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Originally Posted by Big Pete
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 |
No Pete, I live in a very nice area ... I refer to generalities I have learned about all over Spain, mainly in the Costas and, yes, in Mallorca. Thats what I mean about rose tinted glasses ... you concentrate on the plusses and ignore the minuses!!
Sure if you booze and smoke you will save money, but you've ignored the fact that income tax in Spain can be as punative as in the UK, and when added to the wealth tax (a tax on your assets, savings, investments etc) whether they be UK, offshore or Spain, and the Inheritence tax has NO allowances. Depending on your circumstances you pay IHT on all your wealth. Also if you are unfortunate enough to peg it, your family can't sell your villa in Majorca to raise the funds to pay it ... they have to raise the funds to pay it before they can sell it.
Health cover ..... unless you are of retirement age the best you can qualify for is a couple of years under the state system with an E106 .... after that you have to take private cover until you reach retirement age ... another expense.
You missed my point really though Pete .... all I was saying was that you have look at the whole picture. I'm not saying that the UK isn't an expensive place to live, I'm saying that living in Spain has its hidden costs too.