This weekend my vacation is finally coming to a close. It is going to be goodbye quiet Burgenland, hello chaotic Vienna.
The silence and orderliness is very much noticeable here. The streets are devoid of honks and beep-beeps of the cars, the traffic noise coming from the Gürtel, loud people who seem they have drunk litres of alcohol, and worse, dog poops that scattered on the pavements.
In our small village people have a house and they keep their dogs inside. I remember an old neighbour who told us his adventure in Vienna. One afternoon he saw a woman walking her dog. He was standing a couple of feet away when he noticed that she brought her pet closer to the parked car. A few seconds later he was so astonished that the owner didn’t shoo the animal away as it pissed on the tyre thinking that no one was looking around. So as a law-abiding citizen, he confronted the woman by asking if the poor vehicle was hers. She was so embarrassed that she hastily left without giving him a reply.
Our neighbour just shook his head and was relieved that his domicile is not in Vienna.
I heard that dog owners pay a hefty amount of fee to maintain their pets, but by golly, some of them are irresponsible.

But I don’t picture myself living in this cute village. I am a city person. I like the noise, the chaos, the accessability of everything, watching the people, the lights, the works….
Cities have their negative points but they also have their positive aspects as well. Small towns will stay small and that’s their gift and curse. People know each other so well. And they help each other. Pollution seems to be far-fetched. When you look outside you see rabbits and birds instead of people.
In spite of these beautiful things the village is not at all attractive.

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