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> Amsterdam is growing and becoming the de fact European capital (english, tech jobs, etc)

I would argue this is more true for Berlin, since it has English, tech jobs and the government of the biggest European national economy.

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Its also poorer than any size comparable city in Germany.

Catching up real fast, though.

It's a real "melting pot" and is very very desirable as a place to live. It's the center of youth and technology culture, lots of hacker spaces. There's huge youth communities, public garden projects, lots of alternative communities. I love visiting there and if I moved anywhere in Germany that would probably be the place. I have a lot of friends who moved there. Apparently one of the strongest start up cultures in Europe as well.

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