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Most of the locals do enjoy the Oktoberfest (speaking as someone from there). It is a fun two weeks of the year and the entire city enters a special kind of moo
by fruffy 3y ago
Most of the locals do enjoy the Oktoberfest (speaking as someone from there). It is a fun two weeks of the year and the entire city enters a special kind of mood.
But it is not surprising that the HN crowd would find it distasteful. People here are definitely not the type for these kinds of festivities.
- mschuster91 3y agoDon't get me wrong: I have no problem with drinking beer, I used to be able to down an entire case of Augustiner in my best days in one night. Personal record at Oktoberfest is something around 6-7 Maß. The problem I have with Oktoberfest is that it's gotten way out of hand, it's too much impact for the local population for way too little gain for common people - and it's increasingly unaffordable: 15 euros for a liter of beer? That's bloody ridiculous.
- pcl 3y ago> 15 euros for a liter of beer? That's bloody ridiculous. Better cross Norway off your vacation list, then!
- mschuster91 3y agoPeople in Norway earn way more money than Germans do [1], that offsets the high taxes on alcohol. [1] https://www.handelsblatt.com/karriere/norwegen-arbeitszeit-halbiert-gehalt-verdreifacht/21024014.html https://www.handelsblatt.com/karriere/norwegen-arbeitszeit-h...
- Gud 3y agoAnd what about compared to Munich/Bavaria? Munich is very rich by German standards and doesn't seem to be too far off compared to Norway.
- mschuster91 3y agoMunich locals pay the most expensive rents in Germany, and those who have the cash to buy are facing the second-most expensive real estate market in Europe [1]. [1] https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/panorama/immobilien-preis-europa-100.html https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/panorama/immobilien-preis-eur...
- dunefox 3y ago> Most of the locals do enjoy the Oktoberfest Most of the locals certainly don't.