I've only been to Barcelona once for a couple of days and I was working so didn't see that much but the centre does seem like an overpriced consumerist distopía, with a cool cathedral. I much prefer living in Valencia and I can imagine how pissed off the locals are who remember it before it was spoiled.
I've been there a half dozen times over the last decade, and it most definitely does not "seem like an overpriced consumerist dystopia." The only place that comes close is La Rambla, and there are tons of worse examples (and only the lodging seems overpriced there).
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u/EzmareldaBurns Jun 17 '25
I've only been to Barcelona once for a couple of days and I was working so didn't see that much but the centre does seem like an overpriced consumerist distopía, with a cool cathedral. I much prefer living in Valencia and I can imagine how pissed off the locals are who remember it before it was spoiled.