It's a pity Spain country side is becoming a vacuum.
Who in their right mind would even want to live without stable electricity, good waste management and all the other things you take for granted in even small villages (<1k)?
There is literally nothing there besides some houses. That's enough to take a break on some holiday... But very few people would be willing to suffer through that long term
It’s kind of romantic and idyll a sort of throwback to what Van Gogh at al might have seen in Avignon or the Comargue way back when.
Only in the case that there isn't any relative, or widow, or widower, the State will get a 'abintestato' inheritance.
Again, I don’t want to give specifics. I don’t want to spread false certainty about how a legal system I literally cannot read does or doesn’t work.
"Mod cons" aren't generally the problem. What's missing is people who want to be there.
Pricing was somewhere around what the city grocery stores charged.
You could phone in orders.
In business for decades. Meanwhile in the “modern” world, I have to go to the store for my food...
One local said he only went into town once a month.
The vacuum is mostly in Castilla y León and Castilla-La Mancha. As some of you may know regions in Spain have state-ish status, and Castilla y León actually does a surprisingly good job on education, healthcare and pretty much every social service. I'm sayin this because they have been ruled by the good old corrupt party since I have memory, have tight budget and is sparsely populated.