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Why do people who hate Berlin proceed to live here?
I love Berlin and never complained but I've met way too many people who hate this city and for some reason proceed to live here.
Before I moved… Why do people who hate this city proceed to live here?
I love Berlin and never complained but I've met way too many people who hate this city and for some reason proceed to live here.
Before I moved to Berlin, I visited all the major cities in Germany before deciding that Berlin had the best fit in terms of vibe for me. After moving here, I never felt that I wanted to move to another German city or any other European city for that matter.
However I see many people complaining about Berlin, primarily it being "dirty", "too many homeless people", "too many weirdos", "graffitis", etc. but I actually don't mind any of the things that people complain about because those people that hate things about Berlin tend to be the annoying types that complain about everything and are not happy but blames everything or everyone else as the fault. Perhaps the reason why I'm a good fit is because I am a bit of a weirdo myself, but at least I'm happy and not grumpy like all these haters in the city.
I've talked to some people who hate Berlin and/or Germany and asked them why are they still here if they don't like it. One particular person I've met answered with "I would rather live in Spain, but the economy in Germany is better" which is one of the most uneducated things I've heard (he was not Spanish), given that I've met plenty of people who are from Spain and living in Spain that are making a decent living. When I visited Barcelona I saw less homeless people than in Berlin, but this person made it sound like Spain has 90% unemployment rate and that they make 5 eurs/hour, which is not the case at all. Sure they may have lower average salary than in Germany, but it does not mean that it is impossible to get a job there and have a similar standard of life.
I just wanted to ask everyone else who hates Berlin and/or Germany, why are you still here and what is your reasoning?
Thank you,
What is the correct spelling for a street name that appears differently on multiple signs in Charlottenburg?
Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.
if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point
honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.
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