I recommend you rather look into Portugal if you seriously plan to move. The people there speak much better English, are less racists overall and the climate in the large cities near the atlantic ocean is also milder.
Spain still has a post-fascist problem as contrary to Portugal they never had a clean cut from their military dictatorship.
P.s.: to all the spaniards reading this, please this isn’t meant as a diss 😅
P.P.S.: to all the Portuguese down-voting: yes I know the housing market sucks and there are already too many rich northern europeans in Lisbon and Porto. But it’s nice to be popular, no?
Portugal is lovely but has a big con, which is that the mean wage is lower than other countries in western Europe.
Why does it matter? western Europeans started buying everything that has a door in a nice location, which makes it harder to do so if your salary isn’t at par with the other EU rich countries.
If you start working for a foreign company, your income would also be adjusted (in most cases) to the mean wage of your home office (even if you WFH).
There are exceptions were you are self-employed but still work for them in a full time regime, but that opens a different can of worms.
I’ll love to be wrong though, if someone can correct me, Portugal is fantastic. :)
EDIT: Spain, Italy, Southern France, Greece, etc. all have the same issue IMO.
True, although the conversion of “everything in a nice location with a door” into AirB&Bs isn’t primarily driven by northern Europeans. They are just the customers that make this viable for somewhat more affluent locals.
No, unfortunately I’m too poor to seriously plan to move. I just don’t know how to cope with the far-right surge and the inactiveness (or rather anti-activeness) of those who could do politics against it here in Germany anymore and I’m daydreaming and making snarky comments to get my mind off of it.
It might be more possible than you think. Students leave Germany (or whichever country they are from) all the time for a job and as you know, they aren’t very wealthy. Depending on what you studied or trained as (roofer, brick-layer, builder, electrician, …), it might be much easier to find a job there. And because you’re already part of the EU, you don’t need a VISA or anything. Companies might actually help you find a place to rent as well.
I recommend you rather look into Portugal if you seriously plan to move. The people there speak much better English, are less racists overall and the climate in the large cities near the atlantic ocean is also milder.
Spain still has a post-fascist problem as contrary to Portugal they never had a clean cut from their military dictatorship.
P.s.: to all the spaniards reading this, please this isn’t meant as a diss 😅
P.P.S.: to all the Portuguese down-voting: yes I know the housing market sucks and there are already too many rich northern europeans in Lisbon and Porto. But it’s nice to be popular, no?
Portugal is lovely but has a big con, which is that the mean wage is lower than other countries in western Europe.
Why does it matter? western Europeans started buying everything that has a door in a nice location, which makes it harder to do so if your salary isn’t at par with the other EU rich countries. If you start working for a foreign company, your income would also be adjusted (in most cases) to the mean wage of your home office (even if you WFH).
There are exceptions were you are self-employed but still work for them in a full time regime, but that opens a different can of worms.
I’ll love to be wrong though, if someone can correct me, Portugal is fantastic. :)
EDIT: Spain, Italy, Southern France, Greece, etc. all have the same issue IMO.
True, although the conversion of “everything in a nice location with a door” into AirB&Bs isn’t primarily driven by northern Europeans. They are just the customers that make this viable for somewhat more affluent locals.
No, unfortunately I’m too poor to seriously plan to move. I just don’t know how to cope with the far-right surge and the inactiveness (or rather anti-activeness) of those who could do politics against it here in Germany anymore and I’m daydreaming and making snarky comments to get my mind off of it.
It might be more possible than you think. Students leave Germany (or whichever country they are from) all the time for a job and as you know, they aren’t very wealthy. Depending on what you studied or trained as (roofer, brick-layer, builder, electrician, …), it might be much easier to find a job there. And because you’re already part of the EU, you don’t need a VISA or anything. Companies might actually help you find a place to rent as well.
Maybe, but I have other issues, too. Moving is not an option right now, much less to another country.
Good luck with everything :)