Re:Berlin rent cap overturned by Germany's top court
by DangerousPie on Thursday April 15, 2021 @06:18AM
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Yeah, that comment was admittedly a bit flippant. But I would say that OP can't expect to have the flexibility and low capital requirements of renting but get the benefits of stability and profiting from price increases that a property owner would have. There are sacrifices in terms of work and flexibility (and location) that people make because they want to buy their property.
Did you miss the part were they explained they can't do it because they only have a temporary assignment? This sounds a lot like "just be rich".
The reality is that a lot of people simply cannot afford to just "buy a place". According to some statistics [0], 40% of Americans (i.e. a "rich" country), are just one missed paycheck (or unexpected expenditure) away from homelessness. If you belong to the 60% that aren't and never experienced the situation, I understand how foreign the concept might seem to you.
[0] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/40-of-americans-one-step-from-p...