Of course, the problem remains that (as happened to certain areas in the UK) if the subsidies to areas of the East are not maintained you will see ongoing migration of the young and economically active out of those areas, which rather creates a self-fulfilling prophecy of decay.
if the subsidies to areas of the East are not maintained you will see ongoing migration of the young and economically active out of those areas
That train has already left the station, I'm afraid. From the German Statistical Office:
(as pdf here)
In terms of developmental policy, Germany is rapidly reaching the point where East vs. West is no longer a useful distinction. "Ideas or the lack of them can cause disease." - Kurt Vonnegut
But if I am accepted, I will be moving to the east, and checking on the internet, it seems the cost of living is lower but at the same time Jena seems to be a thriving industrial center for high-tech optics and such as well as the famous university.
By all accounts Jena is a kick-butt town. Zeiss Optics is one of the few DDR companies that wasn't looted during reunification. They managed to turn themselves around and now, along with the university, make Jena a true economic success story. A doo run-run-run, a doo run-run
Hope the paperwork all works out for you soon!
Jena meetup?
I am a humanities guy though, going there for medieval literature and a touch of Tolkien for my dissertation. Oh the irony, studying Anglo-Saxon in Jena. A new definition of the Anglo disease
studying Anglo-Saxon in Jena. A new definition of the Anglo disease
LOL!
(Old English, all the same... ;)) When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind
I'm good, just wishing the the N. European summer was a summer. How are things in sunny Spain? "Ideas or the lack of them can cause disease." - Kurt Vonnegut
