In this article you will learn how ordinary people live in one of the most developed and wealthy states on our planet.
Monaco is a mini-state that is famous for its wealth and luxury for the whole world. Here, ordinary citizens have huge, by our standards, income, and their "modest" residence is strikingly different from what we are used to seeing under our noses.
In this fantastically rich tiny state the most ordinary citizens live so cool that it will seem like a fairy tale to us. If you look at the life of the inhabitants of Monaco from outside, it seems that most of the royal characters in fairy tales are written off from here.
The area of this state is just over 2 square kilometers, so it is rightly called a dwarfish. But the cost of housing here is simply stunning: it starts at 20 thousand euros (!) Per square meter. And this is the cheapest option. And if you want premium-class apartments, this will "pour out" to you already in 50-70 thousand euros per square meter. m.
What is most interesting, if a Monaco citizen does not have enough money to buy his own housing, the state allocates an apartment for living, which on average costs about 2.5 million euros.
These are the machines that Monachs, who have income below the average, can afford, and it is, according to their standards, about 5,500 euros. Not bad, right?
Due to what such income from this micro-state? It is precisely due to the production of cars, as well as tourism, construction and mass media, which illuminates the life of the princely family, that's why a local resident with a high level of prosperity will cut here on such wheelbarrows with which we, ordinary tourists, can only make selfies.
But, despite the fact that about 40 thousand people live in Monaco, only about 5 thousand people can be considered citizens of this state. These favorites of fate do not pay taxes and live in the picturesque old part of the city.
But do not rush to pack your bags and move to this country. Even if you have a lot of money, you can afford to buy your own housing there, it still does not give you any guarantees that you will become a citizen of Monaco. Here, a foreigner has virtually no chance to obtain citizenship and enjoy all the privileges that the state allocates.
Only Prince Albert II, who is the head of state, has the right to authorize and decide on conferring the status of a Monaco citizen to an alien. And such decisions were issued only 5 for the last 50 years.
But the most interesting is that many tourists who have visited this country, note that in the parking lot, you can often see Russian numbers.