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Freiburg: Germany's futuristic city set in a forest

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Re: Freiburg: Germany's futuristic city set in a forest

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Post by tannhaeuser »

rfreiberger wrote: post #30
tannhaeuser wrote: post #2

Freiburg is a super nice place as long as you've got disposable income to spend to live in one of the preferred quarters, like Wiehre, Herdern, etc. If you don't, then like in many south-German cities (located in mountain valleys where space is scarce), you're living in a place without any green in sight (ok Freiburg's Stühlinger is quite green, and still affordable, though I'm guessing it's been getting more expensi…

I really want to visit some day but doesn't sound like it's what I picture in my mind as a old German town.

What is your idea of an old German town? Heidelberg-like romanticist buildings, medieval wooden housings, Karlsruhe-like baroque or classicist cities? Freiburg has a rather large historic center with a cathedral/monastery church and gates, plus old quarters with lots of red sandstone.

Re: Freiburg: Germany's futuristic city set in a forest

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Post by _ph_ »

adventured wrote: post #57
_ph_ wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, in the past it might have been an option go build more nuclear power plants, but today it isn't. And that is for a simple reason: no one can afford to build new nuclear power plants. Take France: France really depends on nuclear energy and have a fleet of aging plants. They needed to be replaced, but France is not able to do that. They have a single power plant in construction, but it is overrunning costs by fa…

> no one can afford to build new nuclear power plants Except for China and India that is. China has 12 under construction, India has seven under construction.

Yes, how much larger is China than France? The 12 in China don't even compare to the single plant built in France right now, if you do the math. And of course, just France would need over 50 new plants, if they wanted to continue to use nuclear energy.

Re: Freiburg: Germany's futuristic city set in a forest

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Post by ornornor »

hdjdbtbgwjsn wrote: post #59
ornornor wrote: post #52

> why you aren‘t using reusable diapers in the first place. A good question indeed?

Even the Amish use real nappies rather than messing around with reusables. Real nappies are better for baby and toddler bums, easier for already stressed parents and more hygienic. Reusables result in massive energy and water waste, they are a health hazard if not washed properly (many manufacturers washing instructions are very inadequate. They must be washed at a minimum of 60°C whatever your manufacturer said), re…

What do the Amish have to do with diapers?

Re: Freiburg: Germany's futuristic city set in a forest

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Post by ido »

ornornor wrote: post #52

> why you aren‘t using reusable diapers in the first place. A good question indeed?

As a father of 2 small children, we were already brought so close to our limits by the strain of it that we had to take whatever opportunity we had to ease the burden- such as using disposable diapers.

Re: Freiburg: Germany's futuristic city set in a forest

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Post by hdjdbtbgwjsn »

ornornor wrote: post #63
hdjdbtbgwjsn wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even the Amish use real nappies rather than messing around with reusables. Real nappies are better for baby and toddler bums, easier for already stressed parents and more hygienic. Reusables result in massive energy and water waste, they are a health hazard if not washed properly (many manufacturers washing instructions are very inadequate. They must be washed at a minimum of 60°C whatever your manufacturer said), re…

What do the Amish have to do with diapers?

They do a serious assessment of every new technology to decide if it adds value to their society. Disposable nappies are one of the few technologies they decided to use.

Re: Freiburg: Germany's futuristic city set in a forest

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Post by tannhaeuser »

thelastinuit wrote: post #23
tannhaeuser wrote: post #2

Freiburg is a super nice place as long as you've got disposable income to spend to live in one of the preferred quarters, like Wiehre, Herdern, etc. If you don't, then like in many south-German cities (located in mountain valleys where space is scarce), you're living in a place without any green in sight (ok Freiburg's Stühlinger is quite green, and still affordable, though I'm guessing it's been getting more expensi…

Damn. I found the pictures lovely i was thinking in finding a job in IT. But i guess i wont be able to afford a living there.

Freiburg has many commuters working in Swiss pharma industry around Basel for the much lower cost of living so you should be ok as a single working in IT. If you even find housing, that is.

Re: Freiburg: Germany's futuristic city set in a forest

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Post by hansjorg »

mordechai9000 wrote: post #14
Fnoord wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was a lot of fun (and quite a special experience) visiting the city. Don't have to live there.

It was wonderful to visit, but I am still a little salty about the Schlossberg. It has an incline elevator, not a funicular! And the Schlossberg tower was closed to the public. And, of course, my daughter stepped in the Bächle repeatedly. They were like a magnet for her. I'm joking about being salty. Well, mostly. I want to go back and do more hiking. Hopefully, the tower will be open to the public, next time.

According to Wikipedia:

> It is local superstition that if you accidentally step in the Bächle, you will marry a Freiburger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiburg_B%C3%A4chle

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