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by Plasmoid 19 days ago
Many people also don't know that Vienna was isolated and divided for nearly 50 years during the cold war. A significant amount of the available housing is due to Vienna having a bad economy for almost a century.
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Berlin was divided.

Like Berlin, Vienna had occupation zones, but there was never a wall between them.

The reason "many people dont know" about that is that it didnt happen.

You just made it up.

That's a pretty uncivil way to say "you're wrong". People are wrong about things all the time; I'm sure you have been too.
Huh? I thought that Vienna's partition period following WWII lasted more like ten years than sixty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Austria

Vienna was under occupation for 10 years but was never partitioned. There was mostly free movement of people and goods between the zones.