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SXF is not in Berlin. It's even in another german country (Brandenburg). So different regulations apply. TXL should be cheaper, but that depends on the target.

raverbashing 13y ago
" It's even in another german country (Brandenburg)" For someone who wants to nitpick you seem to have a funny definition of country... And yes, taxis in SXF have a higher tariff http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxigewerbe_in_Berlin http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxigewerbe_in_Berlin
- zyx321 13y ago
  Well, Americans have a funny definition of state. I will however make no judgement whether one definition is more correct than the other.
- dang 13y ago
  > For someone who wants to nitpick you seem to have a funny definition of country Please don't call people out for minor mistakes that the principle of charity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity) can easily explain. Even when you're right, it usually adds more noise than signal. It's easy to consider that omnibrain might be a non-native English speaker who isn't up on the distinctions between "country", "county", "state", "province", and the like. His or her meaning was clear, in any case. If you do think something is important to correct, please edit out personalized language ("for someone...nitpick...you seem") from the correction. That too adds noise, plus detracts from civility.
  - raverbashing 13y ago
    This also applies to the parent's pointless observation and not providing a clarifying source (like I provided) So if they're going to say I don't know what I'm saying while providing erroneous information (Brandenburg is a state, not a country) I'm going to prove them wrong You could also avoid the noise by saying what people should or should not do
    - dang 13y ago
      Please understand that when we post moderation comments like this, they're not intended personally. The intent is to send feedback into the HN system about what makes for a good thread. The hypothesis is that it will slowly adapt to the feedback. This may be working—some people feel the threads have gotten better—so, even though they're tedious both to write and to read, I'll keep posting them for now. Ideally, the system would eventually become self-correcting. We'll see.
- ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
  In German, the word "Land" is used for both states (as in the federal states of Germany, Bundesländer) and countries. Berlin is a City-State in Germany, entirely surrounded by the state of Brandenburg. Thus it's not too surprising that Berlin's big airport is "in another state." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Germany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Germany This happens in the U.S. too - Cincinnati airport is actually in Kentucky, etc.
Xylakant 13y ago
Actually, things are a little more complicated here. It's correct that SXF (and BER) are in another country (Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald, LDS) and don't belong to Berlin which would ordinarily imply that the SXF Airport is not part of the area where Taxis from Berlin have to drop you off and that Taxis from Berlin would not be allowed to pick up passengers at the SXF airport for the return trip to Berlin (and the other way round, Taxis from LDS could not pick up passengers in Berlin for the return trip). Since that is obviously an unacceptable situation the "Berlin" area was expanded to include the airport and that LDS-based taxis could pick up passengers in Berlin in return. It used to be that the fee was slightly different depending on where the taxi was based, but I haven't noticed any difference in the last years. The reason TXL is cheaper is mainly because it's closer, SXF is pretty far out and BER is even further out. There's an extra airport upcharge for TXL though.

raverbashing 13y ago

" It's even in another german country (Brandenburg)" For someone who wants to nitpick you seem to have a funny definition of country... And yes, taxis in SXF have a higher tariff http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxigewerbe_in_Berlin http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxigewerbe_in_Berlin

zyx321 13y ago
Well, Americans have a funny definition of state. I will however make no judgement whether one definition is more correct than the other.
dang 13y ago
> For someone who wants to nitpick you seem to have a funny definition of country Please don't call people out for minor mistakes that the principle of charity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity) can easily explain. Even when you're right, it usually adds more noise than signal. It's easy to consider that omnibrain might be a non-native English speaker who isn't up on the distinctions between "country", "county", "state", "province", and the like. His or her meaning was clear, in any case. If you do think something is important to correct, please edit out personalized language ("for someone...nitpick...you seem") from the correction. That too adds noise, plus detracts from civility.
- raverbashing 13y ago
  This also applies to the parent's pointless observation and not providing a clarifying source (like I provided) So if they're going to say I don't know what I'm saying while providing erroneous information (Brandenburg is a state, not a country) I'm going to prove them wrong You could also avoid the noise by saying what people should or should not do
  - dang 13y ago
    Please understand that when we post moderation comments like this, they're not intended personally. The intent is to send feedback into the HN system about what makes for a good thread. The hypothesis is that it will slowly adapt to the feedback. This may be working—some people feel the threads have gotten better—so, even though they're tedious both to write and to read, I'll keep posting them for now. Ideally, the system would eventually become self-correcting. We'll see.
ErsatzVerkehr 13y ago
In German, the word "Land" is used for both states (as in the federal states of Germany, Bundesländer) and countries. Berlin is a City-State in Germany, entirely surrounded by the state of Brandenburg. Thus it's not too surprising that Berlin's big airport is "in another state." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Germany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Germany This happens in the U.S. too - Cincinnati airport is actually in Kentucky, etc.

Xylakant 13y ago

Actually, things are a little more complicated here. It's correct that SXF (and BER) are in another country (Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald, LDS) and don't belong to Berlin which would ordinarily imply that the SXF Airport is not part of the area where Taxis from Berlin have to drop you off and that Taxis from Berlin would not be allowed to pick up passengers at the SXF airport for the return trip to Berlin (and the other way round, Taxis from LDS could not pick up passengers in Berlin for the return trip). Since that is obviously an unacceptable situation the "Berlin" area was expanded to include the airport and that LDS-based taxis could pick up passengers in Berlin in return. It used to be that the fee was slightly different depending on where the taxi was based, but I haven't noticed any difference in the last years. The reason TXL is cheaper is mainly because it's closer, SXF is pretty far out and BER is even further out. There's an extra airport upcharge for TXL though.