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Population density is MUCH higher here though so what do you expect? We've no space for mcmansions everywhere. Besides there are a few benefits- mainly you can get around without a car! Anyway there is a solution to lack of space- you build up. Most Victorian/Georgian buildings are 3/4/5 stories. But they look smaller inside because of the lack of open plan and are not 1/2 storey as in the US. However house prices here are ridiculous.
No worries. Yours is the future of the United States, if population, illegal and lottery immigration, expansion, and development continue which they will. Soon, the days of McMansions will be a bygone era.
I certainly don't live in a McMansion but my house is great and much better than the ones I see over there. I would hate to see what one gets if they paid what I did for my home. Probably would be a shack. I am tallking about 165,000. They show dumps for 300,000.
I certainly don't live in a McMansion but my house is great and much better than the ones I see over there. I would hate to see what one gets if they paid what I did for my home. Probably would be a shack. I am tallking about 165,000. They show dumps for 300,000.
What experience do you have in European real estate other than watching the Decorating Channel? Where I live, if you want a large house - move out of the city. If you want to live in the city, you will have to sacrifice some space. I live in a major European capital in a completely modern apartment (with garden) of about 1100 sq feet, and we certainly did not pay 300,000 for it. When we have children, we will probably move out of the city. Is this not the same in the United States? In what major US city center can you buy a nice, modern home for $165,000?
Oh, and we get about a third of our mortgage refunded every month, which makes it even more affordable to purchase a home.
Spent a few days in Copenhagen and Arhus and I had the greatest experience. I had been doing some research about Denmark especially given the fact that they are overall the happiest people in the world and the most satisfied with their health care system.
Everytime I travel to a different country, I just get this feeling that the US is a very overrated country, it also makes me realize how many lies Americans are told on a daily basis, this whole, "We are the greatest, no one compares to us" is truly a bunch of BS. Beautiful country, very safe, no guns, no homeless people, a very happy bunch of people overall
High taxes, and some evil socialism does not seem to be all that bad after all.
Looks like a great country. They take care of their people and have something that most Americans seem to be missing: Common courtesy towards their fellow man.
Good lord! If I want to avoid drunks, I'd have to move to afghanistan???
I'm surprised some haven't complained america could do better to get higher on that list of alcohol consumption. You know, we've really lost our competitive edge. We could drink more than ireland if we really wanted to, come on myford, enough with the wimpy excuses!
I certainly don't live in a McMansion but my house is great and much better than the ones I see over there. I would hate to see what one gets if they paid what I did for my home. Probably would be a shack. I am tallking about 165,000. They show dumps for 300,000.
Population density in Europe ensures that houses are mostly attached/semi detached.
But don't be fooled by the exterior view : many of these houses have big and spacious interiors.
I certainly don't live in a McMansion but my house is great and much better than the ones I see over there. I would hate to see what one gets if they paid what I did for my home. Probably would be a shack. I am tallking about 165,000. They show dumps for 300,000.
There's no single "European" house/home culture - Scandinavians (who need robust and comfortable houses for long winters) build differently than people south of the Pyrenees, for instance. Some nations are house-proud, some aren't.
In Denmark, at least, the preference trends towards brick houses rather than the typical US timberframe. Brick is labor-intensive, but it lasts. So the US boom-times trend for tearing down and building new fits poorly with the existing houses. Much better to renovate from the inside - your typical Dane would take much more pride in a carefully redone 19th-century townhouse in a cool area.
For the same reason, the super-sized McMansion trend never really kicked in in Scandinavia - filling your entire plot with house (as is often done in US suburbs) would just be weird.
Danes also have cultural reservations about showing off ostentatious wealth. It's not done. You're of course encouraged to make the best of your talents and manage money responsibly, but showing off is poor taste.
TV shows will go for recognizable cities and areas - capitals etc. - and those are popular, hence expensive. Your $300,000 wouldn't go far in Copenhagen - but it wouldn't go far in New York or Southern California, either.
Spent a few days in Copenhagen and Arhus and I had the greatest experience. I had been doing some research about Denmark especially given the fact that they are overall the happiest people in the world and the most satisfied with their health care system.
Everytime I travel to a different country, I just get this feeling that the US is a very overrated country, it also makes me realize how many lies Americans are told on a daily basis, this whole, "We are the greatest, no one compares to us" is truly a bunch of BS. Beautiful country, very safe, no guns, no homeless people, a very happy bunch of people overall
High taxes, and some evil socialism does not seem to be all that bad after all.
Well Denmark and the rest of Scandanivia has a much longer history in socialist policies. It began under the Great Depression of the 1930s. In the USA never in its history, has had radical socialist programs in the same extent as scandanivia. Besides most people in USA would be against that as scandanivia pays much higher taxes for its welfare policies.
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