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Having travelled quite a bit in europe, I disagree. There are european towns with train stations that look similar clean. But not at all everywhere. Eastern eu
by lukan 2y ago
Having travelled quite a bit in europe, I disagree. There are european towns with train stations that look similar clean. But not at all everywhere.
Eastern europe in general less. Norther europe more.
Western and southern europe is mixed. Graffiti I have seen quite a bit, but broken glass or other types of vandalism are sadly common, too.
- jwr 2y agoCentral European here (Poland). The bizarre and amazing thing is the change that's been happening in the region over the last 20 years or so: the large cities have become very clean. So, what you wrote stands true for smaller places, but large cities are now very clean. Not quite Japan-level, but close, and certainly much cleaner than anything in western Europe.
- lukan 2y agoYeah, true. I know that phenomen. And it is true in eastern germany as well. Dresden for example has always working elevators and the stations are looked after regulary. The small towns? It can take weeks, before a broken elevator is fixed, or a public toilet reopened. (If there is one at all in the first place) Until then you have to step over pee and shit.
- ido 2y agoBerlin is filthy and seems to have only gotten more so in recent decades.
- lII1lIlI11ll 2y agoHave you been to Japan? I can't say that Krakow made an impression on me of being "close" to Tokyo in cleanliness TBH.
- jwr 2y agoYes, in fact I live in Japan right now. Warsaw (especially the center) is quite close. Certainly much closer than most cities in western Europe.