East German cities offer free stays to fight depopulation(www.dw.com)
34 pointsby toomuchtodo6 days ago7 comments
  • jagermo5 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.

    • exiguus3 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.
    • thinkingtoilet3 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_lishin3 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!
    • Q9xhm0E5228tjF4 days ago
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  • roshin4 days ago
    > Successful applicants will be housed in newly renovated apartments for a contribution of just €100 ($115).

    so it's not free

  • timonoko6 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.
    • timonoko6 days ago
      I totally forgot: I was not bicycling, I was roller-skating (& camping) in East Germany: https://youtu.be/EJISUjbk46E?si=8rFkUf9FdaY60O8c
      • kleiba3 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.
        • untitled23 days ago
          In case someone doesn't know: everything is generally prohibited everywhere in Germany.
          • ofrzetaa day ago
            For the record, Cannabis is now legalised.
          • fredfish3 days ago
            But you should still buy an insurance for it.
        • nicbou3 days ago
          Not in Brandenburg (around Berlin)! Overnight, non-motorised wild camping is allowed, but it certainly isn't widespread.
  • ofrzeta18 hours ago
    The article doesn't mention that the cost for "Probewohnen" is 100 Euro per week and you are obliged to do an internship at one of the "partner companies".

    https://www.guben.de/de/leben-wohnen/probewohnen/item/719-pr...

  • purpleidea3 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_lishin3 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!

    • oasisaimlessly2 days ago
      Passive boice generally requires using the words "is"/"was", which are absent there.
  • on_the_train3 days ago
    Ah yes the usual political propaganda directly from the government on the "no politics" site
    • pavel_lishin3 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.

      • qrios2 days ago
        „Deutsche Welle“ (dw) is a public funded station. It‘s like VOA of Germany, at least from the flow of money perspective.
    • OKRainbowKid3 days ago
      What propaganda are you referring to, specifically?
      • on_the_train2 days ago
        Nice try to get people banned for answering a question
        • pavel_lishin2 days ago
          Are you actually going to answer the question?
          • on_the_train21 hours ago
            No because that bait has been used multiple times to ban people, I was serious.