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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by Barrin92 on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:28PM (#22983810)
Growing up we didn't have a lot of money and my family didn't have a car, (and a license in Germany is quite expensive, about 1k and it involves a ton of lessons) or vacations, so I basically just bolted to a university town when I was 18 and as a developer in an urban environment, I've never needed one since.

Nowadays as an adult, I think on vacations it might actually be a good thing because I've found just taking trains in foreign countries is actually one of the more fun aspects of travelling.

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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by petre on Sunday April 26, 2020 @12:48AM (#22984528)
You should probably see the trains in some Eastern European countries then. Slow and dirty.
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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by Barrin92 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @01:24PM (#22988607)
I've been to Eastern Europe several times over the last few years. In some countries public infrastructure is so-so but that's mostly a function of the countries still not being super wealthy. Overall I had a good experience.
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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by new2628 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @05:07AM (#22985718)
East Europeans need to stop this self-colonizing attitude. The trains are reasonably OK, with great variations from place to place. Is there room for improvement? Sure.
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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by petre on Sunday April 26, 2020 @07:13AM (#22986301)
An average of 35 km/h is okay? I could probably do that with my bike.
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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by new2628 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @09:31AM (#22987009)
I very much doubt that the average train speed in EE is 35 km/h, and I traveled extensively by train from the baltics through the balkans over several decades.

If you take the average EE train, it is worse than Western Europe or Japan, comparable or better than US, with more extensive coverage.

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