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Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal by arinlen on Thursday September 01, 2022 @06:42PM (#32684320)
> Old people own most of the real estate and don't care much about workers.

Lisbon's local government is renowned for being the largest property owner in the country, with over 60% of Lisbon's real estate owned by the city.

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Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal by ginja on Thursday September 01, 2022 @07:28PM (#32684709)
> over 60% of Lisbon's real estate owned by the city

I'm from Lisboa and this can't be true unless you're using some very strange definition of real estate. What's your source for this?

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Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal by derefr on Thursday September 01, 2022 @09:52PM (#32685696)
Maybe counting unimproved land?
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Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal by bongobingo1 on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:54AM (#32686742)
Maybe counting by square footage of roads?
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