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Originally Posted by Stravinsky
You have rose tinted glasses Pete ... the reality is slightly different. You'll find out when you actually get here.
The shops OPEN at 5 ... they are closed all afternoon. They dont open on Sunday at all.
The Spanish throw rubbish anywhere without any thought. Fly tipping is everywhere ... builders rubbish and the like. SKY sattelite is illegal here ... we only get it by defualt and every so often they narrow the "bandwidth" so you lose a lot of programmes at certain times of the day.
Multi racial? Welcome to Spain! Thats what we are 
When you peg it, ALL of your precious fortune will be liable to IHT at anything up to 40%. Whilst you live here ALL of your income worldwide will be liable to income tax at rates comparable to the UK, and also wealth tax on your total wealth.
What I am trying to say Pete, is nothing is perfect, and you haven't experienced living here yet  |
Think your confused with mainland i am Mallorca , we dont get the Racial mix all i have seen in 4 years is a handful of blacks doing hair into braids and blokes selling sunglasses etc ..
Mainly full of Germans ,Dutch and Brits all apart from the holiday brigade are wealthy , If you get in the back streets of bigger towns then maybe they may appear but there is No Jobs for them here .. No free housing No free handouts etc..
On the subject of taxation did you know the moment i dont live in England i will save £ 3,000 a year just in our Cigarette tax
30 % savings on Fuel
£ 1,500 a year in Council tax
£ 1,500 a year in food bills
and thats just for starters ! thats £ 6,000 yep £ 6,000 !!!
Like i keep saying you have to be Rich to live in England ..
Rose tinted glasses dont come into it common sense comes into play .. Maybe your living in a rough area ?
also shops closing for siesta suits me in the summer have a afternoon nap then go shopping brill lol