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Originally Posted by yuriandrade
I thought you were American, Crawford. Mainz, Wiesbaden?
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I was born very close to Mainz. I have dual citizenship.
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Originally Posted by yuriandrade
About Frankfurt, it felt to me a "regular" city where one can adapt very easily and that's a plus to me.
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Frankfurt is a very livable city and very friendly to expats. Very high quality of life. And the transit is fantastic. The problem is that it's ugly/generic, and doesn't feel remotely German.
Germans tend to not like Frankfurt, as it feels like an intl. island. And there aren't really any tourist attractions or intact prewar neighborhoods. The Altstadt is terrible, IMO, like a Disney theme park, and actually almost totally new, but I'm glad you liked it.
Germans who work in Frankfurt overwhelmingly commute in from nearby villages. The people actually living in Frankfurt are mostly non-German and on temporary assignment. It's almost like a Singapore or HK in Germany.