> thus the supply of rentals goes down You're sort of "begging the question" here. > The answer is to reduce the centralization of jobs and other factors that

> thus the supply of rentals goes down You're sort of "begging the question" here. > The answer is to reduce the centralization of jobs and other factors that cause everyone to want to live in Amsterdam Obviously I'm not against that happening but it's not either-or. > but of course many things may have changed in two decades. Oh, you have no idea. It was hard to even get the owners to get back to you, because they'd already accepted an offer; and I was being asked for 1,500 EUR - 1,650 EUR/month for a bedroom+living room apartment. And while that wasn't in Diemen or Bijlmer, they weren't in posh super-central locations.