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In eastern europe, we have Paneláky <https://www.google.cz/search?q=sidli%C5%A1t%C4%9B&source=lnm... and the housing prices are low in the panel houses and much higher everywhere else (though no-where nere US levels). You can even buy an apartment in a panel house an hour and a halfs drive outside of prague for $5000USD https://www.sreality.cz/hledani/prodej/byty/ustecky-kraj,lib...

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In Europe and the US a lot of these were built too.

A lot of them are now being torn down.

I'm not an authority on why, but I believe they tended to be crime and drug hot spots. I have also read of various health problems being associated with them (both physical + mental).

Buildings like that in the US tend to be housing projects, where people are less likely to have a sense of ownership. Not exactly apples to apples.

There was also a technical issue, caused by the fact that in the US, many of the buildings had windows which could not be opened. People didn't like that.

I suspect that people aren't talking about 1.5 hour one way commute when they say that rents are too high.

> panel house an hour and a halfs drive outside of prague for $5000USD https://www.sreality.cz/hledani/prodej/byty/ustecky-kraj,lib....

From the photos alone I can smell the odor of alcohol and feel the depression and suicide looming in the air.

Oh don't be silly. US is 48th on list of countries by suicide rate. Czech Republic is 83rd.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r...

Czechia is an exception in this part of Europe, Poles/Lithuanians are more likely to have this "problem".

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