Analysis: "There are no bus loads to Stockholm anymore"

There are no bus loads to Stockholm anymore.

The so-called life puzzle is certainly a big reason, especially for those who move back to cities they grew up in. It is also not possible to close your eyes to buy a house or apartment in Stockholm is very expensive.

In Stockholm County, the average salary was slightly higher than the national average, at SEK 38,500 per month. For a preschool teacher in Stockholm County, the average salary was SEK 34,400, for a home nurse or home care nurse SEK 28,300. An average villa in Stockholm municipality costs SEK 6.7 million - in the county SEK 5.7 million. It is an equation that is difficult to get together without big money on the savings account.

With newer tougher amortization requirements, you must then have almost a million in effort for the average villa in Stockholm County, without being forced to repay and meet higher living costs. Then it remains either that you entered the Stockholm residential carousel at an early stage, or that you have parents who can contribute.

For the majority, it is instead about taking an expensive mortgage loan, which also increases housing costs and which the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority warns against as an increase.

It is well known factors that drive up prices in Stockholm municipality. It is difficult to get a cheaper rental apartment and if you are in the rental queue the waiting time is almost 30 years. This means that 60 per cent of those who rent are rented in secondary - and at an overpriced price.

Newly built homes exist, but are often too expensive for those who need them most.

On the positive side, Stockholm has now become more of a metropolitan region; the crane municipalities have got more business and better communications. It is possible to commute.

And an explanation for families with children choosing other municipalities may be that in times of boom, people dare move and take new jobs.

Moving to a home in a municipality rather than moving where the job is located need not meet any opposite. In large parts of the country it is possible to do both and.

And the development of municipalities and regions outside Stockholm County cannot be seen as a problem, but is rather desirable.

But a municipality needs all kinds of people to function. The risk is that Stockholm joins cities like London and San Francisco where it is difficult to get people who work in the public sector and that teachers, librarians and nurses cannot afford to work and live.

When living costs increase rapidly, it can also affect companies' opportunities to grow where they want to grow.

A study conducted in 2016 showed that 40 per cent of nurses in London expect to move from London because they cannot afford to live there. In the area of ​​San Francisco, California, USA, it is common for nurses, preschool teachers, and nurses to commute for several hours in each direction to their jobs.

The risk is that Stockholm will settle for cities that price out parts of the population. Of course, it is not sustainable in the long run.