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im not sure about Switzerland, but there are areas in Germany, where you can.

by snowpid 8mo ago

spwa4 8mo ago
I doubt that very much. Sure there's places where the rent is less, but there's no jobs there. So a very low rent will still be over 40% of your pay (ie. nothing)
- lukan 8mo ago
  Then maybe actually check places yourself? I am looking at a 4 room apartment in a very nice villa next to a small national park right now, for 560€, with a train going twice an hour 15 minutes ride to the town with my potential next job. (In germany) So salaries there are lower, but so is apparently rent. Way less than 40%, more like 20%.
  - KellyCriterion 8mo ago
    Could you please send name of city and district? Maybe in eastern germany, yes; Chemnitz is cheap. But most cities are by far not that cheap.
    - lukan 8mo ago
      Yes, most cities are not cheap, but I am also not a city person so the place is in a remote village, but well connected. And no, not naming that concrete place as I really like to move there (again), but it is in western saxony so not that far from chemnitz (a town I don't like so much, the job itself is in a small town).
      - KellyCriterion 8mo ago
        Ah, yes, as guessed: The region there is quite cheap - in Chemnitz there was a 2 room apartment for 350 EUR (including heating), fully furnished, at the city/castle pond: Excellent price, but the disctrict was not that great.
    - KellyCriterion 8mo ago
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      - lukan 8mo ago
        Commenting about downvotes usually does not help, but maybe they came because you said rents in cities are higher while I spoke of a place outside cities? Don't take it too serious would be my advice, downvotes also sometimes happen by accident with a big thump on touchscreen.
        KellyCriterion 8mo ago
        Sure, I was just surprised :) Its an online community and we should not put any attention in those, but I know the german situation very well, plus their current economic downturn
ozlikethewizard 8mo ago
Not middle of nowhere Germany either, rents in Berlin are shockingly reasonable from an outside Germany perspective
- M95D 8mo ago
  Because they all moved to Switzerland? https://www.iamexpat.ch/expat-info/swiss-news/which-nationalities-moved-switzerland-most-2024 https://www.iamexpat.ch/expat-info/swiss-news/which-national...

im not sure about Switzerland, but there are areas in Germany, where you can.

by snowpid 8mo ago

im not sure about Switzerland, but there are areas in Germany, where you can.

spwa4 8mo ago

I doubt that very much. Sure there's places where the rent is less, but there's no jobs there. So a very low rent will still be over 40% of your pay (ie. nothing)

lukan 8mo ago
Then maybe actually check places yourself? I am looking at a 4 room apartment in a very nice villa next to a small national park right now, for 560€, with a train going twice an hour 15 minutes ride to the town with my potential next job. (In germany) So salaries there are lower, but so is apparently rent. Way less than 40%, more like 20%.
- KellyCriterion 8mo ago
  Could you please send name of city and district? Maybe in eastern germany, yes; Chemnitz is cheap. But most cities are by far not that cheap.
  - lukan 8mo ago
    Yes, most cities are not cheap, but I am also not a city person so the place is in a remote village, but well connected. And no, not naming that concrete place as I really like to move there (again), but it is in western saxony so not that far from chemnitz (a town I don't like so much, the job itself is in a small town).
    - KellyCriterion 8mo ago
      Ah, yes, as guessed: The region there is quite cheap - in Chemnitz there was a 2 room apartment for 350 EUR (including heating), fully furnished, at the city/castle pond: Excellent price, but the disctrict was not that great.
  - KellyCriterion 8mo ago
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    - lukan 8mo ago
      Commenting about downvotes usually does not help, but maybe they came because you said rents in cities are higher while I spoke of a place outside cities? Don't take it too serious would be my advice, downvotes also sometimes happen by accident with a big thump on touchscreen.
      - KellyCriterion 8mo ago
        Sure, I was just surprised :) Its an online community and we should not put any attention in those, but I know the german situation very well, plus their current economic downturn

ozlikethewizard 8mo ago

Not middle of nowhere Germany either, rents in Berlin are shockingly reasonable from an outside Germany perspective

M95D 8mo ago
Because they all moved to Switzerland? https://www.iamexpat.ch/expat-info/swiss-news/which-nationalities-moved-switzerland-most-2024 https://www.iamexpat.ch/expat-info/swiss-news/which-national...