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ukulelegodparent · 2 months ago

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One thing about Dresden is that pedestrians will stop at a red light. In Leipzig you se a red light and you go 'fuck if I care, there's no cars coming' and cross the road. I have seen large groups of people crossing at a red light at the main train station. But not in Dresden. Here they all wait nicely.

#in general I adore how they are both very worldly cities but with polar opposite vibes #like on the one hand you have the etherial grand city where politics happened and continues to happen #she is full of tourists and is filled to the brim with buildings that are old as balls (well. relatively) or at least act like it #and on the other hand you have the city of commerce and the arts. not that dresden doesn't have art #but it feels more institutionalised compared to Leipzig #you visit dresden to see the sights in Leipzig the sights kind of suck bc the city cares and always has cared so much about change #about bringing on the new even if that means destroying the old or at least changeing it #you're in Leipzig for a concert or a festival or an exhibition or a trade fair #you tell Leipzig she is ugly and she goes 'and what about it. I don't care about your opinion'.#as for dresden. well she is an honourable old lady with so much grace you would not dare to call her ugly (but you would dare #to make fun of her goddamn bridge drama. it is compulsory actually. I do live in Leipzig I do have to drag Dresden through the mud #whenever I mention it. even though it is dropdead gorgeous)#like. Leipzig was a city where the citizens were so well off they held balls which explicitly excluded the nobility #(unthinkable in most cities) and they kicked out the Prince-elector of Saxony on one occasion bc they didn't want to payroll #a palace.#and well Dresden has always been the capital of Saxony.#She even has the stupidest goddamn catholic church under the sun #Unlike Leipzig which has the second most stupid catholic church under the sun (although for entirely different reasons)#I'm honestly quite happy to be working in dresden atm #it is so beautiful. I love Leipzig for how lowkey ugly it is although she also has her pretty spots #she is in no way cologne or anything like that #but it deters the tourists well enough

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