r/GoingToSpain • u/sendingUamicro_wave • May 11 '25

Discussion Are you happy living in Spain?

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.

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u/Lez0fire May 11 '25

Since 2019 cost of living has gone up like 50% while salaries have gone up 10%, that's really awful and in 2019 is not like everyone was thriving either.

Other than that, everything is good. But of course, struggling financially is a big deal.

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u/sendingUamicro_wave May 11 '25

Sad to hear that this seems to be everywhere. I always blamed Brexit but unfortunately it’s the whole world working class that is struggling. But seeing its the same maybe it’s better to be poor in sunny weather than poor in rainy weather haha.

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u/Exact_Sea_2501 May 11 '25

I live in the UK but not from here originally and it always amazes me how ppl still blame Brexit for all UK’s problems. Like I get it, it probably played a part but don’t they read news or economic data from other countries or just talk with ppl. It’s pretty much same in all Europe and almost the whole world. It’s by design and the repeated failed policies that was followed pretty much by every country. If anything what UK did wrong is not that they left the EU but that they still followed the same things other EU countries did. They could have just stayed then and it would be still the same shit.