Why is life satisfaction in Germany so low?

I'm from Ukraine China originally Portugal I'm H Spanish I'm from Catalonia like next to Barcelona the Netherland Pro Germany you're from Russia actually yeah I'm MIT Pakistan India I'm Macedonian Pakistan Colombia Taiwan Germany from India the European Union has ranked Germany the lowest for satisfaction living satisfaction what do you guys think about that Ah that's a good question I think um for a country rich in culture and integration European Union has decided to rank Germany near enough all the way at the bottom just underneath Bulgaria for Life sustainability why is that let's go meet some people and understand what is really going [Music] on from my opinion Germany is a very good country for living here uh because all people who are living here they are first of all protected by government so that's why the level of life is really very high and from my opinion as I know all people who are here they are normally probably satisfied with their life here I mean I just moved here a month ago so I don't really have much of a like experience to say about it but I think maybe it's more like like the first impressions we get and then once you get to know German people they might not like they might seem more chill and more happy so maybe it's like they wrong like that because of like kind of agree with that uhhuh because comparing to other European countries other places for example in Portugal are more friendlier and it has more sun and the weather is better so it kind of makes people more happy so I don't know maybe because of being having an inside life makes you more unhappy with your things but I'm here also so it's not that bad um and of course the German culture is different you know especially depending on where you're living in Bayern but wenberg places like this and so it's a very big difference and um things are hard a lot of bureaucracy for sure but these are the difficulties you need to get through but I'm of the perspective that there are difficult situations everywhere I think many people are a bit more grumpy than they need to and I think just making the extra effort to to do something nice once in a while and just to be to be like a bit unnecessary nice in the bakery or when you buy things or when you're out and about I think that would overall improve the mood a bit um well as I was saying I think it's crazy cuz your food here so good I don't know how this study was performed but maybe they should um ask people about their happiness while they're eating in the best restaurant they get better responses I feel I don't totally agree but I think there are phases it just takes time to kind of gel into this community but after a while it gets happier that's what I feel agree okay I feel like the Munich people they look sad on the Metros or on the streets compared to other countries in the states or in Paris in France where where wherever else um I think that people they are very practical they judge things on a very um objective sense so when things go wrong they just Express their emotion on their face and also I think the mentality in Germany it revolves around hardworking so people they generally tend to work hard and if you look at countries like Italy or generally south of Europe Greece Spain Italy these people are more outgoing they're more social and I think these people rather um work to live and in Germany it's the opposite I suppose actually the it's from mentality the the German people are very critical to everything and also for the to to the to the yeah every small small small things and that's why if if you hear the Germans they actually always complain about something that's why maybe it looks like they they are not happy but actually yeah yeah I think they're maybe happy but uh and don't say it because if you say yeah I'm happy then the politicals will think okay we we don't do anything to to to do it better that's why we say oh it's it's so bad it's bad quality it's but the political should be should more interested to make our life happy and that's it it works I think I think the only one problem is the very high uh level of burocracy okay you know that's the problem really uh if you need to make and to do any documents it takes a really long time this is the only problem I think that's because the UK left yeah I do think maybe if we go back in the EU probably just go above Germany from the bottom so I hope so yeah yeah I think one of the biggest things like with these statistics with in Germany is like I think the Germans are so like anything that's like remotely wrong like a broken ample or they will report it and I think with the statistics I think it's a little bit over the top do you know what I mean German efficiency I'm not sorry this I think for me it wouldn't hold true cuz um I think it's about perspective right what do you want your priorities are my priorities are very much fulfilled here even in Munich which is not considered the best happening place to be so um yeah for me it's fine but I could could understand how people would say they're not really happy here because it's a very different culture a lot of people coming here a lot of people who are especially International coming from Global South and stuff like that I would say I would say that people on the streets they they don't smile so in Moscow in Moscow people are so busy and they want do money and that's why they they they busy and don't have time to be happy they they they are staying in traffic gam that's why but it's small small small cities is as well the best city of the world people are really they love their work and you know if you work you are not happy and if you see Italy or friends they don't work so they're happy like I mean the mentality of the people uh I think it's shifting with the new generation okay gen Z is a bit different um they don't want to work uh over hours they try to be more relaxed and rather enjoy the life so maybe we'll see a shift in gener generation maybe Germany will uh be a few places further in in the European rankings yeah for example [Music] Americans they would they would try to hide it I think for their cultural sense yeah but German people are just very practical so they just show it on their face well I told you I don't live in Germany but I can see why unhappiness might come from I think it's just uh the focus in career the focus in life because every body's trying to hustle and get something I would think that people who are not in the city would be happier compared to people being in the city because they're always chasing something and I think it would be just a proper unhappiness with their identity I would think I think for our age or for international it's really hard to integrate in Germany sometimes you need the German level quite high for example who we're working here you need to be one but also in terms of integration of Germans they take longer time so I believe that's also a happiness problem sometimes because it feels like you still need some time to integrate yourself and yeah it's a very serious uh culture which has which can be good but also bad sometimes yeah I think people could be a like uh a bit more welcoming like dial down a bit you don't need to be so serious all the time like you can just be chill be calmer and yeah just don't get influenced by the weather too much like the weather is B shops on Sundays yeah yeah might not be the case I think like ger people they care less about how other people perceive them cuz um if they're not happy they they don't want to be like um I'm pretending to be happy so everybody's happy when they're not happy they just show on their face and but when they are happy they they will still Express their happiness but in general I think people need to realize that they live in a good country um with a lot of Rights um access to healthcare for example and and they need to be aware that this is not uh guaranteed in other countries for example and maybe if they change this attitude they they'll be more happier I think it grows slowly on you like Germany like when I came here I was intimidated because our first experience was we move walked into a bakery shop and that woman was really straight faced and really rude so maybe uh they don't travel a lot and uh have have an opportunity to uh to compare with another with other countries because because in I think in many countries this uh it's not so good I mean like in Germany I think so that what do you think Germany can take from Switzerland nature I would say U I think the highest ranking country in terms of happiness is Finland that's true they do attribute it to their their focus in nature and Switzerland our focus is Alpine mountains people like in going to the mountains for a weekend and I think that is part of some most part of the Germany they do do that but the expats probably wouldn't have this culture so I would say endorsing nature more in your daily life getting away from the hustle bustle or just really you know making chasing what you want to do in life rather than just enjoy what you have that would be the main way to go first when you come here it's kind of uh intimidating but I think it's grows slowly on you so now I think after 1 and a half year we feel more settled here but I think the language is amazing lo done you done so well so well Rob well done you're welcome you done so well well well done honestly thank you that's so well damn absolute pleasure that's so well I say thanks to everyone that appeared in this video I have now gotten a patreon which basically you can see all the Unseen Clips only about 10% of all footage has been used in all these Series so now you can obviously see everything that we do we would like to see what you guys think in the comments section uh 100% do you guys agree with this statement that the guys put I don't know how how I feel about it but I'm curious to see what you have guys have to say

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Published: Wed Jan 31 2024