Comments on: Chris Turner on Christiania’s Fate http://www.joeydevilla.com/2005/12/31/chris-turner-on-christianias-fate/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:39:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2005/12/31/chris-turner-on-christianias-fate/#comment-6960 Anonymous Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:37:56 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2005/12/31/chris-turner-on-christianias-fate/#comment-6960 I was in Copenhagen last May and visited Christiania. Interesting place. From what I read it could never exist without a tolerant, wealthy, parent state (with batons guns and jails.) Unlike a regular country: They get to choose who can be a citizen They shove troublesome people out The citizens recieve a great deal of aid from the government as well as income from artistic endeavors, bars, restaurants, etc. The real estate (old military compound) is probably worth a billion dollars. Lots of street people go there to drink cheaper beer with fewer hassles. The drug trade did not interest me, I did not pay it much mind. Offhand I do not know if the government should relocate those people, it's a pretty grey area. The 'state' would probably not make it if they were not an easy walk from central Copenhagen, or if it's citizens were not afforded public aid, or other government services. One might suggest it would be more fair to other needy people if the Danish government built some public housing and maintained parks on that land instead so that more than 1000 people could live there. -Joel. I was in Copenhagen last May and visited Christiania. Interesting place. From what I read it could never exist without a tolerant, wealthy, parent state (with batons guns and jails.)

Unlike a regular country:

They get to choose who can be a citizen

They shove troublesome people out

The citizens recieve a great deal of aid from the government as well as income from artistic endeavors, bars, restaurants, etc.

The real estate (old military compound) is probably worth a billion dollars.

Lots of street people go there to drink cheaper beer with fewer hassles. The drug trade did not interest me, I did not pay it much mind.

Offhand I do not know if the government should relocate those people, it’s a pretty grey area. The ’state’ would probably not make it if they were not an easy walk from central Copenhagen, or if it’s citizens were not afforded public aid, or other government services. One might suggest it would be more fair to other needy people if the Danish government built some public housing and maintained parks on that land instead so that more than 1000 people could live there.

-Joel.

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