Dresden sells residences and clears itself of debt

"Dresden has made itself unpopular. Just a week ago the lovely city in Saxony sold all its municipal residences to an American investor, and is now entirely free of debt. A minority in the city council was against the move. Some tenants are now afraid for their homes, but the wave of indignation directed against the city's aldermen since the unprecedented decision was taken is not coming from home. It is Western Germany that is angry, and how", writes Robin Alexander, who looks for an explanation for the outrage. "Perhaps... West Germany is against any small initiative that doesn't fit into Eastern Germany's turbid image, any isolated and courageous attempt to strike out in new directions. Like Leipzig's campaign for the Olympic games, which people in Hamburg considered an impertinence. Or now Dresden's leap from debt, which was rejected in Dortmund, Bremen and Berlin."

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