The website indeed seems to put the prices unfavorably high. Checked for Germany, the “normal area” talks about apartment prices as high as those in cities like Hamburg (which is expensive). They may expect expats to attempt living in those areas more often.
You really shouldn’t use sites like this for comparison as they’re not really adjusted for average expected living in any certain country.
They’re for if you took your lifestyle from country A and tried to transplant it in country B.
A good example is price per square foot for apartments etc. in Japan doesn’t really say anything about how the average living space is also much lower so you shouldn’t try and buy an American suburban house in Japan anyway.
ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
What’s cost of living like?
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Really depends on the location, just as anywhere can vary in your home country/state/providence… But check this out www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/country/japan?c…
Louisoix@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
This looks like Tokyo. Can’t imagine spending 370k a month in Osaka or anywhere around.
Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
The website indeed seems to put the prices unfavorably high. Checked for Germany, the “normal area” talks about apartment prices as high as those in cities like Hamburg (which is expensive). They may expect expats to attempt living in those areas more often.
WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
You really shouldn’t use sites like this for comparison as they’re not really adjusted for average expected living in any certain country.
They’re for if you took your lifestyle from country A and tried to transplant it in country B.
A good example is price per square foot for apartments etc. in Japan doesn’t really say anything about how the average living space is also much lower so you shouldn’t try and buy an American suburban house in Japan anyway.