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I could have written this word for word. Maybe we should do a cranky-HNers-of-Berlin meetup. Some uneasy food for thought: we're not that far off from the brav

I could have written this word for word. Maybe we should do a cranky-HNers-of-Berlin meetup. Some uneasy food for thought: we're not that far off from the brave lucky weirdos who moved to NYC in the 1970s and bought decrepit flats for a song, who now find themselves aged and bewildered among the billionaires, trying to afford groceries. Hopefully it won't progress quite that far, but NYC does show that capital isn't deterred by a little dysfunctional urban chaos.

pimeys 3y ago
And more rich people from outside move in, everything changes into a more boring, but expensive new reality. At least Berliners revolt all the time and the government is so dysfunctional. Change in the city will take a few lifetimes. It might feel like a good idea to invest, but then you face the German and especially the Berlin bureaucracy and how slow it works. Everything takes forever to finish. I hope this will save Berlin from becoming the next New York. It still is so much more colorful than any other German city. P.S. the running joke amongst my friends is how CDU will finally make the ringbahn go on time...