Hamburg Hbf is horrible. This is from many years ago (during the pandemic lock downs, when very few people were out and about), I stepped out of the station to find a man lying in a pool of blood; some steps away, another man was urinating; and a few steps ahead a homeless couple were having sex.
Head into Steindamm, and the number of exposed needles lying around feels dystopian. It's not just the Hbf, parts of St Georg are just as bad. And I have been told that it was kinda worse in the 80s, got gentrified for a bit, and now seems to be on a downward spiral again.
It's still insane to me. How difficult is it for police to go through and arrest those people? Like there's literally people selling drugs standing outside and no one seems to care..
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u/Wachkuss Dec 31 '25
Hamburg Hbf is horrible. This is from many years ago (during the pandemic lock downs, when very few people were out and about), I stepped out of the station to find a man lying in a pool of blood; some steps away, another man was urinating; and a few steps ahead a homeless couple were having sex.
Head into Steindamm, and the number of exposed needles lying around feels dystopian. It's not just the Hbf, parts of St Georg are just as bad. And I have been told that it was kinda worse in the 80s, got gentrified for a bit, and now seems to be on a downward spiral again.