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I left Spain many years ago, seems that nothing has changed (except except for the predictable and spectacular bust of the bubble).

Often people ask me if I plan to go back to Spain, my answer has always been invariable "No way, are you mad? Why on earth would I want to go back?".

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Oh but it's so sunny! I feel you paisano. I'm 24, finishing my second BSc and will probably flee soon.

Still it hurts so much to witness all this.

Sunny? One of the reasons I left is because I could not stand Summer at >45C.

It's one of the most known cliches about Spain, isn't it? I find it funny since I'm from up north and we don't get that much of Canary Island-ish weather foreigners think of when they mention Spain. But yup summer in the south or the plains sucks sometimes.

Sure if you live on the coast in a bigger city it can be quite hot (I like it but I appear to be an exception; most people just whine about it, native or import alike), but if you just move to the mountains above the coastal cities the temp is just fine. Or the Sierra Nevada; fine there too. It's much greener too there. Of course then people whine they cannot see the sea and they came for the sea and the beach (but that's just import :)

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