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Went to Christiania, it's a complete dump filled with weed dealers, happy pants stalls and people touting Far Eastern mysticism. The only thing that's curious
by mothsonasloth 8y ago
Went to Christiania, it's a complete dump filled with weed dealers, happy pants stalls and people touting Far Eastern mysticism.
The only thing that's curious is the slow decay of the buildings and the ageing hippy / anarchist population still trying to cling to the 1970s.
I was hoping to find some form of libertarianism there but instead all you see is the ubiquitous forms of leftism.
Also none of the cafes accepted bitcoin...
/sigh
- Symbiote 8y agoI lived very close by for a few months, and now live a little further away in Copenhagen. There are a few nice places (cafes etc), but I mostly agree. Without the draw of drugs, the arty/anarchist/squat/whatever areas of other European cities are much more interesting -- populated by artists etc rather than dealers. I thought the litter (discarded food wrappers etc) summed it up. An anarchist/hippie commune with green ideals, which can't somehow arrange picking the plastic out of the bushes. (The former Kunsthaus Tacheles in Berlin was the best example.)
- cyborgx7 8y agoLibertarianism is a word coined by leftists and coopted by capitalists.
- simonsaidit 8y agoyou went the wrong places.
- mothsonasloth 8y agoyes, you are right. I should have never went to Christiania.
- simonsaidit 8y agoNo I’m sure istedgade is a better fit for you.
- mothsonasloth 8y agoI liked it, I'll say hi to your mother next time I go there.
- sctb 8y agoThis doesn't belong on Hacker News and we ban accounts that post like this repeatedly. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html