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I feel for cities it's very neighborhood-dependent. I live in a quiet familial neighborhood, it's a completely different experience from being downtown (20 minutes metro). Now when I go downtown I'm actually a bit shocked at how loud everything is.
Yes, I also live like this now. If feels like a village. I don’t have the small community vibe though. It is not easy to make community in a south German city 😆 And there are always some neighbours that don’t like the wild style garden and prefer that you trim the outside bushes every so often. I wish people would mind their own business and help the neighbours, not make their life miserable just because they have different approaches than them.
Ah, sorry to hear 😅 I've also heard some stories about Swiss neighbors calling the police is you take out your trash on the wrong day, so yeah there are always some people wanting to meddle
Oh yes, the Swiss have a f-ing Trash Police!! My sister lives there, and I am sorry for her. I hope I never “have to” live there. I am generally happy in Germany, just the social interactions are harder to make. Luckily I found my tribe with Spanish people. But as I said, real community is hard to make here. But I think it is a specific south German issue, they are closed off even for Germans from other parts of the world. Anyway, they are missing out some nice food and good jokes.