Two-year-old Florence rides in her pushchair past kindergartens, schools and playgrounds, all paid for by Vienna's city government. She zig-zags through streets lined with grand apartment blocks, many of which are government owned. Finally she arrives at her child minder, paid for by the city administration.
Big government is Vienna's ethos, and a major reason that Austria's capital ranks so highly on so many "quality of life" surveys.
"Vienna has a long tradition - 200 or 300 yea...
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