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Rent is far cheaper in the U.S. My last apartment was $450/month for 600 sq ft in a good neighborhood. I paid $650 for less than half of that in rural France.
by weberc2 9y ago
Rent is far cheaper in the U.S. My last apartment was $450/month for 600 sq ft in a good neighborhood. I paid $650 for less than half of that in rural France.
Food is probably cheaper too, though not as dramatically.
I'm sure there are lots of perks to living in Europe, but rent is not among them.
- dna_polymerase 9y ago> Rent Prices in Germany are 29.77% lower than in United States https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=United+States&country2=Germany https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_resu...
- weberc2 9y agoThose figures don't normalize for apartment size. The "cost to buy" figures do, however, and they show the US costing less than half the price in Germany.
- romwell 9y agoWhere the hell are you living in this country? Just curious, 'cause the rent in places like Waterloo, IA is about twice the number you quoted. And there's not much going on in Waterloo, IA.
- weberc2 9y agoFor 600 sq ft? That's not hard to find anywhere in the Midwest. Here are dozens of results for Waterloo, IA for below $600, many of which are much larger than 600 sq ft: https://www.zillow.com/homes/21174_rid/42.570466,-92.248879,42.422184,-92.437119_rect/0_fs/0_rs/1_fr/1_z/0_mmm/true_fro/-600_mp/1-_beds/any_days/condo,house,apartment_duplex,townhouse_type/days_sort/ https://www.zillow.com/homes/21174_rid/42.570466,-92.248879,...
- nraynaud 9y agoStrange, to me it's the converse experience, my appartement in downtown Montpellier, is cheaper and bigger than my girlfriend's appartement in south Scottsdale, AZ.