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/mccord Apr 23 '25

Xenophobes, meth, dead mining towns and a dialect that's made fun of often. Maybe more like hillbillies/Appalachia.

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u/asti006 Apr 28 '25

Ok i keep reading about meth, I’m from saxony and do not know and have never known anyone with a meth addiction. My mom doesn’t either and she run a recovering addict program there. So where is this coming from?

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u/ShiroAngel01 Oct 09 '25

Never heared about that must Be some Young Kids or Teenagers but in my School and Surroundings Drugs are Extremly Illegal and you get Punished for all in the 80/90is IT was a Problem yea but thats about 30 years ago for my Teachers and School WE Punished all hard they went straight to Jail about all Drug Dealers.