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  • gigabecquerelgigabecquerel@chaos.social
    Sep 25, 2026, 1:23 PM

    @jaseg I'm actually looking for a smaller city, and regarding flat prices, comparing to munich it can only get better :D

    I've been looking around in Wixhausen, looks like both GSI and Darmstadt-City are easy to reach by bike, and bus if needed.

    I've only got a bachelors in engineering physics, but I'm not looking for something academic, I'd be very happy with a technicians role / doing maintenance, as long as I get to do practical work.

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  • dr.-ing. ⁡jasegjaseg@chaos.social
    Sep 25, 2026, 1:27 PM

    @gigabecquerel oh god yeah it's not going to be nearly as bad as munich!

    Biking is pretty dangerous in Darmstadt, there's less infrastructure compared to Munich.

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  • gigabecquerelgigabecquerel@chaos.social
    Sep 25, 2026, 1:41 PM

    @jaseg I just really don't want to have to own a car.
    I'm ok with ocasionally renting one if needed but I'd never want to drive it on a daily basis.

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  • deraffederaffe@chaos.social
    Sep 25, 2026, 3:23 PM

    @jaseg @gigabecquerel The danger very much depends on your route. If you don't mind taking the field paths, there's beautiful routes through the forest. No or very few cars to be seen.
    You just want to avoid the big arterial roads (especially their crossings) in the city center.
    Lots of people arrive to the GSI by bike. (Or at least they did, I haven't checked in years)

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  • Marcus Müllerfunkylab@mastodon.social
    Sep 25, 2026, 4:14 PM

    @jaseg @gigabecquerel the bike lanes from North of DA to Wixhausen are OK, though. You'd probably wouldn't bike much within DA itself, but from one of the closer train stations to GSI and back.

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