"Utterly destroy" is a little over the top, but I get your drift. I don't pay much more for my flat now than I did when I first rented it here in Berlin over a

"Utterly destroy" is a little over the top, but I get your drift. I don't pay much more for my flat now than I did when I first rented it here in Berlin over a decade ago, and I never will because of rent controls. I should move. I'm getting too old for the current flat sharing setup. My street has become too popular and noisy and annoying. The building is in bad shape. To stay in my neighborhood, which I love, my rent would double, at least. I could afford it. But every time I consider it, I ask myself if I'm really that annoyed. I decide I'm not, and then I feel queasily guilty about paying a miniscule rent while newcomers suffer, and then complaining about my suboptimal living situation. I'm not proud, and it's a strange situation to be in.