> The system will only be challenged in politics once enough young Croatian voters find themselves priced out of their own cities like in Barcelona or Lisbon.

Outside of the direct coastal areas that already struggle with this issue from tourism, the brain drain that followed the 90s Independence War still left a sizable amount of empty real estate just sitting around.

And even in the direct coastal areas... a place to live is cheap. In doubt, just buy it, usually young people pool together some cash from relatives and some from bank loans to get started. Or they build it piece by piece, floor by floor, just like my grandparents did. Work a few years in a good job abroad, return to the homeland, build a house.

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FirmwareBurner 3 days ago | parent [-]

>In doubt, just buy it

With what money? Doesn't matter, just buy it bro!

>young people pool together some cash from relatives

Where's my cash from my relatives? Guess I should have picked better parents.

>Or they build it piece by piece, floor by floor, just like my grandparents did.

Yes I'm sure building a house today is like in the 1950s. Same rules and regulations. I buy a small piece of land in the city and can just start laying bricks after work and then live in them.

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mschuster91 3 days ago | parent [-]

> With what money? Doesn't matter, just buy it bro!

Work in Germany, set aside money, go back to Croatia. Land and construction costs are really cheap compared to Germany. It's a common thing in Croatia.

> Yes I'm sure building a house today is like in the 1950s. Same rules and regulations. I buy a small piece of land in the city and can just start laying bricks after work and then live in them

You still can do that today and extend an existing structure after the initial permit/inspection. All you need is the lower stories be solid enough statically, and you can't use that to get around zoning limitation on building height/story count. And yes, you can even do that in the motherhood of bureaucracy that's colloquially called Germany.

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FirmwareBurner 2 days ago | parent [-]

>And yes, you can even do that in the motherhood of bureaucracy that's colloquially called Germany.

So why isn't anyone doing it?

	▲	mschuster91 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		People are doing that, it's called "Aufstocken" and is regularly done in the large urban and suburban areas to avoid a full demolition.