u/unemployedyari

I’m an international student coming to Halle for Studienkolleg and I’ll be living in a studentwohnheim on Fontanestraße in Halle-Neustadt for the next 6 months+. I already paid the Kaution and first month’s rent, and unfortunately only started researching the area afterwards, where I saw a lot of people saying Neustadt has a pretty bad reputation. 😅
Is it actually that bad, especially around Fontanestraße? Any advice on staying safe and making the most of living there would be appreciated. I’m pretty introverted but ironically I like chill bars, basketball and finding nice nature/quiet places, so recommendations around Halle would also be great.
Any other tips about the WG lifestyle would also be appreciated <3

First I wanna start by talking abt elon musk and you'll see in a minute how that relates to the subject.

Elon musk who is now a trillionaire paid 0$ in taxes in 2018 and very low taxes in other years. a man like elon could’ve contributed 40B (4% of his wealth) to end world hunger and save 9 million deaths as a consequence but instead chose to spend $44B buying twitter. so he can borrow against his shares and delay taxes. legal, but not moral.

This is a trend among most if not all billionaires, prioritizing wealth over public good. so how can we trust morally questionable oligarchs to govern a country !?

In our current billionaire led party we’ve seen rising fuel prices and groceries, inflation destroying the middle class, a worsening wealth gap, and little to no reform in education and health, all due to poor moral decisions negligence and lack of communication

personally in today’s political scene where right wing parties protect wealth, islamist parties use religion for agendas, and the left is politically limited and weak, i’ll be leaving a blank paper as an act of dissatisfaction. in my view it’s the least i can do as a citizen and a more meaningful act than not voting at all