I hate village life in Germany.

[Tiberius]

I hate village life in Germany.

Over here, villages aren't village " villages " such as in Siberia or some remote place in Romania as you usually have larger towns and cities " nearby ", but it still sucks.

First off, everything here is only designed to entertain or suit old people (pensioneers), for young people in their 20s or 30s, there is next to nothing.

Secondly, the opening times are beyond ridiculous. Shops take like 2 hours break at lunch time, open quite late and close quite early.

Restaurants are usually absolutely horrible. Not only are their opening times are a complete joke, but also is the food usually extremely bad, except for a few hidden gems.

The countryside itself, the nature is available, a few forests here and there I go to, for hiking, running, biking or what not, but generally you have large stretches of agricultural fields, which especially during autumn and winter give the entire place a super dull and depressing " decoration ".

People mostly hide inside of their flats, so especially from 5 pm, villages look empty, almost like ghost towns.

People are tremendously reserved and distances, making friends here or getting some connection with people is next to impossible, this is factual ! When I lived abroad in the UK, this was never a problem at all.

People generally look depressed and bitter.

Whenever you drive or walk somewhere, everyone stops whatever they are doing and just stares at you in a very uncomfortable way. Almost like in a horror movie.

While people are reserved and act like they hate you, they at the same time watch you all the time, so if you park slightly off or are the guy who does not go out on a sunday morning to fall on your knees and wipe dirt off the streets like many pensioneers do, you will be reported to the Police at any chance they get.

The only joy people here seem to get is on the weekend, when they turn on extremely loud annoying music and get super drunk, obviously all on parties you are not invited to, only their closest circle of friends.

If you are a foreigner, such as my partner, you will be looked at and treated like you are a suspect OR don't even exist.

When you bring your child to a playground, mothers and fathers pick up their kids and immediately leave.

Getting a doctor appointment somewhere in the area, usually takes between 3-12 months. 3 months if you are lucky. The quality of care is usually the minimum and you have to be chasing doctors to get any solid help.

Hospitals are garbage.




The list goes on.... I lived in various countries and I am German, but this place ESPECIALLY villagess are not enjoyable at all. This isn't my fault nor is this something I just imagine in my head, its the real deal and I have exchanged with various other people who lived here and experienced the same.

Currently I am doing everything humanly possible to leave and move abroad and it looks like at some point next year I can leave the country for a much better place I have been to many times and also worked and lived before. But THIS place I am currently in, like all german villages, is just absolutely horrible. I lived in a big german city before and it wasn't the peak of perfection, but it was a lot more enjoyable, people were a lot more social, plenty of options on what to do with your spare time, the city was lively, good restaurants, plenty of goods doctors and so on and on.

I swear, the only good thing about village life in Germany is having the woods close and having some nice walk in nature, but even this can get very dull if you do this shi... every single day. If you live in a ghost town like mine, going into an even more ghosty forest isn't necessarily the " change " that helps you or makes you feel happy. I could never imagine living here the rest of my life, I would break.


PS: Internet connection and phone connection is usually complete a... Since Germany is not digitalized at all, completely underdeveloped in this area.

[XistenZ]

As someone who drove through Germany a few times I can just confirm that these villaged are seriously weird. There's not even a reason they exist, it's just a group of buildings that spawned at the foot of a fairly big hill, not close to water, resources and by extension no industry. The purpose is unknown.

The few times the inhabitants dared to venture outside they indeed would stop to look at you in the weirdest manner, but most of the time indeed ghost towns.

Can't say a lot about the social interactions of these villagers but their occurence is nonsensical and I just wanted to confirm to you that it's not in your head 😅

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by XistenZ:

As someone who drove through Germany a few times I can just confirm that these villaged are seriously weird. There's not even a reason they exist, it's just a group of buildings that spawned at the foot of a fairly big hill, not close to water, resources and by extension no industry. The purpose is unknown.

The few times the inhabitants dared to venture outside they indeed would stop to look at you in the weirdest manner, but most of the time indeed ghost towns.

Can't say a lot about the social interactions of these villagers but their occurence is nonsensical and I just wanted to confirm to you that it's not in your head 😅

The villages usually were created due to salt and coal mines and other minerals as well as forestry and agriculture. Most villages in my area are near a river of some sort as well.

But yeah, what you experienced describes my daily life. I am always glad when I can drive abroad to go to customers, otherwise it gets overwhelmingly depressing....

Well now its off for another long walk.... at least the sun is out and its not rainy and cold.

[76561199422410181]

Maybe what you need is a "refugee" drop larger then your villages current population to spice things up.

[Moogal™]

Wait there are villages in Germany? I thought it was like one big city.

[Alliesaurus]

I think I've heard of that German village

[Nekoborg]

Originally posted by Aardvark:

I hate village life in Germany.

I hate village life in Germany.

Over here, villages aren't village " villages " such as in Siberia or some remote place in Romania as you usually have larger towns and cities " nearby ", but it still sucks.

First off, everything here is only designed to entertain or suit old people (pensioneers), for young people in their 20s or 30s, there is next to nothing.

Secondly, the opening times are beyond ridiculous. Shops take like 2 hours break at lunch time, open quite late and close quite early.

Restaurants are usually absolutely horrible. Not only are their opening times are a complete joke, but also is the food usually extremely bad, except for a few hidden gems.

The countryside itself, the nature is available, a few forests here and there I go to, for hiking, running, biking or what not, but generally you have large stretches of agricultural fields, which especially during autumn and winter give the entire place a super dull and depressing " decoration ".

People mostly hide inside of their flats, so especially from 5 pm, villages look empty, almost like ghost towns.

People are tremendously reserved and distances, making friends here or getting some connection with people is next to impossible, this is factual ! When I lived abroad in the UK, this was never a problem at all.

People generally look depressed and bitter.

Whenever you drive or walk somewhere, everyone stops whatever they are doing and just stares at you in a very uncomfortable way. Almost like in a horror movie.

While people are reserved and act like they hate you, they at the same time watch you all the time, so if you park slightly off or are the guy who does not go out on a sunday morning to fall on your knees and wipe dirt off the streets like many pensioneers do, you will be reported to the Police at any chance they get.

The only joy people here seem to get is on the weekend, when they turn on extremely loud annoying music and get super drunk, obviously all on parties you are not invited to, only their closest circle of friends.

If you are a foreigner, such as my partner, you will be looked at and treated like you are a suspect OR don't even exist.

When you bring your child to a playground, mothers and fathers pick up their kids and immediately leave.

Getting a doctor appointment somewhere in the area, usually takes between 3-12 months. 3 months if you are lucky. The quality of care is usually the minimum and you have to be chasing doctors to get any solid help.

Hospitals are garbage.




The list goes on.... I lived in various countries and I am German, but this place ESPECIALLY villagess are not enjoyable at all. This isn't my fault nor is this something I just imagine in my head, its the real deal and I have exchanged with various other people who lived here and experienced the same.

Currently I am doing everything humanly possible to leave and move abroad and it looks like at some point next year I can leave the country for a much better place I have been to many times and also worked and lived before. But THIS place I am currently in, like all german villages, is just absolutely horrible. I lived in a big german city before and it wasn't the peak of perfection, but it was a lot more enjoyable, people were a lot more social, plenty of options on what to do with your spare time, the city was lively, good restaurants, plenty of goods doctors and so on and on.

I swear, the only good thing about village life in Germany is having the woods close and having some nice walk in nature, but even this can get very dull if you do this shi... every single day. If you live in a ghost town like mine, going into an even more ghosty forest isn't necessarily the " change " that helps you or makes you feel happy. I could never imagine living here the rest of my life, I would break.


PS: Internet connection and phone connection is usually complete a... Since Germany is not digitalized at all, completely underdeveloped in this area.

It's not uncommon for tiny towns located in rural zones to be like what you described as the "German" model of tiny towns.

I live in a area not much unlike what you described. I live in a renovated farmhouse originally built in the late 1950s. It was renovated in the late 1990s several years before I bought the property. Most of the original land was sold to one of the largest local farmers long before I moved here. The property still has 7½ acers of land and few large and several smaller buildings associated with agriculture.

I bought 2 other properties like the one I live on. I rent out the 2 renovated farmhouses to a couple young families and the agricultural buildings on those 2 properties to a local farmer. One of those properties has 5 acers of land and the other has 3.

Most of my land I own has been allowed to revert back to nature. The system allows us to get paid a small sum of money for letting our land to stand fallow. This sum is slightly more than the property taxes combined with rate of inflation. Not exactly as profitable as farming the land but the established farmers seem to encourage "outsiders" like me to do this, this way I don't compete with them and kept out of their lodge which require it's members to be active farmers with economic ties to the community. Even the active farmers rotate the use of their land, rotating crops and sometimes letting some of it to stand fallow a couple years at a time so the soil can recover.

There are many tiny towns sparsely spread out in the area. They are usually 5 to 10 miles apart. In those tiny towns there is often 15 to 20 houses, maybe a small apartment block with a dozen flats, small church, meeting hall, a small school and 2 to 3 "shops". The closest such tiny town is about 7 miles from my address. There is a small supermarket that also sells basic things also found in hardware stores. That supermarket is kind of expensive. There is also a small pizzeria which also delivers, they also make other dishes all from fried chicken to burgers and fries. That pizzeria is owned by a Serbian family that immigrated after their war ended. These Serbs are not to be messed with, they have more family in some of the other towns and in the city 45 min drive from here. That is where I drive to once a month to shop and stock up. Even the long drive with gas prices does not cost as much as it would to exclusively shop locally. Our tiny town even has a barber / hair stylist. There is a tiny town 12 miles away that even has a bar with a small stage where bands sometimes play music for tips and a small standard performance pay.

I started a small landscaping company after the corona lockdowns ended. I employ 3 people and we sometimes take on smaller construction or renovating jobs. On occasion I will even get my own hands dirty side by side with my 3 workers.

Life in tiny towns and outside them is not for everyone. Usually it takes at least 3 to 5 years for outsiders to be tolerated and talked to. It takes 15 to 20 years to be accepted but one will never be inside their fellowship unless one is born here.

Good luck fitting in wherever you next move to

[JEZEBEL]

i live in the uk wales and my village was originally a coal miner village, its exactly as you describe there is nothing to do at all, besides get drunk or use drugs, for people my age anyway, and after awhile its boring tbh, we do nothing but that and on weekends go to cardiff on nights out which just end in fights or some idiot ruining the night for everyone, i dont bother anymore tbh i just get out in nature as often as i can, and workout often while all my mates get drunk or high all day, which i do as well to be fair, not blaming them for it in fact a lot of them only do it out of boredom, just sad really we would all rather do that than sit with our thoughts and each other and just talk, but its been this way for awhile now i dont see things changing anytime soon either

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by Rivers:

Maybe what you need is a "refugee" drop larger then your villages current population to spice things up.

Plenty of refugees here in my village.

Originally posted by midnightgamer:

i live in the uk wales and my village was originally a coal miner village, its exactly as you describe there is nothing to do at all, besides get drunk or use drugs, for people my age anyway, and after awhile its boring tbh, we do nothing but that and on weekends go to cardiff on nights out which just end in fights or some idiot ruining the night for everyone, i dont bother anymore tbh i just get out in nature as often as i can, and workout often while all my mates get drunk or high all day, which i do as well to be fair, not blaming them for it in fact a lot of them only do it out of boredom, just sad really we would all rather do that than sit with our thoughts and each other and just talk, but its been this way for awhile now i dont see things changing anytime soon either

Sounds like you are describing my life.

Still remember going to these shady night clubs somewhere located in some other village around here and it always ending up in fights and drunk idiots doing stupid things.

Once our group of 50 people chased another group of people through a village back and forth the whole night because there was supposed to be some fight to happen. lol.

Completely pointless.

[JEZEBEL]

Originally posted by Aardvark:

Originally posted by Rivers:

Maybe what you need is a "refugee" drop larger then your villages current population to spice things up.

Plenty of refugees here in my village.

Originally posted by midnightgamer:

i live in the uk wales and my village was originally a coal miner village, its exactly as you describe there is nothing to do at all, besides get drunk or use drugs, for people my age anyway, and after awhile its boring tbh, we do nothing but that and on weekends go to cardiff on nights out which just end in fights or some idiot ruining the night for everyone, i dont bother anymore tbh i just get out in nature as often as i can, and workout often while all my mates get drunk or high all day, which i do as well to be fair, not blaming them for it in fact a lot of them only do it out of boredom, just sad really we would all rather do that than sit with our thoughts and each other and just talk, but its been this way for awhile now i dont see things changing anytime soon either

Sounds like you are describing my life.

Still remember going to these shady night clubs somewhere located in some other village around here and it always ending up in fights and drunk idiots doing stupid things.

Once our group of 50 people chased another group of people through a village back and forth the whole night because there was supposed to be some fight to happen. lol.

Completely pointless.

seems like the grass is never greener no matter where you go lol, guess we will just have to make the best of it, it does suck atm but im sure it'll get better for us both as time goes on, we just have to be patient i guess xD i did hear from the council about a flat i could move into finally though so its a start at something i guess, i am doing it all backwards though i should have really found work first, i hope it works out for you bro you seem cool

[iHunter]

Nah, life here in Germany is the best, chill, relax, calm. I don't need Human interaction or distractions, no thanks. I love the way Germany is, you don't like it, move to a place full of distractions.

[Supersquid]

What do you want me to do about it?

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by iHunter:

Nah, life here in Germany is the best, chill, relax, calm. I don't need Human interaction or distractions, no thanks. I love the way Germany is, you don't like it, move to a place full of distractions.

I am sorry for you that you dislike social interactions and consider it " distractions " but NORMALLY people like to socialize as this is how we humans are generally designed. Pack animals.

Originally posted by Supersquid:

What do you want me to do about it?

Call the cops.

[ZZZZZ]

why live in village if u hate village

[Ni-Neith]

I had a dacha in a village (village house) in Russia.
As for shops and other things, it's very similar.
BUT, there is a significant difference. Lots of abandoned houses. Nobody needs them.

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by ZZZZZ:

why live in village if u hate village

Haha, you are hilarious.

Originally posted by PC director:

I had a dacha in a village (village house) in Russia.
As for shops and other things, it's very similar.
BUT, there is a significant difference. Lots of abandoned houses. Nobody needs them.

Having a dacha is one thing, living there is another.