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davejsy reacted to Rick of Rick and Peg's post in the thread standard of living/quality of life in Spain with
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Let's say an American buys a large expensive pickup truck on credit and then has to buy lots of gas and pay high insurance premiums. And then the truck crashes into a small car causing severe injuries to its occupants and high medical costs. All... -
davejsy reacted to Bob P's post in the thread standard of living/quality of life in Spain with Like.
I wondered the same before and looked at stats as well. At that time, it showed 28% unemployment and median income of 24,000 euro annual, so it's NOT about the money. Then, at home I paid more attention to people. I looked around inside my...
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davejsy reacted to CWBuff's post in the thread standard of living/quality of life in Spain with Like.
Ole Ole Ole Ole! :D While I do come from Europe originally, my wife is US born and bred. And while we both continue Oohh and Ahhh on so many things European when we are in Europe, she will not-nevah relocate! No reasoning that the kids and...
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davejsy reacted to TravellingMan22's post in the thread standard of living/quality of life in Spain with
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By w i guess the strongest advocacy I can give of Spain…. I am currently looking for somewhere to live and settle. I have been nomadic for 4 years and maybe will be for another 2 years but it can’t go on forever. I have about 10 key criteria... -
davejsy reacted to Gringazolana's post in the thread standard of living/quality of life in Spain with Like.
I fell in love with Spain and Spanish culture for all the reasons y’all mention above. I’m from the US but have traveled and lived in several Latin American countries. I guess I was expecting Spain to be similar, but was surprised at how...
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davejsy reacted to CWBuff's post in the thread standard of living/quality of life in Spain with Like.
re:Hospitalization costs. I walked into ER in Burgos. Upon being asked if I have the EU insurance and replying "no" I was informed that I would have to pay the bill myself on the spot. And I did... all €150 of it. Back home I now pay close to...
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davejsy reacted to Sirage's post in the thread standard of living/quality of life in Spain with Like.
... is probably a useful place to start, and then think about about why? There is the distribution of gross measures (eg GNP) between people - ie equality. The Gini coefficient is a common measure. Then there are other measures such as the Big...
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davejsy reacted to Ivan_Prada's post in the thread Has the dog “policy” on the Camino changed? with Like.
And that answer brings into this notice in a hotel: Here is the translation: Dogs are welcome at this hotel. We never had dogs that smoked in bed burning the sheets. We have never had a dog steal our towels or turn the TV on at full volume or...
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I'm 73 now. We have time (we don't have a LOT of time but, well, you know what I mean!). Simply that we are not on a tight schedule when we are walking. We've walked 3 times, 2 French, one a partial, disastrous Portuguese misadventure, giving...
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Thanks for this. It sounds a lot like our first Camino, but interestingly enough we've been back 8 times now. Somehow the sprained ankle, the bilateral blisters, the searing heat, the food poisoning didn't put us off and we returned home with the...
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