Brussels' gang wars have intensified over the years, with military-grade weapons now flooding the streets.
"My story is not unique in Brussels. The city, and Belgium more broadly, is home for many ‘differents’, who would surely struggle to answer the four worded question as well."
"The reforms reduces the number of passages for garbage collection from two to one per week, drastically limits the number of hours allowed to take out the trash to two hours per week, and finally introduces a new garbage bag category that forces Brussels residents to sort even more of their trash."
What if heartache is to Brussels as Romance is to Paris? Could the increasing number of breakups and divorces in Brussels make the capital eligible for the title of the ‘City of Heartaches’?
To merge the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region into a single one may be a no-brainer. But the negative consequences may outweigh the benefits.
"Have you ever walked the streets of Brussels and wondered why garbage is left around so willy-nilly? For a city called the capital of Europe, there surely must be a better way."
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