Should we move our family to Dusseldorf Germany from Atlanta?

Dear Dana, 
we are not American and cannot speak therefore for how Americaexperience DE, but we are South African. If you will/can find work here depends much on what you can do or are qualified for. One thing about DE is that they are all about "Papers"... much more than if you can do a job well. Diplomas, degrees etc counts very much here.
To give some feedback - DE is in  general, very safe, (rules are there for everything you can think of.,.!), the social system is very good, unemployment is quite low, foods are mostly labled re. what in it (re. MSG, colourants, and other poisons,.. now still anyway), I read, which is not the case in USA. And schoolfees in public schools are free. There are international (English) schools in many big cities but they cost a bit. The infrastructure (planes, trains and busses), are very relayable on time.
The biggest challange for people new in the German/Swiss/Austria countries  is to get used to the  mentallity...   One must be very "flexable". This is not about better/worse or, good vs bad, but about a very different mentality for people from more "Open" countries..They are, just not that open, or direct, exept maybe, when say, you do something wrong in traffic....or brake a rule somewhere.. OK,... This is just the way it is. I should know... My wife is one (German) but even she, finds it very difficult to adapt to the German mentallity after, 10 years away from DE.
ut at the same time tthere are many things pro Germany. As the saying goes, pros and cons in every country.. It helps sometimes to connect before coming to American families living here. Another good website to join is "www.internations.org" - website. This helps a lot.  Here one can learn a lot even before coming.