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A comment on Ask HN: How friendly is Berlin for startups?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: How friendly is Berlin for startups? by closeparen on Monday June 12, 2017 @09:10PM (#14542310)
Why do German automakers thrive there, then? Always found it odd that some of the most sophisticated cars in the world are made in a country where supposedly no one has any use for them.

Is it just cities vs. small towns?

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Re:Ask HN: How friendly is Berlin for startups? by goerz on Monday June 12, 2017 @11:02PM (#14542615)
Yes, 90% Of Germans live in small- to medium-size cities (I.e., not in Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, and Munich). Berlin in particular has exceptional public transport.
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Re:Ask HN: How friendly is Berlin for startups? by germanier on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @03:28AM (#14543356)
Don't forget the Ruhr area on your list which has another 8% of people. I would say you could live without a car in most major cities (these are the 79 with more than 100k inhabitants). About a third of Germans live there. When it gets smaller than this relying on public transport is getting more and more inconvenient. The third that lives in small towns or rural areas definitely needs a car — or rather two — per household.
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