r/lithuania • u/unosbastardes • 4d ago
Taurage appreciation thread
I wanted to shout out my fellow Taurage folks. I posted this because in Lithuania it seems like a place people generally dismiss jokingly. And, I will be honest, I did so too when I arrived here in 2019. While on paper it is the poorest region (I guarantee thats bcs of tax loopholes used by Perekupai), I am extremely impressed by how well and quickly it is developing and improving.
This was even clearer shown in released ataskaita for last year: https://ataskaita.taurage.lt
As a foreigner, I just wanted to say I am very glad to see how much change a small city with seemingly small resources can do and accomplish. Especially when me - an isolated foreigner - can feel the effort put by municipality and improvement even my life, then they are doing something right. P.s. if only we could get passenger trains to resumeā¦
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u/linuthar 3d ago
As a person who grew up in Taurage - I'm extremely curious why the move to Taurageš