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Re: Berlin Is Becoming a Sponge City [video]

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Post by s3nnyy »

throwawayknecht wrote: post #17
s3nnyy wrote: post #14

Nice project, it makes Berlin appear like a progressive, nice place to live. But actually it has so many problems that should be solved first before even thinking about things like this. For instance total failure to integrate the Muslim minority, increasing racism against Jews (Men usually wear a baseball-cap over the Kippah in public due to fear of being beaten up), prices that double each 7-10 years while salaries…

> increasing racism against Jews This is true. > Men usually wear a baseball-cap over the Kippah in public But this is right-wing bullshit. The rise in anti-Semitic crimes is used by Pegida to stir up fear of refugees, Muslims, and Islam, and it's also used by Netanyahu and the Israeli / Jewish right to encourage immigration to Israel. The reality is that the rise in anti-Semitism begins in 2014, prior to the refugee…

Ehm, you won't see any Kippah in public because Jews in Germany are scared since decades. I did not say anything about refugees or recent events although these things surely amplified the bad things already happening in Germany since a long time.

Go stand next to a (usually Police guarded) Synagogue for an hour and see for yourself how guys leaving the thing put on baseball caps. Unfortunately, this is not right-wing bullshit.

Re: Berlin Is Becoming a Sponge City [video]

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Post by lorenzfx »

elliotec wrote: post #28
lorenzfx wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This study [0] (sorry it's in German, English reporting on it: [1, 2]) supports your claim that integration is more or less equally bad across the studied countries. Different countries fail at different aspects of it. [0] http://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/fileadmin/files/BSt/Publi... [1] https://www.thelocal.de/20170824/integration-of-muslims-bett... [2] http://www.politico.eu/article/muslims-integrate-in-europe-d.…

You're proving the parent's point. They said those EU countries do NO better.

you are right, I should learn to read.

Re: Berlin Is Becoming a Sponge City [video]

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Post by majewsky »

s3nnyy wrote: post #29
gizmo wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your argument is a total non-sequitur. Work to make a city more ecologically friendly is completely independent from whatever social problems there are. You can use this argument to oppose literally anything except for whatever issue is from your perspective the most important. You can't govern a city this way. Your claim about salaries staying the same is plainly false. See for instance https://tradingeconomics.com/…

I never said anything about inflation. Here example: Octoberfest-beer-prices doubled since 2002 (introduction of €) ( https://t.co/Y2tMS4h623 ), while wages only rose 25% ( http://www.bpb.de/nachschlagen/zahlen-und-fakten/soziale-sit... ).

Which is relevant because, as anyone knows, Germans spend a significant amount of their salaries on Oktoberfest beer. m(

Re: Berlin Is Becoming a Sponge City [video]

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Post by Retric »

jorleif wrote: post #7

These kinds of techniques are often claimed to be effective against flash floods, which makes sense since they slow down water transfer to rivers. Does anyone know any studies about how effective it could be against seriously heavy precipitation of the scale of Harvey or South Asia floods right now? In other words, how well does the approach scale?

Every inch of rain absorbed makes a rather dramatic difference. Because, floods are moving a lot of water but they also contain a lot of water which is time shifted over a longer period of time.

Think of it like a building being evacuated though a stairwell. Being say 10 vs 11 floors can make a significant difference in average wait time. Except average weight time is equivalent to the height of flood waters.

Re: Berlin Is Becoming a Sponge City [video]

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Post by steveeq1 »

s3nnyy wrote: post #31
throwawayknecht wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> increasing racism against Jews This is true. > Men usually wear a baseball-cap over the Kippah in public But this is right-wing bullshit. The rise in anti-Semitic crimes is used by Pegida to stir up fear of refugees, Muslims, and Islam, and it's also used by Netanyahu and the Israeli / Jewish right to encourage immigration to Israel. The reality is that the rise in anti-Semitism begins in 2014, prior to the refugee…

Ehm, you won't see any Kippah in public because Jews in Germany are scared since decades. I did not say anything about refugees or recent events although these things surely amplified the bad things already happening in Germany since a long time. Go stand next to a (usually Police guarded) Synagogue for an hour and see for yourself how guys leaving the thing put on baseball caps. Unfortunately, this is not right-wing…

I don't get it, aren't germans super-touchy about nazi issues and the holocaust? I would imagine jews would be in some sort of "protected class" status in germany, at least culturally.

Re: Berlin Is Becoming a Sponge City [video]

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Post by s3nnyy »

majewsky wrote: post #33
s3nnyy wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never said anything about inflation. Here example: Octoberfest-beer-prices doubled since 2002 (introduction of €) ( https://t.co/Y2tMS4h623 ), while wages only rose 25% ( http://www.bpb.de/nachschlagen/zahlen-und-fakten/soziale-sit... ).

Which is relevant because, as anyone knows, Germans spend a significant amount of their salaries on Oktoberfest beer. m(

I can pull up prices for other goods, too if you want. Especially rents (in e.g., Munich where I lived all my life) went up similarly while salaries stagnate. Munich rents are on par with Swiss rents, which is crazy if one looks at the difference in salaries.

Luckily, now I live in Zurich, which is prosperous like Germany 30-40 years ago. Full disclaimer: I run a tech recruiting agency that focuses on matching engineers with jobs in Zurich (job-page: https://coderfit.com/openedjobs/, Medium post: "8 reasons why I moved to Switzerland to work in tech" https://medium.com/@iwaninzurich/eight-reasons-why-i-moved-t...)

Re: Berlin Is Becoming a Sponge City [video]

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Post by s3nnyy »

steveeq1 wrote: post #35
s3nnyy wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ehm, you won't see any Kippah in public because Jews in Germany are scared since decades. I did not say anything about refugees or recent events although these things surely amplified the bad things already happening in Germany since a long time. Go stand next to a (usually Police guarded) Synagogue for an hour and see for yourself how guys leaving the thing put on baseball caps. Unfortunately, this is not right-wing…

I don't get it, aren't germans super-touchy about nazi issues and the holocaust? I would imagine jews would be in some sort of "protected class" status in germany, at least culturally.

They are but it's usually not Germans who beat up and insult Jews: http://www.focus.de/familie/mobbing/religioese-spannungen-en...

Re: Berlin Is Becoming a Sponge City [video]

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Post by wongarsu »

visarga wrote: post #11

What happens to the plants during the summer if there is too little rain? Do they also install watering systems? That would be expensive to maintain.

The grass areas will need occasional watering in the summer, but most of the plants shown look like robust native species that can survive summer without problems
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