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One thing that I have noticed about Spanish natives in my five years of living in Spain, is this frequent comparison with every other richer country. By almost
by Fargren 4y ago
One thing that I have noticed about Spanish natives in my five years of living in Spain, is this frequent comparison with every other richer country.
By almost every measure, life in Spain is great. Public transport is great, but you compare it with Japan which is the best in the world. Security is great, but you compare it with Luxembourg. Unemployment and salaries are... OK, above average at least, but you compare it with Germany.
Spain has issues, but every other country does too. There's a reason "eramos felices y no lo sabiamos" is a Spanish expression... I really wish people here would appreciate how good they have it.
- franciscop 4y agoYou are mixing being happy with being in a country with great economy/salary/transport/etc. e.g. the job situation is ridiculously bad, and that's not a "compare" thing, it just is. I've seen people break down crying in class in my degree that hated it and studied it only because it's one of the few that you were kinda promised employment when you finished. Many friends all around Europe, or jobless for long stretchs of time, depending on their family. I have similar anecdotes for how transportation or security can be troublesome in Spain. Sure you can be happy with little, as Spaniards normally do, but that doesn't mean everything is great or we shouldn't try to do better. How do we improve if we don't see the problems within?