Everybody here comment about the US and their tax or zoning issues but those problems exist everywhere, it is not like houses in London or Berlin are cheap, eve

Everybody here comment about the US and their tax or zoning issues but those problems exist everywhere, it is not like houses in London or Berlin are cheap, even with entirely different laws regarding, renting, taxes and zoning. There are also other issues like population growth, city planning and transportation. Many cities in Asia get it right and the prices there are more reasonable, Tokyo is a good example, but you need a combination of all the parameters above, changing just one of them is not going to work.