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by belorn 2751 days ago
Sweden is a place with large amount of land and a sparse population. Home prices has not tripled overall in Sweden.

Those 23 regions are all districts of cities. When we talk about people moving out of those area, we are talking about people wanting to move from one part of a city to a richer part of the city. It is relevant from a integration perspective, but it is a rather important distinction. If people want jobs and cheap housing all a person need to sacrifice is the willingness to move to any of the smaller towns. A fact very easy verified by looking at the government department for labor which list job offerings. From construction worker, health care worker, to IT professional, I would claim that being flexible in where you want to live is the most important aspect (and the government will usually pay the moving costs).

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Yes it has, except maybe were the economy is in serious decline. I am guessing you haven't been to many smaller towns. Smaller cities with jobs, like say Lund are still very expensive. Sweden is just in denial over its complete failure.

https://www.ekonomifakta.se/Fakta/Ekonomi/Hushallens-ekonomi...