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Berlin was both. Hence why they had to build the wall.
by swebs 7y ago
Berlin was both. Hence why they had to build the wall.
- ben_w 7y agoYes, but the Tesla factory is “just outside” Berlin, so I didn’t feel that detail was important in this case.
- IndrekR 7y agoWest Berlin was a political enclave in DDR. ~150 km from the inner German border [1]. Just outside Berlin is pretty much ex-DDR territory. At the same time Berlin does have quite a strong foreign community and high migration, lately negative for Germans and positive for other ethnic groups [2]. It is the second largest city (by population) in Europe after London with much lower living costs [3]. Also Daimler and BMW have strong presence in Berlin. Those factors may have influenced the Tesla's decision a lot. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_German_border https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_German_border [2] https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/produkte/kleinestatistik/AP_KleineStatistik_EN_2018_BE.pdf https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/produkte/kleines... [3] https://teleport.org/compare/berlin-and-london/ https://teleport.org/compare/berlin-and-london/