Why a Brit chose to start a business in Berlin
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Re: Why a Brit chose to start a business in Berlin
#2She must also speak German right?
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#3She must also speak German right?
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#4She must also speak German right?
She must learn German. The thing with Berlin is that there are a lot of startups with foreign people, and a lot of Germans speak English. But when you want to do normal day things as going to the market you need German to understand what are you buying and to talk with the people. It is not like other countries where you cannot get a job or life if you don't speak the language. You can get a job in Berlin as a English speaker but you must learn the local language for the day to day things.
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#5Before I click the link: Berlin is cheaper than London.
Edit: And I was right, haha.
While London is one of the most expensive cities in the world, Berlin is cheap for German conditions. At least the parts that haven't been gentrified yet ;)
Berlin is really cool and has lots of alternative people and seems to be the only german city with a bigger start-up scene, but it's poor AF. I'm living in Stuttgart and while I prefer to hang in Berlin, the money is in the south.
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#6I wish I had a startup and I could just throw a dart at a map and go live and work there.
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#7While the author makes good points about the relative affordability of Berlin, one does have to wonder what the general plan for newsletter profitability is.
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#8Wow, 20 square meters for €480? That doesn't register as affordable on my books (even with utilities included).
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#9Does this have anything to do with BREXIT?
Re: Why a Brit chose to start a business in Berlin
#10Before I click the link: Berlin is cheaper than London. Edit: And I was right, haha. While London is one of the most expensive cities in the world, Berlin is cheap for German conditions. At least the parts that haven't been gentrified yet ;) Berlin is really cool and has lots of alternative people and seems to be the only german city with a bigger start-up scene, but it's poor AF. I'm living in Stuttgart and while I…
Yup. Although I would note that there are also cheaper UK cities! Consider Liverpool or Bristol, for example.