[bdg]

I have to say I feel like there's a lot of comments in this thread that are just totally detached from reality. I moved from Toronto to Berlin in 2017 and a lot of comments in here about living in fear of Muslims is just ... I don't know what part of Germany you are living in, and I visited a lot of it. I went to Karnival in Köln, and small beer festivals in the Bavarian countryside, I talk to locals in every city I go to.

I do however distinctly remember that when I lived in Toronto my social media feed was absolutely polluted with hype about how refugees are taking over Europe and the migrants are everywhere and there are countless no-go zones and endless rapes and the end of Europe was imminent.

Then I moved here, and literally not even once have I seen or felt any of that. I have however seen the far-right media endlessly look for bad events and a way to pin it on migrants. I have seen AfD marketing to tell people they will somehow "fix things" by replacing burkas with burgundy wine.

I've also seen that the neo-Nazis try to overthrow the government (Reuß) and carry out domestic terrorist acts (Hanau for example), the constant planning for "Tage X" and stealing weapons from the army, and the arm of the government charged with constitutional protection constantly needing to stop Nazi activity or investigate problems with the AfD or the military or other important authorities.

[naiv]

You moved here after 2015 so you are missing a comparison and don't know how great life was before the first big wave.

This is the new reality we live in and these controls are now happening every Friday and Saturday night:

https://www.breakinglatest.news/news/police-checks-against-k...

We don't even bother anymore enjoying the city on a weekend.

[helmchenlord]

There are multiple areas in Berlin alone that the police officialy declares as No-Go Areas, among them:

- Alexanderplatz - Görlitzer Park and Wrangelkiez - Warschauer Brücke - Hermannstraße and Bahnhof Neukölln - Hermannplatz and Donaukiez - Rigaer Straße - Kottbusser Tor

Görlitzer Park is officially lost to African drug dealers, they just group raped a woman in front of her boyfriend.

In other cities it's similar. I go to Hamburg and Dresden regularly, can't even befin to describe how much downhill St. Pauli and Alaunpark are going. No sane person goes there after dark anymore.

[lunaticlabs]

Do you live in Berlin? I do, right near Bahnhof Neukölln. I live or have lived in many of the areas you list, and have spent time in all of them. Neither myself, nor my wife, nor my friends have any fear about these areas, even if there are sometimes people we would avoid (like any big city). None of these areas are no-go zones for the police, the police are all over the place.

Alexanderplatz being a no-go zone? Are you joking? It’s full of tourist traps and has some pickpockets potentially, but that’s because they are popular areas full of people.

The gang rape in Gorlitzer is horrible, but is by no means a regular occurrence.

Your entire description reads like a farcical joke. I don’t expect to convince you of anything, but for anyone else reading this, it’s a laughable description.

[dontupvoteme]

Do you have no bad parts of Berlin?

I have visited Hamburg many times and I know there are a few streets which I don't go to, but it's only a few.

[haizhung]

Totally agree, the (current) top comments are pretty wild.

[hackandthink]

Agree, lot of whining about immigration here.

Immigration works for Germany and mostly the Biodeutschen (1) and the immigrants get along well.

However, there is also a racist milieu and even right-wing terrorists that politics and the police tolerate too much.

Immigrants become scapegoats in a (self-inflicted) difficult economic situation.

(1) satirical name for ethnic Germans (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodeutsch)