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Confidence votes 57.9K. In many ways life in East Germany, like in most Eastern Bloc countries, was drab and dreary-and of course regulated by the state. The economy was not very well geared to consumers.The essentials of life (food, housing, basic clothing, public transport) were cheap.onfidence votes 57.9K. In many ways life in East Germany, like in most Eastern Bloc countries, was drab and dreary-and of course regulated by the state. The economy was not very well geared to consumers.
Written by. When the Berlin wall fell and East Germany reuinted West Germany almost overnight in 1990, the Eastâs already weak economy broke down completely. Since then, efforts have been made to help the former East German states catch up with the more established states of former West Germany.oday, Germanyâs east has many structural problems similar to those of countries like Greece and Spain, though on a much smaller scale (unemployment in Greece in 2012 was 23.8%, in Spain 24.9%). According to an economic research report of IWH Halle (German) , eastern Germanyâs industrial base is weak.