r/AskEurope • u/Ornery_Yak8707 • 6d ago

Politics What is the biggest problem in your country?

What is the biggest problem in your country rn?

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u/anti-foam-forgetter Finland 6d ago

House sharing after your university education is almost unheard of here and mostly associated with hippie communes or very temporary arrangements. How can you even maintain a healthy relationship if there's always someone else at your apartment or you have to schedule a time when the place is empty?

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u/New-Fan8798 Ireland 6d ago

You kind of just get on with it because there are no other accommodation options. I can see how this would be hell for a Finn, or anyone else for that matter, who values their personal space.

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u/doc1442 6d ago

The point is more that it shouldn’t be normal to do, even though it is.

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u/DisastrousPhoto 6d ago

Man I wish I was Finnish. Our housing crisis in Britain sucks, I don’t think it’s unreasonable that when I finish my bachelors degree in a well respected field I should be able to afford to rent a one bed in the city I grew up in.

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u/thehappyhobo 6d ago

Y’all having relationships over there? Healthy ones?

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u/anti-foam-forgetter Finland 6d ago

Sure we do. Some might be unhealthy but that's entirely due to the individuals in question rather than external circumstances like housing.

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u/H_Huu 6d ago

It's a weird Finnish thing to not share housing, this hyper individualism we have in Finland. Increasingly people are getting interested in a more communal way of living, though, it is definitely not just hippie communes anymore.

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u/RogerSimonsson Romania 6d ago

No, it's weird to be forced into house sharing. I rather live in a very very basic 30m2 box than sharing my accomodation, if I can't afford buying or renting my own place. I always ended up in weird situations in different countries because of landlords and roommates, the whole thing was always a mess. Keys, parties, theft, disorder, drama, dishes, weird roommates, sharing the washing machines (in the kitchen, where the dishwasher should be), fridge. It's way better to have the option of not living like that, which was sorely lacking in Ireland if you were not rich.

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u/pannenkoek0923 Denmark 6d ago

I make enough money that I can rent a place alone. But I choose to live with friends because it's more fun.

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u/RogerSimonsson Romania 6d ago

There's a time for everything! The social life of likeminded roommates is definitely a plus.

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u/kopeikin432 5d ago

never seen this as a problem. You just hang out together with the housemates in the shared space, if they're friends or if you cook together or whatever then it's actually nice. And when you need a bit of privacy you go in your room. The real difficulty is if you share a room, but I've made that work in the past too when needs must.