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Is housing Brussels city center actually affordable like you claim? Why do I feel like you're living in a bubble? I have friends who left Brussels city and mov
by Cumpiler69 2y ago
Is housing Brussels city center actually affordable like you claim? Why do I feel like you're living in a bubble?
I have friends who left Brussels city and moved out to avoid the high housing CoL, crime and drunk/homeless/junkies.
I feel like you're overselling it.
- justinclift 2y agoMaybe the high housing CoL is a change in recent years compared to the time period before that?
- DanielHB 2y agoEuropean cities have suburbs as well. In fact most people live in them, not in the city center. They are just VERY different from US ones. Mostly 4-6 story tall buildings clustered around a major transportation hub like a metro or train station (which also hosts shops, restaurants and groceries), with row-homes or single-home detached houses farther away.
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- Cumpiler69 2y ago>European cities have suburbs as well. In fact most people live in them, not in the city center. You happen to have a source for this? This is definitely not the case in many place I lived.
- scrollaway 2y agoI live at the heart of Brussels, 2BR, 1250 eur a month. It’s not the cheapest of the city but it’s also not the most expensive; in fact the most expensive side of the city is one of its suburbs. And living in the suburbs here doesn’t mean you have to use your car to buy milk, unlike the US. Stuff is still walking distance there. Cost of life is average. Belgium is actually pretty great for that. It’s just the weather that’s shit.
- Cumpiler69 2y ago>I live at the heart of Brussels, 2BR, 1250 eur a month Current market price or grandfathered contract?
- throwaway2037 2y agoWow, center of Brussels for 1250 EUR is a steal.