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Where are Europe’s most expensive cities for renters?
Our “Carrie Bradshaw index” moves across the pond
LAST YEAR The Economist created the Carrie Bradshaw index, a measure of the affordability of renting alone in America’s largest cities, just as the star of “Sex and the City” managed to do in New York. This year we sent Carrie to Europe, in search of a new adventure and, perhaps, a better deal on rent.
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