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Tallinn city government is not handling the city very well. In the middle of the winter, 10cm new snow daily, and Kalamaja streets are uncleaned. Two way streets  are only one lane wide, dumped with uncleaned snow. Try to park and you will get stuck, I did today. You cannot walk the streets without rubber boots, cause boots will get ruined in the piling slush. This will continue until April. 56,400 people live in Northern Tallinn borough (Kopli and Kalamaja), yet only two traffic exits from Kalamaja (Linnahalli and Suurtüki). One of them has no traffic light and drivers depend on the passing morning rush hour to let them through. 1.2 m euros spent on traffic in 2012, 2.9 millon on the brand new Tallinn TV that nobody watches. Tiny amounts both. Look at the pic - Vanaka hill @ Nõmme a week ago, looks like Soviet times 21 years ago. 
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