Housing
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| New housing next to the Baldham S-Bahn |
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| New housing going up right next to the S-Bahn (train into downtown Munich) station in Baldham |
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| You can find these blue signs (all the way to the right of the picture) everywhere - I will talk about them in another post |
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| Attached houses |
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| In the newer parts it's very common to see multiple attached units |
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| Notice the garages underneath |
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| You can always find traditional Bavarian style homes |
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| Attached housing right on the edge of the limits |
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| This is a pedestrian-way - no cars allowed |
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| Attached housing allows for privacy, energy efficiency and density |
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| A range of housing can be found here |
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| Bavarian-style architecture is still incorporated in the buildings and housing |
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| So many attached houses! |
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| This is the largest backyard I've seen here - no joke |
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| View from my bedroom window |
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| Little containers for smaller-sized cars |
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| Underground parking at a main shopping center next to the S-Bahn |
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| Underground parking for housing |
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| Germans often drive nice cars - and they still like to park them in garages |
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| But the concept of garage is very different |
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| Many use the street as permanent parking spaces |
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| Rows of garages - kind of ugly? But it meets a need in a high density manner |
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| 100+ car Walmart-style parking lots in the suburbs? Forget about it -- this is all you get |
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| Parking places intermixed with the boulevards |
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| An on-street parking in addition to that - slows cars down |
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| A chance for greenery |
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| Roundabout - keeps traffic moving |
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| So green! |
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| Split road with a chance for greenery in the middle |
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| Skinny streets slow cars down |
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| Not quite enough room for 2 side-by-side cars, so cars can drive onto the barrier or up onto the sidewalk to pass |
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| Mirrors help cars see what's coming |
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| Mirror down a perpendicular street |
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| Leaving Baldham - entering Vaterstetten |
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| There is ALWAYS a sidewalk |
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| Be conscious of bikes |
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| Be conscious of pedestrians |
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| A main drag - bikes and peds are always seen here too |
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| Even a main drag has one skinny lane |
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| The sign reads: Speed down, please! Children |
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| Main street perpendicular to the S-Bahn station - lots of shopping and housing here, and always lots of people |
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| Grocery store, bakery, pharmacy, bank, etc., and plenty of housing |
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| Roads are NEVER packed with cars |
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| Just as many people - or more - as autos |
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| Wide roads made skinnier with obstructions |
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| Tiny little streets! |
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| Wide streets made more interesting |
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| You don't drive fast down such a street |
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| Courtyard with housing, next to shopping and the Baldham S-Bahn station |
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| Green space and playground ares for kids, next to dense housing |
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| 3/4-story housing |
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| Large park and green space located next to housing |
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| Courtyard area with shops on the ground level and housing above |
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| Soccer fields, of course |
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| A playground is always walking distance |
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| Small play places are EVERYWHERE |
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| Car park, bike shelter, shops and restaurants, 100 ft from the S-Bahn station |
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| More places for children to mingle |
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| Intermixed in housing |
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| Shops/businesses on ground level, space to mingle |
Ways to Get Around, Through, and to Town
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| Sidewalk along the roundabout |
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| Walking only -- grocer, restaurant, pharmacy, bookstore, clothing, etc -- small, local businesses |
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| Bike park!!! |
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| Bike and ped path, separated, under the S-Bahn, parallel to the street |
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| View from the opposite side |
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| Many pathways like this -- bike and ped only |
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| Adding greenery to an intersection |
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| Bike or drive |
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| Bus stops on tiny suburb streets |
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| This bus stop has flavor! |
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| The "beginning" of a ped and bike-only pathway |
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| Continued |
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| Continued |
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| Continued |
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| Interrupted by small streets and slow-moving/rare traffic, but it keeps going! |
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| Continued |
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| Continued |
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| The start from the opposite end |
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| Amazingly -- this traffic signal exists to stop for pedestrians, only |
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| Bike/ped path splits a field |
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| If it's there, they will come |
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| Another part of town, another ped/bike-only pathway |
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| Bikes and buses seen in these Bavarian suburbs all the time |
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| Bike park!! |
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| Hotel, grocer, pharmacy, housing, etc., right next to the S-Bahn station |
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| Ground level restaurants and shops, housing above |
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| Ground level shopping, housing above |
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| Ground level business, housing above |
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| Shops and amenities along the main drag off the S-Bahn in Vaterstetten |
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| Post office, ice cream, bakery, coffee,... housing above |
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| Ground business/shops, housing above AND bike park! |
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