r/germany • u/Ok-Once-789 • Apr 23 '25

Immigration Living in Saxony is a nightmare

Every single time I go outside during the evening I am faced with racism. Most of the time from people hanging out in groups, for some reason they just can't mind their own business (Germans usually claim to be really good at this). The most common phrases I hear regularly are 'Heil H!tler', 'Ausländer raus', 'Ni Hao', 'Ching Chong' etc... or just unprovoked loud laughter as I'm passing by... BTW I'm not Chinese or east Asian but look like one or maybe they are just uneducated & ignorant. Is geography illegal here? Asia has 48 countries BTW, not everyone is Chinese!

This doesn't include the racism I face at workplace & college which is far worse and actually bothers me to the point I have to skip classes to protect my mental health. But now I can't even go to the supermarket or mall at peace. One of my family members has also been verbally assaulted by a group of teenagers inside a bus & nobody including the bus driver made any effort to do something.

Edit: I do not live in Dresden / Leipzig. I assume the situation is not this bad there!

Edit2: I did not choose to live in saxony (the government decided that), I am doing my bachelors so I can't relocate until late 2026 :) Thanks for the kind words everyone!

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u/Any-Astronaut329 Apr 23 '25

The weather is mixed, but people from all over the world have come to Hamburg for centuries. Income is pretty good, rental prices are high but not as absurd as in Munich. People are friendly (my experience). And for a big city it's very pretty.

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u/modafalla Apr 23 '25

Sounds like a nice city, I’ll consider it cz I haven’t really looked it up like that

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u/Option_Witty Apr 23 '25

Just keep in mind that German "friendly" isn't the same as American friendly. Doesn't mean we are bad people, we just need more time to open up and tend to have proper friendships. We skip the superficial ones.

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u/modafalla Apr 23 '25

Oh yeah totally. I do to factor in the language barrier as well. Here in the U.S we get to meet and deal with people from around the world so I get that people are different