I don’t understand how articles like this get published in relatively popular news sites like Business Insider. It’s basically “poor me, I am so sad.” without anything news worthy about German immigration policy, or statistics regarding German attitudes towards expats.

I am an American expat living in Austria and while I experience plenty of similar things, I really like it here, and enjoy many things about living here.

Maybe instead of German classes, she should work on finding a sense of humor and a tolerance for discomfort. My guess is she’ll go back to Sacramento and whine about plenty of things, likely for the rest of her life. Thankfully, though, we might not have to read about it.