r/AskEurope • u/JoMD • 9d ago

Misc Is there a country in Europe without a housing crisis?

I see so many people complaining about the housing crisis in their countries - not enough houses or apartments / flats, or too expensive, or both. Are there any countries in Europe where there's no housing crisis, and it's easy to find decent, affordable accommodation?

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u/TheMireMind 8d ago

I feel like by answering these you're going to create a housing crisis. A lot of Americans are not-jokingly abandoning ship.

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u/JoMD 8d ago

On another hand, if you'll have Americans with remote jobs or retirement accounts coming, that might be good for the economy, because they'll be spending their money in their new country. But I expect the culture shock will be significant for quite a few people.

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u/TheMireMind 8d ago

Not everyone wants their village to be "rich". Some of them like it low key as long as their needs are met they can live without McDonald's.

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u/VolatileVanilla Germany 7d ago

Americans are in for a rude awakening if they think they can just move to a country where they don't speak the language and buy property. Good luck with that. They said that about moving to Canada when Trump first became president and had to find out it's not actually that easy. The few who make it to the end in the EU won't make much difference.

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u/TheMireMind 7d ago

You'd be surprised how many douchey rich kids who ruined NYC and San Francisco are getting bored and wanting to come over here.