Yes. Inhabitants usually get used to it and deny the problem. But Having been to Berlin in a snowy winter, the number of brown and yellow spots dotting the fres

Yes. Inhabitants usually get used to it and deny the problem. But Having been to Berlin in a snowy winter, the number of brown and yellow spots dotting the freshly snowed-in sidewalk within hours is very impressive in a negative way. Other german cities are far less bad in this regard (but I didn't visit all of them).