Luxembourg is in the centre of a triangle of three countries: Germany, France and Belgium.
The Grand Duchy is the richest state in the EU, so you'd expect the other regions to also see a lot of impact from such developments.

However, the neighbouring regions are all mostly doing badly:

- The Eifel region in Germany is a relatively poor region for Western German standards

- the Belgian Luxembourg province is the worst doing part of the already economically weak Wallonia

- the northern part of Lorraine is also not really having an economic boom. Sure, it's a bit better than the German and Belgian counterparts, but considering it has a big economy of it's own and should profit the most from it's proximity to Luxembourg (Thionville and Metz are really close and have decent infrastructure connecting them to Lux).

Why is that?
Is it because the economic structure of Luxembourg doesn't allow for such a thing to happen, or is it because local politicians can't see or use the opportunities?
I'd argue, for example, that the Eifel region would profit massively if it advertised itself as a go to region for Luxembourgers to live there and pay less for an appartment or house, but also do an initiative that expands existing cities to cater to Luxembourgers. Part of it is also a result of neglect from higher up, i think. For example, to this day there is no direct fast link between Cologne and Luxembourg, because the A1 motorway still isn't completed. Same goes for train connections.

Was sind die Vorteile von Networking in der Weiterbildungszeit, eurer Meinung nach?

Vor allem in Bezug auf andere AiWis, die man kennenlernt. In der Forschung, Karriere...

Ich hatte die Gelegenheit, immer viele Kollegen aus ganz unterschiedlichen Teilen Deutschlands und Europas kennenzulernen, und ich schätze jede dieser Erfahrungen und da sind auch Freundschaften entstanden, aber ich muss immer schmunzeln, wenn jemand von der Relevanz von Networking bei Ärzten spricht. Gerade wenn man noch frisch ist.

In light of the current developments, esp. the diverging economical developments of the US and Western european countries, you can read often that "Europe isn't that much about work or the economy like America" or even "Europeans work to live, Americans live to work".

These are phrases people from the Balkans use to describe how horrendous life is in Germany, Austria, Scandinavia... but now, for some reason, Western Europeans use them too.

Why is that? Do you think there is truth to that?

​

Its normal to not limit yourself in dating and marriage to "your own", sometimes people in diaspora even make a conscious effort to be around people with a different background.

A lot of these people aren't that attached to their homeland, at least from my experience, so its not that much of a deal for them to be with an American, German, French etc...

But for those of you who got into such relationships and still feel very attached to your culture, home country: How do you balance and not end up overburdening your partner? How did you react if your SO actually doesn't really like the country? What are your plans if you have children? What was your experience in general and what are the biggest challenges in your opinion?

Its normal to not limit yourself in dating and marriage to "your own", sometimes people in diaspora even make a conscious effort to be around people with a different background.

A lot of these people aren't that attached to their homeland, at least from my experience, so its not that much of a deal for them to be with an American, German, French etc...

But for those of you who got into such relationships and still feel very attached to your culture, home country: How do you balance and not end up overburdening your partner? How did you react if your SO actually doesn't really like your home country? What are your plans if you have children? What was your experience in general and what are the biggest challenges in your opinion?

Rekao bih da je tako, nisam nigdje drugo sem možda u Italiji ili Njemačkoj vidio toliki "lokal-patriotizam", a da je istovremeno još i pozitivan...

Jedini grad u "regionu" koji ima jak osjećaj lokal-patriotizma na na nekom zapadnoevropskom nivou je Dubrovnik. Svi znaju grb grada, zastave grada su posvuda, čak i javno preduzeće za javni prijevoz nosi ime po frazi jednog od najpoznatijih dubrovačkih pjesnika Ivana Gundulića. Radio Dubrovnik svaki dan emitira emisiju u kojoj pričaju o tome što se dogodilo tog dana u historiji stare Dubrovačke Republike (to je za mene već previše, ali jednostavno govori o tome koliko su ljudi vezani za svoj grad)

I to se primjeti. Nije samo čist, već i savršeno organiziran, to je jedino mjesto u Hrvatskoj (bar jedino koje ja znam) gdje, na primjer, općine stvarno popločavaju trotoar umjesto da uvaljuju asfalt. Čim uđete u grad ili područje iz bilo kojeg drugog mjesta, osjećate se kao da ste katapultirani u budućnost, čak i u poređenju sa nekim drugim mjestima hrvatske obale.

Znam da imaju više novca na raspolaganju jer uslužuju bogatijim turistima, ali nikad ne bi došli do te tačke da nemaju takvu politiku i takvu brigu prema lokalnoj zajednici.

Die südlichen als Teil des DACH Raums sind absichtlich nicht mit dabei.

Generell denke ich, der Westen ist am nähesten den westlichen Nachbarn, der Norden den Skandinaviern etc.

Aber wie bewertet ihr das? Vor allem im Westen und im Osten, wo Deutschland an mehrheitlich nicht-germanische Länder grenzt, also v.a. die Sprache sehr anders wird?

Asking as someone with origins from Bosnia were also a lot of people were ethnically cleansed from towns in what is today known as the Republika Srpska entity inside Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Mislim da bi se mnogi problemi u našim zajednicama mogli riješiti da ljudi imaju malo više istinske ljubavi prema svom gradu, svom rodnom mjestu, umjesto prema svojoj državi. Ljubav ili patriotizam prema zemlji je puno apstraktnija, dok istinska vezanost za svoj grad čini da osjećate odgovornost za nešto u čemu možete učestvovati, da bude prosperitetno, čisto...

U Bosni ljudi često pričaju o svom gradu porijekla, ali imam osjećaj da je to više hvalisanje prema ljudima iz drugih gradova, a posebno sela. Da ih zapitate nešto o historiji njihovog grada, da li znaju nešto o lokalnoj politici i da li se angažiraju u njoj, dobili biste vrlo razočaravajuće odgovore.

Jedini grad u regionu koji ima jak osjećaj lokal-patriotizma na na nekom zapadnoevropskom nivou je Dubrovnik. Svi znaju grb grada, zastave grada su posvuda, čak i javno preduzeće za javni prijevoz nosi ime po frazi jednog od najpoznatijih dubrovačkih pjesnika Ivana Gundulića. Radio Dubrovnik svaki dan emitira emisiju u kojoj pričaju o tome što se dogodilo tog dana u historiji stare Dubrovačke Republike (to je za mene već previše, ali jednostavno govori o tome koliko su ljudi vezani za svoj grad)

I to se primjeti. Nije samo čist, već i savršeno organiziran, to je jedino mjesto u Hrvatskoj (bar jedino koje ja znam) gdje, na primjer, općine stvarno popločavaju trotoar umjesto da uvaljuju asfalt. Čim uđete u grad ili područje iz bilo kojeg drugog mjesta, osjećate se kao da ste katapultirani u budućnost, čak i u poređenju sa nekim drugim mjestima hrvatske obale.

Znam da imaju više novca na raspolaganju jer uslužuju bogatijim turistima, ali nikad ne bi došli do te tačke da nemaju takvu politiku i takvu brigu prema lokalnoj zajednici.

Razmislite.

Germani - njemačko govorno područje je za nas svakako gotovo isto, ali i kad gledate van njega, NL, Belgija (Flandrija), Švedska, Danska to je sve jedan zajednički prostor historijski gledano, i kulturno su veoma slični (sjever Njemačke više ima zajedničkog sa Danskom nego sa jugom, koji je puno bliži Austriji opet, zapad Njemačke je sličan NL po mentalitetu, kulturi, dijalektu). Jedino je UK tu malo sa strane.

Romanski narodi su bili stoljećima u zajedničkom Rimskom carstvu, i do dana današnjeg niko su vjerovatno najuže veze Italije, Španije i Francuske između tih zemalja samih. Italija i Španija (pored Portugala, koja je opet romanska zemlja) su najsličnije jedna drugoj, Francuska također (jedino sjever odudara).

Usporedite to sa Slavenima. Pogotovo drugačiji tok historije zavisno od položaja (zapadni Slaveni, istočni, južni), aktivni međusobni ratovi, čak su i kultura i mentalitet dosta različiti, slobodno možemo reći da je sličnost nekog Dubrovčanina i nekog stanovnika Moskve jedino lingvistička, sa Novljaninom je još dodatno tu vjerski faktor, ali kulturno, po mentalitetu... slabo. Ne moramo čak ni ići do Rusije, i poređenje sa Čehom iz Brna bi vjerovatno bilo slično.

Zašto je to tako?

Hi!

Mein Traum war es immer, Kardiologe zu werden und gleichzeitig sich niederzulassen. Die aktuellen Entwicklungen machen mich aber immer stutziger, ob es diese Option überhaupt in Zukunft noch geben wird.

Daher wollte ich fragen, ob eigentlich realistisch die Möglichkeit besteht, eine kardiologische Privatpraxis aufzumachen und gut zu verdienen.
Natürlich gibt es auch so schon Privatpraxen, aber die sind ja eher im Bereich Schönheitschirurgie, Dermatologie etc...

Massachussets and New England in general were the birthplace of the Industrial revolution in the US. A lot of that industry moved away later on, however.

Despite it being reliant on manifacturing for so long, how did Massachussets end up being today among the richest US states?

Other regions, most noticeably the Midwestern states, failed to do such a transition.

The American Midwest was hit very hard by the loss of manifacturing. But, despite New England being reliant on industry as well, it's cities didn't end up like Detroit or Cleveland.
Boston and Massachussets are among the richest places in the United States, Connecticut as well.

What did New England do that Midwestern states didn't?

(Also: I know Maine or Vermont aren't that high up, but they are much more rural and most people in New England don't live there)

Ist halt wichtig wenn man an Immobilienwerte, Zukunftsperspektiven etc. denkt.

Die Autobranche wird in Zukunft schlichtweg nicht mehr so wichtig sein. Auch wenn sie den Umstieg auf E-Autos gut verkraftet und die chinesiche Konkurrenz ausmerzt, "die" Branche wie in den 2010-ern wird sie nicht mehr sein.
Aber gerade daran hängen die süddeutschen Wirtschaften vor allem (und noch Niedersachsen, aber die sind trotz VW nicht so reich wie Bayern oder B-W).

Und wenn man diesen Faktor wegnimmt, hat Süddeutschland schlichtweg nicht die gleichen Standortvorteile wie andere Regionen Deutschlands.
Die Infrastruktur ist wenig ausgebaut, kaum große Städte, Bayern ist relativ weit weg von anderen wichtigen Zentren im Ausland.

Ich sehe die Zukunft Deutschlands eher wieder in einer Verlagerung auf die Rheinachse, wo Frankfurt und die Rhein-Main Region an der Spitze stehen werden. Relativ zentral in Deutschland gelegen, viel internationaler, großer Ballungsraum mit Verbindungen zu anderen, viel stärkere Infrastruktur und besser vernetzt, und die wenigsten Abhängigkeiten von der Automobilindustrie und entsprechenden Problemen des Strukturwandels. Die Finanzindustrie ist selbst ein wichtiger Faktor, sie selbst wird aber auch die Ansiedlung anderer Sektoren fördern, weil man da einfach nahe am Geld sitzt.

Wenn sie die Karten gut spielen, wirds wahrscheinlich auch mit Rhein-Ruhr besser laufen, vor allem im Rheinland was nicht so sehr mit dem Strukturwandel wie das Ruhrgebiet hadern muss. Dicht besiedelte Städte mit ner extremen Hochschullandschaft, besser vernetzt wieder, die Niederlande und Belgien quasi im Vorgarten.

Generell wird sich denke ich der wirtschaftliche Schwerpunkt in der Zukunft mehr gen Westen verlagern.

How much do you know about the religion prevalent in your area, and how much abiut others (islam, buddhist etc.) Would you say that there are atheists that really dont know any basic stuff about the religion prevalent in their local area? Its understandable of course, i am just curious how much the environment influences us into what we know even we dont associate with the religion ourselves.

Would you say its a region in its own right (despite being in the Eastern part od Europe geographically) or a subregion of Eastern Europe? Its an interesting case, as the mentality and culture is much more southern, but at the same time, most countries were communist, very influenced by Germanic countries and most of them are slavic.

Imajući u vidu bh. historiju, kulturu, okolnosti...

Švicarska? Belgija? Češka? Malezija?

Često čitam kako su ljudi u dijaspori konzervativniji od onih u BiH, ali svako ko živi ovdje duže vrijeme će vam reći suprotno.

Većina naših ljudi se asimilira ovdje, čak bih rekao i više nego Srbi npr. (ili osobe srpskog porijekla). Neki stvarno veliki angažman dijaspore oko BiH gotovo da i ne postoji, u dijasporskim džematima je lokalni jezik glavni a ne bosanski, a druga generacija u prosjeku ne zna baš puno o Bosni, i prestaje ići u Sarajevo ili Mostar onog momenta kada prvi put sama ode na godišnji, onda Baščaršiju zamjenjuju Mallorca i Tajland.
Jedino što od većine naše dijaspore ovdje ostane je prezime, a i to samo kod muškaraca, jer žene onda nose imena Johannsson, Mueller i tkd.

Razlog tome što prosječni Bosanac i Hercegovac drugačije gleda na dijasporu je što ju samo gleda kroz prizmu onih ljudi kod kojih uopće i postoji neki dalji interes za Bosnu, a naravno da takva grupa ljudi tendira na desno, religiozno i tkd.
Međutim, to je veoma mal dio ukupne dijaspore. Također, treba imati na umu da veliki broj tih ljudi dolazi iz manjih mjesta, sela... a ne sa Koševa ili iz centra Tuzle, gdje su ljudi inače u prosjeku liberalniji.

Prosječna osoba u BiH je u prosjeku dosta konzervativnija od prosječnog dijasporca, ako stvarno gledamo na cijelu grupu.

Also Länder wie Bosnien, Serbien, Kroatien, Albanien...?

Ich weiß ja, dass es schon die östliche Hälfte Europas ist, aber ich würde nie im Leben darauf kommen, Montenegro und Weißrussland/Belarus unter einen Hut zu bringen.

Falls ja, wieso?

Falls nein, wieso?