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Japan is famous for its miniature apartments. Germany is famous for its hundred person lines for apartment rent and notorious living rules. How is it better th

• cycomanic 5y ago
  I think your confusing Germany with another country, I've never seen a 100 person line for an apartment there. Mind you Sweden has those (although they are virtual). This is mostly a function of completely missing the boat on population growth and the necessary investments. It's been the same all over the world, lobbyist hamstringing the public systems reducing investments because "government bloat" the systems then fail to work adequately which is being used to lobby against the systems as "not working".
  • MauranKilom 5y ago
    Here are some numbers for applicants per apartment in Germany: https://www.immobilienscout24.de/ratgeber/immobiliensuche-tipps/aktuelle-themen/konkurrenz-wohnungssuche.html https://www.immobilienscout24.de/ratgeber/immobiliensuche-ti... (I believe they report the number for the district with the highest average.) München: 77 Stuttgart: 75 Köln: 53
    • hulitu 5y ago
      And the situation is the same for suburbs or close cities to these big cities.
  • lentil_soup 5y ago
    > I think your confusing Germany with another country, I've never seen a 100 person line for an apartment there Not a 100 person, but at least in Frankfurt it is quite common to show up to a rental apartment viewing where a lot of other people are also visiting
  • bluefirex 5y ago
    I moved to Hamburg this year. I had 16 flat visits in total, 12 of which I had to share with at least 30 other people. It really is that way.