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Cheeky answer would be: Because they've got the UK and Germany paying for them, just like the rest of their public infrastructure.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The solution would be to count meters of elevator per person.
Or perhaps person-distance/time or mass-distance/time of capacity?
The magazine says this is because so many Spaniards live in lots of apartment buildings. But their graph shows that Spain has 19.8 elevators per 1000 people, while Hong Kong (!!) has only 10. Wait, what? This smells like someone is forgetting a variable. In this case, it's probably the density of elevators per occupant. I'm guessing that Spain has lots buildings just barely too tall to be walk-ups. That's a much less…
And this in the countryside, where one would think space would not be at a premium. This article explains a lot.
Cheeky answer would be: Because they've got the UK and Germany paying for them, just like the rest of their public infrastructure.
"Homeownership Rates in Select European Countries" -- That graph left out some of the countries mentioned in previous graphs that actually have higher home ownership rates :)
I was also looking for eastern european countries, who suddenly disappeared from the scope...
"Homeownership Rates in Select European Countries" -- That graph left out some of the countries mentioned in previous graphs that actually have higher home ownership rates :)
I find it fascinating that despite not having the house+back yard that many Americans strive for, the Spanish are happier with their housing situations than we are. As a recently minted homeowner myself, I must say I can see the attraction of apartment living more than I could before. This house is a lot nicer and bigger than our apartment was, but damned if I'm not having to replace the sewer line, the patio, and va…
"Homeownership Rates in Select European Countries" -- That graph left out some of the countries mentioned in previous graphs that actually have higher home ownership rates :)
Yes this bothered me too, so i checked: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_in_Europe , with that kind of doctoring of data for the sake of the story, how can we trust the rest of the data?
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index....
As you can see, Romania has the highest rate of homeownnership, and not Spain.
