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/^t/Although people suffer the difficult conditions urban life offers, they pay for it and they pay a lot. The demand for accomodation is so great that it is often impossible for ordinary people to buy a house of their own. Very high rents must be paid for small flats. Accomodation apart, the cost of living is very high. Everything you buy is likely to be more expensive than it would be in the country.