Only wealthy foreigners prefer to settle in expensive districts of Prague
As the Prague Express notes, a feature of the Ukrainian diaspora is that they do not settle in any one district of the Czech capital. In this they differ from Russians (21,000), who prefer to live in Prague 13 (Hurka district). Officially, the most ethnic district of Prague is considered to be the vicinity of the Sapa market in the Libuš district: 900 Vietnamese live here, or 10% of the district's total population.
There are 3,570 Americans in the Czech capital, and they typically live in expensive neighborhoods of Prague 1 and Prague 6. Czechs usually do not have the means to rent housing in these districts. Russians also prefer to settle in these districts to a lesser extent.
"Contrary to the conviction of some Czechs, crime rates do not increase in places of compact residence of foreigners, nor do unemployment rates or infectious diseases," the Denik.cz website quotes Klara Fidlerova, an employee of the Faculty of Science at Charles University.
Foreigners' interest in the Czech capital is quite justified – according to the results of the Místo pro život study, conducted annually by the analytical agency Datank, Prague was recognized as the best place to live in the Czech Republic in 2016. The authors of the study note that Prague became the winner for the second year in a row due to low unemployment, high salaries, better healthcare compared to other regions, and a high number of charitable and public organizations. The weak points of the capital are the high crime rate and air pollution, as well as approximately half the area of green spaces compared to the average in other regions.