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The wonder child of Berlin's startup scene is deceasing. Says a lot about the scene unfortunately.

That is silly.

Big tech hubs are bound to see startups fail, especially leaking ships that never turn a profit.

Berlin isn't perfect but whatever happens to SoundCloud doesn't really say anything about its tech scene. Were SoundCloud be London/NYC/SF based, it would have gone under much, much quicker.

Do elaborate, please - I have often considered moving but various things people have said keep putting me off, such as a mildly racist culture.

If you're deliberately looking for it — you will definitely find/experience it at some point.

In my personal experience, Berlin is very foreigner-friendly.

I'm told both things, actually, in equal measure. That there's ample casual racism compared to London and yet it's incredibly foreigner friendly. I'm married to a German so I have spent a lot of time in Germany, just not Berlin yet. No idea why my question was downvoted, I was quite interested to hear what the poster had to say about the scene.

Berlin can be quite different from the rest of Germany. I haven't seen any sign of racism here at all, especially in the start-up scene.

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