As a german who moved from berlin to the south of germany:
living in berlin feels like living in a failed bundesland. the public transport is broken all the time, the bürgerämter are crowded, you can't appointments, the administration is basically clueless, ...
i guess if you don't rely on public services it's not that bad, but still, berlin is a very bad example for a functioning german place.
living in berlin feels like living in a failed bundesland. the public transport is broken all the time, the bürgerämter are crowded, you can't appointments, the administration is basically clueless, ...
i guess if you don't rely on public services it's not that bad, but still, berlin is a very bad example for a functioning german place.