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    1. Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak 13 May 2018
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      Naive economics question for you, Twitter! I’ve been traveling in Scandinavia, where cost-of-living seems weirdly skewed: cheap-ish real estate, expensive meals and goods (relative to SF). In other places I’ve traveled, these usually correlate, but not here. What gives?

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      Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak 13 May 2018
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      I don’t think “high tax welfare states” alone explain it: many things are >50% more expensive than in SF, but VAT and income tax differences wouldn’t explain that. And average rent is less than half SF’s. (c.f. https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Copenhagen?seeThePricesForMobile=true …)

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        2. Hannah Davis  🦈 🛋‏ @ahandvanish 13 May 2018
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          I'd assume the food & goods are imported/taxed?

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        3. Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak 13 May 2018
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          Yes, in some cases! But even the domestic stuff is much higher priced here, relative to housing. And VAT isn’t high enough to account for it. 🤔

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        2. Kyle Howells‏ @Freerunnering 13 May 2018
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          Is it not possible SF real estate prices are just incredibly inflated relative to most places, making everywhere comparatively cheap. Housing scarcity is the one thing I see being complained about the most about SF.

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        3. Andy Matuschak‏Verified account @andy_matuschak 13 May 2018
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          Hm, it’s possible yes, but the correlation is consistent with other places I visit in US and internationally, not just SF. Nordic countries appear to be an exception!

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        2. Andreas Karlsson‏ @andreasjk 13 May 2018
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          If I were to guess: Government subsidized housing, lower population density, and relatively high wages in the service industry.

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        3. Andreas Karlsson‏ @andreasjk 13 May 2018
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          Rental apartments are also often queue-based, and you have to wait several years to get an apartment in certain areas.

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        1. Nikita Zhuk‏ @nzhuk 13 May 2018
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          I would say higher wages in bars/restaurants/markets (strong unions plus 50-60% effective income tax rate), high taxes on e.g. alcohol, weak local agriculture so a lot of things are imported, less economies of scale because smaller population density.

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        1. Nikita Zhuk‏ @nzhuk 13 May 2018
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          But there’s also a huge scale in real estate prices, so it’s hard to say in general if it’s cheap or not. E.g. in Helsinki one square meter of 2-3bd apartment can vary from 2k€ to 12k€ within 10km.

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        1. Álvaro Monteiro‏ @amsmonteiro 13 May 2018
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          No shortage of households

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        1. Jason Moore‏ @jasontm 13 May 2018
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          Good question for @planetmoney

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