Brasov, Cluj-Napoca, and Oradea, all located in Transylvania, are the cities with the best cost of living in Romania, as perceived by their inhabitants. Meanwhile, Resita, Alexandria, and Vaslui are at the opposite end, according to a study by the real estate platform Storia.ro and research agency D&D Research.

The survey analyzed the perception that Romanians have on the cost of living in the city and the neighborhood where they live, related to their revenues. Thus, while the actual cost of living in Brasov and Cluj-Napoca may actually be higher than in Alexandria and Vaslui, the revenues of the people living in the two Transylvanian cities are also significantly higher, which helps them afford to pay for more services and products.

Other cities where the inhabitants are satisfied with the cost of living are Sibiu, Pitesti, Timisoara, Targu Mures, Craiova, Bucharest, and Iasi, most of them big cities or cities with significant investments, where there are plenty of opportunities in terms of well-paid jobs.

At the opposite end, the cities seen as the most disadvantageous in terms of cost of living include Focsani, Piatra-Neamt, Satu-Mare, Tulcea, Calarași, Botosani, and Braila, which are smaller cities, where there are fewer investments and where the unemployment rates are higher.

The capital Bucharest ranks only 9 in this survey, despite the fact that people living in the city have the highest average salaries in Romania, according to statistical data. However, the cost of rent, utilities, and services in Bucharest is higher than in many other cities, and even some products are more expensive.

The survey also ranked the neighborhoods in Romania’s big cities based on the perceived cost of living. Cluj-Napoca’s Grigorescu neighborhood, Bucharest’s Titan, Gavana 3 (Pitesti), Racadau (Brasov), and Soarelui (Timisoara) came first.

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