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- easy visa to obtain + fairly cosmopolitan city, but still cheaper than NYC//London/Paris

- good location to visit other spots in Europe

- probably already have a friend of a friend living there

- the party scene

Very few Americans intend on living in Berlin permanently, though. It's an extended study abroad session for them.



The average stay IME is less than 18 months.

If you stay a few years you will have made and lost touch with a good few friends from all over the world who will have come, partied hard for a year while working for Zalando or N26 or some shit, and fucked off.




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