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High earners are often said, in public debate, to be pushing ordinary people out of Copenhagen. A new analysis adds nuance to that picture.

Copenhagen is branded a rich man’s ghetto. Here’s the truth

Kollage: Mads D'Alterio Djervig. Originalfoto: Pexels, Thomas Borberg
Kollage: Mads D'Alterio Djervig. Originalfoto: Pexels, Thomas Borberg
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When Copenhagen is short of teachers, educators and other welfare-state professionals, the explanation is often that people on ordinary incomes are being outbid by high earners in the race for housing in the city.

But when you look at what people in the capital actually earn, a different picture emerges:

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