I come from the Pacific Northwest in the US and people around here have a pretty utopian vision of the Nordic countries. I’m sorry to hear you’ve got a bunch of greedy fuckers in charge, too. 😔
It’s a global issue, but takes many forms. IMHO Iceland is worst in this aspect in the nordics. I like Denmark the most. Every place I’ve lived has it’s own set of problems.
Probably not like Iceland as much landscape-wise, but I’ve been told by people from Sweden and Norway that they felt super at home up here. There’s a very large Nordic influence in this region from the early settler days, so the climate and attitude I’ve heard is quite familiar to people visiting.
Here’s another one: the area where I live has some of the best oysters in the world and they get sent as far away as Japan because of how good they are.
80% of all apartments in Iceland have gone the same way this year.
https://samstodin.is/2024/03/attatiu-prosent-ibuda-hefur-farid-til-fjarfesta-thad-sem-af-er-ari/
And rent has gone up.
It’s around 30-40$ per m2 in Reykjavik.
I.e 2400$ for a crappy 850sq ft.
Wow 80?? That’s awful.
This beatiful country is run by a council of greedy cousins.
https://bokalind.is/vara/a-slod-kolkrabbans-hverjir-eiga-island/
Everyone should do a rent strike
I come from the Pacific Northwest in the US and people around here have a pretty utopian vision of the Nordic countries. I’m sorry to hear you’ve got a bunch of greedy fuckers in charge, too. 😔
It’s a global issue, but takes many forms. IMHO Iceland is worst in this aspect in the nordics. I like Denmark the most. Every place I’ve lived has it’s own set of problems.
Well thank you for expanding my understanding a little further.
My pleasure. Got some interesting facts about the pacific northwest?
Sure! Here’s a couple:
Probably not like Iceland as much landscape-wise, but I’ve been told by people from Sweden and Norway that they felt super at home up here. There’s a very large Nordic influence in this region from the early settler days, so the climate and attitude I’ve heard is quite familiar to people visiting.
Here’s another one: the area where I live has some of the best oysters in the world and they get sent as far away as Japan because of how good they are.