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I find the tone of entitlement a bit hard to take. Yes, cities like Munich have a huge structural problem with housing and rent. Solutions are unfortunately har

I find the tone of entitlement a bit hard to take. Yes, cities like Munich have a huge structural problem with housing and rent. Solutions are unfortunately hard. But it’s a problem for locals just as much as it is for immigrants. And of course Poland is a nice place to live as well, why do you make that sound like it’s a bad thing? It almost sounds as if you’re regretting some personal decisions, and are now blaming the country you moved to for not living up to unrealistic expectations.

lnsru 5y ago
I am not from Poland. Some colleagues were. They did careful calculations and went home. Do you see any viable solution how to end yearly 5% rent increase in Munich? I don’t. There’s enough empty land around the city in all directions.
- qayxc 5y ago
  > Do you see any viable solution how to end yearly 5% rent increase in Munich? Don't live and work in Munich?
- iso1631 5y ago
  Why is demand increasing in Munich?
  - chefkoch 5y ago
    Because lots of companies move there and the ones that are already here generaly do well. And of course there is a general trend of (younger) people moving to the cities (ofc less now because of covid).
- codeflo 5y ago
  > I am not from Poland. Some colleagues were. They did careful calculations and went home. So what? Poland isn't a third world country by any stretch of the imagination. There's no law of nature that living in Warsaw must be worse than living in Munich.
- algo_trader 5y ago
  Why arent developers building more ? Is it zoning? Need for infra structure ?
dang 5y ago
Please make your substantive points without crossing into personal attack, which degrades discussion and evokes worse from others. "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

lnsru 5y ago

I am not from Poland. Some colleagues were. They did careful calculations and went home. Do you see any viable solution how to end yearly 5% rent increase in Munich? I don’t. There’s enough empty land around the city in all directions.

qayxc 5y ago
> Do you see any viable solution how to end yearly 5% rent increase in Munich? Don't live and work in Munich?
iso1631 5y ago
Why is demand increasing in Munich?
- chefkoch 5y ago
  Because lots of companies move there and the ones that are already here generaly do well. And of course there is a general trend of (younger) people moving to the cities (ofc less now because of covid).
codeflo 5y ago
> I am not from Poland. Some colleagues were. They did careful calculations and went home. So what? Poland isn't a third world country by any stretch of the imagination. There's no law of nature that living in Warsaw must be worse than living in Munich.
algo_trader 5y ago
Why arent developers building more ? Is it zoning? Need for infra structure ?

dang 5y ago

Please make your substantive points without crossing into personal attack, which degrades discussion and evokes worse from others. "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html