Sadly, Berlin ( although still cheap ) will match the same equation pretty quickly. Me & gf pay ~900 Euro for top-central ( Rosenthaler platz ) 2 rooms apartme

Sadly, Berlin ( although still cheap ) will match the same equation pretty quickly. Me & gf pay ~900 Euro for top-central ( Rosenthaler platz ) 2 rooms apartment and that's because we took it 3 years ago. Now, since we also talk about kids, we will probably have to pay 1.5k for 3 rooms located ~40 minutes from Mitte. Still not bad, but that's if we hurry up. Rent increase is around 10% per year, which does not match at all the salary increase rate. Talking with friends, we are wondering how people such as bakery-owners, taxi-drivers, delivery / DHL employees work it out!