Athens overconcentration calls for urgent measures

Property sale prices in the capital outpace the rest of the country, while the same is happening with rents. The housing problem is becoming increasingly acute within Attica. The average speed of vehicles in the municipalities of the capital and especially on the central streets is decreasing: All this is because, based on official data, 60% of the private vehicles in circulation are registered in Athens and the surrounding municipalities.

These are the the consequences of the top-heavy state of Greece's economic activity, that is, the overconcentration within Attica. This is not new, as it was and is a permanent problem for the country. What is worrying, however, is that the effort for the economic recovery after the multi-year recession is increasingly based on the "center" and less and less on the "periphery".

The data show an increased degree of concentration of...