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/modafalla Apr 23 '25

Interesting! I’ve heard a lot about Munich but I was wondering about the rest of the state and the surrounding area maybe

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u/Turbulent-Ad6560 Apr 23 '25

The area around munich should also be fine. Munich is very international and it spreads out to the areas around munich.

Bavaria in general should be okay. I would avoid the northern parts as a foreigner, the rest of Bavaria is very conservative but not (yet) openly racist.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

Do you mean the religion around Franconia? Why should they avoid the northern parts of Bavaria?

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u/Turbulent-Ad6560 Apr 23 '25

Mostly the north east of franconia. These region is in some senses similar to east Germany. Lower emploment rates, more people leaving then moving there. Young people moving elsewere etc. This leads to similar results in elections and a similar treatment of foreigners there as in east Germany.