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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.
West Germany was democratic, East Germany communist. Many citizens of East Germany fled to West Germany, and the Berlin Wall was erected to stop this flow. It wasn't torn down till decades later.hermione_bjc_06 Â· 9 years ago.he Berlin was was between West Berlin and East Germany as an iconic barrier, part of the Iron Curtain.