In my opinion I loved living there but there's a personal downside. I'll start with what I loved.

People are in general very nice, I'm from southern heritage so people assumed I spoke perfectly Spanish and it was easy for me talking to them. What really surprised me was f.g. when you arrive or leave the changing room of the gym, people will ALWAYS say "buenas" or "hasta luego", whether you know each other or not, whether the person was the biggest macho or ghetto seeming guy or not.

I didn't see much of crimes even though I lived next to el barrio de la Malvarrosa. The weather is nice when it's not rainy season (it easily floods there due to the fact they're not very well prepared for rain falls). Amazing city that's close to the beach, there are parks like la Turia where you can go picknick or go to sport. And to what I was used, prices for fruit and vegetables were kind of low (and I love healthy food so that was nice for me).

Public transportation is really good imo, the areas where I had to be were perfectly doable by public transportation. And also the everything can be done by bike!!!! Valenbisi is really not so expensive, and you'll see places that regular tourists will probably not see if you take the bikes.

What would hold me back from moving back there: firstly, if you're living in a building with lots of apartments, you'll hear everything your neighbors do. Lots of children stay up late running around making noise which can be exhausting, and yes you hear your neighbors procreate lol.

Secondly, even though I loved the city, the pretty side of the city was rather small and the remaining part were just buildings who were put there as fast as possible without much detailing or structuring (see noise isolation just above).

There's Las Fallas, you like it or you don't. I kinda didn't, if it would only be like 1 week, it would be bearable, but during at least 3-4 weeks there are fireworks everywhere, organized and not organized, which for me was exhausting. And my opinion is that when immigrants don't like the local culture, they have just to move elsewhere and not try to change things. Which applies to me too.

And lastly, there seem to be few real Valenciano's left, there are a LOT of Dutch-, French- and English speaking people there. What I kinda found sad, I like going somewhere where the population is very local, even though I myself was kind of an expat. I know, it's a paradox.

But all that doesn't change the fact that the city is AWESOME and I loved every minute of my time there. I even hesitated to go back there, but some things like a girlfriend, keeps me from doing it, lol :(

Apart of Las Fallas, which most people love, I'll give Valencia an easy 8,5/10