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Originally Posted by Robbie
That part of Germany is still hurting? I didn't know that. I have a brother-in-law stationed over in Germany (you know, in our military bases there because we STILL haven't left since WW2), and he told me Germany is great to be in.
I had no idea that the old East Germany part was still hurting. Here in the U.S. I remember reading how the economy had taken off when the wall came down. So much for "news" in the U.S.
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yeah, well, they rebuilt a lot - but killed all industry in the process. thats why you have like 6% unemployment in western germany and up to 20+% in eastern germany
many smart people left from east to west to go where the money is - that left the old, stupid and unhappy people in the east who sit there and tell fairytales how everything was better in communist times
i lived 3 years in eastern germany - hardly ever felt so happy when i moved from there to CZ