In Spain it is the same, the Metro de Madrid being an anomaly rather than the norm (for now). Some flagrant cases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Real_I

In Spain it is the same, the Metro de Madrid being an anomaly rather than the norm (for now). Some flagrant cases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Real_International_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Real_International_Airp... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell%C3%B3n%E2%80%93Costa_Azahar_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell%C3%B3n%E2%80%93Costa_A... https://maps.app.goo.gl/8BRnx8eQFfihvHmv5 https://maps.app.goo.gl/8BRnx8eQFfihvHmv5 https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/05/17/inenglish/1558078529_500254.html https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/05/17/inenglish/15580... The 2008 crisis had a special flavor in Spain, cajas de ahorros (privately owned, but politically controlled banks) worked with politicians -surprise- to grant mortgages (i.e. lending someone else's money) to buyers of the housing constructions they themselves had their fingers in, at a time regular banks were already wary of the direction of the housing market. It wasn't uncommon people being told which bank to go to to obtain a mortgage that'd be usually refused. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_bank_(Spain) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_bank_(Spain)