A small town (or range of towns in about an hour radius) in Upstate NY was the hardest. AirBnB and wealthy tech gentrification hit hard, so rent jumped 40% in one year and caused a lot of scarcity.
Even the places that were way above budget had waitlists of 100+ people. They picked people who could prepay, had super high credit (like 770+), and had steady high paying jobs—even for dingy apartments. We were never able to find a place to live.
Lmfao 🤣
Haha thanks. It’s not a super common allergy (about 1% of food allergies), but it’s a real pain—especially since corn hides in a lot of ingredients like dextrose, maltodextrin, citric acid, etc.
As someone with a corn allergy…I can say it is WILDLY hard to buy any food or food products in the US
So many things omg. The income disparity and high cost of living, the lack of basic human rights, the gun violence, the entitled individualism, the lack of good medical care, the laws outlawing people existing as themselves, the stolen Native land, the lack of support for new parents, the health insurance costs, the taxes that never go to things citizens really need. Oh, and Amtrak.
We’re doing a similar thing (renting via bank statements, but as business owners) and about 90% of property won’t allow it. It’s because of a type of non-payment insurance landlords have that requires the tenants have a 1 year seniority position with a Spanish company and can prove paystubs and contract.
It gets easier to rent the higher your budget is, though.
Sounds like a good fit, and the Telework (or “Digital Nomad”) Visa should make the process easy! There are plenty of latino folks here and racism (which unfortunately still exists like everywhere) seems mostly targeted towards African immigrants. Though, it rarely seems to have violence compared to the US.
Taxes can be high (but they also are for self-employed people in the US), but cost of living is far superior.
Just be mindful of your financial privilege. Rent at a local rate (not luxury or Airbnb whenever you can avoid it), shop at local businesses and central markets, don’t work at cafes (outside of designated work cafes). This will keep the culture of Spain we love so much alive. :)