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Is it smart to buy property in Scotland/Sweden? Yeah I know "real smart thing would be fighting climate change together" bla-bla-bla.
by PasserBy2021 7y ago
Is it smart to buy property in Scotland/Sweden? Yeah I know "real smart thing would be fighting climate change together" bla-bla-bla.
- sremani 7y agoIf you are betting on climate change, siberia real estate is the best bet... of course, if you can elbow Russian oligarchs who are already doing it.
- xyzzyz 7y agoSiberia is not very attractive from weather perspective. It's extremely cold in winter, but still super hot in summer. Climate change won't make it any more attractive: it will be even hotter in summer, but only slightly less freezing in winter.
- Grue3 7y agoFunny because one of the current trending topics on Russian twitter is forest fires in Siberia, how it's impossible to breathe in Siberian cities and how nobody seems to care (with Russian TV Channels ignoring this topic).
- adrianN 7y agoIf the Gulf stream stops, Europe will freeze.
- linuxftw 7y agoNo, those places are quite socialized, they're not far off from nationalizing private real estate when it suites them.
- diesign 7y agoI am afraid that characterization is simply not accurate. Scandinavian model countries are not regularly nationalizing individuals property. Furthermore, they regularly have the highest international rankings in happiness, education, and health.
- linuxftw 7y agoYou should checkout the housing situation in Stockholm [1]. I'd say we have 20-25 years before outright nationalization of housing units there, with ever-increasing controls until that point. Unless something changes drastically, the socialists will demand it for themselves, and since they have a growing class of immigrants and renters, it's only a matter of time before it's politically convenient to steal from property owners for the 'greater good.' 1: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20160517-this-is-one-city-where-youll-never-find-a-home https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20160517-this-is-one-ci...
- jjtheblunt 7y agoI have to note that what you describe is analogous to what many Americans seem to see in the Democratic party in America. That's interesting to see described in another context.
- linuxftw 7y agoIs it that unfair, what I'm saying? If you believe the government should be a democracy, and you believe that democracies have unchecked power, then logically you can assume that, eventually, people will vote themselves into nicer homes (or at least try to). Currently in America, we steal people's homes to build more affluent homes. We call this 'revitalization.' We just kick those poor people out, often minorities, and let the rich people move in. Where do those people go? Who cares, as long as they're not here! Since they have no jobs and no houses, we'll throw half of them in for-profit prisons, the other half will become captive-voter welfare class. It's a sick, twisted world we live in, thanks to the government.
- pjc50 7y agohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-49108576 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-49108576 30C in Edinburgh today, also a record. We are at least above worries about sea level. But even here the "geopolitical risk" is rising.