ERD town

Marilyn Tassy wrote:

.... dogs are always barking in Erd and whenever I tried to take a nice summer evenings walk around the block stray dogs would bark and scare the cr** out of me, not a nice place at all.

That's a security thing everywhere here. 

One can sometimes track the direction someone is walking by the dogs being triggered as the person(s) walk along a road.

Marilyn Tassy wrote:

Dog's are great for security but in Erd, they were loose and walking the streets without any owners around, like a pack of wild dogs. No tags, no lead, no owners around just out on the prowl.
dog bite at any time without knowing who the dog belongs to. in some ways I suppose it was better then the many dogs I saw there tied up on 5 foot chains with no water to be seen.
like I said, Erd is sort of a redneck town...... They were drowning it!
There was a group of a half dozen adult males near by drinking beer.
I got out of the car and screamed in Hungarian and English to let the kitten go.

There are people who let their dogs roam around the forest.  They get into packs and stalk walkers.  I'm sometimes chased by dogs in the forest when I'm on my bike.  A good kick in the face is a useful deterrent and the ability to cycle faster than a dog can run.  It's the owners I blame.  In some countries stray dogs get a bullet in the head there and then if they are unlucky to get caught.  People are really irresponsible. There's rabies in District II and III forests.  Every so often you'll see the helicopter dropping vaccinated bait over there when they've found a fox or similar. If anyone gets bitten by a dog here - get straight to a hospital for vaccination - rabies vaccinations are free here (public health issue).  20 years ago I had cause to have the emergency anti-rabies vacccination when an escaped dog bit me at a bus stop in District III.  I was even wearing gloves and it still managed to penetrate the skin. Scary stuff.

That kitten drowning thing is a typical nasty business here out in the countryside (Erd counts).  Cats (and dogs) are objects, not pets.  They are tools used to keep your place free of mice/rats and to also protect you and your property.  Taking the cat to the vet is unheard of as it costs money.   If it's sick, let it die, then get another one.  Sterilisation is not common and kittens are inconvenient, hence a sack and a bucket of water.   Really pretty bad and very ignorant.

Marilyn Tassy wrote:

I agree Budaors is closer to the city, cuter then Erd and cleaner looking, at least the side streets are paved and they have a cute shopping around on their main drag.

Budaors isn't up to much really.  It's my closest/largest shopping area.  It could become much better when the Metro 4 gets extended to Budaors.  This was on the original plans.  If that were the case, then Budaors could become much more desirable.    Budaors is one of the richest areas in Hungary due to industrial development there. It's also the HQ for Tesco.

Mrs Fluffy says that my own village (Budakeszi) turned down a Metro 4 extension.  Presumably the village would have had to pay (lots) for the privilege and it would not have been all centrally funded.  We do have Budapest blue buses so that's not too bad - 20 minutes to Moscow Square but 2 tickets.  The current annoyance for me is the dangerous road from Budakeszi to Budaors. Like many places here, there are no pavements (sidewalks in US parlance) and no cycle ways.  It could easily be done.   We were also expected to get a junction on the outer Budapest Ring Road (M0) but I don't see that happening anytime soon either. 

Other than that, it's not too bad and we have nice views of the snowy hills and Erszebet tower (at Janoshegy).