but I haven't heard of any city in Europe not affordable to live in for the middle class http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/most-expensive-cities http://www.gl

but I haven't heard of any city in Europe not affordable to live in for the middle class http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/most-expensive-cities http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/most-expensive-cities You will find that European cities are very expensive to buy in and equally bad to rent in. Paris, Geneva, London, Helsinki, Stockholm, etc... all suffer from the exact same issues we're now seeing in American cities. You could argue that the make-up of those cities are superior, as their suburbs are much more compact and urban connected with much better public transportation. This coupled with a culture that is much more ok with living in small spaces helps the middle class immensely. In terms of a priced out middle class, however, the United States is really just catching up to the rest of the world.