East German cities offer free stays to fight depopulation
dw.com

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11 days ago

31 comments

jagermo ・ 10 days ago

It would help more to get rid if their fascists. Eastern germany is not a nice place to visit or live outside cities.

Not just the open skinheads, but everyday racism is rampant.

  • exiguus ・ 8 days ago

    I don't see that eastern germany is not a place to visit. Yes, there are areas and cities or villages with a lot of neo-na*is and there are areas where the AfD has 50% in eastern germany. But this are a few areas. And i am not saying that AfD voters are per se facists. On the other hand, you will find fascist all over the place in germany. Also in Bavaria and BW or NRW. For example: The AfD meetup to remigrate germans was in NRW and was organised by NRW AfD members and followers. Or the Waldorf / alternative medicine fascist people are mostly located in BW.

  • thinkingtoilet ・ 8 days ago

    The article talks about this as if it's not a problem. "only" 42% of the population are right-wing facists! Oh boy! Can't wait to go there!

    • pavel_lishin ・ 8 days ago

      And the remaining 58% just need a bit of time to connect with you because they're not used to much diversity, she says!

roshin ・ 10 days ago

> Successful applicants will be housed in newly renovated apartments for a contribution of just €100 ($115).

so it's not free

timonoko ・ 11 days ago

Liberated East was really nice, because there was no urban sprawl. People lived in multistory houses in middle of nowhere. I bicycled around and camped wherever. Place is probably much worse nowadays with too many cars and parking lots.

  • timonoko ・ 11 days ago

    I totally forgot: I was not bicycling, I was roller-skating (& camping) in East Germany: https://youtu.be/EJISUjbk46E?si=8rFkUf9FdaY60O8c

    • kleiba ・ 8 days ago

      In case someone feels like inspired by this: beware that by default, camping outside camp grounds is generally prohibited almost anywhere in Germany.

      • untitled2 ・ 8 days ago
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        In case someone doesn't know: everything is generally prohibited everywhere in Germany.

        • ofrzeta ・ 7 days ago

          For the record, Cannabis is now legalised.

        • fredfish ・ 8 days ago

          But you should still buy an insurance for it.

      • nicbou ・ 8 days ago

        Not in Brandenburg (around Berlin)! Overnight, non-motorised wild camping is allowed, but it certainly isn't widespread.

purpleidea ・ 8 days ago

There are a bunch of "news sources" online all with very similar articles, and not one lists where you can sign up.

pavel_lishin ・ 8 days ago

> Guben made headlines in 1999 when an Algerian asylum-seeker, Farid Guendoul, bled to death after being hounded by neo-Nazis.

Passive voice strikes again!

  • oasisaimlessly ・ 7 days ago

    Passive boice generally requires using the words "is"/"was", which are absent there.

on_the_train ・ 8 days ago

Ah yes the usual political propaganda directly from the government on the "no politics" site

  • pavel_lishin ・ 8 days ago

    > the "no politics" site

    Where did you get the impression that HN is a "no politics" site? The guidelines say that most stories about politics are considered off-topic.

    • qrios ・ 8 days ago

      „Deutsche Welle“ (dw) is a public funded station. It‘s like VOA of Germany, at least from the flow of money perspective.

  • OKRainbowKid ・ 8 days ago

    What propaganda are you referring to, specifically?

    • on_the_train ・ 8 days ago

      Nice try to get people banned for answering a question

      • pavel_lishin ・ 8 days ago
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        Are you actually going to answer the question?

        • on_the_train ・ 6 days ago

          No because that bait has been used multiple times to ban people, I was serious.