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Why is the area around Dresden so affordable compared to others? I've seen ready to move in single family houses for 70k.

• dan00 4y ago
  The wages in east germany are still quite a bit lower compared to west germany.
• est31 4y ago
  A lot of people leave the east in general, while a lot of people come to Munich. Tech is an exception here.
• jonp888 4y ago
  The openly racist, climate change denying, far right Alternative for Deutschland party won almost all districts in the last federal elections. It was the launching pad of the anti- Islam PEGIDA movement, and had the lowest covid vaccination levels and consequently the districts with the highest number of cases. The economy isn't great either. Geographically it's kind of a dead end, and transport links are fairly poor, so few companies want to locate there. Would you want to live there?
  • swah 4y ago
    The worse parts of Germany might be better than most of the 3rd world so...