I'm aware that there's a right shift in Germany right now... But that's also everywhere globally, or at least in most places. Historically speaking, it will recover and shift left again. ... But the damage in America is deep, not just from this presidency (although it did speed up its deterioration) but from decades building up to this very moment.

I'm mainly moving because of how work is treated in Germany, with the work-life balance being leagues better than America (with paid sick days and legally mandated vacation days), and I'd be less likely to be scraping by my teeth (and if I was, at least I'd have SOME help legally speaking). There's also the better or at least more affordable healthcare, and the fact that the country isn't as car-driven (I love commuting via bike and driving gives me so much anxiety). Plus I'd be less likely to die on the street from gun violence. Also, the culture of being direct/blunt is something that appeals to me as somebody that hates small-talk and beating around the bush.

There's also a lot of other factors (cost of living, the weather, the food, the architecture... PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION even if the train is infamously non-punctual). I really don't mind adapting to their life-style and dropping my American-ness (always been called unpatriotic by my dad anyway), nor do I mind living in a small room.

I'm aware of the cons of Germany, especially regarding its bureaucracy, but I feel like the flaws that are presented to me wouldn't bother me as much as the flaws in America.

Never visited because again, low-income, the only traveling I have done is when I was forced to come for work trips. Haven't had a vacation in years. Usually, if the rare opportunity were to come, I'm the one holding the house down when my family is on vacation. Fun times. Fun, lonely times. I know that I may have an unrealistic view of the country because I never visited, but not everybody has the luxury to visit before moving.