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Wow..Quite a rant and very entertaining.The line"I'd rather be kicked in the teeth at a petting zoo"was terrific.The rest was a little on the too much red wine side.Nevertheless..all good fun.
yep. but even this is coming to berlin east side. i held out for the long haul --10years on the old contract and got a luxury renovated apartment, paid for by the government no less since i managed to convince them i´m insane. im not, just a born actor/smartass. but its what they want if they had their way i know perfectly well, so look at it as a form of protest. rent went up 2.5 times in the last 5 years. if you have the stamina, go for it. berlin is investment potential now and ever changing. creatives all vying for a post of the proverbial log.. If you haven´t a portfolio you need not apply.
The rich are getting richer and the poor poorer same as everywhere else-- poop that use to lay curled up in the proverbial toilet is now being shuffled to the outskirts thanks to the gang of baby raping politicians the cops can´t touch. i mean alcoholics, the psychologically disturbed and other human detritus..char burg is run by the russian mafia, so yeah in places you can´t pass out anymore without them taking your kid and/or nuts...
prenz berg is pretty much like was posted above. except even better now there is a new racist wave of germans against other germans i love it when that happens. nothing like an arrogant hippie stuttgarter telling the berliner they´d be better off having their wall back! I´d rather be kicked in the teeth at a petting zoo...
Alcoholics esp. Like to blame nasty gentrification by the corrupt politicians or whatever but you ever think maybe they got what they deserved and got swept to the outskirts for a reason. maybe if you feel socially isolated you should do something about it besides drink. Like go to therapy to talk about your problems get a real job education direction maturity and relieve your jealousy toward hard working people on the whole.. the problem is opportunity. People have no chances anymore
Needless to say most moms are in the dark, leave their double decker kid carriage parked outside the dm waiting for a sadistic psychopath human trafficker kidnapper to pass by.
to make a long story short, i actually enjoy the new kinds of people with money and positive attitude in the lineups that join me in making fun of the negative disrespectful jaded disdained welfare bum washed up in the trendy cafe bitching i jumped the line when i didnt actually and everything costs 30 cents more....bitch female dog female dog sexual act sexual act wank
BUT, there are dangers that go with the money, the more money you have the less freedom. Do not leave junior unattended. Especially in a berlin east side supermarket or shopping mall. Berlin has a freaking seedy underground ask any schizophrenic. They all know but just don´t talk to each other
the foreigner refugees coming here nowadays have more money than me make no mistake about it. its more of the same shit. We live in a false democracy here same as everywhere else. if they dont find you useful you get wiped out. russian and china are coming and berlin is losing its charm of being a free place to live where you can walk around topless with a beer in hand smelling the smoke of weed on the breeze and grill fires in the park...welcome to the future. You have to hustle hard to live here and weigh the balance of whether or not it is worth it to you and for what reason. And protect your nuts and or children from being sold from 10 to 30 grand on the black market.
Dating is particularly hard. Yes, quality people are hard to find. Watch out for cokeheads who spread syphilis. It´s getting better in some ways and worse in others...you have to weigh the pros and cons and come up with a balanced argument. Attorneys do well here i expect...
FYI: i racked up five grand on lawsuits i won against shitbags over the years, but lost another five grand likewise to rip off artists. So berlin, so far, i´ve broke even...
I called it, Germany Is Turning Away Syrian Refugees Once Again news.vice.com/article/germany-is-turning-away-syrian-refugees-once-again
My best wishes to those of you stuck in Berlin.I got out after 6 years..Life has never been better..Germans scare the poop out of me.xx
I was looking for websites about why the Berlin tech scene sucks so much compared to other places. Instead I found this place, which incidentally explains why the Berlin tech scene sucks so much (tldr. it's the people). Keep up the good work guys.
It's cheap, but definitely not sexy unless you still into drugs and clubbing but that gets boring too eventually especially if you are going broke. I am trying to save up money to get out of here, but dude there are just way too many freelancers in my expertise here, and high supply of course drives prices down. Overtime I learned to be zen with Berliners' rudeness as life here for most is tough financially. Low income Americans have it harder, but at least they try to be friendly to strangers and remain optimistic.
A friend from Berlin is visiting me in the States for 2wks. It's been 7days so far...TAKE HIM BACK PLEASE!!! From the whining to the lack of Cleanliness; I. Cant. Take. It!!
If anyone else has had a child with a German and is now trapped here due to the Hague Convention I'd be most interested in chatting with you. Feel free to join my closed group, A Better Berlin, on facebook and get in touch: www.facebook.com/groups/1021498287901007/
(everyone who wants to help try to make living here feel less isolating and alone are welcome =O)
Great to visit this site now I moved, really hope the idiots on this planet create another hype and the creative industry moves somewhere else. Berlin and Germany really didnt deserve the media attention it got and still gets. Probably the most dissapointing, boring and depressing capital I have ever visited.
Hi guys,
A post a bit different this time. Is someone interested in going to Jamie Woon concert on Nov 18? For once something good is happening in Berlin!
Berlin in Germany or you guys mean Berlin in the USA? not easy to gather from this site.
Should one continue to live in a place just because it is cheap?
cheap place = cheap people = cheap jobs = cheap... not inexpensive, just plain cheap. Consider disposable income... if you have 20% of your income for doing what you want to do elsewhere in the world I would rather have 20% of Munich wages than 20% of Berlin's.
You're very welcome, feel free to head on over, join the group and introduce yourself - everyone who wants to help make a better Berlin and feel less alone are welcome =O)
A new facebook group inspired by the need to create a supportive social circle for those feeling isolated & trapped in Berlin, let's help each other make life better here: www.facebook.com/groups/1021498287901007/
What was better 10 years ago? Everything! It was not so crowded, but whats more significant, the people were not such inhuman lookists, who feel themselves as the center of the universe. 10 years ago the people were more shy,but friendly, more caring about themselves and not so much about you. Iam afraid that berlin has become horrid since they made a hype of it. its the rich hipters and hipsteresses from wohle the world making it this bad. (in my opinion) these are the so cool, antisocial, inhuman, icecold people who like control so much.
Having lived here (as an "ausländer") for nearly 10 years I can honestly say that not a lot has changed at all. In my experience the local culture has always been anti-social, unfriendly and aggressive (compared to other parts of the world) and the racism & xenophobia have also been very prevalent and, of course, only worsened as more foreigners move here.
It really has been pretty sh*t for a long long time. I first came in 2001 and moved here in 2004 and I have been depressed ever since. Circumstances out of my control although my nine year old brings rays of sunshine when her c*nt of a mother lets me see her.