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by imtringued 2138 days ago
Germany is a good choice. Very low cost of living relative to job opportunities.
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Only if you rent or stay far away from the hotspots. Germany has one of the lowest home ownership rates recorded at 41%.

In Munich, an average <80m2 apartment 40+ minutes away from the city center costs around 640K EUR. And if you're looking at a decent detached house we're talking about a million at the very least.

Unfortunately doesn't add up when salaries in tech are 55-85k EUR, with net income somewhere around half of that.

But yes, outside of purchasing real estate, cost of living is pretty good relative to quality of life.

Right but Munich is the worst in all of Germany, rather than a typical example. It's like quoting SFBA housing costs as an example for the US.