The language barrier is still a bit of an issue if you care about making friends outside the rationalist community
I live in Berlin and do have nonrationalist friends with whom I mainly speak English. There are plenty of English-speaking events where people can find friends with whom to talk English.
I recently asked a person I meet about what issues she has with living in Berlin without knowing German and her main complaint was that it’s hard to interact with the government as that requires someone to translate for them.
Raising a family would likely also require learning some German.
I know of some EAs who lived in Berlin and found it very difficult to make friends due to the language barriers, and some EAs who had an experience more similar to yours.
I live in Berlin and do have nonrationalist friends with whom I mainly speak English. There are plenty of English-speaking events where people can find friends with whom to talk English.
I recently asked a person I meet about what issues she has with living in Berlin without knowing German and her main complaint was that it’s hard to interact with the government as that requires someone to translate for them.
Raising a family would likely also require learning some German.
Our new one is finally ready :)
I know of some EAs who lived in Berlin and found it very difficult to make friends due to the language barriers, and some EAs who had an experience more similar to yours.