Hamburg's Stadtpark: A Park Built to Be Used

Post by jjtwixman » Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 6:51 AM UTC

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That's true actually, I know an echte Hamburgerin (3 generations both sides) and she's nice, as are her family. The "locals" I just meant the German inhabitants of the city, many of whom of course did not grow up there or are from there or have strong roots in the city. Like I said, it's a pity, but for a city that claims to be Germany's "gateway to the world", its people are awfully parochial, small-minded, and terr…

> small-minded The mother of Karl Lagerfeld once told him that, yes, Hamburg is the „gateway to the world“ but you have to go through it. She meant, being willing to exit through it. One could argue, that this entails a selection bias in who comes and stays and who actually goes. And over time you got a population which prides itself to be something others have been/are.

Post by egeozcan » Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 11:48 AM UTC

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For a family of three (2 adults, both working full time + a 3 year-old), are there places to live that doesn't require us to sell our kidneys to pay rent and are reasonable in terms of commute + services?

districts are diverse in hamburg, its a huge city-state. I live in the south, in harburg, which has a historically bad reputation but a lot of subdistricts here are in fact pretty nice, and commute to the centre via train is like 20 minutes. some days per years its problematic though, when somthing breaks the train/sbahn lines a lot of people also switch to car and then you just sit in traffic. it just boils down to…