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I can live off a bunch of years in Spain for that money.
by iagovar 6y ago
I can live off a bunch of years in Spain for that money.
- ramraj07 6y agoAny suggestions? Spain has been a potential target for temporary relocation for me!
- unamashana 6y agoI live in Barcelona and love the quality of life. Happy to answer any questions. Twitter @unamashana
- mox111 6y agoLive in Barcelona too. Can confirm!
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- LordAtlas 6y agoWhat would rent be like for a 2-bedroom apartment?
- mindsuck 6y agoWithin the city limits in a nice-ish neighborhood 1000 EUR per month. I've been living at a 1200 EUR/mo 2br in a hipster neighborhood for the past year and a half here. If you go to neighborhoods where the locals live or outside the city limits you'll see the price drop considerably. A friend is living one hour away from here and paying 600 EUR for a nice house that's four times the size of my apartment.
- reader_mode 6y agoI got the impression that English level is really poor in Spain (when I was visiting Valencia, didn't go to Barcelona). Even with younger population - I was going out in the evening with some friends, we approached like 4 groups of 20-something and none of them could even give us basic directions. In shops and tourist places it's better but barely.
- Grustaf 6y agoUnless you're planning to hire your neighbours, why is this relevant?
- reader_mode 6y agoGoing out and being unable to speak to people on the street/in the shops or even talking to waiters in restaurants is not really a great experience for me. Presumably you go to large cities for the social interaction.
- Grustaf 6y agoIf you move to Spain presumably you’re planning to learn Spanish?
- darkcha0s 6y agoMaybe, just maybe, it's on you to learn the local language (even just basics) if you feel like relocating there?
- sodality2 6y agoHe's not saying it's not his responsibility. He's just stating the difficulty level. Of course it's on you to learn the language, but you also should of course know the culture of where you are thinking of moving.
- ggambetta 6y agoCan confirm, the average level of English in Spain is pretty bad. Even in Madrid, where I lived for a year. It's almost like they're proud of it - AFAIK they're very protective of their language, dubbing every movie (at least until recently), which in turn limits their exposure to English. On the other hand, living in Spain and speaking fluent English can be almost like a superpower in some circumstances.
- ceilingcorner 6y ago
- Grustaf 6y agoBarcelona is obviously amazing, but Malaga is very nice too, as is Seville. If you ever considered taking up kitesurfing or windsurfing, move to Tarifa, a fantastic place.
- matteuan 6y agoIf you don't need the sea, I suggest some cheap german city like Leipzig or Dresden. Another not so common idea is Bulgaria: cheap, very low taxes (flat 10%) and a lot of english speakers (expecially in Sofia). I've been there several times and it's also a very nice place.
- alexcnwy 6y agoDresden is amazing - one of my favorite cities in the world.
- iagovar 6y agoMy suggestion is that if you plan to open a business, go to Portugal instead of Spain. Spain is increasing taxes and they already were pretty hefty for Limited Liability companies. Portugal is similar on paper but it's easier to start, and their tax agency is not nearly as punitive and arbitrary as the Spanish one. And you'll have sun (in the south), contained prices and polite Portuguese, which tend to speak decent English, in case you need hiring. Portuguese infrastructures and utilities are still far below Spain, specially roads and highways, but Portugal is slowly improving while Spain has been declining for a while and it's basically walking to a cliff. Goin on a Travel to Spain is pretty easy too. I'm Spanish, if anyone thought I was advertising my country.
- ihaveajob 6y agoI'm partial to Granada because I grew up there, but it's an awesome place. About 20% of the population is college students, so that tells you about the city life. It's close to the tallest mountain range in Southern Europe, 45m from the beach, food is great and cheap, and it's small enough that you can walk just about anywhere you want, or take transit.
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- fabiandesimone 6y agoGood luck with taxes in Spain.
- artembugara 6y agowhat's the problem? Apart of a fact that you have to pay them
- koolba 6y agoYou could easily do that in the USA as well. Median income is $35K and that’s before taxes and without a corporate shell to transform some of the larger living expenses into corporate pre-tax deductions.
- devoutsalsa 6y agoSurvive, yes. Thrive, no. The USA is an expensive place.
- robhunter 6y agoPart of it are; parts of it definitely are not.
- iKevinShah 6y agoCurious as an outsider, which parts are not?
- wheels 6y agoThe middle part. It's a little more complicated than that, but mostly, away from the coasts and famous cities (Chicago, Austin, etc.), most of middle America is pretty cheap -- by American standards. It's still a lot more expensive than most of the world, obviously. But there are lots of places you could live reasonably comfortably for 2-3 years on $125k. Hell, there are a lot of places you could buy a house for $80k, and $45k buys a lot of food and internet. ;-)
- pmiller2 6y agoI can live at my current spending level in the Bay Area for 3-ish years on $125k. In my small, Midwest hometown, I’m sure I could stretch that to 6-8 years. The disadvantage, of course, would be living in a podunk town in the middle of nowhere.
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