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One of the big issues in the election was cost and availability of housing. I think most Dutch people are happy to live in the Netherlands (and want to keep liv
by twiss 3y ago
One of the big issues in the election was cost and availability of housing. I think most Dutch people are happy to live in the Netherlands (and want to keep living there), but are unhappy that it's getting so expensive, and worry things will get worse with the growing population and limited space (and construction not keeping up), which led to some anti-immigration feelings (unfortunately).
More concretely, I know plenty of people who would like to live in Amsterdam (or more centrally), but were forced to live in the outskirts or neighboring cities due to cost - while central Amsterdam is increasingly filled by expats and tourists. The mayor is trying to counteract this and keep Amsterdam for "Amsterdammers", but that's difficult, of course. I presume similar issues exist in other Dutch cities.
- Hamuko 3y ago>The mayor is trying to counteract this and keep Amsterdam for "Amsterdammers", but that's difficult, of course. I presume similar issues exist in other cities. Housing costs are always an issue but I haven't heard of any issues with Helsinki being "filled by expats and tourists". Perhaps it's because it's a relatively small city, the person seeking to move to Finland doesn't want to be in an urban environment or people just aren't moving in at all. Really, the only place "filled with tourists" is Lapland, where at one point you might hear more Chinese around town than Finnish.
- twiss 3y agoSorry, I meant other Dutch cities (edited). The tourists part might be specific to Amsterdam but afaik there are plenty of expats in Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Utrecht, etc. as well.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>I haven't heard of any issues with Helsinki being "filled by expats and tourists" Because unlike NL, Finalnd is not a tax heven, the place where most global multinational F500 corporations choose to incorporate their EU HQ and employing thounds of well paid immigrants from around the world, causing gentrification in an already small and dense country. Maybe if they raised corporate taxes and bureocracy, their overcrowding and immigration issues would fix themselves as big corporations and international workers relocate to Switzerland, Ireland or Luxembourg. You can't have your cake and eat it too, as in keep being an attractive tax heaven and still expect housing to stay affordable for very long. Something has to give.
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- Hamuko 3y agoI thought Ireland was already the go-to tax haven?
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoThey all are.