Whose idea was it to make it a circle so it's massively hard to read?

I recently saw a rent affordability chart, which was much more interesting (and more sanely formatted). Some of the locations listed as cheapest are actually the most expensive when adjusted for median income.

Lisbon being the same as Paris is crazy.

I think that’s a severe problem for our society and especially the younger generation.
This situation is somewhat a doomed circle, and for now I don’t see it becoming better.

I have already a well paying job, but I don’t see myself paying nearly the half of my net income for a two rooms flat. I always ask myself how do people handle this, who are earning less money, or even have children.

ankara might look like one of the cheapest on this list but if you consider the median income in ankara it becomes bery expensive

They seem to be going for capital cities. While the Hague contains the parliament and ministeries, Amsterdam is the capital.

Keep in mind that these numbers are for above-average flats, ie in good locations, of good size (40-60m² or 60-80m², depending on the city) and for well-earning positions. Probably not the top 1%, but still generally well paid jobs. As such the presentation is inaccurate. Those are not "average prices in the city", but "average prices for good flats in good districts, comparable with Brussels".

source: 2023 CURRENT MARKET RENTS (pdf)

OBTAINED THROUGH SURVEYS WITH ESTATE AGENCIES, COVERING A SPECIFIC HOUSING SEGMENT

The rent data presented in this booklet are part of a wider work programme, whose objective is to compare the relative cost of living of international civil servants in any place of employment with that of Brussels, the reference city.

Since the aim of the entire exercise is to compare "like with like", the neighbourhoods surveyed may not necessarily be in those areas where expatriates actually live but are comparable with those actually occupied by officials in Brussels.

These neighbourhoods are described as residential areas of good quality, favoured by expatriates and professional people such as international civil servants, university staff, doctors, managers, and similar professionals, who pay their rent by themselves (i.e. not paid by their employers).

Yes, housing is a crisis, and it started years ago.

I used to live in Dublin for ages, but it's just not worth it anymore.

Interistinh choice to add Karlsruhe. How did that happen?

Huh, seems kinda strange to include Ankara and not Istanbul.
First off, Ankara is deep into the Asian side of Turkey.
Also, Istanbul is a city I'd MUCH rather live in, that's where the action is!

Europe's rental crisis

FTFY

This is weird, the hague more expensive then amsterdam?? Doubtfull

Those figures seem inflated. I guess they only considered city centres.

If housing is an investment vehicle for growing your money, then the people who can participate in that system will work to produce outcomes that fundamentally go against affordable housing. A society that believes in affordable housing as a right or a goal can't allow housing to be used as a place to park wealth so that it grows akin to a stock.

Whatever prices are, they are higher when a landlord is involved. We must get progressively outlaw multiple pieces of land. Owning more than two homes/flats should cost the owner something every year, not generate wealth - and that second one should be nearly neutral.

Holy shit I was looking at downtown Reykjavik back in 2022 and it was at minimum 900€ (around 140k isk) for just a room to sleep in, the housing problem in Iceland is completely bonkers

I worked in Lisbon for a while. Salary after tax was 700 EUR and a (very tiny shared) room was provided but I couldn't afford my own place. Now I'm in Prague and although I live very, very small, at least rent is "only" half of after-tax salary.

So more of a crisis in one place than another, but it would've been nice if something more than just a one-bedroom apartment would still be achieveable.

Shall I just kill myself then? How am I supposed to afford to live?

Where is Zürich? Must be up there, probably higher than Bern.

What's Skopje like as a place to live?