Things must be pretty dire if they compare themselves to Germany.
Infrastructure in Germany is crumbling too. Access to basic public services is always measured in weeks. Access to mental healthcare is extremely difficult if you don't pay out of pocket. Public transit is falling apart, especially in the last few weeks. Housing prices are out of control, and yet it's impossible to find a place to live. I hear that education has already collapsed. Berlin has been repeatedly called a failed state over the last decade.
I help people settle in Berlin for a living. I just don't know what to tell them anymore. I'm seeing the collapse in slow motion and it pains me. Berlin was always dysfunctional but at least it was cheap. Now it's not.
Things are bleak, especially when you consider the upcoming challenges that all countries will face: ageing population, cost disease and global warming.
Infrastructure in Germany is crumbling too. Access to basic public services is always measured in weeks. Access to mental healthcare is extremely difficult if you don't pay out of pocket. Public transit is falling apart, especially in the last few weeks. Housing prices are out of control, and yet it's impossible to find a place to live. I hear that education has already collapsed. Berlin has been repeatedly called a failed state over the last decade.
I help people settle in Berlin for a living. I just don't know what to tell them anymore. I'm seeing the collapse in slow motion and it pains me. Berlin was always dysfunctional but at least it was cheap. Now it's not.
Things are bleak, especially when you consider the upcoming challenges that all countries will face: ageing population, cost disease and global warming.