[shankr]

If you don't have to live on local salary or employment, sure it's like being forever on vacation. Try living on local salary.

It's a paradise for geo-arbitrager and retirees with higher pension. In recent times with all the hype that it has created among North Americans, it's only getting that much more expensive and unaffordable for locals.

I started my career in Spain and saw it going nowhere. So left for northern Europe as fast as I can. That's what lot of native young population does.