Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

But the strict refusal to install a cistern and rather let the rainwater infiltrate senselessly... and water the garden with elaborately treated drinking water... I still don’t understand that.
When everyone here is such a proud climate protector.

For many, climate protection ends at the exterior walls. Preferably rock gardens and paved areas, then you don’t have to water anything either ^^. We definitely still want a cistern, because we need the water for our large, natural and species-rich garden. Currently, I collect rainwater in numerous barrels, that’s about 3000 liters of storage volume. But even then, you can’t get by very long in case of doubt (I now have a good management system, so we can manage 4-6 weeks), if it doesn’t rain for weeks and eventually you have to water the young trees and shrubs. We also grow vegetables and fruit, which just need water. I have little lawn and never water it, that’s ecologically a dead area, so I don’t invest water there – but it’s different in many gardens, where 40 l/m2 per week is poured on the lawn.

That's true! But I think the time window is very small. I believe it's only 12 months where one's own assets are irrelevant for government support

You call 12 months a short period? That's plenty of time to look for a job. In the USA, you have a problem from day one...

But there’s also the case where someone simply inherits a rundown shack and has to sell it anyway because they can’t even afford 10% inheritance tax (let alone necessary renovations, heat pump, etc. etc.)

Then you get a short-term loan for the inheritance tax, sell the shack cheaply, pay back your loan, and enjoy the small profit. Or you refuse the inheritance.
We recently had a case where a rundown shack was inherited in the deepest village within the family. My family only gets 25% of it anyway, due to joint inheritance. The thing will be sold dirt cheap because the previous owner never maintained it. Still, there should be enough left over so that—after tax—a five-figure amount stays with my family. Even a bad property always includes land, and if you don’t ask an inflated price, you can sell it.
Sometimes I feel like problems are being made where none exist.

Others come here and get their rent paid + citizen’s allowance + medical benefits.
It triggers me so much and my brain just can’t wrap around the fact that the majority of the population is totally fine with it and doesn’t question it.

Not questioned?
The people you are referring to—refugees applying for asylum—are fleeing from suffering and war. That is not questioned because it is enshrined in the Geneva Convention. It is a right of these people, and the _United Nations_ have agreed on it.
I am so grateful that most people still have their wits about them and do NOT "question" the Geneva Convention.

But the strict refusal to install a cistern and rather let the rain soak away pointlessly... and water the garden with elaborately treated drinking water... I still don't understand that. Especially since everyone here is such proud climate protectors.

I am absolutely not a fan of rock gardens, but I also consider cisterns only moderately useful. It's just standing water, most cisterns I know of are moldy. In the end, you have a concrete pot in the ground that has filled once and then at some point in the first year starts to smell moldy, then no one opens the lid anymore. I don't know of water being really used long-term for garden irrigation like that. But maybe my sample size is just too small, I'd be happy to be convinced otherwise.

I'm absolutely not a fan of rock gardens, but I also think cisterns are only moderately useful. It's just standing water; most cisterns I know are grimy. In the end, you have a concrete pot in the ground that fills once and then starts to smell grimy sometime during the first year, after which no one opens the lid anymore.
I don't know of water really being used long-term for garden irrigation. But maybe my sample size is just too small; I'd be happy to be convinced otherwise.

That's nonsense. The cistern must have an overflow, and the water is constantly renewed because of it. On our purchased property, we have an old concrete three-chamber pit that hasn't been used for decades. It holds water 1.5 meters high, and it's as clear as a mountain lake even though no one withdraws any water. And we don't have a groundwater table here either.

I'm glad we have the pit because a cistern is required here, and the 3000 sqm garden wants to be irrigated intensively. However, I wouldn't buy one if it weren't mandatory. It's a high five-figure amount. You could water with drinking water for a long time with that.

Not questioned?
The people you are referring to – refugees applying for asylum – are fleeing from suffering and war. This is not questioned because it is enshrined in the Geneva Convention. It is a right of these people, and the _United Nations_ have agreed on this.
I am incredibly relieved that most people still have their wits about them and do NOT "question" the Geneva Convention.

Kati, now honestly, I think you are so amazing!!!
Have you ever actually thought about the fact that such a written law is not enforceable if the necessary resources are not available?
Our Basic Law does state that everyone has the right to asylum. However, it is the case that our Basic Law was written at a time when mass migrations to Europe like those happening today were unthinkable.

I could now ask various questions again, such as whether people are aware that this type of immigration increasingly endangers social peace (for this very reason alone the AFD is even at 20%) or whether they realize that mathematically a system that pays out more than it receives in the long run will come to its logical end.

I simply no longer ask these questions because I have NEVER received a reasonable answer.

That's nonsense. The cistern must have an overflow, and the water is constantly renewed through it. On the plot we bought, there is an old concrete 3-chamber pit that hasn't been used for decades. It contains 1.5 meters of water and is as clear as a mountain lake even though no one is drawing from it. And we don't have a groundwater table here either.

I'm glad we have the pit because a cistern is mandatory here, and the 3000 sqm garden needs intensive watering. However, I wouldn't buy one if it weren't required. It's a high five-figure sum. With that, you could water with drinking water for a long time.

Ok, good to know. So far, I've only seen cisterns where the water was stagnant. I don't know what that's related to though. The ones with overflows are somewhat more expensive, as far as I know, and the overflows are usually positioned so high that there is always water left at the bottom. However, at least it stays in motion then, I assume.

Kati, now honestly, I think you’re just amazing!!!

Oh thank you <3

Have you ever thought that such a written law is not enforceable if the necessary resources are not available?
Our Basic Law states that everyone has the right to asylum. However, it was written in a time when such migrations to Europe as we see today were unthinkable.

Think beyond the federal borders. The Geneva Convention concerns many more countries in the world than just ours.
Besides, you demonstrate, like many people with a similar ideology, major knowledge gaps here again. Long before the war in Ukraine, there were various large refugee movements. I don't need to list them for you, but just search for refugee movements since WWII online, and you will find plenty. They have not just "become conceivable" recently; they have been happening for decades.

I could ask various questions again now, like whether people are aware that this kind of immigration increasingly endangers social peace.

I don't believe it's "immigration" that endangers social peace.
I believe it is the widening gap between rich and poor and the lower social class that has chosen immigrants as scapegoats as a simple answer.

I simply don’t ask these questions anymore because I have NEVER received a reasonable answer.

I believe you don’t ask these questions anymore because you don’t want to hear the answers.
We could discuss this now, but sooner or later we’d end up talking about journalism and sources, which people of your ideology like to call the "lying press," which in turn renders the discussion pointless. So I’ll leave it at that.