Thursday, March 12, 2026

Letter Story

 In the mailbox today....was a Wiesbaden gov't letter addressed to me...more or less...a format letter.

Dear so-and-so....we noticed....you've been a 'guest-with-a-visa' for a dozen years....wouldn't you like to apply to be a citizen?

I paused over it....they listed five or six benefits (like I could vote....particularly in EU elections).  

To be rather honest....I'm here mostly because of my wife.  I could just as well move to Italy, Greece or Den Haag. 

Me being a pleasant 'guest'?  Well....other than a daily cynical comment or two....some weekly grumbling over the Bahn travel....I've tried to be a 'nice-guest'.  

Them needing more citizens?  I looked it up from 2015 to  2025....near 240k to 280k Germans a year.....who exit/leave.  Yeah.....they need to keep pestering folks to either become citizens or come in. I'd almost suggest they need a HR-office to recruit Koreans or Australians to come in.


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