Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality

Re:Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich... by diggan on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @07:19AM (#44442338)

> 60k/year doesn't feel above-average considering the rent in Barcelona for example.

Barcelona (and Madrid) are extreme examples though, not "average" by most measures. Take a look at houses/apartments just 30 minutes outside of Barcelona (not too familiar with Madrid) and it's way easier to find affordable places, and it's easy enough to get into the city with trains and buses.

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Re:Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich... by rsanek on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @08:50AM (#44443131)

I don't know if I'd say "extreme example", >10% of the entire country lives in one of those cities.

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Re:Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich... by diggan on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @10:51AM (#44444495)

Some quick "on top of my head" math tells me ~10% of the population in Spain lives in Madrid or Barcelona, so that pretty much makes it a minority in my head. Put another way, the majority (90%) of the Spanish population lives somewhere else than in Madrid or Barcelona.

Even if you count the greater metropolitan area (where I'm part of the Barcelona one myself, although I live 30 minutes away from the city), you only get up ~20% of the population living in either Madrid or Barcelona. Even then I'd say we're in minority compared to the people who don't live in either those "metropolitan" areas.

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