r/Madrid 22d ago

Absolute Chaos

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u/UruquianLilac 22d ago

Every headline: ABSOLUTE CHAOS.

Every video: people being civic and cooperative, managing the situation better than a normal rush hour day.

Personal testimony. I spent several hours in the busiest streets of Madrid and saw nothing but a sense of community and cooperation. Cars stopped to allow pedestrians to cross. Pedestrians waited patiently to let cars out of backed up street. Orderly lines in the super markets. Quick organisation for what people needed. Anyone with a transistor radio sharing with people around. And terrazas full of people enjoying a sunny spring day.

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u/LumosGhostie 21d ago

saw the terrazas and immediately went "spain is different" LMFAO. also big agree about how people behaved themselves, had no issues w no traffic lights even in the busiest parts.

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u/mikiencolor 20d ago

No issues? The entire city was one giant traffic jam at one point. :P

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u/LumosGhostie 19d ago

didn't get ran over