> But more than that, vast areas of the country are extremely deserted and housing is extremely cheap there (a similar house in the interior goes for about 20%

> But more than that, vast areas of the country are extremely deserted and housing is extremely cheap there (a similar house in the interior goes for about 20% of one in Lisbon/Porto). Yeah. Given that the large cities no longer qualify for 'golden visas', I think the government wants external money to go to these areas. > Decades old mismanagement That's quite sad to hear. I was (guess I still am) thinking about moving to Portugal at some point, perhaps for retirement. Every single person I have ever spoken to... they can only sing praises to Portugal. Sure, sometimes they complain about bureaucracy. That's probably worrying, since most are brazilians and we supposedly used to that. If they complain, that must be bad :) I really hope Portugal will get better.