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so in today's video i want to compare
living in valencia versus living in
barcelona
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welcome to my channel another beautiful
day here in valencia
i am back
i had such a horrible cold
or a flu i don't know what it was but we
had guests from um from the states
and we've been going around town during
the busiest time here in valencia during
fires
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i've never seen so many people in
valencia
it has been crazy
and we've been
outside
on the rainiest days
here in valencia
and
i'm just so glad it's over now i feel
better and i can finally film and look
where i am
look at this gorgeous
tree
in the park
this is literally
my backyard it is gorgeous so i'm
welcoming spring and today i wanted to
talk about
two cities that i lived in
and i want to compare them
both cities are very
beautiful and really
great to live in
but there are few things that i like and
i dislike in both of them so let's start
with some of the good things
for barcelona
that has to be the food the food is so
incredible especially international food
i love going there because i can eat
thai food vietnamese
syrian
all kinds of dishes
all kinds of restaurants on all kinds of
level valencia is getting some good
restaurants as well more and more every
day
but we still have some things to wish
for
and
one of these things it's more
international food
and when i say international i don't
mean just like thai food made for
foreigners but like a little more
authentic a little stronger a little
just
real international food on my last visit
in barcelona i felt something i haven't
felt before and this is the extreme
energy of the city it is so
dynamic
it reminded me a bit of new york
but with some paris in it it's an
organic explosion
of form
and i just like this
this potency of the city you have a lot
of art a lot of art galleries a lot of
museums
really cool places
and i think
in barcelona if you're looking for a job
you have a huge potential if you are in
the tech sector
or something in
you know tech development it is the
silicon valley of europe there's so many
companies that are
bringing their business to barcelona and
there is a district it's called it's
called el pobleno in barcelona it's it's
kind of modern but they built some
industrial
uh places as
tech hubs
there are a lot of like i think 1 000
something startups in in el pobleno it's
incredible
so if you're in the tech industry it's a
really really um
great for that and valencia like the job
market it's a little more traditional
the approach to everything it's a little
more traditional so yeah if you're
looking for a job and you have some tech
skills some development design
skills i think barcelona is the place to
be not many green spaces here in
barcelona so when you find like a little
patch of green
even if it's street trees around you
it it feels very nice because the city
has trees on the streets
but like little parks
not not that many it's not as green i
think and speaking of parks and green
spaces you can't find this in barcelona
you just can't
i mean look at this this is like a
painting
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that's what i'm talking about i'm like
in the jungle here
especially after this rain you have one
great mount magic where you can hike
it has insane views from the top
i can't deny that but i prefer on an
everyday level like if i want to go and
walk somewhere and just
it's so easy this park touria gardens in
valencia is just so
easy to explore every day and if i have
to go on mount mojic and
you know enjoy a nice little hike
it's not so accessible
and let's say parkwell it's beautiful
it's in the city but again it's uh you
have to deal with tourists like just too
many people there and it's um
you go there for something or with
someone
but here it's
it's
it's just easy very accessible
as far as transportation goes i
i enjoy being in both cities they're
pretty similar to
how you live your life in the city it's
mostly walking metro
and biking
you know in barcelona you also you you
walk everywhere in the city it's it's
pretty much the same lifestyle
but i found the metro a little bit
easier here in valencia
it's uh of course it's not as connected
as in barcelona but sometimes in
barcelona i get this
crazy feeling because the metro is so
big
and
sometimes you go down
and you walk through like a whole
underground structure
and it's a bit claustrophobic for me
but here in valencia the metro it's much
simpler smaller
it's getting even better because now
they're adding more stops
but i'm totally satisfied with the metro
in valencia so
i like that and i like that i can pretty
much walk anywhere in the city in about
20 to 30 minutes pretty much anywhere
from point a to point b in valencia oh
my god they have so many scooters in
barcelona there's no place i've seen
with this many scooters and i even
remember the first time when we arrived
there
i was shocked i don't know how they're
finding their way
but they're just so many scooters
and
i don't know it's just for me it's too
much i can't see myself riding a scooter
in such a busy city again it's it's all
about comfort it's all about how you
feel what you're looking for
um what is your lifestyle do you go and
do you work for someone do you work for
yourself are you just
going out when you need to or do you
have to commute to work every day
everything is defined by everybody's
personal lifestyle
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in barcelona pretty much as in every big
city you would feel lost you would feel
a bit
isolated
and
i don't like to feel that way
and in valencia even though i don't
speak spanish i've met some incredible
people here
very warm
very welcoming i can't say exactly the
same for barcelona
because i just dealt with
people in the service business you know
when i go to a restaurant or a gallery
or
just everything it's a bit more
transient there
so i would prefer
a place like valencia where the
connections are stronger
the people are somewhat more calm
and
just a warmer place to be for me
so there is a reason why people come to
barcelona
and there is a reason why people stay in
valencia barcelona is a place you must
see
in your life you must spend some time
there
you must absorb some of the culture
and everything that this city has to
offer
and valencia it's possibly the place
where many people are choosing to stay
for long term
because it has
excellent schools
good food different variety of
neighborhoods for different
tastes cheaper than barcelona
and
it is really a lovely place to live in
and i can tell that confidently because
i literally lived off my suitcase for
over a year now everywhere in valencia
and i can tell you
there's so many different pockets with
different feel throughout the city that
i i think everyone can find something
some place that they would feel home
they can call home
so we all judge a city based on
different criteria
i
like certain things that i want to
experience in my life and
maybe one city it's more suitable for
that time period
then things change and you start
appreciating different things especially
when you try it most of it
so now
for me
valencia makes it a better place to live
and i would like to hear your
comments
if you've ever been to any of this city
valencia or barcelona
where do you prefer and where do you
picture yourself living because don't
forget it's very different if you visit
one place
as a tourist
and it's
a totally different story when you
actually live there
let me know in the comments
where would be your dream place to live
your dream city
barcelona surprised me
in some things
watch my video here to find
what my first impressions were of this
city