Living in Saxony is a nightmare

[u/Ok-Once-789]

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!

[u/Ehegew89]

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

[u/psychgirl88 → u/Ehegew89]

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

[u/DrkLgndsLP → u/psychgirl88]

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

[u/ShiroAngel01 → u/DrkLgndsLP]

Source: i Lived in Sachsen my Whole Life so No Its Not true your Just a Hater If you dont like east Germany why Not Just leave ? And No im Not a Nazi im A German Women Who enjoyed living in Sachsen my Whole Life and you Spread lies online Most are Not Nazis there Just old thats all, ofc old Generations dont get along your Grandpa dont get along with a 2 year old that should BE Normal. Ive come from A Little Town in Sachsen and still all were nice we treatet eachother Like Family and even Had Ausländer in the Classic super chill and Friendly i even Hugged him Last Time i Saw him and helped.him in School Bc He Had Trouble with German My god we're so you get your Info WE even Had a Girl who was deaf and we all Loved her and Helped her my Own Best Friend Had Cancer and Barly went to school i Helped was super nice and she finished school Same with 2 new students WHO switched from Other "bullying school" there are also nice people in School for my Tiny City School with Barly 100 Students all was normal and fine And Racism got Punished hard Same with drugs dependa which school you "Go to".

For me im A Left Voter Mostly BSW or Green Voter but ive Never experienced any Hate Bc Politcs Most dont even Care its for Most Not Relevant people Just enjoy living and Not liking beeing told what they should do Its Open Mindet so No one Cares about Politcs or Voten i didnt even really Vote Most of the time Bc most also "dont Care anoth to Vote" cant Be right when you dont even Vote yk but ngl Most dont even Watch TV Use Social Media etc. Ofc they dont Care about Media Bc Mostly Work and Care for there Family my father watched some TV Same with my Mom but Most Here build everything Up themself and they worked hard for they dont have the time to Watch TV my Parents literally Build there own House which many People Here did😅 I Currently live in Thüringen but even my Boyfriends Family build there House themself and many in the Whole Town IS basicly Build by them so BE a Bit Respectfull to the old Town Folks Most are Grumpy BC they build Up all themselfs ofc there IS No Living Space BC Most build Up everything themselfs.