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Germans usually don't define Berlin to be a "successful first-world major city" (saying that as a German)
by kszx 13y ago
Germans usually don't define Berlin to be a "successful first-world major city" (saying that as a German)
- Pxtl 13y agoI don't know anything about modern-day Germany, except the constant buzz in the news of the German economic success. Is Berlin overshadowed by other cities in Germany? Is it merely the seat of government and not economically successful? Or is this merely a German joke about a rough town?
- gurkendoktor 13y agoGermany's industrial power is concentrated in the central and southern parts of ex-West Germany. Berlin just doesn't manufacture enough cars. :P (Now I'm wondering if this is like the PRC, where Beijing has the rich history of a capital but bland areas like Shenzhen are where the money is made.) The jokes about Berlin would be mostly about its horrendously mismanaged prestige project - the new airport.
- lobster_johnson 13y agoI don't know. It's clearly first-world. And it's a major city -- the political center of Germany, one of the top tourist destinations in the world, and highly regarded for its arts and culture, nightlife and high standards of living. It's got low unemployment and high growth. It's also host to an apparently booming startup culture (although many of the actors with presence in the city are in fact foreign companies).
- tobiasu 13y agoCurrent unemployment numbers: Berlin 205k, Baden-Wuerttemberg 232k, Bavaria 250k. So much for that...