all places & states right. If you're talking about Chicago or Detroit or St Louis then yes but if you are talking about Orlando or Portland or Boston or Houston then its fine. It's a very big country.

@@TheMntnG Some fellas have their knowledge from "hörensagen".. 🤫