Is Barcelona an expensive city?
Yes, it certainly can be. A recent newspaper report suggested that in order to get away from home (something which many people in Spain do much, much later than is normal in, for example, the UK) and rent a flat in Barcelona, you need to be making about €1,800 a month (I’m under that… Does that mean I can now go home to my Mum, I ask myself?). The same reports says the with the average rent per month is over €550. House prices are outrageous (at least they are if you’re on the typical sort of English teacher’s salary). We’re talking €175,000 even for something small, and expect even renting somewhere will cost you at least €600. Sharing a flat is really you’re only viable option to begin with. Having said that, food and drink and cigarettes, eating out and so on, are cheap – or at least they seem that way to anyone from somewhere like London, for example.
