Everything made in Hungary is very inexpensive for a visitor, but expensive for the locals. Austrians regularly travel to Hungary to make purchases, and many even own land in Hungary. The people are very friendly but travel can be difficult in the countryside since few of them speak English outside of the cities. Citizens were expected to learn Russian as a second language. Now that the Russians have left, the young people are learning English as their second language.
Few tourists go out into the countryside.
They miss seeing the real Hungary with its many farms, scattered villages, and ancient houses. U.S. Most of the public gardens suffer from a lack of maintenance. The Communist system considered gardens a waste of funds unless they produce timber or agricultural commodities. The manor houses situated on many public gardens were turned into what we would call low rent housing and filled with families. Today the local governments own many of them but they cannot afford their maintenance.