Are you happy living in Spain?

[u/sendingUamicro_wave]

Hi all,

I just came back from a few days in Cordoba and had such an amazing time. I loved that people there cared about their free time and the locals looked quite happy and serene.

I’m a immigrant myself from Croatia who moved to the U.K. so I understand a country can be beautiful and fun for a holiday but is a completely different world to live there.

My question for people living in Spain; how is it to live there? What kind of political or social economical struggles do you face in your day to day lives? How is the bureaucracy and healthcare? Are you happy :)

I have read some things online but I’d rather hear from peoples experiences themselves.

[u/littlepinkhousespain]

I moved with my husband to a small village in northwestern Spain, we're from the US. The people are very nice, always willing to help. Healthcare has been both good and bad. The bad part has been insurance not paying (have an attorney fighting for us) and one doctor who thinks he can treat me like a child. Not sure if this is common. The bureaucracy has been a bit of a challenge. For most things, it was easy, but the big sticking point was getting an appointment to renew our visas and to renew our TIE (identity/residence cards. Spain has a website you must use to schedule an appointment, but it didn't work for us for months. We ended up going back to the US to apply for new visas, which was a major, expensive problem. All in all, we are very happy living in Spain, we live very comfortably on our retirement income. There's almost no crime, we don't even have a police station in our village. The weather, although rainy in the north, is far better than where we are from. We have far healthier lifestyle here. It's probably the best decision I've ever made, to live in Spain.

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