Görlitz woos residents | DW Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- The town of Görlitz in eastern Germany needs more young residents. To attract them, it’s offering a trial stay, with a free apartment and daycare included. A young Berlin family took up the offer. Will the city’s charm win them over?
Görlitz, tucked away in the easternmost corner of Germany, is a charming provincial town. It has a beautiful old city center, affordable rents and plenty of options for recreation nearby. But Görlitz is aging: One third of its 55,000 residents are over the age of 65. And now? The Interdisciplinary Centre for Ecological and Revitalizing Urban Transformation, or IZS, has come up with a creative solution. They’re offering an apartment - rent-free for one month - and support in work and settling in to attract big-city dwellers to their home town. Kevin Kandetzki is a freelance painter willing to try his luck - along with his partner, their newborn baby and their child in daycare. They’ve already braced themselves for a culture shock. The Berlin artists are moving to a city that recently gave 30% of its votes to the far-right AfD party. Will their dream of a new life become a nightmare?
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My family immigrated from Gorlitz to Texas a long time ago.. I need to go and visit Gorlitz some day.
This was like watching an episode of “Love it or List it” where couples get a deal on a home remodel or a chance to trade up and move. Most don’t move. Kevin comes across as incredibly judgmental and entitled for a self proclaimed street artist. Easily understand both of them wanting the best of both worlds for their family. It’s just so obvious from the outset, that despite the traffic, they really had no intention whatsoever of leaving Berlin. They start bashing the town before they even get there and making broad generalizations about the people they have not even met. They are expecting to start making friends at the park in two weeks and getting to really know the town and the mindset of it’s people in Four Weeks! Seriously? Close minded people, maybe they should look in the mirror!
An interesting video, with strong parallels to Irish life and culture as, indeed, probably to most countries and cultures. Living in a big city is stressful and demanding and expensive - but there are certain opportunities there too. By contrast, small town or quieter life is very appealing - but can also be very dull, monotonous and closed off. (I’m originally from a small town of about 2,500 people, but now live in a capital city, so can relate to both lifestyles and outlooks.) Anyway, best of luck to that quiet young family, and in making whatever choice seems right for their needs and wishes...
@@alexleanh research Japanese real estate and property law.
@@alexleanh Thank you for your interest. Acc'd to a similar docu, it is a lot more burdensome for a young family to do something similar in the depopulating, aging parts of Japan.
Unlike the US and most countries in the West, real estate is not considered an asset, mainly because there are issues around clear titling that make the idea of buying and rehabbing property there an unattractive proposition.
That's all I can remember off-hand. I invite you to do your more research on the subject on Yt, if interested.
@@alexleanh Wow, hit a nerve, didn't I? Remember, if you accuse somebody online of being a Trump follower, it is nearly like calling them a Nazi - you just lost the argument (Goodwin's Law).
Anyway, read my post - again. I wasn't talking about Japan's big cities. I was talking about rural Japan, the part of the country that struggles with the same issues as Görlitz.
So quit parading your ignorance in front of the world and google 'Akiya'. I did it for you, you can thank me later.
The very first result, top of the page, serves as a comprehensive explanation of the point I was making with my post.
The only place I'd move to (from California) is Hamburg - where I grew up as a kid. I miss that place! Not its weather though ;)
My great grandma was from there :)
11:00 Könnte natürlich auch am Kamera-team und den Mikrofonen liegen.
Als ob die hip aussehen würden.. Eine normale Familie wie es dort einen Haufen gibt... die Tatsache, dass er sagt, die Leute seien nicht offen, auf deren Kosten er dort 4 Wochen leben konnte, ist an Peinlichkeit nicht zu überbieten.
This family was against this town from the beginning. In the digital age shouldn’t the artist be able to access the international market he is talking about online? I suspect they are only looking for people that resemble their own culture and interests, and ironically, they are complaining about AfD. Artists in France don’t all live in Paris but throughout the country and often in rural areas.
Hell I’ll move to Gorlitz from California due to our congestion and prices !!
Well, perhaps a street artist from Berlin would not be the best choice for this program to be honest. Someone a bit more traditional in his craft as well as opinions would have a higher chance to find it appealing.
how to avail the feature can anyone explain please?
I've watched videos of Gorlitz on RUclips before. I find it charming. The old part of the city doesn't have the recovered from WW2 bombed look. Buildings appear original. Asheville in North Carolina, USA, is a liberal town in the middle of Trumptardialand. Arts, crafts and progressive people abound. Let the hipsters take over. I applaud the town's efforts to import younger folk.
Well I mean görlitz never got really bombed in the first place and the houses that are destroyed were just left without someone who took care of them during the udssr times because the had no money. I lived in görlitz and visited it this year and around 80% of “bombed”/destroyed old houses are renovated now. (It looks just like much because görlitz has the most old buildings (around 4000) in germany (for a city of that size)
I prefer Zgorzelec.
But the German side is more beautiful either
I'm 60 yo wanting to work until 70 at least, so they sure don't want me. I would come to Görlitz with my family, if I knew how to earn my bread.
Maybe there mindset isn't open enough.
i agree! they didnt give it long enough
Wolfsland brought me here.
i'm moving there NOW!
i want to move there! beautiful city, great apartment, quiet life. YES, please!
@A Volpe Unfortunately, right now there isn't work anywhere :(
@@chelseagirl278 how about now
They would have had a better stay at Grand Budapest Hotel ! Lol
...he was expecting to find MAGA hats and Swastikas waving all over the place, but only found a clean, quiet town, so of course he's disappointed... (how is that family "exotic" at all ?)
Eastern Germany residents are heavily mixed with russians during the soviet occupations of East Germany back in the day. hence lots of russian descendants with russian last name living there.
Big percentages of them are extremely conservatives. Hence East germany tend to vote for the CSU/CDU and now AFD.
While they don't necessarily have swastika on their place, their interest aligned with the far rights that have ties to Neo-Nazis.
@@nntflow7058 ...Nazis no longer exist... the KKK no longer exists... the CCCP no longer exists... and they're NOT gonna make a come-back... EVER !! ...yet, the left just keeps trying to bring'em all back so they can justify their fantasy existence...
Nemo Niente I don’t know about the CCCP, but the Chinese Communist Party exists, and it probably exists much closer than you realize. We will be lucky here in the US if we survive it.
@@wlboyd ...if the US falls, everyone else will follow...
There are thousands of people from conflict countries who would like to start a new life in Germany even if it is a rural place.
Nepotism among the people the rural areas or towns in Germany, is what keeps the refuges out from starting a new life there.
Thousands? More like millions. But no one in his right mind would want to see his country swamped by, and thus changed by, alien cultures. For some reason, people yell racist whenever they hear common sense like that.
Metropolitan is for the young, rural areas are for the retired. It's very obvious.
honestly, i dont think a month is long enough to establish new friends.
Just not affordable anymore.
AfD is great 👍💙
AfD is far right. We Germans must remeber about German Death Camps and never ever let such people (far right extremists) get power.
Big percentages of AfD supporters are Slavic immigrants that lived in eastern germany.
NNT Flow One of the biggest ethnic groups to make up America came from Germany. Many are conservative. Many are something else. Almost all are smart, industrious, and good looking.
@@eloelo8625 It isn't only right-wingers who commit horrors. Think of the Soviet Union, Mao Zhedong, Pol Pot, and The Shining Path monsters in Peru.
10:52 I hear polish language
Must be " kurwa". That's all they know.
The town is right at the Polish border so it wouldn't surprise me to find Polish native speakers there.
But maybe it was Sorbian? It's similar to Polish and is spoken by some 30,000 people in that area.
@@stuckonautomatic I am sure it is polish. I am polish guy 😃
@@TakaShiGUREEDO Ok, then I take your word for it :) but yeah, it's close to the Polish border, so not too unusual
@@stuckonautomatic This city isn't close to the border. It is half in the Poland and half in the germany.
Okay I have to defend my home city now ( I don’t live there anymore because of my family but its my biggest dream to get back ) so first of all the thing with the afd ( I’m far far left and not right ), I lived 13 years in the area around görlitz and I never experienced anything besides maybe some signs in old windows that are “right extreme” and most of the people that are voting for the AFD are over 55, I met like 20 people that were under 30 and said the liked the afd the best, so I think this is a thing that will disappear in the next 10-20 years since normally 70-80 year olds arent really active in politics. ( this is generally is the east parts of germany )
So the point where she talks about culture, (obv this is quite personal ) but I think Görlitz has a lot of culture, its has the most “ancient” I mean like buildings from the 1200-1800 (around 4000 that never got destroyed and are preserved now) also theres alot of culture since it was a big hub in east germany at the time and many people from different cultures are there today but thats just my opinion and I obv dont want to hate here for someones opinion but I thought I just had to say this out of fairness.
Being far left is really fucked up dude
That's actually pathetic
👍👍👍
I have a baby with a woman in Görlitz. I have never met the child. After a long night of fine beer and cold meats we met eyes and the rest is history. One day I will return
You definitely need to visit the child.
They are suffering from AFD paranoia
The AFD must be some scary people. Sounds like the couple is making a good decision to stay in Berlin with its more open minded people. I would appreciate any tips you have to encourage some of the more open minded people here in the USA to move to Berlin.
William Boyd
the AFD is as right wing as the democrats in USA. But for Germany its far right lol
Well this is 3 years after the comment but as someone who lived 80% of they’re life in görlitz and around it I never experienced right activists only some signs in some windows or some things written on carstickers but thats all and also the young people of east germany are usually pretty left sided
German women should make more babies!
Since becoming so liberal the men are more sterilized.
Yeah only 8.000.000.000 ppl in the world at the same time, it needs more souls to suffer a few dozen years and then disappear again like they never existed
Yes, we need more ugly people on this world :D
wow you are all fucked up in this comment thread (apart from Sven)
@@MrSvenovitch You promotes the use of condoms !
Ever since the British left india both high and lower caste Hindus began to do genocides of muslims systemically time to time what you see still continued,doing more and the situation now have become more grave because of doing more frequently and fanatically; Majority of Hindus in india have same facisist ,Sanghi mentalities; and do have immense hatred in their's hearts like zoinist towards muslims,They all support these RSS,Congress & now BJP terrorists network spread all across India whether they are high caste or low or lower castes Dalits not a single day passes you don't find these reports go unnoticed, they are killing Muslims brutally anywhere and everyday with all supports and terror finances provided by Modi government to its pocket terrorist network working very hard in every nooks and corners of cities and villages.
Well, gandhi died from indian society after shastriji was assassinated. Nehru and shastri were only good politicians we ever had. Indira killed their legacy and rss is on same path as her. In this case modi just uses more lies and shah is well witted criminal. But you are in general, highly ignorant if you think muslims don't do anything. It is more like polarization from both sides. You can't clap with a single hand.
AfD 👌😘
She's a beautiful piece of art.. I wish USA would think about the benefits of having eye candy.... Russians obviously value the importance of beauty, it's a gift to society like walking creations of art.. or on going collaboration of mixing great genes together ober generation after generations... It is what it is.. beauty make people happy.. Wish they go to Canada. Our melting pot isn't turning out the was I expected.. Just be cool or we give u daboot!
America has never been a "melting pot".