My experience in Hamburg, Germany was that getting an apartment in the city was waiting for someone else to die. Getting an apartment in Boston took me two week

My experience in Hamburg, Germany was that getting an apartment in the city was waiting for someone else to die. Getting an apartment in Boston took me two weeks. In Germany, it took two months. Germany, at least, keeps costs low by using the common market to depress wages. Housing supply in the dominant cities is very tight vs. wages. See Berlin and Munich.