Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertically

Re:Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertic... by switch007 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @10:52AM (#38192123)

> The Spanish love the noise is my theory

Totally. I think to them it represents and demonstrates liberation, freedom, fun, family and community. Loud means fun to them.

People complaining about noise are seen as serious party-poopers.

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Re:Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertic... by anthk on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:47PM (#38194092)

Spaniard here. No, it depends. The Castilles can be pretty silent/quiet/calm compared to Andalusia and the Eastern coast.

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Re:Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertic... by switch007 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @03:16AM (#38202373)

Oh that's interesting.

Do you (or: do people usually) exclude Madrid from Castilla? That's the only place in Spain I've lived and would not class the people I knew as quiet and calm. But then again it's a melting pot of people from all over Spain, so who knows!

And the calmest and quietest people I met were from the east coast :D

Definitely agree about Andalusia though

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Re:Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertic... by anthk on Thursday November 09, 2023 @04:56AM (#38203031)

Well, Madrid it's a melting pot and both a sinking hole where lots of population of Castille end there, and their mentality shifts OFC.

It's not the same having to live in a small town in Castile of <2000 people vs doing that the literal capital of Spain.

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