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Re:Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move ... by martinald on Saturday June 25, 2022 @05:58AM (#31873916)
Yes, because there are no alcohol or drug issues in Berlin!

What an over the top comment. The US regardless of these issues is an enormously successful country, with some of the friendlist people when you visit (I'm from the UK originally but travel a lot).

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Re:Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move ... by bshepard on Saturday June 25, 2022 @06:43AM (#31874153)
There's a lot of alcohol and drug use in Berlin, but there are not vast open air drug markets like Kensington in Philadelphia or Skid Row in San Francisco.

The issue is, indeed, "over the top."

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Re:Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move ... by guerrilla on Saturday June 25, 2022 @09:17AM (#31875056)
> Skid Row in San Francisco.

Literal Skid Row is in Los Angeles[1], the figurative skid row in SF is called the Tenderloin [2].

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row,_Los_Angeles

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_row#San_Francisco

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Re:Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move ... by wreath on Saturday June 25, 2022 @09:08AM (#31874996)
Check Moritzplatz and Schonleinstrasse and come back here..
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Re:Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move ... by morelisp on Saturday June 25, 2022 @12:33PM (#31876609)
We could quibble about "vast", but the difference between Berlin's drug markets and the US's isn't really the intensity, but safety. (Don't totally misunderstand - they're still some of the least safe places in Berlin, but nothing like Kensington - which in turn also not as bad as pearl-clutchers would have you believe.)
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Re:Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move ... by berndi on Saturday June 25, 2022 @08:55PM (#31880046)
Thats not even close.
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Re:Ask HN: Europe to East Coast, does it make sense to move ... by martinald on Saturday June 25, 2022 @08:56PM (#31880056)
Is this the same Berlin I've been to? Many of the parks are literally open air drug markets?!
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