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Title: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Tender Branson on April 15, 2012, 08:55:04 AM Because I made one for Austria, I also need a poll for Germany ... ;)
() http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Germany#States Baden-Württemberg for me. Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: ZuWo on April 15, 2012, 09:28:05 AM Baden-Württemberg because there's a reasonable chance that the people there, at least in the southernmost parts of the state, understand my Swiss German.
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Kaine for Senate '18 on April 15, 2012, 09:50:28 AM Berlin
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: opebo on April 15, 2012, 09:52:02 AM Berlin's the obvious choice,butI voted Hamburg before I thoughtofit.
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: I spent the winter writing songs about getting better on April 15, 2012, 09:59:57 AM Probably Berlin now, but I'd rather not be born there due to having to be born in the GDR or dealing with all those reunification issues. For that either Hamburg or Frankfurt.
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: politicus on April 15, 2012, 10:05:30 AM They understand Danish in the northernmost part of Schleswig, so Schleswig-Holstein would be the most convenient. Flensburg is a pretty town, but a bit out of the way.
If I where German Id go for Heidelberg in Baden. Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Franzl on April 15, 2012, 10:20:02 AM I think Baden-Württemberg probably offers the most, and I have a soft spot for Bavaria....but still: Hessian pride!
Im Herzen von Europa liegt ein Frankfurt am Main... Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: dead0man on April 15, 2012, 11:30:15 AM My ancestors are from Hesse or the Palatinate so one of those. I went with Hesse.
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Keystone Phil on April 15, 2012, 11:39:32 AM I am thankful that I don't have to live in such a place! :P
If I had to, I'd live in Bavaria. Shocking, right? Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: opebo on April 15, 2012, 11:42:27 AM I am thankful that I don't have to live in such a place! :P You're used to the low-life? Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Keystone Phil on April 15, 2012, 12:14:08 PM I am thankful that I don't have to live in such a place! :P You're used to the low-life? No, never been to Thailand. Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Franzl on April 15, 2012, 12:16:15 PM I am thankful that I don't have to live in such a place! :P If I had to, I'd live in Bavaria. Shocking, right? Yeah you seem to have a problem with nice places to live. Germany, Britain, Netherlands, etc...and prefer places like Pennsylvania and Italy ;) Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Keystone Phil on April 15, 2012, 12:19:06 PM What's my problem with Britain? I thought I stated how much I liked it when I came back from England (though I wouldn't live there but I wouldn't live in Italy either).
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Franzl on April 15, 2012, 12:21:15 PM What's my problem with Britain? I thought I stated how much I liked it when I came back from England (though I wouldn't live there but I wouldn't live in Italy either). Your political kind (even in more barbaric places like Italy ;)) would be rather lonely, I suppose. Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: opebo on April 15, 2012, 12:23:01 PM What's my problem with Britain? I thought I stated how much I liked it when I came back from England (though I wouldn't live there but I wouldn't live in Italy either). But you're happy to live in the US? In Pennsylvania? Please explain your reasoning. Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: fezzyfestoon on April 15, 2012, 01:32:23 PM Baden-Württemberg or Bavaria would be good.
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: SUSAN CRUSHBONE on April 15, 2012, 02:34:05 PM I'll stay here in BW. :)
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: CLARENCE 2015! on April 15, 2012, 03:12:11 PM Bavaria!
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Lief 🗽 on April 15, 2012, 03:13:13 PM Berlin, of course. Not sure why you would pick anywhere else.
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Franzl on April 15, 2012, 03:15:38 PM Berlin, of course. Not sure why you would pick anywhere else. Because has one of the worst economies, politics, and quality of life in Germany? Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: I spent the winter writing songs about getting better on April 15, 2012, 03:21:32 PM Berlin, of course. Not sure why you would pick anywhere else. Because has one of the worst economies, politics, and quality of life in Germany? It's not Bavaria. Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Franzl on April 15, 2012, 03:47:33 PM Berlin, of course. Not sure why you would pick anywhere else. Because has one of the worst economies, politics, and quality of life in Germany? It's not Bavaria. Yeah, who would want 3% unemployment? :) Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: I spent the winter writing songs about getting better on April 15, 2012, 03:48:58 PM I'm referring to the politics part.
Franzl do you consider North Dakota the most desirable US state? Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Keystone Phil on April 15, 2012, 03:49:12 PM What's my problem with Britain? I thought I stated how much I liked it when I came back from England (though I wouldn't live there but I wouldn't live in Italy either). Your political kind (even in more barbaric places like Italy ;)) would be rather lonely, I suppose. Yeah, good thing I'm not a conservative Republican in Philadelphia. ;) Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Insula Dei on April 15, 2012, 03:56:31 PM Germany really doesn't pull me in any way, but I suppose Berlin would be tolerable. (On the other hand, certain parts of the city just are completely lost to the most insufferable elements of Europe's trendy scene, and even the idea of their proximity might be just too much. NRW would be a good alternative, I suppose.)
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Franzl on April 15, 2012, 04:44:25 PM I'm referring to the politics part. Franzl do you consider North Dakota the most desirable US state? No, but I think it's a slightly different issue. North Dakota is far away from any place I find interesting, although in Europe there's almost always something, as crowded as this continent can be. Nothing like North Dakota at any rate. Berlin is left-wing, if that's what you want, but you can still find more responsible non-CDU governments than Berlin (well, actually CDU is part of government there now..). Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Redalgo on April 15, 2012, 04:56:15 PM It was a hard call but I ended up voting Brandenburg.
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Franzl on April 15, 2012, 05:00:20 PM It was a hard call but I ended up voting Brandenburg. Now this I find really interesting. What does Brandenburg have that isn't better somewhere else? Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Redalgo on April 15, 2012, 05:35:35 PM A combination of small towns, nature reserves, access to some lakes and forests, a Dfb climate untempered in its seasonal extremes by proximity to the Atlantic, and a left-of-centre (or at the very least not CDU dominated) electorate. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern was also an attractive option to me but if I were super-serious about choosing between them I'd need to do a lot of studying.
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Middle-aged Europe on April 15, 2012, 05:47:47 PM Well, I live in Berlin and don't plan to move.
The worst of the lot is probably Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Highest unemployment rate + almost nobody lives there + a good chunk of the few people who live there are Nazis. Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese on April 15, 2012, 06:33:04 PM Schleswig-Holstein is easily my favourite German State. A very nice mix of Danish and German culture. Beautiful country-side and intresting cities. Kiel, Lübeck, and Flensburg seems like awsome places to live. So that's what I voted for.
That being said Baden-Würtenberg also seems fantastic, and I've always found Dresden to seem like a really intresting city to live in. (Even if I don't care that much for the rest of Saxony) Brandenburg is the place I'd least want to live in. Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Boris on April 15, 2012, 07:02:15 PM Never been to Germany outside the Frankfurt airport, alas. I'd probably go with Bavaria (Munich), North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf), or Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel).
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: greenforest32 on April 15, 2012, 07:33:22 PM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin#Religion
Quote More than 60% of Berlin residents have no registered religious affiliation and Berlin has been described as the atheist capital of Europe.[94] Hello! Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Yelnoc on April 15, 2012, 08:23:06 PM I think my ancestors were from the Northern bit. After googling pictures of towns, I voted for Hamburg.
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Grumpier Than Thou on April 16, 2012, 07:07:49 AM Bayern, natürlich ;)
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Gustaf on April 16, 2012, 11:22:20 AM Lots of places I would like. Berlin is obviously the coolest choice and the one I voted for without much thinking. Of course, it's more of a cool place to visit than a good place to actually live in. Standard of living and labour market suck for example.
Bavaria is sort of the opposite - nice but not cool. I think NRW, like Düsseldorf might be a decent compromise there. Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: I spent the winter writing songs about getting better on April 16, 2012, 12:13:47 PM Bremen had kind of a legendary hardcore scene in the 90s, though not sure what it's like now.
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Franzl on April 16, 2012, 12:20:23 PM Bremen had kind of a legendary hardcore scene in the 90s, though not sure what it's like now. Not relevant to your topic here - but Bremen has (by far) the worst debt problem of all German states. Worse than Berlin. Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Filuwaúrdjan on April 16, 2012, 12:21:06 PM No idea. Let's say NRW and Hesse because my brother used to live in the former and liked it, and my Mum spent some time in the latter and has nice things to say about it (and, also, the existence of nice cider. Don't knock the little things).
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Middle-aged Europe on April 16, 2012, 07:02:43 PM Berlin is obviously the coolest choice and the one I voted for without much thinking. Of course, it's more of a cool place to visit than a good place to actually live in. Disagree. Then again, I do have a job here. Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Iannis on April 17, 2012, 06:00:53 AM Bayern would be perfect for me: similar to northern Italy pattern, middle size towns with well distributed economic activities, low unemployment. Some lively social structure, a bit of traditionalism, green fields and mountains.
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Platypus on April 17, 2012, 06:48:31 AM Lower Saxony or Berlin, I think.
Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: Gustaf on April 17, 2012, 06:56:21 AM Berlin is obviously the coolest choice and the one I voted for without much thinking. Of course, it's more of a cool place to visit than a good place to actually live in. Disagree. Then again, I do have a job here. I didn't say that it was a bad place to live in, just more of a place to visit. ;) I've had friends live there for a while but it seems more like a city for a bohemian adventure than one where you want to raise a family or something. But it all depends on the specifics of the individual, obviously. Title: Re: Which German state would you prefer to live in ? Post by: minionofmidas on April 17, 2012, 01:16:37 PM I think Baden-Württemberg probably offers the most, and I have a soft spot for Bavaria....but still: Hessian pride! Im Herzen von Europa liegt ein Frankfurt am Main... Oh come on, you can do better than that Im Herzen von Europa liegt mein Frankfurt am Main Die Bundesliga gibt sich hier gar oft ein Stelldichein Hier gibt es eine Eintracht die spielt Fußball ganz famos Man kennt sie nicht nur am Waldesrand, nein auf der ganzen Welt Und wenn sie gewinnt im Waldstadion, dann ist die Stimmung groß Eintracht am Main, nur du sollst heute siegen Eintracht am Main, weil wir dich alle lieben Schieß noch ein Tor dem Gegner in den Kasten rein Jeder wird sagen ohne zu fragen in dieser schönen Stadt am Main Eintracht aus Frankfurt, du schaffst es wieder, deutscher Meister zu sein Der eine liebt sein Mädel und der andre liebt den Sport Wir schwören auf die Eintracht auch mit unsrem Ehrenwort Führt sie ihr Weg mal fort von hier in andre Stadien rein Wir sind in Gedanken immer bei ihr, nie wird es anders sein Begleiten wird sie unser Chor, drum stimmen alle mit ein Eintracht am Main, nur du sollst heute siegen Eintracht am Main, weil wir dich alle lieben Schieß noch ein Tor dem Gegner in den Kasten rein Jeder wird sagen ohne zu fragen in dieser schönen Stadt am Main Eintracht aus Frankfurt, du schaffst es wieder, deutscher Meister zu sein I cannot *sing* for the life of me, but I can certainly rhythmically recite it. Oh, and now for something completely different Es steht e klaa Häusche am Maa Des is net zu groß net zu klaa Doch in all seine Zimmer gefallt es mir nimmer Ach wär isch doch nimmer allaa Doch in all seine Zimmer gefallt es mir nimmer Ach wär isch doch nimmer allaa Es lebt a schee Weibche am Maa Des is net zu groß net zu klaa Des is e feins Deibche des nemm isch zum Weibche Dann bin isch aach nimmer allaa Des is e feins Deibche des nemm isch zum Weibche Dann bin isch aach nimmer allaa Es steht e klaa Häusche am Maa Des is net zu groß net zu klaa Doch des herzliebe Deibche hat de Deiwel im Leibche Ach wär isch doch widder allaa Doch des herzliebe Deibche hat de Deiwel im Leibche Ach wär isch doch widder allaa :D |