Is south Germany very conservative?
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Is south Germany very conservative? - Lemmy
I am considering moving to Germany and was told that regions in the south are
more conservative, so much so that an acquaintance ex-pat said they would never
want to live there. Looking online there are some sources to support this notion
but nothing concrete. I am wanting to move mostly because I loved the country
and the people I met while traveling (specifically in Munich and Freiburg) but
was hoping to land somewhere that queer folks are more accepted. I didn’t get
any bad vibes while traveling but that was nearly a decade ago now. Another
German friend recommended moving to Berlin for these reasons and I’m wondering
if German conservative is anything remotely close to US conservative. The
conservatives near where I live now fly Trump and confederate flags, love to put
those “I did that” Biden stickers on the gas pumps when prices go up, and the
local schoolboard managed to pass anti-trans bathroom policies that affected
something like 5 students in the entire district. Is it anything like this in
parts of Germany?
German here. Lived in Hamburg and Munich for about half my life each. They call Bavaria the Texas of Germany, but that’s just in relation to the rest of Germany politically.
German conservatism is nothing like American conservatism, thank God. Right-wing disinformation cancer is spreading in Germany, like it is anywhere else (AFD in the east). Any LGBTQ folks don’t need to worry in any big cities.
I’d recommend Munich over Berlin, but that’s personal preference (Berlin is like Germany’s London, loud, dirty, exciting, more crime than any other part of Germany, which is still less than most places in the US).
Like, you won’t ‘feel’ the difference between Hamburg and Munich politically. In Berlin you might find a few more people openly displaying their left or right leaning tendencies. It’s also much cheaper than Munich, not sure if that matters.
Did you hear about AfD’s anti abortion policies that’s taking light ? Or even the ones were the criminalise LGBTQ communities as pedophiles and put up posters for the same ?
German right wing is just as nutty ad American (or polish) right wing.
saloe