A German Immigrant's view

anoldworldwoman

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Friday January 31, 2014 · 3:54 PM PST

2014/01/31 · 15:54

What I want to convey here, are my experiences, opinions and emotions as a German immigrant - now naturalized citizen of the United States - living in the U.S.A.
My husband and I immigrated in 1991. I was 32, he was 31 years old. No children. I never wanted children, because Germany did not seem like the kind of place I wanted to raise them in.
Why did we leave Germany? The usual reasons, nothing out of the ordinary. The weather, the intolerance, the German mentality. Too rude, too intolerant and sometimes just plain grumpy and unpleasant. At least once a day I had a moment where I got angry at someone. A bus driver, a waitress, a clerk in a bookstore.
My husband and I went on several vacations to the U.S. over the years. Florida at first, the main destination for German tourists, at least back then. It was during our last vacation in New Mexico that we decided to try and make a living here.

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