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Old 07-24-2010, 09:59 AM  
MaDalton
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Originally Posted by bns666 View Post
how come there are no ghost towns in europe?
a few do exist, i know it from eastern germany. after the reunion many younger people moved away and cities shrunk. the place where i lived for a while for example went from almost 80,000 people in 1989 to about 55,000 today. a few years ago they started tearing down empty apartment complexes in the suburbs to avoid these places becoming ghettos.

and: over here it's much much more difficult to get a mortgage and in general renting is more popular than buying. mostly because buying is not so easy i guess.
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