Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Do you mean E scooters? I had seen some in Würzburg and Fulda. I wouldn’t have said that’s a big city. But lots of students. I haven’t noticed any in Wolfsburg yet.

Yes, e-scooters. But there are also proper e-mopeds for long distances and rental cars available by the hour on every corner. The number of e-scooters supposedly in the Rhine was greatly exaggerated. Of allegedly 500 units, only a few were actually found and recovered by divers.

Yes, e-scooters. But there are also real electric scooters for long distances and rental cars available by the hour on every corner.
The number of e-scooters in the Rhine was greatly exaggerated. Out of supposedly 500 pieces, only a few were found and recovered by divers.

Well, one (!) rental company talks about over 500. They probably wouldn't voluntarily give exaggerated numbers, right?! However, most cannot be recovered due to the strong current and are just rotting away. The scooters themselves are not the real problem, but the idiots who sink the parts in the water.

A city is defined as having 100k inhabitants. Even if that seems ridiculous.

I don't find it that ridiculous ;) .. I was just curious and under "Liste der Großstädte in Deutschland" you can find the list on Wikipedia. There are actually only 80 cities in total. There are only 4 cities with over a million inhabitants in Germany, and half of the 80 large cities have populations of less than 200,000.

Yes, when you look into it more closely, it makes sense. But if you have lived in cities around 100k (even 140k) and in Hamburg and Berlin, it feels ridiculous that both are considered big cities.