HELSINKI FINDS ITS OLD GERMAN CONNECTION AGAIN
Front page news in Finland. Protesters outside parliament building and TV loves it. Will Helsinki business-politics manage to expand their little empire and take over a smaller neighbour? The little neighbour, Sipoo or Sibbo ( a two language place), is showing the power of local politics as the big brother of Helsinki almost demands ( or else!) that Sibbo gives some of their land to Helsinki for development. The government has also been trying to get different small communities to combine and unless Sipoo gets more political support from the big boys it could be that Helsinki will get its wish and expand.

It was a Helsinki based government that almost managed to invite a German noble to be the first ever King of Finland. Today Helsinki wants territory and wants to expand. But these are just background points. the main points are these. Helsinki has many neighbouring areas that it could take over that are basically working class areas in bad need of repair ( not slums as such but getting to be that way). No Helsinki does not want to improve existing neighbouring environments. No. Helsinki wants the "beautiful" areas around Sibbo where the land is hyper-priced and begging for capital expansion.
The percentage of people today that cannot afford to live in Helsinki ( without having over 100% debts vis-a-vis yearly earnings) is rising steadily year by year. But Helsinki cares little for this. Helsinki wants to expand its CAPITAL base. It wants to steal from others.

Shame on you Helsinki business-politicans you are now Hellstinki.