I am a citizenship of EU, excellent English and Russian, also Latvian, lower intermediate German, Spanish - beginner. Thinking of moving to Alicante or other city which is close to the sea with my mom. What do you think about it? Is economical crisis tough there?
Moving to Alicante
masha-alicante
20 May 2009 10:55:54
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Spainrico
23 May 2009 17:13:09
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Yes I am afraid it is - many people unemployed, empty commercial premises and lots of houses for sale. probably now is not a good time to come.
Petrus
23 May 2009 23:58:52
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Yes - now is a very bad time with unemployment at 4 million.
Without excellent Spanish you are unlikely to get a job, however some of the local builders are trying to attract Russian buyers - there may be an opening in an estate agent for a Russian speaker . ( but there are already many Russian speakers on the Costa Blanca who will have excellent Spanish )
Many estate agents are actually going out of business - [moderated: broken link] - this I think is a Russian agent.
Good luck
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