So, nearly every map of Germany looks like this. The former East Germany is more poor, has fewer jobs, is less populated, so on and so forth, than the former West Germany. Germany has also seen a large influx of immigrants from Ukraine, Romania, Türkei, Syria, etc. Similar to the US...
and how the US has had a large anti-immigrant backlash, especially in areas that have seen their jobs disappear, a similar phenomenon in Germany has occurred. That's not the only reason, but it is one that gets the most news.
For example, here's a map of the major companies in Germany. Also, other than Berlin, Leipzig, and Dresden, there aren't really any major cities in Eastern Germany. The state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in the northeast, only has 1.6M people, for example.
Comments