Daisy Dunn

Crossing Continents is the best of the BBC

Plus: tips for where to see starling murmurations

Alterlaa, a residential development in Vienna, built between 1975-1986, designed by Harry Glück

Ask a member of Generation Z where in the world they would most like to live, and chances are they will say South Korea. K-pop and kimchi have made it indisputably fashionable, and if the Instagram account of one of my Korean friends is anything to go by, life there is really quite idyllic, provided you can forget who your neighbours are.

It would take the average worker more than a century to save enough money to purchase an apartment

 A recent episode of Crossing Continents on Radio 4 presented a very different side of the story.

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