Would you prefer to live in madrid or barcelona ??? why ?

Question

Would you prefer to live in madrid or barcelona ??? why ?

Answer 1

Having lived in both... Madrid

Barcelona is probably the better city for a visit but to live in it isn´t.

Catalans do not see themselves as Spanish. They have more in common with their N European neighbours France however this is not to say they are not nice people in their own right. I have just found them, on the whole, to be harder to intergrate with as they prefer to stick with other catalans. Those that I have become friends with it has taken time but are now some of my best friends.

Madrid is far more open and although friendships with people tend to be a little more shallow the volume more than makes up for this. The city itself is more historically and culturally rich than Barcelona but it doesn´t have the natural benefits of Barcelona, Skiing and Beach.

I chose Madrid as I am more of a People person than anything else but others would value more the cities amenities. I love Madrid and went so far as to put together a website about it.

Answer 2

Barcelona for the reasons everyone else has explained. Now if you are a nitty bitty whiner and nationalism doesn´t fit into your premade mind bent on an old world order, you may have to consider Madrid. Some spaniards are against Barcelona and/or Catalonia having their own identity. But they have their own identity, that´s whats makes Barcelona/Catalonia such a multicultural place. Excellent!

Answer 3

I would prefer to live in Bar-tha-LO-na becauth Bar-tha-LO-na ith the capital of Cath-TEEL, and the Cath-TEEL-yans all thpeak with a lithp.  I could lithen to it all day long and be entertained.  I believe they adopted it thome thenturieth ago ath an affectation becauth they thought it thounded more cultured.   Obviouthly, they were mithtaken.

Answer 4

Barcelona!  To me this was one of the best countries I ever visited.  You have a little bit of everything there - amazing & very unique architecture, great food, the beach, nightlife, Olympic stadium - I could go on and on...

Answer 5

Barcelona

Reasons:

Beaches

architecture

Culture

Las Ramblas

Catalan

Goya

Madrid is too metropolitan and it doesn't feel as much like "spain"