Hi, so I was thinking about moving to Germany or Russia, but I have a question: which one is more open-minded?

If I participate in the exchange program, I will inevitably be in Germany, but as for Germany or Russia (or maybe Latvia or Kyrgyzstan)…

Which of these four countries is the safest?

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    As a Russian: Russia is not open-minded at all, where did you get that idea? Same as in the US, there is a part of population that doesn’t know/understand shit about diversity, human rights, etc, but will be eager to tell you that you are not like them (and also live wrong, dress wrong, etc)

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      Thanks. What about Poland, if you know? I see many anti-immigration right-wingers who are Polish on Reddit but it’s Reddit of all platforms and I probably shouldn’t trust it.

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    Germany: Berlin (such as any other capital city full of immigrants) would be a good choice. Germans are not the best in accepting foreigners as equals, but your freedoms will be protected by laws, and there are so many different sorts of people that you won’t look strange, whoever you are

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    It depends on the color of your skin and where you’re from, what you bring to the country, etc.

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      On top of that you could argue that Latvia and Germany are probably more favorable regardless in terms of them enjoying largely functioning rule of law.

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    Haven’t been there, but on accounts of some friends, and a YouTuber who travelled across South America back and forth, Colombia and Brazil could be good choices. SA cultures look generally warmer and more social. I don’t know about the details, but maybe there’s someone here who could comment on that (and I’m ok with being completely wrong about everything:) )

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    I heard Latvia is really safe. Maybe Kyrgyzstan too but I can’t say, all I know is that a girl who bullied my girlfriend was born there but can’t say about the people there…

    Germany, especially cities like Berlin, is full of immigrants, no?

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    It depends if it’s legal or illegal, if you have enough money you can migrate to basically any country except North Korea. About skin color the darker your skin color you will be more segregated in general in any country unless you go to a country when the majority of people have darker skin than you.