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Sorry to break the news for you, but German salaries are 50% of US salaries (US salaries may vary by location). My first offer on the cost as my first job was 1
by joyj2nd 6y ago
Sorry to break the news for you, but German salaries are 50% of US salaries (US salaries may vary by location). My first offer on the cost as my first job was 160k USD. In Germany they were backing out in Munich if I asked for 60k EUR.
"Cost of living in Munich (one of Germany's most expensive cities) vs. SF.[1] And then Berlin (one of Germany's cheapest cities) vs. SF.[2]"
I think these numbers are outdated. Especially Berlins rental and real estate costs are catching up quickly.
- playing_colours 6y agoBerlin rental costs are capped by law from some time ago, and the numbers are actual.
- bacr 6y agoThe point still stands. Rental caps mean it is very difficult to find a place to live in desired neighborhoods. Of course, you can find places outside the ring, but those would have been cheaper anyway! That’s not to say it isn’t sensible social policy. It is less disruptive to people who have lived there for a long time. But if you move for work, you will have to either pay a lot more than you would have in 2011, or get lucky.
- fennecfoxen 6y agoI would hold that the better social policy is capping the cost of rent by allowing the construction of competitive housing stock. Either alternative is quite harmful: new housing is unattainable, either by defect of price or availability.
- joyj2nd 6y agoYeah, rent caps worked out in Lisbon extremely well. Not.
- joyj2nd 6y agoTry to buy
- fennecfoxen 6y agoDepends on whether you mean, "there exists someone who pays this", or whether you mean, "as someone looking for housing, you can expect to get the housing, and pay this much." (The part where you can actually obtain this rental falls apart entirely.)