As of: February 13, 2024, 4:09 p.m
By: Yannick Hanke
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Housing shortages are not an isolated case in Germany.
Ever-increasing rents represent a major hurdle for many people. A woman reports on Reddit about her suffering.
Düsseldorf/Cologne – Whether the dream of owning your own home or just the idea of having your own apartment – in 2024, both are hardly within reach for many people in Germany.
Costs have exploded in almost all areas of life.
The basic rent alone deters many interested parties.
Sometimes even strange rewards are promised if you are successful in finding an apartment.
Experiences in this regard are also exchanged on social networks.
One of the platforms for this is Reddit, where a young woman reports about wanting to move back into a shared apartment.
However, this project is not entirely voluntary.
Because the 29-year-old simply has no other choice, as she describes below.
Woman in a precarious situation: Should she move back into a shared apartment at the age of almost 30?
Under the username “Mean_Half_8921,” the woman writes on Reddit that she has been looking for an apartment for a few months.
A lengthy process, she is “really on the verge of despair”.
To put it bluntly, the 29-year-old just wants to change the side of the Rhine - from Düsseldorf to Cologne.
She is currently commuting, her place of work appears to be in Cologne.
A back and forth, “which robs me of time and nerves”.
She also can't resist a tip in the direction of Deutsche Bahn (DB), we're talking about “daily surprises”.
The woman had already had viewings, but without success.
They have always set the warm rent slightly higher.
The consequence: The 29-year-old is now considering moving into a shared apartment.
Meanwhile, another woman in her mid-30s lives not in a shared apartment, but back with her parents in Munich.
Moving into a shared apartment at the age of 29 “strange”?
Woman struggles with her housing situation on Reddit
But back to the lady in the Rhineland.
She has the feeling that “my decision would be seen as strange in those around me.”
The young woman herself blames the fact that she doesn't really care about other people's opinions.
She would just find it “a little strange” to move back into a shared apartment after almost two years in her own apartment.
A step back for them, that's clear.
“I'm really on the verge of despair”: On Reddit, an almost 30-year-old woman reports how she's thinking about moving back into a shared apartment - not entirely voluntarily.
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The 29-year-old even remembers her time as a shared apartment positively.
She also believes that sometimes it wouldn't do her much good to be alone - and that she therefore indirectly wants company.
In the following, the woman reveals that she is single, but that doesn't necessarily mean she has to live alone.
But she also sees the disadvantages of living in a shared apartment.
After all, she wouldn't have had to pay any attention to other people for two years.
So it's important to weigh everything up.
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Support on Reddit: Users support a desperate woman – “No, it’s not strange”
Fortunately, the busy Reddit community doesn't leave the perplexed woman alone, but reflects their own experiences.
“No, it’s not strange.
“This is gradually becoming almost normal, especially in big cities,” notes one user.
He speaks of an acquaintance who is almost 40 years old, works as a PR manager and shares a flat with another man.
In Munich, mind you.
A user, on the other hand, reports about a woman from her family who, at the age of 31, took the same step “to come to the middle of the city because she felt isolated.”
She is very busy and above all needs someone with whom she could have a small talk in the morning.
Meanwhile, another user provides the top comment: “What is strange is a housing market situation in which people working full-time find it difficult to afford their own apartment.” This addresses a fundamental problem: prices in general and rents in particular are rising, salaries are stagnating but sometimes at the same level as before - and the step back to a shared apartment and suitable roommates is perhaps no longer so far-fetched.
(han)