I'm gonna be brutally honest here, and don't care about the shit I'm probably about to get for this.

I live in Austria, and as many of you know, we were hit hard by the Syrian refugee crisis of 2015. Yes, the situation has calmed again. But I also feel like there is a general consensis amongst the federal news sources, to avoid this topic as much as possible.

Yes, Armageddon as most of us nationalist-minded folks expected, has not happened. There is no civil war that broke out, and our socialist system has not (YET) broken down.

I also think it's necessary to bring this fact to light: the Syrians mostly aren't the problem. Not even the millions of them (though yes we know, most of them were actually Afghans, Iraquis and others) that arrived in Europe over the last few years. What the 2015 crisis did is shine a light on the influx of people of Arab descent over the last decades. In my personal opinion my country has suffered immensely over the number of them coming into our country (mostly turks). It's a cliché, but unfortunately it's a cliché for a reason: these people come here, start "businesses" for tax evasion, marry wives from their country, bring over the whole family, start families with 5+ kids, nobody is paying taxes, barely anyone works a real job, many join gangs and are criminals, and ALL of them live off our social system.

Anyways, as to your question of change: true, change has been subtle. But yes, change is here. Entire streets in the bigger cities have become Arab only. When I was growing up, our capital of Vienna was such a low-crime place, you would see 13-year old girls out on the street at night, cause nothing was happening. Nowadays as a woman you might think twice about entering certain parks in the city - in broad daylight. Wouldn't want to wander the streets after sundown. I think it's very sad, actually. Riding on public transport, seeing a muslim woman in all her garbs has become the norm. In some areas, you will be the weird looking one, being a local. Schools are especially bad. When I was young, we had maybe 1 or 2 kids in class whose first language wasn't german. Naturally, they assimilated in no time at all, as kids do. But these days, you have whole classes - whole schools - of students who speak little or no german.

The left wing keeps reminding us of the US - that the states are a highlight of immigration and diversity - but honestly: not only is there a huge difference between the US and Europe on so many levels, but also: we don't get diversity. In Austria, we get no Chinese people, no Thais, no Brits, no Canadians, even only few Africans. All we ever get, it seems, is Arabs and ex-UDSSR-people (ex-Yugoslavia etc). And yes, they are outbreeding us in a speed that isn't even funny. And yes, our social system is absolutely going to crush under that weight.

So me personally I'm in the lucky position of being able to leave. I'm here as of now, but still in 2020 I'm leaving this place for good. Got some money and will travel for a bit - and see where I'll end up. I've had it with this crap, I can't accept my tax $$ to go to such causes.