Debrecen good place to live?

GuestPoster115 · 2014-09-15T20:04:16+02:00

Hello everyone, My father(he is 57) and i(i am 34) are moving to Hungary next year and we are figuring out what city to start with. Of course Budapest is the capital and where most expats start with due to it being so international and established. But by the same token we do want someplace a bit more quiet. We have been looking at various different cities and are coming u with Debrecen. It is the 2nd largest city in Hungary and seems to be small but not too small. Housing rentals seem much more affordable there which is a big plus and also my father is from Nebraska which is the Great Plains area of USA so moving to Great Plains area of Hungary is a real plus for him. But i am asking the things you can not tell from reading online sites. Like how is it there to live? I know it is near the Romanian border so i guess that would influence things there, i guess. I honestly do not know. Has anyone on here been or lived there? Is it someplace one would recommend for people moving from USA to there?

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GuestPoster279Guest29 September 2018 10:59:10

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fluffy2560 wrote:
Apart from the argument above

I personally don't argue with anyone at forums. Waste of time. But I do not mind partaking in a spirited discussion.

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GuestPoster279Guest03 October 2018 13:26:50

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As being the OP i guess i will update this.

I found Debrecen more expensive than Budapest and other cities in Hungary which is typical even in US collage cities. Also many flats would not rent to anyone over 25, i was 35 at the time and my father his late 50s. I doubt it is legal to NOT rent to someone over a certain age but whatever. If after about 20 different real estate agents refusing to even show us a flat based on these things we did not bother with trying there anymore. And on top of that as i said it was more expensive than Budapest.

As far as looking at houses to purchase in Debrecen that was an extremely negative experience which i will not go into details here.

IF i was to purchase a house in Hungary it would be a different city, area than Debrecen.

It maybe a great spot for others, i just speak on how it was when we went. And once again this was 2015, if there is an economic boom going on since then or investments since then ok maybe cool.

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fluffy2560Hungary Expert03 October 2018 13:55:03

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FeliciaOni wrote:
As being the OP i guess i will update this.

I found Debrecen more expensive than Budapest and other cities in Hungary which is typical even in US collage cities. Also many flats would not rent to anyone over 25, i was 35 at the time and my father his late 50s. I doubt it is legal to NOT rent to someone over a certain age but whatever. If after about 20 different real estate agents refusing to even show us a flat based on these things we did not bother with trying there anymore. And on top of that as i said it was more expensive than Budapest.

As far as looking at houses to purchase in Debrecen that was an extremely negative experience which i will not go into details here.

IF i was to purchase a house in Hungary it would be a different city, area than Debrecen.

It maybe a great spot for others, i just speak on how it was when we went. And once again this was 2015, if there is an economic boom going on since then or investments since then ok maybe cool.

I remember myself and others saying to you Felicia that it wasn't likely to be a great experience living in Hungary.

How has it worked out now it's 3 years later or so?

Were we right or wrong?

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GuestPoster279Guest03 October 2018 14:36:16

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Oh like i said i moved to Budapest in 2015. I am still here, and i will be several more years. Hungary serves a purpose.

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fluffy2560Hungary Expert03 October 2018 15:14:42

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FeliciaOni wrote:
Oh like i said i moved to Budapest in 2015. I am still here, and i will be several more years. Hungary serves a purpose.

Oh go on, say more than that!

Is it bad/worse/good/fair? What?

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