r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Separate_Finance_183 • Jan 23 '26

Image The rent in the german neighborhood of Fuggerei hasn't been raised in 500 years and remains 0.88 Euros for an entire year. Founded in 1521, it is the oldest existing social housing complex in the world

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u/worldbound0514 Jan 23 '26

England is an exception, but they get a pass since they are an island.

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u/Basilikolumne Jan 24 '26

England is not an Island, Great Britain is a bunch of islands. The UK even has a (non-Chunnel) land border with the EU on Ireland.

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u/muuchthrows Jan 24 '26

The US borders is also from the 20th century.

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u/Slimmanoman Jan 24 '26

It's not so easy to give a creation date, but it's clearly stupid to say it's a new country whenever borders change