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Difficult to build housing. For example, Greenland housing shortage is severe: >> These staff residences are important for attracting employees, as the waiting
by adamredwoods 5y ago
Difficult to build housing. For example, Greenland housing shortage is severe:
>> These staff residences are important for attracting employees, as the waiting time for a municipal rental property in Nuuk is between 10-12 years for a private individual.
https://www.norden.org/en/info-norden/housing-greenland https://www.norden.org/en/info-norden/housing-greenland
- llampx 5y agoWhy is it difficult to build housing there? There's a housing crisis in most Tier 1 European cities.
- anonAndOn 5y agoThere is practically no lumber to harvest.[0] [0]https://ign.ku.dk/english/about/arboreta/arboretum-greenland/forest-plantations/ https://ign.ku.dk/english/about/arboreta/arboretum-greenland...
- adamredwoods 5y agoQinngua Valley, the only forest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinngua_Valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinngua_Valley Lumber is imported. Mostly from Denmark, if I'm reading this chart correctly: https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/GRL/Year/LTST/TradeFlow/Import/Partner/by-country/Product/44-49_Wood https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/GRL/Yea...
- jazzyjackson 5y agoat least Europe can produce its own lumber, it will be some time yet before sustainable forestry takes off in Antarctica (knock on wood ;) edit: my bad. didn't realize you were asking about greenland, I don't want to act like "no trees" is the cause of their housing crisis, I have no idea