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I moved from the US to Germany 11 years ago. A lot of things have surprised me about living here with my kids.
Business insider ^ | 12/02/2023 | Naomi Kaye Honova

Posted on 12/02/2023 8:21:19 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

I'm originally from the United States, but I've lived in Germany for over 11 years.

Moving to Germany was not necessarily an extreme culture shock, but many things have surprised me — especially when it comes to raising my three kids, who have all been born here.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chat; clickbait; drivel; europe; eussr; fourthreich; germany; living; moved; us
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This is pure crappola
1 posted on 12/02/2023 8:21:19 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When I was born, it cost about two weeks of my father’s income.

Liberals care about having healthcarw, not whether it is being economically efficient.


2 posted on 12/02/2023 8:23:36 PM PST by Jonty30 (I am happy to be of service to raise your awareness, make you think, and anger you. Simultaneously.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Cool.
You surfed the web and found some crappola,
and thought it worthy of posting here.


3 posted on 12/02/2023 8:24:22 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.'s orbit.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Well, it is"Business Insider".

That said, It isn't uncommon to live in another culture and see things where your own culture loses in the comparison.

I lived in Japan and the Philippines, and there were things I liked about both of them, but in the end...I still felt it was better, far better to be an American.

Obviously, not everyone feels that way. Now, if you will excuse me, I will go read the article...:)

4 posted on 12/02/2023 8:29:19 PM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It sounds like a prison to me.


5 posted on 12/02/2023 8:35:58 PM PST by WVNan
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To: rlmorel
Now, if you will excuse me, I will go read the article...:)


6 posted on 12/02/2023 8:37:18 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Steely Tom

Hahahahaha


7 posted on 12/02/2023 8:43:52 PM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Exactly, it’s just another puff piece written by a socialist crybaby who thinks they are special and entitled.


8 posted on 12/02/2023 8:44:19 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Jonty30

That’s because they are insufferable arrogant spoiled brats.


9 posted on 12/02/2023 8:44:49 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

During early covid I posted some articles that shared people’s experiences dealing with that. Which I thought were important/good to know.

Of course you can guess that I soon became the target of the most hateful anti-vaccine people on the planet.

Be that as it may, some asked me what I think people should do. So I answered they should speak to their doctor about it, which is what I did. I actually spoke to two doctors. My GP and diabetes 2 doctor.

The replies I got from the anti-vaccine people were incredible in how hateful they were against doctors. I bet there are witch doctors in the middle of the Congo jungle who have more respect for doctors.

Then it occurred to me those people don’t have doctors they can go to because they can’t afford it. When I want to go to the doctor, I descend in the elevator and slap my plastic insurance card that shows a picture of my smiling face on the front desk.


10 posted on 12/02/2023 8:47:35 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The author, of course, left off one of the most surprising things about Germany: all the muslim rape


11 posted on 12/02/2023 8:53:10 PM PST by fr_freak (So foul a sky clears not without a storm.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Article paints Germany as some kind of Utopia. There is a German family here in America that left German because you can’t home school your kid over there. The terrible truth is the Left is trying to send them back .


12 posted on 12/02/2023 8:59:15 PM PST by Nateman (If the Pedo Profit Mad Moe (pig pee upon him!) was not the Antichrist then he comes in second.)
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It is crap
I walked to school by myself when I was 6 (in 1957)
I was outside all the time no matter the weather.
People forget how we lived before we turned into pussies


13 posted on 12/02/2023 9:02:00 PM PST by Palio di Siena (P01135809)
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“As a family who tries our best to keep our carbon footprint to a minimum, I love that we can live car-free in our German city.”

Please stay there, and invite your fellow useful idiot friends to join you.

As an aside, BusinessInsider, like most other fake business outlets is just another leftist propaganda organ.


14 posted on 12/02/2023 9:03:01 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Jonty30

“Giving birth was nearly cost-free and my necessary tests and checkups were covered by insurance.”

In the United States this is called staying in school and getting a good job with good benefits.

Nothing is free.


15 posted on 12/02/2023 9:05:31 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: Palio di Siena
I walked to school by myself when I was 6 (in 1957) I was outside all the time no matter the weather.
People forget how we lived before we turned into pussies

We were born about the same time. I walked to kindergarten when I was five, and so did all of my classmates.

16 posted on 12/02/2023 9:13:34 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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German Family Who Claimed Asylum in US to Homeschool Kids Faces Deportation

The Biden Regime trying to send back a family that has been in the country for 15 years. They only want you if you are likely to vote Democrat. People who break the law in order to get on the public dole are the people the regime wants.

17 posted on 12/02/2023 9:14:38 PM PST by Nateman (If the Pedo Profit Mad Moe (pig pee upon him!) was not the Antichrist then he comes in second.)
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People forget how we lived before we turned into pussies

I was a "safety patrol officer" in the late 60's and I can still vividly recall gusty northwest winds drenching me and my partner Sarah with torrents of formerly roof-laden snow.

18 posted on 12/02/2023 9:19:55 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Almost all of the points reflect the contrast of Germany with the bad helicopter parenting of upper middle class, college "educated" Americans who cannot control their neurotic fears.

Those neurotic fears, especially among women, are why so many of the them support the despotic and corrupt policy proposals of the Dem party.

19 posted on 12/02/2023 9:26:43 PM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: rlmorel

I spent a week in Germany years ago before the Wall came down. Had a fly-drive, traveled all over the country, no speed limits on the autobahn. Had a great time in. Berlin, took bus to East Berlin and it was a wreck. Munich was far too expensive for me, both the good hotels and the restaurants, only stayed one night. Had a wonderful time in Bavaria, though some people pointed at me as a Juden (long black hair then).

I have no idea whether this article is correct about costs. Isn’t it a somewhat socialist country? My friend’s daughter lives in Munich, married there and raising adorable little kids who are bi-lingual. I’ll ask him.


20 posted on 12/02/2023 9:26:54 PM PST by Veto! (FJB Sucks Rocks)
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