Parkable cities

When I lived in Germany for a while, my wife and I took a train across the country one winter to Munich for the Christmas markets. We stayed in a hostel and walked the streets, enjoying the various stalls. I'd never heard of Glüwein before (hot, mulled, spiced red wine), but it was fantastic! It was an amazing experience and we didn't have to worry about parking lots or figuring out public transportation. Everything was within walking distance and we ended up touring all of Munich on foot.

I wish the US would get off its ass and get some high speed trains set up. We just need to keep oil and auto dealers out of the discussion because they keep shutting it down. Like Musk's "Hyperloop" project, which he proposed to stop legislation from approving high speed trains, but then intentionally did nothing with, so we just don't develop trains to replace his Tesla cars.

This reminds me of that AskHistorian thread of someone asking where people parked their chariots when Roman citizens went to the coliseum.

New Yorkers get it but that's about it.

They probably assumed this is like a theme park or something and not an actual city that people actually live in year round. Cities having nice, people friendly places away from cars? Who's ever heard of that?

They have transit to back that up though. There are plenty of smallish towns and rural areas that don't have any transit at all.

Well this guy’s apparently never been to Germany, they do in fact have a lot of parking garages and street parking in cities. Is straight up lying how you’re going to convince people to build public transit?

Completely off topic, but can anyone pinpoint this Christmas market? Looks hella cozy, but I don't recognize the buildings around it.

they dont park cars. They crush them and build new ones when they want to go somewhere

Is that Munich? I'm getting strong Viktualienmarkt vibes.

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gaut, @0xgaut

the American mind cannot comprehend this

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Christmas market in Germany 🇩🇪

I want to know how they deal with parking? They probably have huge parking garages 🤷‍♀️

"Instead of appreciating something for what it is, let's use it to insult another country."

The American hate is pretty stupid really.. especially from people who can't imagine how large a place they're trying to disparage.

Edit: fuck you lame motherfuckers... Pile it on. What I said is true.

We have a bunch of Christmas markets in the US. They get pretty packed. There are parking garages near them since their downtown in major cities (DC, Baltimore, Philly).

Wasn't aware that flea markets were not a thing anymore.

If only the EU understood just how sparse the US is geographically compared to the EU they may understand why cars are such a necessity.