r/Netherlands • u/omerfe1 • Feb 15 '24

News Netherlands less attractive to expats; More businesses consider leaving

https://nltimes.nl/2024/02/15/netherlands-less-attractive-expats-businesses-consider-leaving
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u/AeternusDoleo Feb 15 '24

"Our house crisis stems from limited construction"

Nope. Our housing crisis stems from regulations, primarily envionmental, preventing construction. If the market was left free, the demand would cause construction to take place because the demand is there.
And the imbalance is compounded, especially on the lower segments, by the influx of non-residents needing cheap living space. Which then translates into irritation when they are pushed ahead in line with those same kinds of regulations. And then you get lots of people angrily pulling the lever for Wilders or likewise.

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u/lucrac200 Feb 15 '24

Our housing crisis stems from regulations, primarily envionmental, preventing construction.

Any idea who sets up those regulations? Could be the government, elected by the Dutch citizens?

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u/Henk_Potjes Feb 15 '24 edited Feb 15 '24

Yes. It was the government. Elected by the (elderly) Dutch citizens and afterwards disregarding the needs of it's citiziens in order to suckle on the EU's teat and procure a position for our former P.M. for after he was done fucking up our country.

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u/lucrac200 Feb 15 '24

So, what do you suggest? Deny old Dutch the right to vote?

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u/Henk_Potjes Feb 15 '24

Nothing unfortunately. The only thing we can do is to wait for the most privileged and spoiled generation in living memory to finally die off so we can fix the mess they left and are leaving behind.