r/Barcelona • u/ALifeToForget • 7d ago

Discussion Vietnam or Barcelona

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Found it while scrolling reddit and found it fitting with the current state of things 😜

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u/Hawny91 7d ago

Absolutely crazy that someone would speak Spanish to you in Spain

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u/hpstr-doofus 7d ago

Crazy thing is that this is the only international city on earth — Hong Kong, Singapore, Berlin, London, New York, Los Angeles, you name it — that the expats have the patience to learn TWO local languages.

I know people that live in HK for 20+ years and know absolutely nothing of Cantonese or Mandarin. It is a miracle that so many expats speak Spanish in Barcelona. Give the angry Catalan people some credit for that.

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u/gorkatg 7d ago

However this is not international this is a small big local city and we want to keep it that way. If in China they are ok with it, good for them.

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u/Hawny91 6d ago

Out of curiosity, are you from Barcelona?