When the dream of the house bursts

Everyone is different. There are supposedly people who are not bothered by it at all, no, on the contrary, they even need the 40 minutes between work and home for personal cooldown and to wrap up the workday. It used to be like that for me too (then it was the A73), but nowadays I wouldn’t need it anymore and I would also see that as a no-go.

yes, those are then all the zig/zag left lane drivers who let their stress affect other road users on the highway.

better to go jogging and clear your head

yeah those are the countless zig/zag left overtakers who take out their stress at the expense of other road users on the highway.

No, these are often black-and-white thinkers who maintain their pigeonholing and like to generalize. [emoji6]

then better go jogging and clear your mind

Yes, go ahead, after that you often see things more clearly and much less stubbornly [emoji4]

super die tolle A5 hoch und runter

entspannt sieht anders aus. Da ist man nach Jahren durch.

No, in this case the B84 to Eisenach (they live near Point Alpha). The landscape is really beautiful, plenty of space, and the building authority rolls out the red carpet for you. The salary of a television technician and a freight forwarding clerk is enough to finance a home. And who knows, maybe in 1-2 years a job offer will be waiting right on their doorstep... the more I look at real estate prices in metropolitan areas, the more I understand this decision.

The more I look at property prices in metropolitan areas, the more I understand this decision.

Does "homeownership itself" really outweigh playing out the exodus from Egypt every morning for the work commute? - west of the former zone border lie, in my opinion, the most desolate highway kilometers our school wisdom can only dream of. Hanging dead over the fence with the only consolation that it is your own fence—I wouldn’t take out a loan for that. In today's times, where even "city" itself no longer guarantees a hospital, indoor pool, and library, I would not want to exaggerate "fox and hare."

Does "homeownership in itself" really outweigh playing out the exodus from Egypt every morning for the commute? - west of the former inner-German border lie, in my opinion, the most desolate highway kilometers our school wisdom can dream of. Hanging dead over the fence with the only consolation being that it’s your own fence—I wouldn’t take out financing for that. In today's times, where even "city" itself no longer guarantees a hospital, indoor pool, and library, I wouldn’t want to exaggerate "fox and hare."

That can really only be decided individually. Simply too many personal factors play a role. Do I prefer to see my children grow up in a single-family home with a garden or in a city 3-room rental apartment, where in the evening I fold out the parental sofa bed in the living room and fold it back in the morning and dry my laundry alongside that of 5 other neighbors? Do I really need an indoor pool and library every day, or is it enough if I go there occasionally?
We also have friends in Düsseldorf who have been looking for a house or building plot for what feels like 10 years and find nothing affordable but are also not willing to move even 5 km out of Düsseldorf. Every time I hear again how absurdly overpriced the real estate market there is... not so great either.

I just wanted to show that there are alternatives to lifelong self-pity and that not every builder earns 4,000 net, at least not in rural areas.

I observe: 1) The metropolitan areas themselves have a rental price problem. Limited supply, high demand, many DINKS, etc. So they will preferentially develop areas for rental apartments / condominiums. No relief for the homeownership market. 2) This form of housing consumes quite a bit of space and can therefore per se only be realized more in the outskirts, not in the city center. That doesn’t change. 3) Conclusion: those who want a home must move out. Must commute. Or they are rich enough to buy an existing property from an old, fairly close-to-the-city settlement development. (In Hamburg, for example, Volksdorf/Sasel) 4) Sometimes then helps. Put the catalog aside, turn on the calculator: condominium close to city, tram/S-Bahn/bus etc. at the door, 600k. Property 40 km out, 510k. Garden vs. 80 km car ride per day (including wear and tear and fuel). Two cars vs. public transport network ticket and small car, decide. 5) Maybe it’s also possible professionally, albeit with losses of equity but with quality of life gains, to completely leave the metropolitan area and build much cheaper in rural areas. Karsten