Face it: there are several quite unique problems that damage the image of Brno.
The wasteland in the southern centre
Since the 1920s, politicians have been dreaming about building a new, modern quarter southern of the current train station, with a new train station as its urbanistic centre.
There is still no “south centre”. There has been just a long “building ban” in the area, resulting in a 2 square kilometers huge wasteland next to the old town. As the economic crisis grows and the project of the new railway station has more and more problems, it seems possible that the wasteland would be still there by 2020.
The underpass under the main station
A chaotic system of underpasses was built below the main train and tram station 30 years ago. It has been only rotting since that time.
Look what we have got here:
- Junkies, sectarians, beggars. OK, you can find these people close to a main train station in every town. Let’s be tolerant and allow them to drink wine there. But what about the dangerous dogs? What about the street fights? Sadly, it is quite easier for the metropolitan police to boss people about bad parking than to deal with the beggars.
- Stalls with goods for the white trash. Cheap underwear, cheap shoes, cheap knives, cheap CDs…
- Not enough elevators for disabled people.
Too bad this is the first thing seen by people who are arriving to the town via train or bus!
The ubiquitous porn ads
To make it clear: I am perfectly OK with pornography. But I also think that watching it or acting in it should be something private or at least not advertised in public places.
However, the managers of the town-owned public transport company have quite a different opinion. Anyone travelling by bus or tram can see posters drawing only 18-year-old girls to work as “webcam models” (or: virtual prostitutes) – and the main station is spammed with these banners that are simply telling all young women “fuck the career, fuck the school, you can get more money showing your naughty bits to filthy men”.
The burned building in front of the main station
What a sign of the slow czech justice: for almost 10 years, two companies are suing over a ruin of a casino in front of the train station. It is clear that no one is going to pay for a renovation (and maybe a developement of something more useful than casino) until the lawsuit ends.
The “Prague envy”
There is a mental illness spread among the people living in Brno. I call it the “Prague envy”.
The main symptom is claiming that people in Prague have everything easier on every ocassion: “It took me damned 20 minutes to get to office today!” – “Yes. We do not have a subway. Damn.” – “But those bloody folks of Prague have three subway lines! The whole country is paying their comfort!”
I think that little less envy and little more hard work is the cure – but there is no doctor to prescribe the medicine.
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Brno is the capital of south Morava. This is greater than great. I like Brno too much. Brno is always a country of Mendel and Jan Amos Komensky. A land of produce quality wine, barley, wheat, fruits and other grains. Minerals and petroleum are found too.
It is a place where a lot of foreigners learned and serve their country.
Thank you