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> one does _not_ rent property on OLX and there are only some areas that are desirable (i.e.: have to look and feel of central or western europe).

Interesting. Why not? The apartments look pretty legit.

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If you like them then there is no issue, but usually i find them of lower quality. Not saying there aren't decent apartments, but anything <650/700 is not great IMO. Also the areas I mentioned look and feel like a different country hence willing to pay more. No trying to be sure or demeaning sorry if i come across that way.

No, it's fine. I assumed that you meant that olx.ro was a scam or something. Only after I visited immobiliare.ro did I realize the difference in quality between their offerings.

There are some scams too around OLX, but the quality is indeed way below what you find on imobiliare as you can see. One of the other reasons is that expats usually use the latter, thus you are more likely to find better communities. In my building there are Spanish, Italian, Canadian, US, UK, Nigerian tenants among Romanians working either tech or blue collar. Plenty of cultural exchange and, naturally, beer tasting. However, it's still Romania and services are not something I am happy with, nor can i get used to the aggressive driving and generally speaking the occasional hostility (people just getting pissed off for no reason).

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