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HS2 is officially ‘unachievable’ after being given red rating (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

property prices are often very low

HAHAHAHAHAHA now that's a good one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Don't believe me, have a look for yourself:

https://www.idealista.com/

Valencia, Murcia... it's quite easy to find a house for under 10k. You'll have to renovate it, but still.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can find a house without renovating for under 10k in bumfuck England too, does that make property in the UK cheap?

Instead of saying “Valencia or Murcia” why don't you go have a look where people there actually want to live, especially all the British “expats”, like say, Benidorm? How's finding something bigger than a matchbox for under 10k there going for ya?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Instead of saying “Valencia or Murcia”

Erm.... Valencia is the third largest city in Spain.

Here's a perfectly nice flat in the centre of Madrid, no renovation required, less than 100k, near a metro station, 15 minutes to the centre of Madrid:

https://www.idealista.com/inmueble/97370404/

I look forward to you finding me a similar flat in the middle of London.

why don't you go have a look where people there actually want to live, especially all the British “expats”, like say, Benidorm?

Because most Spanish people don't live in a small tourist trap, and don't want to live in a small tourist trap, just because it happens to be popular with foreigners.

Also, when building a rail network, it's unlikely that you'll have to build most of it in fucking Benidorm. LOL