Wanted to avoid the more touristy places and experience some of what germany has to offer. Like I have potiental moving there, but don’t want to move from one questionable place (America) to another ya know lol but I hear Berlin would be the best place to start
Depends on what your interests are...
If you like to meet the more rural Germany, visit Bavaria or the coast of the northern sea.
Big city life is in Hamburg, Berlin (many say so even if I barely experienced it) and Munich. Hamburg and Berlin are very open and left, Munich more conservative and expensive. - in this case I should mention the Ruhr valley. Germany's largest metropol area, with cities like Dortmund and Essen and right next to it is lower Rhine area with Düsseldorf and cologne. It has a large party scene and a lot of different cultural offers. (You will get everything here, except of good architecture - it's a 100% industrial area and nearly every building shows it. It's probably the most ugly area in Germany, in case of architecture... even if the cities are very green)
This area is not far away from the "Mittel-Rhein-area" if you are interested in old castles, fortress and good vine it's the place to be. High density with architectural variations in a beautiful landscape.
Some of Germany's most beautiful cities are in the south (Bavaria / Baden-Württemberg), Passau for example.
The German sea is cold and there is always wind, but it's still worth watching. As least if you are interested in good sea food, or in extravagant styles of living. In the middle of the sea people have build up small islands, barely larger than the house on it and they live there 365 days a year. Unique in the world.
Should you dare to visit east Germany, I would consider you to visit Dresden, or Leipzig. The largest cities in east Germany and both her close together. Both are definitely worth watching.
If you want a good impression of the modern Germany, with all its bad and good sides and how the average German lives visit the Ruhr valley.