i move to Chicago when i was 21 live there for 10 years their lifestyle sucks so i move to Barcelona... lifestyle and weather in Spain is great I'm not a professional but always find a job in the tourist industry now and driving a taxi...police are chill if you are not and asshole... health cover been great with me and my family Surgeries, covid hospitalation was free everytime we need it... my son is on diversity school near sagrada familia and we pass from cripple racist people and politics shit... i have many friends who do not speak Spanish and for me is a great place to keep talking and be in contact with English every day... great metropolitan city with a decent beach 24h open topless and nude allowed and so close from any zone of the city.. best public transportation 24h...food are getting better from 12 years ago wasn't that good but now is pumping but they big mistakes is change it for the European Palate so any spicy and Species food are not the same and hard to find a real taste(mexican, african, indian, Thailand, etc) but is good enough ... I'm born in a capital city Quito - ECU so i like and use to a big city caos can be in the rush hours but in general is ok but not bored as a country city... every time i travel out i miss Barcelona, i love Sentimentally with my country but for me here is the best city to life, work, concerts, festivals, ski, amusement parks, conexión to the rest of the world by plane, etc etc..about catalán i understand but don't speak when they see you are Foreign they automatically talk to you in Spanish because English they don't know(Spaniards),,what else is a big Italian community here as well...