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- easy visa to obtain + fairly cosmopolitan city, but still cheaper than NYC//London/Paris

- good location to visit other spots in Europe

- probably already have a friend of a friend living there

- the party scene

Very few Americans intend on living in Berlin permanently, though. It's an extended study abroad session for them.

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The average stay IME is less than 18 months.

If you stay a few years you will have made and lost touch with a good few friends from all over the world who will have come, partied hard for a year while working for Zalando or N26 or some shit, and fucked off.

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