ZEIT had an interesting major article today....how German major urban areas are now socially divided.
Data collected....basically shows that various neighborhoods are now in some way....existing as well-to-do, and some areas are existing in a poverty-like status.
To be honest, if anyone went walking around in the 1980s West Germany....you would have noticed this, and I'm kinda surprised that it took these decades for the intellectual folks to wake up and realize how divided-up Germany has become.
Even in Wiesbaden, I would suggest the 'Westend' has become a prominent low-income or poverty-like status neighborhood. Even if you asked to prevent or undo this....I doubt if any of the city leadership can redesign or re-invent the situation.
Another good example of this trend? The Bahnhof district of Frankfurt, which is named by the locals as 'Junkie-Mile' or 'Junkie-Quarter'.
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