Comment by em-bee

3 months ago

compared to the rest of the world europe is absolutely not welcoming. heck, even as a native german if you move from one region in germany to another you are treated as an unwelcome outsider. less so in big cities where you are more anonymous but still. if you are lucky you can find "your tribe" and your children may be accepted if they grow up there. the only places in germany where i ever felt welcome was linux user groups, and other fringe groups which as a whole had more of an outsider status.

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dag100  3 months ago

> heck, even as a native german if you move from one region in germany to another you are treated as an unwelcome outsider. less so in big cities where you are more anonymous but still. if you are lucky you can find "your tribe" and your children may be accepted if they grow up there.

This is standard for most of the world. Really, only some countries, all of them developed, are exceptions to this.

  • em-bee  3 months ago

    not my experience. sure, wherever i go i will always be an outsider. the difference is whether i am welcome or not.

    even as a german i have not felt welcome anywhere in germany (i grew up im austria).

    i have been around the world and lived in a number of countries. i felt more welcome in china and even in the US for example than anywhere in europe

    • dag100  3 months ago

      > i felt more welcome in china

      Are you white? Try being non-white. Chinese people, and most Asians - yes, the entire continent, or at least most of it - are deferent to white people.

      > and even in the US for example than anywhere in europe

      The US is one of, if not the most, welcoming countries in the world. Additionally, I suppose you probably lived in a city or at least a large town in the US rather than anywhere rural or more closed-off.