Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Lots of Danish Copenhagen apartment owners live in Malmo, so I have to wonder why that is
Easy, work in Copenhagen and get Danish wages, live in Sweden and benefit from the low Swedish taxes. No one in his right mind pays Danish taxes
Originally Posted by
GUWonder
-- if it's really all that bad (which it isn't as far as I'm concerned when doing my hops between Copenhagen and Malmo).
Agreed there are a couple of nice areas in Malmö. Also there are some places where living in a fancy apartment or nice house could be good - but ridiculous expensive. You will need Danish salary with Swedish taxation to afford it
I usually compare Malmö to Frankfurt/Main. It has a couple of nice places if you know where to go but a huge number of really shady ones you should stay away as far as possible. Sure, every city has those. But in Malmö it is very easy to walk into them while e.g. in Copenhagen the whole inner city is a quite nice place and you actually need to get far away from the main area meet all those unsavory elements...
Originally Posted by
GUWonder
I get that you really don't like Skane, but Gothenburg better than Stockholm?
I have nothing against Skane, I lived there for about 5 years and I was pretty happy with it. I just don't like Malmö. Especially compared with Copenhagen.
Also don't get me wrong, Stockholm is a fantastic city! And I never thought I would like Gothenburg more but as I'm right now on a project which makes me be in Gothenburg every week I had time to really explore the city and to be honest I like it better than Stockholm. But you need time to learn the city, I think it is not that obvious how great Gothenburg is if you just visit. Long evenings in the hotels are too boring, so I started exploring and found a lot of great places. Actually Gothenburg feels a lot like Copenhagen while Stockholm has just a very different vibe.