- Lucy kindly reminded us :
- you forgot Finland!
- I agree on this one. Nothern countries like Finland, Sweden or Norway are very known for the metal culture. So there's no doubt Goths must have an easy life there too.
- sander kok said...
- The Netherlands score pretty high I think. High tolerance for homosexuality, oddness and diversity in general. Plus, there are tons of alternative shops, festivals and gatherings. I worked in a regular shop looking fairly extremely goth at 20. Nowadays I can wear my new rocks to the office.
- Cherish said...
- Here in Western Australia it scores pretty high for acceptance (As far as I've seen) anyone can wear anything they like and hardly even get stared at. :) But as for Gothic clubs, stores...Hardly any, so we score 1/10 on that probably. :(
- Anonymous said...
- it is hard to be goth in Latvia. Firts, we just don['t have any gothic shops. Boots we buy at tatoo salon, hairdye too. And we have few organisations in biggest cities (also other people thinks we're weird) ;) so clothes we buy in internet or sew ourselves, it is hard to walk by street without hurting words
- LucretiaLevi said...
- I live in Austria and, like Germany, it is a pretty good place for Goths. We have many clubs and events and (at least in citys) people are quite nice and interested.
- Alexandriaweb said...
- As a Brit who visits Germany for Mera Luna, I have to say I find the German scene a lot more welcoming. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of nice Goths in England, but there is also a degree of bitchiness towards younger folk that there doesn't seem to be in Germany.I think the problem of elder goths not being very kind to the newbies is everywhere. I'm actually working on a post about this.
- Lilly Peppermint said...
- Melbourne, Australia, as well as many other major cities here, have infamously fantastic Goth scenes. xxx Lily
- Anonymous commenter said a very important thruth about the United States:
- Not all parts of the US is accepting. There are parts that are very conservative as a whole, and even in more liberal places we have alot of immigrants from countries that are not very tolerant and don't want to fully embrace the freedoms of the US.
- Anonymous said...
- hi! im from Romania and isnt a good place to be a goth here. society in general is pretty conservative and suspicious of everything out of the norm. there are few dark/alternative clubs, and those that are usually focus on metal not goth/post-punk.
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Even though we goths are sort of accepted here in sweden people do stare A LOT! xD
Finland is an excellent place, like you said! I have only lived in big cities in Finland (now in Tampere, the second largest Finnish city and the "Goth Capital"), small northern towns might be more conservative.
In the summer, the park in the center of Tampere is filled with young people of different subcultures having picnics. You wouldn't believe the amount of black leather and rivets that's revealed every spring when people take off their winter coats ;P
Then Finland is definitely on the top 5 goth countries! ;) Thank you for the comment Karoliina!
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I live in Finland and now I am living in a little town. Everybody is always staring at me and I get good and bad comments everyday. Yesterday I heard a lot about my hair, they like my shock red color very much :) But yeah, Karoliina is right, people stare in little towns more. But when I am in Helsinki, nobody stares because there are so many different people :) I hope I can go out of Finland and see the world goth scene more!
Being a Goth in the US in my generation (the kids who right now are 12-18) is really hard. There's a high intolerance towards anybody who dresses differently and believes that everyone should conform to being either really preppy or being "Gangsta". Everybody will try to change you and it's nearly impossible to make friends.
being goth in greece is not the worst thing that can happn.Here people don't know what goth is.When I say that I listen to goth and doom metal music people stare at me and reply "what's that?".on the one side this is good because people dont think youre a freak or something of that evil nature.BUT on the other side....no many events no many clubs no many spookypeople to hang with.Besides the summer here is really hot...Wearing PVC black clothes and such goth items is like commting suicide
There isn't a problem being a Goth in a small town or a big city for me. Then again I am African American and I do have an impressive wardrobe. Plus I wear all of my clothes with confidence. Then again it help to live in Indiana with a handful of Hot Topics and people wearing Tripp pants everywhere, yet wear the most elegant things you have anywhere you can. Thank you internet shopping.
Hungary is not the best place either. No true goth shops (we have two nethsops but those are crazy expensive) and no goth events or clubs (clubs may host once or twice events which MAY include one goth band or like that, but nothing more.) Everything is in the capital and other towns have absolutely nuthing.
AND people stare. But thats the funnier part, we got used to this over the 12+ years:)
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