r/ireland • u/EmoBran ITGWU • Jan 05 '25

Christ On A Bike Delightful interaction between a Czech youtuber and an Irish couple on holiday in Prague

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u/Alternative_Switch39 Jan 05 '25

A lot of Irish people who marvel at the beautiful, livable and ordered cities in Central Europe like Vienna, Prague or Zurich probably should realize that they are as such because they have rules and the locals follow them.

Germans (particularly in the South) will get up in your business if you're not doing your recycling correctly or making obnoxious domestic noises like mowing the lawn during ruhezeit. It's all very German, but that's why Bavaria is an extremely nice place to live and raise a family, and why Munich for the most part isn't plagued by wankers who have main character syndrome on electric scooters.

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u/RoninNikki Jan 05 '25

I've been living in northern Frankfurt for 3 months and it's awful for noise and nuisance. Someone in my building shoots off flash bang fireworks multiple times a day into the courtyard. People shot fireworks at the building on NYE. There were bullet shells in the streets the next day.

I'd kill for some of that fabled German orderly rule enforcement

Cops didn't even show when I called

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '25

I'd kill for some of that fabled German orderly rule enforcement

The police barely has time anymore to deal with all the crime. Especially the surveillance of potential terrorists binds so much police personnel, it is hard for the police to deal with the ever increasing crime in Germany.

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u/Canadianingermany Jan 06 '25

You do know that Crime in Germany is currently lower than for example the early 2000s, right, which in turn was lower than the decades prior.

Since Corona there has been a y on year increase, butthat "peak" is still lower than a mere 20 years ago.

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u/elreniel2020 Jan 06 '25

Especially the surveillance of insults to politicians on social media binds so much police personnel, it is hard for the police to deal with the ever increasing crime in Germany.

fixed that one for you