@ckie i lived there, albeit as a smoler arc who still didn't know they were queer, and I loved the vibe.

@ckie@social.pixie.town germany as a whole is very old and very “conservative” (as in: not opposed to fascism/monarchism), but the big cities tend to be younger and less bad. some areas are friendlier to nazis than others.

it's certainly a lot better than many other places, but most of the government (and previous governments) is actively working on making it worse for queers, non-whites, migrants, leftists.

there is also the problem that almost all government institutions (ministries, police, secret service, …) were founded by literal nazis and it shows to this day. when you see a cop in germany they are either a fascist or don't speak out against fascists.

@benni yes! you can answer (:

@ckie stil can't answer, sorry ;) if "local area" means my neighbours or my city i think it would be very positive. if it means my follower here for instance or my friends it would be far more negative.

@benni the underlying context is i'm trying to figure out if germany is viable for me to stay at for more than a short vacation.

so lf your city is like amazing and the rest of the country doesn't really exist in your life then you can vote for just the city. if you have to venture out into Bad Parts then maybe its Bad. also feel free to just give a score here instead of taking the binary choice in the poll.

this isn't critical, i'm trying to get more impressions but if i visit i'll find out soon enough what i think about it. this is more of a "how much should I want to visit?".

@ckie germany is for sure a good place to live if you bring certain privileges (money and legal status most importantly i think). If not it can be a hellhole. but on the other hand this would be true for most places on earth unfortunatly.

where do you live now? (to have something to compare it to)