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Published · transcript-backedBruno Maçães: observation
26 Sept 2018 Conversations with Tyler Bruno Maçães on the Spirit of Adventure
“If you look, actually, at the 10 poorest regions in the European Union, 5 are in the UK. So the problem is a bit more delicate than that.”
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- Bruno Maçães
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- 26 Sept 2018
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…But at very high employment costs. Yes, which have been corrected in the meantime. Some of the problems that we have in Portugal are common, or perhaps even more serious, in Italy and regions of Europe. If you look, actually, at the 10 poorest regions in the European Union, 5 are in the UK. So the problem is a bit more delicate than that. I’m more and more convinced that the problems we have in Portugal are problems that we have all over Europe. Several years ago, I went to Porto. I was looking around in the central district, and I saw apartments selling for about €60,000. Maybe not in perfect shape, but still incredible real estate, A+ location. Is that sustainable? Are those prices too low? Or do you expect for Porto an ongoing depopulation, where $60,000 to live downtown, plus some maintenance, is actually about right?…
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