Speaking of thoughts (on some one of your older stories, but also the bike thing this week) I don't know why you are always bashing Friedrichstraße, it was great as previously laid out as a bike road. It really facilitated getting through Mitte N-S, and it made my workplace (Hertie School) a lot quieter. If you take German from the Goethe Centre in Berlin they offer you history tours about how cool Friedrichstraße used to be. But the new obstacle course they've laid reminded me that I've often thought that some of the few bike roads they do lay out seem to coincide with security concerns. And there's a lot more security around the Russian Embassy than there is Russia Haus...which is right there in the middle of the pedestrianised bit.
I wish the media wouldn't be so willing to go along with this... It's pretty obvious this Vonovia company is just greedy. I'm pretty sure they still could build new apartments at €12/qm, they just don't want to, because they won't be able to make as much money as they want anymore at this rate. It's greed, it's always greed, simple as that. "Economic sense" is usually some BS jargon for "making big profits for execs." In actual reality, "economic sense" should mean fair and equal for all citizens, not just for the wealthy. Hopefully one day this will change and people still stop falling for it.
Speaking of thoughts (on some one of your older stories, but also the bike thing this week) I don't know why you are always bashing Friedrichstraße, it was great as previously laid out as a bike road. It really facilitated getting through Mitte N-S, and it made my workplace (Hertie School) a lot quieter. If you take German from the Goethe Centre in Berlin they offer you history tours about how cool Friedrichstraße used to be. But the new obstacle course they've laid reminded me that I've often thought that some of the few bike roads they do lay out seem to coincide with security concerns. And there's a lot more security around the Russian Embassy than there is Russia Haus...which is right there in the middle of the pedestrianised bit.
I wish the media wouldn't be so willing to go along with this... It's pretty obvious this Vonovia company is just greedy. I'm pretty sure they still could build new apartments at €12/qm, they just don't want to, because they won't be able to make as much money as they want anymore at this rate. It's greed, it's always greed, simple as that. "Economic sense" is usually some BS jargon for "making big profits for execs." In actual reality, "economic sense" should mean fair and equal for all citizens, not just for the wealthy. Hopefully one day this will change and people still stop falling for it.