Meanwhile, Germans still go out of their way to shop in Czech/Polish border towns. Although these days I guess that’s mostly for cigarettes, alcohol, cheap restaurant meals, and haircuts.
Now he can go rent 1 room appartment.
Which will also be cheaper than in the Czech Republic. Saying as a renter here.
Yep that was my point. I didn’t word it properly
Depends on the part of the country. In Prague, yeah, it’s more expensive.
I am moving from Prague to a bit smaller city and the prices are quite similar. This is just out right crazy
Even in Bavaria… isn’t stuff really expensive there? I’m from north Germany, it’s probably even cheaper where I live
Grocery store prices do not vary significantly across German federate states. The main part of cost of living differences comes from housing prices. Restaurant prices vary more than grocery store prices too.
Speaking as an Austrian, German groceries are absurdly cheap in north Germany and still cheaper in the south than in the surrounding countries. The store chains say that it’s because Germany is such a big market that they can offer anything cheaper.
It is also because of predatory business praxis. A typically thing for Aldi & co. to do is making good contracts with farmers, make them invest in an expansion, and then renegotiate the prices at a point the farmers are operate without any profit or even at loss. But since they have expanded, they can only deal with the supermarkets, who are able to buy these quantities.
Probably we just pay the hidden price through farming subsidies.
