I know there are several threads about Spain so sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place.
I am American-born but my background is Catalan so long ago I decided to leave the US since living in Spain is much much easier in almost every respect when compared to all the bs you have to put up with in the US. I teach on my own time here and hardly work more than 20 hours a week.
If you read this thread:
http://www.rooshv.com/do-american-guys-h...-the-world
it is for the most part 100% true. Here are some of my thoughts about the people here:
Women: do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT come here if you are looking for women and easy day game. As almost everyone else has posted, that just doesn't really happen here and it's not worth the time or effort.
There is a LOT of FEMINISM and women are overly protected here by local and national laws. There is no due process for men. Plus, physically, depends what you like...but Spanish women as a whole aren't the best looking in my opinion. I tend to like lighter women so Catalan women are usually very light and it's not unusual to find light or even blond hair and blue eyes around Barcelona (not Barcelona the city, but you have to go to the rural areas where the REAL Catalans live). Women here are more open minded when compared to Madrid or pretty much anything that is not Mediterranean in Spain. The best regions are all along the Eastern/Mediterranean coast.
About the men: BETAS or even less. I am usually quite shocked at how easy it is to intimidate people here or for them to interpret that what you are saying is "too strong". American men for the most part are much more confident in their opinions, aren't nearly as timid as most Spanish men and here it is still seen as creepy to talk to people you don't know.
Women in Spain are typically tougher than the men: louder, much more self-interested and they are much more aggressive in a general sense. It is not really an accident that most Spanish men swarm around foreign women from the North of Europe or USA or Latin America. These women are much easier to talk to, don't have as much attitude (I know people say American women have a lot of attitude problems but people who say that don't know Spaniard women).
Political incorrectness: That really depends. Yes, people here aren't as self-conscious about some "bad words" like in the US, but that doesn't mean that it's not a politically correct society. Any criticism of gays or women here will quickly get you verbally shot down or shunned by most people under 50.
As far as styles go, a LOT of women here have tattoos and are fully "westernized". Don't come here for the jobs...there are none and the only reason I work here is independently and because I have a trade that nobody here really dominates and yet everyone needs: English and Math.
You will hardly ever see anybody doing anything alone and going to a bar by yourself (except if you're talking about Barcelona) is seen as odd or something for alcoholic losers...and a woman? NEVER will you see a girl sitting by herself in ANY PUBLIC space...except maybe during the work week just when they are having coffee or something, but always with friends or family close by.
All in all, as others have said: come here for the lifestyle...everything about living here is better than in the US. Better prices for food, lower cost of living, and if you are an "alpha" type, you can eat them alive. Most Spaniards are very similar to each other in mentality so anything different will stand out and depending on your game, may be quite impressive.
Anyway these are unorganized thoughts but that's the general sense I have after living so many years here. I would never go back to living in the US...although its funny to see how despite the fact that I am 100% trilingual, most Spanish see me as a "Americano", Americans see me as a European and I really don't have a country.
I've always wondered how others perceive me. Being the son of Catalans...it is more common for Americans or Brits to talk about background or ethnicity, whereas in Spain that is almost unheard of. If you are born in the US, they will call you "Americano" no matter what and they don't care about your background. Americans on the other hand are much more obsessed with ethnicity and hyphenate identities.
I am American-born but my background is Catalan so long ago I decided to leave the US since living in Spain is much much easier in almost every respect when compared to all the bs you have to put up with in the US. I teach on my own time here and hardly work more than 20 hours a week.
If you read this thread:
http://www.rooshv.com/do-american-guys-h...-the-world
it is for the most part 100% true. Here are some of my thoughts about the people here:
Women: do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT come here if you are looking for women and easy day game. As almost everyone else has posted, that just doesn't really happen here and it's not worth the time or effort.
There is a LOT of FEMINISM and women are overly protected here by local and national laws. There is no due process for men. Plus, physically, depends what you like...but Spanish women as a whole aren't the best looking in my opinion. I tend to like lighter women so Catalan women are usually very light and it's not unusual to find light or even blond hair and blue eyes around Barcelona (not Barcelona the city, but you have to go to the rural areas where the REAL Catalans live). Women here are more open minded when compared to Madrid or pretty much anything that is not Mediterranean in Spain. The best regions are all along the Eastern/Mediterranean coast.
About the men: BETAS or even less. I am usually quite shocked at how easy it is to intimidate people here or for them to interpret that what you are saying is "too strong". American men for the most part are much more confident in their opinions, aren't nearly as timid as most Spanish men and here it is still seen as creepy to talk to people you don't know.
Women in Spain are typically tougher than the men: louder, much more self-interested and they are much more aggressive in a general sense. It is not really an accident that most Spanish men swarm around foreign women from the North of Europe or USA or Latin America. These women are much easier to talk to, don't have as much attitude (I know people say American women have a lot of attitude problems but people who say that don't know Spaniard women).
Political incorrectness: That really depends. Yes, people here aren't as self-conscious about some "bad words" like in the US, but that doesn't mean that it's not a politically correct society. Any criticism of gays or women here will quickly get you verbally shot down or shunned by most people under 50.
As far as styles go, a LOT of women here have tattoos and are fully "westernized". Don't come here for the jobs...there are none and the only reason I work here is independently and because I have a trade that nobody here really dominates and yet everyone needs: English and Math.
You will hardly ever see anybody doing anything alone and going to a bar by yourself (except if you're talking about Barcelona) is seen as odd or something for alcoholic losers...and a woman? NEVER will you see a girl sitting by herself in ANY PUBLIC space...except maybe during the work week just when they are having coffee or something, but always with friends or family close by.
All in all, as others have said: come here for the lifestyle...everything about living here is better than in the US. Better prices for food, lower cost of living, and if you are an "alpha" type, you can eat them alive. Most Spaniards are very similar to each other in mentality so anything different will stand out and depending on your game, may be quite impressive.
Anyway these are unorganized thoughts but that's the general sense I have after living so many years here. I would never go back to living in the US...although its funny to see how despite the fact that I am 100% trilingual, most Spanish see me as a "Americano", Americans see me as a European and I really don't have a country.
I've always wondered how others perceive me. Being the son of Catalans...it is more common for Americans or Brits to talk about background or ethnicity, whereas in Spain that is almost unheard of. If you are born in the US, they will call you "Americano" no matter what and they don't care about your background. Americans on the other hand are much more obsessed with ethnicity and hyphenate identities.