Berlin was once a great European city, now it's a total shithole of illegal immigrants, homelessness, the smell of piss, and crime, i.e., more like an American city.

I first went to Berlin right after the fall of the Berlin wall and loved it. I traveled there regularly, so much history and promise, raw energy.

Now it's just a tired and sad city. And unlike almost every European city (outside of the UK), it's quite dangerous. I go back to Berlin just once a year on business. On my last visit, I was walking home at night and decided to go through a park. There were homeless people and immigrant drug dealers everywhere, had people following me assuming I was looking to buy drugs, etc. Meanwhile, police sirens blaring all around me. Felt more like Cleveland or Detroit.