Does Frankfurt have the highest quality of life in Germany? | 10 facts taught by an American

[@omgsolikevalleygirl]

your speaking style seems so simple but what you say actually seems so intelligent and heartfelt at the same time 🤔

[@gerdpapenburg7050]

@ omgsolikevalleygirl - Krautsalat has explained this in one of his prior videos; when you travel the world and you want to get in contact with people you have you use a simple way of the English language which enables other people whose first language is not English to be able to understand you and to talk to you. (Sorry for my long sentence, a typical German way of misbehaviour ;-)

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

@omg....thank you, that is the type of compliment that i also talked about in another video (i think the one called Wapatui) that begins in a way that could sound insulting but then proves to be a nice compliment😆😊

[@omgsolikevalleygirl]

@@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany Hi - definitely no insult intended - Was more trying to wrap my head around what makes listening to your videos so enjoyable to me :D

[@carbon-basedlifeform4314]

The legend says that the Franks and their king Charlemagne fled at the end of the 8th century during the Saxon War and were unable to get further along the banks of the Main river. Then a soldier discovered a deer crossing the river at a ford and the Franks were following on its trail. However, their enemies could not find this ford and the Franks escaped. At this place the Franks settled and called it, "the ford of the Franks" - Frankfurt. The other side of the river, where the Saxons had stayed behind, is today called "Sachsenhausen".

[@findis]

I'm loving these trips around Germany.It gives me a chance to go to places I haven't seen yet.

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

And i have just begun!

[@findis]

Krautsalat - An American in Germany and I can’t wait. Your look at Germany is very refreshing.

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

@@findis thank you😊 its very nice to hear that

[@green64]

I hope you had the opportunity to drink frankfurt Apfelwein (apple cidre), if not, catch up! The best place is in the district "Alt Sachsenhausen", there in a classic old Apfelwein Lokal (cider pub), and order it together with Handkäse (hand cheese).

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

there is a brief shot in the video where you see a cup in my hand. it was Äppler!

[@green64]

@@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany ahhh 0:37 in front of the (old)EZB! nice :)

[@niddhoeggr75]

The Sister of Goethe lived in the little town Emmendingen. Today Emmendingen is home of "The German Diary archive"

[@Mischnikvideos]

Charlemagne was crowned King of the Alemanni (a Germanic tribe) in Frankfurt. That would not have been in a newly founded city, Frankfurt is also older. These Alemanni also made Frankfurt the commercial metropolis that it is today. What was the ford war today is the airport and the train station. In Europe, a skyline like in Frankfurt only exists in Paris, London and Moscow. That's what makes them so special. Because of the 'old opera' there was a long argument about whether the ruin should be preserved as a memorial or whether it should be rebuild. As a rich city, they opted for the expensive variant. And now they're have rebuild half-timbered houses in the city, next to the skyscrapers. Contrasts like this are typical of Frankfurt.

[@LadyLiluna]

Ah, I was looking for this comment about the Opera House, as the video reminded me of my grandma. She grew up in Frankfurt and when she was older - so part of the working population - she joined in when the petition for the rebuild of the opera house went around. It wasn't just a question of "preserving a memorial" but also a question of costs. The city itself felt it too expensive to restore the building. However, quite a large part (I cannot remember the numbers, tho) of the population of Frankfurt wanted the Opera House to be rebuild. Many also worried that the ruins would also been removed. When the city gave their consent to have the Opera House restored, many of the People payed into the funding of the restauration. At least that is the story I was told every time I visited Frankfurt with my Grandma.

[@Mischnikvideos]

@@LadyLiluna Frankfurt is a rich city and if they want the money then they have the money. Above all, it was a political struggle and the ruling mayor said at the time: 'I wish someone would come at night and blow everything away so that there is finally peace.' After that, everyone called him Dynamite Rudi.

[@LadyLiluna]

@@Mischnikvideos Ah, that is very interesting. I have not really checked up on the opera house itself (tho it does look pretty on the outside) but I always like the stories told by the elderly. Yes, Frankfurt is indeed a rich city, I agree. They are working on quite some large projects at the moment (I think). Also thanks for the additional information. :D

[@EbizzerHH]

I am looking forward to Hamburg! ;)

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

me too! I really like Hamburg, and have friends there so, I think it will be fun to film for the channel!

[@EbizzerHH]

@@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany I am pretty sure! ;)

[@lotharschepers2240]

About the "Holly Roman Empire". Thomas Jefferson did have a PoW from Hanau (not that far away from Frankfurt) and with him, he discussed the "Holy Roman Empire", how it works and why it has lasted so long. After the Americans had defeated the British, Jefferson was sent to France as the Ambassador from Paris he was sent to the Netherlands to negotiate the conditions for getting a credit line from the Dutch banks. As this negotiation was a quick success for Jefferson he decided to travel to Hanau to meet his former PoW and discuss further details about the "Holy Roman Empire". Back in France, he wrote a letter to the constitutional committee to implement his new ideas that he got out of his latest discussions. So you could say that the organization chart of the "Holy Roman Empire" was a kind of a poster boy for the US constitution. Therefore the basic elements of Germany and the US are so close to each other (the subsidiarity system, strong states or Bundesländer, two chambers one for the federal diet and one for the states or Bundesländer, and the parliament have the control of the Treasury or in short a lot of power and balance) Another fact about Frankfurt it is the only German alpha city: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization_and_World_Cities_Research_Network

[@eisikater1584]

I think you missed a point: Frankfurt is the seat of the European Central Bank, or ECB for short. So we're in control. Frankfurt also has an infamous reputation of being THE city with the highest drug consumption, that's why some people call it "Junkfurt". Whether this has to do with the banking business, I'll leave that to your opinion.

[@swanpride]

I don't think that it is an accident that the drugs are sold that close to the banking area….

[@DSP16569]

@@swanpride 300ft away The red light district is very close to the bank district (other side of the street).

[@MM-pi6xo]

Eric (or are you Erich now 😃?). Hello from Bettendorf Iowa! I've been to Germany several times and recently flew out of that big Frankfurt airport. To me though, Chicago Ohare is still much more intimidating! My daughter and her family now live in Neenah, WI. and I was there visiting last weekend. Where in Wisconsin are you from? I like your videos because you offer a fresh perspective. I am not into Metal but I am very into Germany! Both of my parents are from Europe and speak German and I love the German culture. I also love that you are sharing your adventure. Keep up the good work. feir abend!

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

Erich depending on who you ask lol! For me i would say Frankfurt was more intimidating only because of the language. I had been through O'hare before coming to Germany but stepping into the airport at Frankfurt was literally my first Euro experience so i think just for personal reasons its "bigger" for me. But...O'hare is no joke! Well, i moved around a lot in Wi and nearly covered all 4 corners lol

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

And thank you!!!

[@Laufbursche4u]

"The Economist" likes our economic central city most? How surprising...

[@badlawyer4342]

In a smale town in Hessen named Steinau an der Straße the brother Grimm were born... they collected most of the kown fair tails that Disney made they movies of.

[@janfertan5414]

You should visit Marburg once. Not only can you come here easily by train since it's directly en route from Hannover to Frankfurt, but our train station was also voted one of the nicest in germany. Though our main "selling" points are the "oldest, protestant founded University of the world", whose students make up about one quarter of the population, our "Oberstadt" with it's many Fachwerkhäuser and last but not least the Marburg-castle

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

I might take up an interest in Bahnhofs. I was at the Uelzen Bahnhof yesterday and the design is really cool and i learned it is a Hundertwasser design made for the Expo 2000

[@carbon-basedlifeform4314]

@@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany then you also shouldn't miss the one in Leipzig!

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

@@carbon-basedlifeform4314 yep! I have been there!

[@janfertan5414]

@@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany might want to check out this list in this case www.allianz-pro-schiene.de/wettbewerbe/bahnhof-des-jahres/

[@kraftandre5538]

Hi Eric! video,great as ever." Mainhattan" is the home of money.That´s why the skyline is so american.But Frankfurt is also the most multicultured and drug infiltratest german city. 67 km lagguage belt system.WOW, you let me so much learn from my home country!

[@silkedavid8876]

I moved to a Frankfurt suburb from Hamburg for my first full time job. I hated it. I was used to a multicultural, lively city, Frankfurt in the late evening is dead, as everyone lives in the small town outside F. The Staus during rush hour were famous. A shitty public transport system to the edge of town where I lived. The first weekend my friend visited, she was on a course nearby, and we went to what was described to us as the red light district, but also where all the pubs were. Being used to the Reeperbahn , we thought we were Statisten in einem schlechten film. We met some nice Americans though, one of whom I was a pen friend ( before Internet) with and visited in N.C. later. Hope you had a better time!

[@Jisu1337]

Ich war 6 mal in Frankfurt und würde nie enttäuscht, jede Geschichte die ich da erlebt hab ist erzählen wert

[@kscsfd]

Frankfurt neighbouring offenbach and other suburbs of frankfurt are one of the most multicutural cities in germany

[@andlem]

And I lived for many years in HH, my point of view is vice versa ;-)

[@kev118ks]

Have a nice day my friend.. in germany.. and visit kassel the herkules!!!!! weltkulturerbe!!!

[@michaelgrabner8977]

Regarding to your headline "Does Frankfurt have the highest quality of life in Germany?" According to worldwide ranks of "Mercer´s Quality of living Index" Munich is the most liveable city of Germany ranked on place 3 shared with Vancouver/Canada and Auckland/New Zealand then comes Düsseldorf ranked on place 6 followed by Frankfurt ranked on place 7, then Berlin on place 13 and Hamburg on place 19. First place is literally owned by Vienna/Austria for a decade...2nd is Zürich/Switzerland The evaluation is based on 39 factors (which is way more detailed than most of the other existing rankings like for instance "The Economist" by the way) including political, economic, environmental, personal safety, health, education, transportation and other public service factors

[@andibuletten6206]

In WW2 there was no tactical bombing. The target was to destroy. The allies wanted to end the war by bombing everything. So a lot of historical buildings have been destroyed. Do not get me wrong. I'm not proud of our history. But bombing everything and everybody has destroyed a lot more than just buildings. I love how you see germany right now. And how we come together in peace.

[@Jisu1337]

Naja, was anderes haben wir ja auch nicht gemacht, so lief das halt damals, wir dürfen uns was das angeht wirklich nicht beschweren, allgemein dürfen wir uns eig garnicht beschweren, bei dem was unsere vorfahren da veranstaltet haben sind wird noch gut weggekommen tbh

[@Matahalii]

Telephone: As far as I know, Phillipp Reis invented the first device to transfer sound over electrical (Telegraph) wires and called it "Telephon", but his "Microphone" and "Speaker" were very poor. Later Alexander Graham Bell improved this apparatus with knowledge out of studies from Antonio Meucci, so in the end Bell was the one that made the telephone a usable thing and developped it's success, while Reis was already dead and Meucci went bankrupt before he could pay the Patend fees. Now Germany, Italy and the USA claim the invention of the telephone for themselves and maybe they all are right and wrong simultaneously...

[@raptorrider9706]

Did you try the Alfelwein? Or any beer?

[@Jisu1337]

Appelwei

[@AriesT1]

@@Jisu1337 Äbbelwoi. :)

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

Yep. Too much. All of it😝

[@raptorrider9706]

Na gut wenn ihr es so genau nehmt muss es Ebbelwoi oder Stöffsche heiße 😂

[@Unicorn-tl8no]

Ich wohne in Frankfurt!☺️✌🏻

[@Gotchaaayoutube]

Willkommen im Klub

[@CriticalMass73]

Mein Beileid (allen die in Frankfurt wohnen).

[@Unicorn-tl8no]

@@CriticalMass73 wieso

[@lussilin]

Google: Urban Heat Island or Städtische Wärmeinseln.

[@markusradner5275]

Frankfurt...home of the best german rock band

[@fraueichenbaum8202]

From FRANK-furt to the home of the FRANKen. Please come and visite Nürnberg. We have a lot of history and good beer ! ;-) Nice video, thanks for that !

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

Thank you! And....Nürnberg sounds like a good idea ;)

[@kaiulrich6185]

I spent a lot of time in Frankfurt.... I don‘t care for living there. Try to find a nice restaurant with easy parking options nearby. It‘s a nightmare.

[@Polarwoelfinluna]

Please can you make a video about the Ostfriesland region because it is not too far from. Your hometown . In Ostfriesland we have beautyfull beaches . Ostfriesland is in the very north of germany and near the northsea . Maybe on the trip to Ostfriesland you can visit the jever brewery or the castle in jever . I recommend comming to carolinensiel and Explor the Environment . Jever is not Ostfriesland it is friesland but its a interesting Environment

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

I was there on the weakend of Easter last year! Leer, Norden, Neuharlingersiel and Jever in 2 days! but, Krautsalat will make a journey as well ;)

[@Polarwoelfinluna]

@@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany that is cool to know btw how was your stay there ? .

[@leawieyycoh6784]

I want a das Pferd ist keinen Gurkensalat hoodyjacked ohhh please. 😂 im a frankfurter Girl and would proudly wear it

[@SchulungKDCB]

when you was in frankfurt, i hope you try gree soß, äppler and handkäs

[@paolopoempel3048]

Hahaha - Fear and Lothing in Frankfurt

[@Jan_Scrim]

aaaw man, i would realy liked to give you a distant high five

[@piuforte]

Hi 👋 👋 ihr Amerikaner steht doch auf country... Da gibt's n song über den Frankfurt airport. Ich bin auch Metaller🤘🤘, aber der Song packt mich jedes mal. Wenn du möchtest such hier mal nach "Tom Astor international Airport" 🍻🍻🍻

[@dcbsmt]

The telephone was invented by an Italian. He didn't have the money to afford the patent so Bell swooped in and "stole" it.

[@Lieburner]

Guglielmo Marconi

[@dcbsmt]

@@Lieburner No, his name I *would* have remembered. It's this guy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Meucci

[@dcbsmt]

@Guiness Draught Well, I wouldn't call it collaborative because that suggests they worked together. It's just that a lot of people had similar ideas around the same time. It's kind of a zeitgeist thing.

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

well, i have learned one thing in my 40 years.....the one that has the idea is typically not the one to get rich from it! For a wide example, Ray Croc founder of McDonalds.

[@Lieburner]

@@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany Or like Nikola Tesla 3:)

[@DomiTravels]

Frankfurt!!! Grüße!

[@Gotchaaayoutube]

Zurück

[@Frank_Berlin]

sadly no zip hoodie

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

Sorry :( for the future though

[@Gotchaaayoutube]

Zu deiner Frage. Antwort nein. Ich bin in Frankfurt geboren und aufgewachsen. Gebürtiger Frankfurter. Das Leben hier ist sehr hart. Gründe gibt es zu viele. To your question. Answer no. I was born and grew up in Frankfurt. Born in Frankfurt. Life here is very hard. There are too many reasons

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

well. i can understand that, especially if I quickly feel that it reminds me of an American city then I can imagine that living there can have its hardships too. But thank you for making your comment in both languages!!! that is great for me!

[@Gotchaaayoutube]

Du meinst dich? Ja auf jeden Fall

[@Gotchaaayoutube]

Also meinst du ernsthaft ich springe auf deine Tour an? Ich garantiere dir das ich länger lebe als du. Jaaa ich weiß das es meiner Kindheit kaum Ausländer gab. 80er Jahre. 3 Ausländer auf 35 Schulkinder. Darum ging es mir aber nicht. Es ging mir um folgendes. 1 Miete seit 25 Jahren um über 400% gestiegen 2 Lebensmittel um über 200 % gestiegen. Strom um über 800% gestiegen Wohnraum kaum noch vorhanden Kitaplätze, früher ausreichen da und kostenlos. Heute keine Plätze und du zahlst. 3 öffentliche Verkehrsmittel um über 400% gestiegen 4 Bezahlung in keiner Relation mehr zu dem was du bezahlen musst. 5 früher jugendcenter, heute kein einziges. 6 damals überall, in jedem Stadtteil mehrere Sportplätze, heute keine 5% und die alle unter aller Sau. Ich kann ewig so weiter machen. Das hat aber nichts mit Zuwanderung zutun. Das ist von den Abzockern in der selbsternannten Elite so gemacht worden

[@Gotchaaayoutube]

Mein lieber ich irre nicht, wer bestimmt die Gehälter? Nein nicht die Konzerne oder Firmen der Staat gibt dafür Gesetze heraus. Warum schrumpft unsere Bevölkerung, weil die zu 100tausenden auswandern. Weil die Regierung keinen Wert auf uns legt. Warum haben wir so große Diskrepanzen zwischen Ausländern und uns, weil wir früher die benannten Möglichkeiten hatten. Sportplätze etc. Tu dir selber einen Gefallen, Schubladendenken ablegen. Nenn das Kind beim Namen

[@Gotchaaayoutube]

Tut mir leid das du so naiv bist

[@Balligat]

Who is "We" you are talking about?

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

Krautsalat is not a solo project. For this i have someone filming. And you can watch the Autobahn video, i was not driving. As well as the Castle video the camera is moving (so the previous two videos, also filmed on this trip to Frankfurt)

[@Balligat]

​@@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany Actually I did watch all of your videos since I ran into your channel - and you are a very sly guy answering my question but not really getting to the point. Could be the way I asked, though. Well then I'll rephrase: Who is the person filming? Is this person related to you, a close friend, a soul mate, your girl- or boyfriend, someone you hired to do the filming and/or check out the locations .... you get the idea ;c) I previously forgot to mention: I like your style of vlogging, but a few more pictures of the local sights would enhance the viewer's experience & learning [picture + text= easier memorization of facts]

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

@@Balligat Ha! Well, for the moment i will just say a "team mate" ....we have not yet discussed this, behind the scenes. Maybe soon we can have a "Meet the Team" video. At any time Krautsalat is 3 or 4 guys. Me plus filming, editing, some graphics and social media help. That is the only way we have been able to make videos as quickly as we are. Since you called me out on it, what do you think of a "Meet the Team" sort of video?

[@Balligat]

@@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany That's at great idea, after all if it's a team effort the team should be known to the audience - just like in a movie ....

[@andibuletten6206]

Frankfurt is called Mainhattan here in germany. It's the City of money. I don't like Frankfurt. But I like Hessen.

[@Gotchaaayoutube]

Kann ich nur bestätigen. Ich bin hier geboren und lebe seit 40 Jahren hier

[@helgemoller5158]

Really, i had to meet my Workingteam in Frankfurt a lot of times. I´m from Kiel north of Hamburg. 6 hours travel by Deutsche Bahn. Skyline in the first view might be cool. But Frankfurt really sucks. Nearly the worst City here imho.

[@uzelbruzel]

Das Pferd frisst keinen Krautsalat!

[@KrautsalatAnAmericaninGermany]

I was waiting for someone to say it😝😂😂😂 I also said it on film but it did not make the cut...I like horses but I don't want to be eaten by one

[@vHindenburg]

Mainhattan

[@willynagl7612]

Buchmesse . Die größte Buchmesse der Welt

[@CriticalMass73]

Die letzte Stadt in Deutschland die mir zum Thema "Quality of Life" einfällt ist Frankurt, die Stadt ist das absolute Drecksloch. Nicht für viel Geld würde ich dort Wohnen wollen.

[@helgemoller5158]

Dem kann ich nur zustimmen. Die Reisezeit mit der DB ist identisch, aber Erfurt gefällt mir viel besser. Wenn ich da Beruflich hinfahren muss freue ich zumindest darauf.

[@swanpride]

@Shield Wall Dir ist schon klar, dass die meisten Migranten in Frankfurt aus der EU stammen? Da sind vor allem viele Engländer mit ihren Familien. Natürlich sei dahingestellt, ob das eine Stadt verbessert, aber ich habe den Verdacht, dass du das nicht meintest, als du auf Migranten hingewiesen hast...allein schon, weil bestimmte Alarmisten gerne auf die hohe Zahl von Leuten in "Migrationshintergrund" in Frankfurt hinweise und dabei immer unterschlagen, dass die Mehrzahl davon Europäische Vorfahren haben.

[@swanpride]

@Shield Wall Deine Gefühle haben aber nichts mit der Realität zu tun. Außerdem, selbst wenn die Zahl tatsächlich so hoch wäre, was ist das Problem? Einwanderung war schon immer ein Teil der Deutschen Geschichte.

[@swanpride]

Ich bin alt genug um zu wissen, dass das Konzept der "Überfremdung" älter ist als du glaubt. Die Geschichte, dass es schon bald keine Deutschen mehr gibt, die hat man schon in den 1970ers erzählt. Komischerweise machen Deutsche immer noch das überwiegende Mehrheit der Einwohner aus. Lass dich nicht verarschen. Leute, die sich oh so besorgt um unsere deutsche Kultur zeigen, sind gewöhnlich Betrüger denen es vor allem darum geht, ihre eigenen Taschen zu füllen. Amazon und Co richten sehr viel mehr Schaden an unserer Lebensweise an, als einige Immigranten je könnten. Ich finde Halloweenparties um einiges schädlicher als Leuten in Not zu helfen.

[@swanpride]

@Shield Wall Siiiiicher. Wir haben hier eine Bevölkerung von 84 Millionen. Rechne mal aus wie lange es dauern würde, bis die "Deutschen" aussterben.

[@Jost2011]

Spoiler: *No, it hasn't.*

[@RManFlint]

Mullets suck. And thanks for giving us video of you for 99.9% of the video. You're much more interesting to look at than Frankfurt. /s/

[@herpderp6705]

Haters say its also called "Krankfurt".

[@Gotchaaayoutube]

Weils die Wahrheit ist? Oder von welchem Planeten kommst du?