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Maybe in the past your explanation was true. Looking particularly at Munich I must admit, it’s less and less welcoming city. 15 years ago it was doable to find
by lnsru 4y ago
Maybe in the past your explanation was true. Looking particularly at Munich I must admit, it’s less and less welcoming city. 15 years ago it was doable to find a room or flat in the range 300-400€. Now double that with almost unchanged salaries. Getting doctor’s appointment with public health insurance is currently getting harder and harder. Now add skyrocketing energy prices, that will crush low income families. I just don’t see the Happy End in any scenario.
- jerojero 4y agoBut don't you think people in Germany are more aware of the issue and more willing to find ways to actually solve this problem? At least in Berlin there's been big movements towards controlling rent prices, building social housing, socialising the current housing that exists. Etc. So although it is a problem, is it going to be a problem in 20 years? What's being done in the USA, as a counterpart, to solve these problems? Everyone talks about unaffordable housing in the USA but their zoning laws are still horrible. So any changes will have to go through that first. In that regard, I think European countries are in a much better standing to solve these problems.
- lnsru 4y agoI don’t think, that Germans are capable of anything. Shitty railway tunnel in Munich needs 30 years for construction. The tunnel between England and France needed 6 years in comparison. There are no zoning laws, just big hole with lots of concrete inside. That sounds insane to me. Building a new district for 50000 people… I just can’t believe it might happen. It was done in Munich in the past, but now it’s lost knowledge. Like many other big infrastructure projects. Other countries meanwhile gained the needed skills and have no problems with infrastructure development.