One thing I will say is that Vienna is like… The “anti” Berlin… Perhaps surprisingly, perhaps not.
Berlin’s problems (now and during Weimar) stem from it being way, waaaay too liberal. Vienna’s problems, and Austria’s as a whole, stem from it being essentially a parody of moral busybody conservatism, like the rural Midwest/the Bible Belt, but with an added dose of extreme cultural arrogance…
You (as in, general “you”) might consider yourself “conservative”, but trust me, what you see in Austria, in particular Vienna and Saltzburg, is some weird form of extreme conservatism, like wanting to live in a fucking museum. In theory, cool, but in reality? You end up with this shit…
One thing I will say is that Vienna is like… The “anti” Berlin… Perhaps surprisingly, perhaps not.
Berlin’s problems (now and during Weimar) stem from it being way, waaaay too liberal. Vienna’s problems, and Austria’s as a whole, stem from it being essentially a parody of moral busybody conservatism, like the rural Midwest/the Bible Belt, but with an added dose of extreme cultural arrogance…
You (as in, general “you”) might consider yourself “conservative”, but trust me, what you see in Austria, in particular Vienna and Saltzburg, is some weird form of extreme conservatism, like wanting to live in a fucking museum. In theory, cool, but in reality? You end up with this shit…
Pleasantville, peak-Habsburg Empire edition… 🤦🏻♂️
See also: “Hot Fuzz”…
Vienna is very much like a giant version of the village in that, from experience. As is fucking Lucerne, in Switzerland.
Zurich is not. Zurich is where the chads are at, lol.
Possibly the only sane city in that region of the Alps, along with maybe Graz (in Austria). 🤷🏻♂️
Oh, and Basel was fun. I liked Basel. But that’s pretty much Zurich anyway, so… Eh.
Problem with Basel is it is where Big Pharma is based, so if we were to nuke anywhere..? That should probably be first choice… 😑