How the dissatisfaction with the city hall of the inhabitants of European capitals changes from east to west / A comparison between Bucharest and other cities
Bucharest. PHOTO: Artur Widak/NurPhoto / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia
Traffic is the main problem complained about by Bucharest residents, while in other European capitals, such as Madrid, Berlin or Brussels, most complaints are related to the small number of homes or the price of rent. In the Tuesday, November 11, edition of the newsletter “Ration, back!”, you can read a comparison between the grievances of Bucharest residents and those of residents of other European cities, as well as other topics from the Romanian and international current affairs. To receive the article by mail, you must subscribe here.
The most recent survey shows that the main problems of Bucharest residents that the Capital City Hall should solve are traffic and congestion (19%), standard of living (16%), hot water and heating (15%), cleanliness and sanitation (14%), pollution (12%) and health / hospitals / medicines (10%). Public transport is only in 10th place with 1%.
I was curious to see if the concerns of the people of Bucharest are really that different from those of people living in other European capitals. From this point of view we are quite close to Warsaw, where the locals mentioned mobility and the problem of parking in the first place in their concerns, or to the residents of Budapest, where the top two places are occupied by air quality / pollution and traffic / congestion.
But the further we move away from Eastern Europe, we notice that people's concerns are noticeably different. The most recent survey on the quality of life, carried out by the City Council of Madrid, shows that 37.4% of the locals mentioned the problem of housing in the 1st place. At a long distance are traffic and pollution with 10.6% and 5.6% respectively.
The problem of housing is also mentioned in the first place in other European cities, such as Paris, Berlin or Brussels (where the problem of traffic simply does not exist). You can find out what all these cities have in common and which candidate for Bucharest City Hall has so far addressed the issue of housing in the Tuesday, November 11, edition of the “Ration, back!” newsletter. To receive it you must subscribe.
