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Every Berliner is cheap, whiny, stubborn, greedy and useless. Must be a Yiddish Curse.
Job market: basically hundreds of firms offering unpiad or very little paid internships to students abroad who has to ask fo his parent's money. At the end all the EU is subsidizing Berlin companies with cheap labour so they can sell around the world. Incredibly nobody feels the scam, so people stay there for years in crappy internships. Moving out meant that my first wage was three times what an intern used to make there (now like five times this amount).
i want to thanks all local ppl who learn me hate.
Housng is either original or loose.
Original means toilet or shower in the kitchen, guys tht look like Russian mobsters, people who cmpulsory has lunch together, etc
Loose means no Internet or a shared old desktp computer for five people, no elevators anywhere, polluting coal heating or a flatmate that complains because you want to keep your room over fifteen celsius degrees, etc.
I remember this time when I took a bus and I was soaking wet because, you know, wonderful German weather. I sat on the bus, and in a normal city that would have been the whole story right? But in Berlin this is what happened. Two women approached me asking if I was alright to which I replied, ehm yeah? Then they told me, "I think you might have a problem please get off this bus, this is disgusting". Hey, I stopped them, what the f*** are you talking about? I was feeling attacked by these two strangers. Then they hollered leave now! (classic German attitude from chill to hysteric in less than 5 sec.) Why? what the fuck? I replied. "You are peeing yourself!" they said. What? I took a look down at the floor and there was a small stream of molten snow from my jacket I took off trailing towards the seat where these two strangers were sitting. I gave them a grave look and told them: "dude, it's just water can't you see it's raining/snowing outside". They mumbled some shite and sat again but like three sits behind the one they there were originally sitting at. That's what I call how to start a day like a champ, the Berlin way.
I can't wait to leave this freaking poop city. When I'm done studying: Sayonara forever!
This site just socks as much as the city. People who have nothing to do but complaining about things you find in every bigger city around the world. Boring and dirty places with cold and unfriendly people.
People need a space to vent their frustrations and disillusion about the most hyped city of the 21st century. Nothing wrong with that. Nobody hypes Prague that much anymore because everyone is now hip to Prague's bullcrap. People are just starting to wake up to the overwhelming negative energy and fraudulence of Berlin's "culture," which really died decades ago. Now the city is just running on hot air, smoke and mirrors--take all that away and Berlin's "scene" won't last another week.
As someone who has lived in major cities throughout the world (New York, Tokyo, London and Toronto) I can honestly say that Berliners are most definitely a very special breed of cold, unfriendly, xenophobic people. So much so that even Germans themselves have name for their disgusting behaviour: Berliner Schnauze (The Berlin Snout). This site is actually quite fabulous as it not only allows people to vent their frustrations in a safe environment but also shows new visitors that they are not alone in their negative experiences of Berlin.
This site also warns potential newcomers about what they might encounter in the city. That is mainly the reason why I keep checking this site from time to time, to help others not to make the same mistake I did. Some would say that "Berlin isn't for everyone" but how I see it is more like "you will end up hating the city sooner or later, just give it some time."
F?ck berlin. F?ck everything about berlin. This pathetic sh?thole doesn't even deserve to be written with the big letter. Ugly, dull, boring, completely nothing to do, no places to have fun, unbelievable ugly women. Now I know how the hell looks. Death to berlin.
My talk with a local guy:
the guy: Berlin is certainly the best place in the world!
me: how do you know, have you ever lived outside the city?
the guy: no, I was risen in Stegliz and live in Wedding.
me: so how do you know? And why you drink now with me so heavily? Are you happy in your life?
the guy: no. I'm depressed.
me: so how can you say, that Berlin in the best city to live, when you are not happy self...
Pretty much everybody on this site had such conversations with local people.
I'm growing to love the City more and more as I no longer set foot in Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain or Neukoelln but at the same time, there are still gripes that get me on a daily basis.
1) In this sweltering heat, I don't give a poop if it hurts your neck. I am opening the freaking window on this pissing S-Bahn train whether you like it or not.
2. People (and usually self proclaimed Left Wing tolerant people) from other areas of Germany complaining about Gentrification. You are Gentrification you absolute Fotze.
3. Left Wing Tolerant people defining who is a good and a bad foreigner. White Middle Class professional bad, refugee good. I'm all for open borders but this notion should apply to everyone.
4. Right Wing/Conservative bellends defining who is a good and bad Foreigner. White working good, black asylum seeker bad. fornicate off you ignorant Dummkopfchen.
Sound off! What bothers you most about Bus Drivers in Berlin?
Their silly little might games. If you run and hurry to catch the bus, they wait until you are nearly at the door to take off. Getting angry knocks at the door and a yelled insult is their satisfaction. At least made one person pissed angry already that day.
This City make me really aggressive.
There are many places worse than Berlin. Trust me,I'm 53 and have lived many places round the world. What's bad about Berlin is the attitude of people coming from elsewhere trying to alter it to fit their preconceived notions of what it is. If any of you were my age,and I suspect very few of you are,you would've known a very special city years ago that was unique in the world. It's now a mere Disney version of itself with an invisible wall of stupidity replacing the former real one. I still like certain natural aspects of the city,ie.parks,lakes and nature. The hipster bubble was predictable ever since the speculators started buying everything up and raising rents.....many years now. I highly suggest to anyone who doesn't enjoy the city to leave and find their ideal city somewhere else. I myself have a family here so I shall continue on here in some fashion. Try looking at the beauty of past history here and more nature. Stinky penner on trains exist in all populated cities and they aren't really all that unusual here. Ride a bike,take a walk....avoid clubs and nightlife if you have problems with party people- best clue: go out on a weeknight and leave the city on weekends.
Your opinion of Berlin really depends on your situation & location. Living in a predominantly foreign (or at least accepting of foreigners) area where your native language or accented German may be easily understood makes a massive difference to your experience of the city and the locals.
I am in my 40's, married to a German and have lived here for 7 years in both the West & East areas of the city. I can honestly say, that although not the friendliest people on the planet, West Berliners are absolutely more pleasant than those in the East...and by East I mean the areas past the cultural & language melting pots of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg & Prenzlauer Berg.
I look like a stereotypical German: blonde hair, blue eyes, pale complexion (but with an always pleasant expression) - I speak German - I married a German (not a Berliner) - my child was born here so is also German...I am polite & pleasant yet, in the 7 years I have been living in Berlin I have been treated rudely on a near daily basis: everything from the typical German heavy sigh & eye roll for no apparent reason to being shoved with shopping carts while waiting in line at the supermarket because I didn't move into the 1cm of 'empty' space in front of me. I've accepted the fact that living in Berlin means dealing with the above crap every day. It saddens me that rudeness/coldness seem to be an integral part of German culture. (and it is absolutely awful when it is directed at my young child.)