BBC doom & gloom article
Jun 24th 2009, 3:56 am
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BBC doom & gloom article
Jun 24th 2009, 6:41 am
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Re: BBC doom & gloom article
Best quote of the article?
"You need to adapt and improve and change all the time. Every six months Madonna changes and she's successful. And that's what businesses should do here."
Where is Xtreme when you need him eh?
Interesting viewing though.
"You need to adapt and improve and change all the time. Every six months Madonna changes and she's successful. And that's what businesses should do here."
Where is Xtreme when you need him eh?
Interesting viewing though.
Jun 24th 2009, 8:19 am
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Re: BBC doom & gloom article
Interesting, and obvious. Over the past ten years and more, tens of thousands of British people have emigrated to Spain. They came for the cheapness and the weather; they were mainly pensioners who didn't want to integrate, particularly, and just wanted a better lifestyle.
The Spanish welcomed them with open arms and built the houses the immigrants wanted and could afford, the English semi-detached was replaced by the Spanish quarter-detached, with communal swimming pools and an infrastructure that suited the incomers; with all their Britishness in place, including Bingo, line dancing, sewing circles, computer clubs, chess clubs and the British Legion, everything a pensioner could wish for in his secure life in the sun among his fellows.
And that's how it still is for most of them.
But their children and grandchildren followed, reliant on earning a living in Spain. That dream stopped around two years ago, for economic reasons, and they are now returning home because they can't support their families here.
There's no one to blame, particularly, not even the builders, developers and others, who have now gone bankrupt. Unfortunately, there are horror stories everywhere, which the news media love; but there are still far more success stories; happy, contented people living out their dream, and I'm one of them.
The Spanish welcomed them with open arms and built the houses the immigrants wanted and could afford, the English semi-detached was replaced by the Spanish quarter-detached, with communal swimming pools and an infrastructure that suited the incomers; with all their Britishness in place, including Bingo, line dancing, sewing circles, computer clubs, chess clubs and the British Legion, everything a pensioner could wish for in his secure life in the sun among his fellows.
And that's how it still is for most of them.
But their children and grandchildren followed, reliant on earning a living in Spain. That dream stopped around two years ago, for economic reasons, and they are now returning home because they can't support their families here.
There's no one to blame, particularly, not even the builders, developers and others, who have now gone bankrupt. Unfortunately, there are horror stories everywhere, which the news media love; but there are still far more success stories; happy, contented people living out their dream, and I'm one of them.
Jun 24th 2009, 9:37 am
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Re: BBC doom & gloom article
Interesting, and obvious. Over the past ten years and more, tens of thousands of British people have emigrated to Spain. They came for the cheapness and the weather; they were mainly pensioners who didn't want to integrate, particularly, and just wanted a better lifestyle.
The Spanish welcomed them with open arms and built the houses the immigrants wanted and could afford, the English semi-detached was replaced by the Spanish quarter-detached, with communal swimming pools and an infrastructure that suited the incomers; with all their Britishness in place, including Bingo, line dancing, sewing circles, computer clubs, chess clubs and the British Legion, everything a pensioner could wish for in his secure life in the sun among his fellows.
And that's how it still is for most of them.
But their children and grandchildren followed, reliant on earning a living in Spain. That dream stopped around two years ago, for economic reasons, and they are now returning home because they can't support their families here.
There's no one to blame, particularly, not even the builders, developers and others, who have now gone bankrupt. Unfortunately, there are horror stories everywhere, which the news media love; but there are still far more success stories; happy, contented people living out their dream, and I'm one of them.
The Spanish welcomed them with open arms and built the houses the immigrants wanted and could afford, the English semi-detached was replaced by the Spanish quarter-detached, with communal swimming pools and an infrastructure that suited the incomers; with all their Britishness in place, including Bingo, line dancing, sewing circles, computer clubs, chess clubs and the British Legion, everything a pensioner could wish for in his secure life in the sun among his fellows.
And that's how it still is for most of them.
But their children and grandchildren followed, reliant on earning a living in Spain. That dream stopped around two years ago, for economic reasons, and they are now returning home because they can't support their families here.
There's no one to blame, particularly, not even the builders, developers and others, who have now gone bankrupt. Unfortunately, there are horror stories everywhere, which the news media love; but there are still far more success stories; happy, contented people living out their dream, and I'm one of them.
