Mainly the issue is not being able to afford a house, but being able to afford a house close to civilization.
There’s plenty of houses to buy for 5 000 € or less but in places where the closest store is 100 km or more away.
My uncle is retired so the distance didn’t really bother him. He bought a 1200sq/ft(~111m2) 1 bedroom 1 bathroom house built in the 1890’s in a town with a population of about 900….It was still $87K. So you were pretty much right on.
Well a house like that would be more expensive as well because it’s a turn-of-the-century house (sekelskifte). But a more modern house can easily go for much less. The further from stores, schools and healthcare the cheaper the house.
Mainly the issue is not being able to afford a house, but being able to afford a house close to civilization.
There’s plenty of houses to buy for 5 000 € or less but in places where the closest store is 100 km or more away.
Holy shit in the US a one room shack 100km from civilization would be like $80000 plus.
My uncle is retired so the distance didn’t really bother him. He bought a 1200sq/ft(~111m2) 1 bedroom 1 bathroom house built in the 1890’s in a town with a population of about 900….It was still $87K. So you were pretty much right on.
Well a house like that would be more expensive as well because it’s a turn-of-the-century house (sekelskifte). But a more modern house can easily go for much less. The further from stores, schools and healthcare the cheaper the house.
It’s just an old town in the literal middle of nowhere farm land USA. It’s a dying town. The 2025 census estimates put the population under 800 now.
and those places arent any better than the cities, small town america is even more corrupt than the cities.