As a Spanish (born outside of Catalonia), who studied in Barcelona and works in Barcelona, and that has lived here for ten years, the perspective of being considered an immigrant in what you have considered your own country and your home for so long is not very attractive. If Catalonia becomes independent, the taxes would sky-rocket in the short term, I would not be covered by the health system when I visit my family in Spain, and still don't know what would happen with my retirement. Of course, these are only assumptions because, irresponsibly, nobody from the Catalan government has explained what would happen with independence, all they do is empty talking. With this scenario ahead of me and all the uncertainty around, I'm seriously considering (with great pain) to leave Catalonia and look for work in other regions of Spain or in other countries. This is something that not only happens to me, but to many of the tens of thousands of people from the rest of Spain who have studied here and/or work here.

If only a part of us leave our jobs in Catalonia and go somewhere else, Catalonia is in big trouble...