Hi (again) Sunspot. Yes, it´s me from the "other" board.
Being the diplomatic person that I usually am, I will say that I find both boards to be great resources for different reasons.
There are great discussions on this board especially involving politics and cultural differences. I find them very interesting and enriching. It also helps me to understand my host country´s (Spain´s) mindset a bit more when I read the variety of posts made by Spaniards here.
This community, like the "other one" is friendly and largely open-minded, although it has been known to come to a standstill on certain topics
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I don´t know if Madridman keeps statistics, but my guess, judging from the active posters on this forums, is that the majority of the participants on this board live outside of Spain but have some sort of connection to the country either through family or travel. One this is for sure, everyone loves the country! However, we do have some "regulars" that are Spanish living in Spain.. Fernando, Ignacio, Antonio to name a few.
Then, there are a few expats, such as myself, Shawn Redwood, Rocco, and Tony Torero who live here and share our insights from our personal experiences here. In fact, you might want to post your questions regarding Valencia here as there is a regular poster who is an expat and well versed on all things Valencian. His name escapes me at the moment but I am sure a search will yield his name.
There are "cross posters" on both boards. I am sure you will recognize some of the nicknames. Others who cross post have an identity crisis (different nicknames)
. Seeing as there are cross posters, it is easy to understand that both boards offer different things to different people.
But I´m not here to promote other peoples´ business. Best to keep the two worlds separate... just as you wouldn´t walk into Coca-Cola´s headquarters raving about Pepsi!
Search and post! You won´t regret it!