Everything OP says here. Living in Germany for almost 4 years and currently trying to get out.

At first I was going to wait until my partner can get his German passport but after knowing the time it requires to process the naturalization we decide to try to move asap. Waiting times at LEA has been exacerbated by covid and ukraine war (no this is not an assumption, this was an excuse they told me) and there is no sign of it getting better.

I came from a third world country and my parents used to tell me that in western welfare states, everyone is proud of their job and do it excellently. My experience has been the contrary. Consistency in bad customer service can be seen in courier/delivery service, hospital, luxury department stores, airport etc.

People don’t celebrate other people’s success here. The country is great for old money crowd or people in challenging situation (disabled, unemployed, 1 income with a non working spouse and many children, terminal illness) but not for upper middle class trying to climb up the ladder.