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Re:Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city... by mcguire on Monday August 31, 2020 @03:20PM (#24335008)
Upside: an apartment in Warsaw is 2114 Zloty (about $600). Downside: it's 38 sq m (410 sq ft). On the other hand, 650-1000 sq ft apartments go for 4500 Zloty ($1200), so go pack your bags now! (https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109102/poland-average-r...) Want to buy? 2000 Euro / sq m. (https://www.globalpropertyguide.com/Europe/Poland/Price-Hist...)

Budapest? Average apartment size in Hungary is 77 sq m. Average in Budapest is 57-65 m^2. You Forints go a long way: 2824 / sq m (~$10?!?). I'm in! (https://www.towerbudapest.com/en/property_management/news/an...)

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Re:Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city... by betaby on Monday August 31, 2020 @03:52PM (#24335294)
I would say those are very expensive for the local salaries.
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Re:Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city... by abraxas on Monday August 31, 2020 @04:06PM (#24335406)
In those countries it _really_ depends what your job is. If you're a teacher or a bus driver then yes rent is too damn high.

If on the other hand, you have a corporate job at a branch of a western company it's extremely cheap. Software developers in Warsaw easily make 10-20K PLN per month thus having rent costs less than a quarter of their paycheck.

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Re:Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city... by betaby on Monday August 31, 2020 @04:28PM (#24335585)
Still wouldn't call that cheap percentage wise. Software developer in Montreal pays about 25-30% of the salary for 100m2 as well.
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Re:Interchange in Houston is the same size as an entire city... by abraxas on Monday August 31, 2020 @05:41PM (#24336215)
Yeah but Monteral is frigid for 8 months in a year and has so so public transit IMO. It is in Canada though which I dearly love (but not for its weather or its cities).
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