[davidw]

Oh, I know something about that! I own a home in Padova, Italy.

Land is mostly cheaper in the US, but Italy and most of Europe provide far more housing options, in large part because they do not impose things like single family zoning.

Padova has twice the population of the town where I live here in the US, in about the same area, and housing is cheaper.

The economy isn't great there, but that's a separate story from housing. If it were hotter, it's a place where you can simply build homes in many shapes and sizes, from small apartments to nice villas.

[adolph]

Part of real property TCO is taxes. I wonder how Italy stacks up agains comparable areas of other countries.

https://www.accountingbolla.com/blog/property-tax-in-italy-g...