Fair enough! It never really felt bad to me in Vienna or Berlin, but I have a Canadian friend who always complains about the air quality compared to Vancouver so I guess it&#x27;s always relative to what you&#x27;re used to.<p>Berlin in particular has a lot of late 1800s &quot;railway suburbs&quot; which have been politically integrated into the city-proper in the 20th century &amp; are now just outer districts of the city.<p>These are plenty green and still well served by the city&#x27;s rail and subway network, so you sort of get the best of both worlds (commute times are still longer compared to living in a more central district, but that highly depends on where in the city you work).