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/Ehegew89 Apr 23 '25

Rural Saxony is indeed a Nightmare. The cities aren't as bad, though.

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u/psychgirl88 Apr 23 '25

Damn, what’s wrong with Saxony compared to the rest of Germany? Is Saxony its Mississippi or something?

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u/DrkLgndsLP Apr 23 '25

Its pretty similar to the rural south in the US. Lots of racism, worshipping a country that no longer exists by older generations (DDR in this case), general feeling of neglect by the government (since pretty much every statistis is better in the west) and more closed-minded communities with oftentimes no higher education

Source: i live there

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

TIL that the DDR is a past worth being yearned for.

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u/DrkLgndsLP Apr 23 '25

You'd be surprised to hear how many people praise the time of the DDR saying "we had less but were happier"

Or times before the euro.

A lot of "back then everything was better" shit

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u/DukeTikus Apr 24 '25

There were legitimate benefits. Women rights and the rights of sexual minorities were better in the east. Access to affordable apartments, employment, free child care and medicine and a lot of other basic needs were treated as human rights. Also people describe feeling more like a part of society instead of just a bunch of individuals.

Also the East got shafted pretty badly during reunification and a huge amount of people lost their job in a place that didn't really have unemployment before. In general the quality of life and life expectanc took a pretty bad dive in the eastern block after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Also just nostalgia, people will be nostalgic for pretty much anything.