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I (17NB) am thinking of emigrating from the UK when I'm older, but I'm unsure of where I would want to go.

If you live in Europe or Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, etc.), what are the good and bad things about life in your country?

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[โ€“] hamborgr@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hello from Germany!

Due to the availability of public transport and lots of bike friendly infrastructure, commuting is pretty easy and accessible. In my city we even have hybrid busses, so called "Velo Routen" (bike highways), a local train network, with a tram network being planned for the future. We even have free ferries here in the north! However, most of this is usually city specific and some will definitely be better or worse than others.

Aside from that, we also have tuition free college and a pretty good healthcare system as far as I can tell. The beer here is also cheap and really good, while you can usually find yourself a kebab shop just around any corner. The vegan and vegetarian options in grocery stores are also fairly decent.

However, the main problem probably lies within our current retirement system with our aging population and decline in birth rates. Because of this, younger generations keep having to pay more and more for the older generation's retirement funds. Also you have to manually opt-out of paying church tax here, which is really absurd.

[โ€“] Labonnie@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The word "Velo Routen" Sound more Swiss than German ^^ Or very South

[โ€“] hamborgr@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I assume it's probably a french loanword