Happiness for Americans? This Spanish City Holds the Key

📖 Discover Valencia: Your Essential Guide to Living and Loving Life in Spain
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Deciding which Spanish city holds the key to happiness for Americans - Madrid, Barcelona, or Valencia - is no easy feat. Each city has its own unique flavors, transportation options, cost of living, and vibe. So, whether you're a fan of comforting stews and tapas, love strolling or hopping on the metro, appreciate budget-friendly living or don't mind splurging for luxury, and are drawn to a buzzing social scene or a more chill, laid-back atmosphere, one of these cities is bound to unlock your happiness.
By weighing the pros and cons of each city, you'll be able to make a choice that fits your style and needs as an American looking for their perfect Spanish Paradise. I hope this video has nudged you closer to discovering which city holds the key to your happiness, and I can't wait for you to uncover all the amazing experiences Spain has to offer!
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0:00 Intro
1:03 Madrid Cuisine
2:09 Barcelona's Food Scene
5:18 Birthplace of Paella
5:49 Valencia Ultimate Guide
6:09 Cost of Living
8:16 Madrid Life
8:49 Barcelona Life and Sagrada Familia
10:30 Valencia Life
11:02 Transportation
11:56 In My Opinion Conclusion

[@joseduarteborrega9298]

Soy español antonetta,gracias por llevar el nombre de España a tu país.un saludo desde Barcelona.

[@ANTOANETTA]

Thank you! I love Spain 🇪🇸

[@jorgeruizibanez2318]

North spain, it is not mainstream and it is awesome...

[@Carlos-rf2kj]

Ahora que llega el verano, vete al norte de España y disfrútalo!!!

[@juanandradehuidobro1006]

Visita un poco el interior Toledo,Salamanca,Burgos,Cáceres,Segovia y tal ❤

[@Lacteagalaxia]

Mejor para vosotros los guiris cansan mucho.

[@juanandradehuidobro1006]

@@Lacteagalaxia habla por ti,a mi me encantan los turistas

[@Hannib4lBarca]

Great video. I'd love to see something on Malaga, and the other cities in the south of Spain, and how they compare to the options examined here.

[@bobtoubman8551]

thank you so much for your videos! I left the states in 2005 for mexico and will be leaving for Spain later this year. your videos have not only been helpful but also inspiring. I'll be living in both Barcelona and girona. I would have loved to be in Valencia but I would like to be closer to my son who lives and works in Barcelona. I am very excited about my next adventure!

[@stewartthomas970]

I love Spain and thanks for sharing. We’re really enjoying your content 🙏😊

[@ANTOANETTA]

Thank you! So happy you like it and I am helpful 🙏🏻

[@tamaramadelin4831]

"Let your heart be your compass "...So true! And remember...Home is a feeling!!! Great and interesting vlog as usual!!!

[@ANTOANETTA]

Thank you so much!

[@wendymenezes6424]

I love how you compared these three cities. The food looks so good!😊❤

[@ANTOANETTA]

Thank you 😊

[@The_Beautiful_Ones]

Super underrated channel. The cinematography has been even better than usual. I’m trying to decide between Spain and Portugal right now 😊

[@hectorsuarez846]

I've been living in Spain for over a year now. Best decision I've made. Having been to both countries Spain and Portugal I never had to think about it. I always knew it was going to be Spain. Choose the country that have the language and culture you cannot wait to learn and feel immersed in it. Otherwise you will be a permanent tourist only wanting to hang out with other expats. Remember any country you choose you would be asking them to invite you to live there. Therefore you'd be a guest. Choose the one the one you can love and cherish.

[@sigiloXXX]

There's a glut of expat, especially Americans, who are already here.

[@lsdiesel8025]

@@sigiloXXX It sucks she keeps encouraging ppl to go to Valencia. I left the USA to get AWAY from Americans. They're all over Paris & I run the other way every time. 😂

[@lizcoleman5229]

Great video! I love Spain!

[@ANTOANETTA]

Thanks 😊

[@ForestRain44]

I would live in Valencia and take trips to Madrid and Barcelona when I please.

[@demarcosmith581]

I love Southern Europe

[@redruby747]

Me2

[@dantwan665]

Gorgeous video! Thanks for the comparisons

[@isaiasgarrido9993]

Nice video. And wow, yes, Valencia is becoming fashionable... But whenever I see these kinds of videos, an old Valencian saying keeps coming to my head: "De fora vindràn, que de ta casa et tiràn". Which comes to mean: "People from outside will come, who will throw you out of your house." For example, last year the cost of renting a flat was €400. Today that same rent costs €700/€800. I do not want to imply that the price increase is due to expatriates coming to retire here. The fact is that we are used to receiving tourism, the tourist comes, spends the money and goes back home. Now we will have to get used to another dynamic. I don't want you to misunderstand me, that you will always be welcome here, we always have, we like to see people from abroad value and love this land. We will retire in another cheaper city or country, I don't know. Lastly, globalization

[@timschmitt7550]

very good point!

[@ANTOANETTA]

Thank you for watching! Yes I completely understand. However, the world economy, politics are changing and what depends on us is find a place where we feel happy 😊 Many countries and cities are going thru transformation including ourselves as humans… thank you for watching 🙏🏻

[@Comments_From_All_Channels]

The government needs to give vasectomies after 2 kids. Middle Easterns can't fit in their countries anymore

[@lisasafady3137]

Great video

[@brianbrotarlo4537]

I wish these videos were longer. The creator's personality is such an interesting prism for Spain.

[@bradhorwitz2214]

What a wonderful video! So well done and informative! Great job.

[@augustinlozano3054]

merci pour ces belles video de l'espagne !

[@dennisvalencia9913]

Great job you two! I love learning about the different places you go especially the food! We will be in Valencia in October can't wait.

[@christinasafady7539]

What a great video, 1 of my favorites!!!

[@ANTOANETTA]

Thank you glad you liked it

[@elinaivanov8687]

Awesome video very informative and it gives you perspective for all 3 cities. Really all of them are beautiful 👍🏼

[@ANTOANETTA]

Thank you so much! I do love all 3 cities but I obviously made my choice

[@MarshKalfman]

Hi elinaivanov

[@xaviagui7036]

Woww ESpectacular video!!!!

[@ANTOANETTA]

Gracias 😊

[@JDS0409]

Your videos are getting more awesome all the time! I spent quite a few days in Madrid and Barcelona, it seems to me that I would like to visit Barcelona but I would prefer to live in Madrid. I haven't been in Valencia...yet

[@carolinafernandezgomez8149]

Si disfrutas tanto la costa y la gastronomía te recomiendo que visites Bilbao y Galicia. Te van a encantar en todos los sentidos! pero el clima allí es más fresco, menos soleado y más lluvioso que en Valencia.

[@J.G._Polo]

But they are, specifically Bilbao, more expensive than Valencia, and both with a much worse climate, much humidity and colder in winter and with the issue of their own language with a different attitude: there they do speak much in their own language ( Galician and in the other Basque or Euskera) while in Valencia, in whose capital Valencian is only institutional, everyone speaks Spanish Pero son, en concreto Bilbao, más caro que Valencia, y ambas con un clima bastante peor, mucha humedad y más frío en invierno y con el tema del idioma propio también son más obstinados: allí si se habla mucho más (en un sitio gallego y en el otro vascuence o euskera ) mientras que en Valencia, en cuya capital el valenciano sólo es institucional, todo el mundo habla español

[@ANTOANETTA]

Would visit Bilbao it is on my list.

[@carolinafernandezgomez8149]

@@J.G._Polo Todos te hablarán en español o en inglés, tanto los gallegos como los vascos, no te preocupes por eso, todos los españoles hablamos español.

[@carolinafernandezgomez8149]

@@ANTOANETTA Todos hablan español, y no son cerrados, te recomiendo que no te dejes llevar por los tópicos de cada región. La gente del norte son gente fabulosa.

[@mikioterobua]

Galicia es de lo más barato de España y las rías baixas tiene el mejor clima de todo el norte con mucha diferencia

[@henryrivas8999]

Valencia is our choice. Maybe run into you next year! 🎉 thanks for all your information!

[@ANTOANETTA]

Fantastic!!! 😊

[@arturopalma2386]

¡Gracias por compartir tan excelente video Antoanetta! Por favor, comenten sinceramente cuál prefieren de los siguientes 3 lugares que, en mi opinión son el icono de cada ciudad de las 3 mencionadas: ¿Cuál les parece más impresionante y por qué? - Sagrada Familia (Barcelona) - Museo del Prado (Madrid) - Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (Valencia) ¡De antemano muchas gracias por su opinión!

[@teaclaro1]

Almería (Andalucía)❤️ mejor ciudad del mundo , San José, Cabo de gata, vera, garrucha, mojacar , los cullos, los genoveses etc etc 😅😂playas, desierto,montañas, nieve 😊

[@gauchoparaguayo]

Con mínima de lluvia.

[@flaazevetemendo]

Es maravilloso ver cómo tantos estadounidenses están descubriendo la verdadera España y su cultura, después de décadas de subestimar y generar imágenes estereotipadas a través de Hollywood . It's wonderful to see how so many Americans are discovering the real Spain and its culture, after decades of underestimating and generating stereotypical images through Hollywood.

[@juanjosegarciaromero8051]

Sevilla Andalucía para cuando él vídeo en feria de abril 2023 lo más bello para grabar vídeos

[@redruby747]

Wow spain looks nice

[@egocelatrixcelatrix2514]

Asturias Oviedo

[@elsafernandez]

Tienes que visitar las Islas Canarias, mi favorita es Lanzarote .

[@redruby747]

Wow that church

[@jal051]

Gijón. Siempre.

[@yomismo688]

España es única😍🇪🇦❤️

[@pepemartinez7921]

Anto,valencia tiene el segundo museo de arte de España,solo superado por el prado,se trata del museo Pío V,junto al cauce del río Turia y detrás de viveros. Es muy importante por la calidad de sus obras.

[@Juan-xg4kr]

En Valencia no caminas a cualquier parte de la ciudad en 30 minutos, corriendo quizás. Del centro a la playa 1 hora o mas caminando Del centro a la ciudad de las artes y las ciencias unos 50min. Esto partiendo desde el centro, de una parte a otra te lleva casi 2 horas. Ves de la avenida del CID a la playa a ver cuanto te cuesta.

[@DogWalkerBill]

Don't know about in Spain, but in England what makes a cathedral a cathedral is that a bishop has his See there. Otherwise, it's a church, no matter how big and elaborate. Also, a city can only be a city if it has a cathedral, otherwise, its a town. I visited London in 2000 and visited St. Paul's Cathedral. It's a fantastic cathedral! The acoustics are fantastic! It has a fantastic organ! There was an organ recital. The organist composer, I think was (maybe) French (or was he Spanish?). He assigned notes to colors in famous paintings starting at the top left and moving across he painting. Then he played the results. It was AWFUL! A cat walking across the keyboard would have been better! I was so disappointed at the waste of a great cathedral, it's acoustics & organ! (Same organist visited New York City and traveled across the USA.)

[@bandolero5068]

Another great video. Happily I am in Andalusia next week, got me hungry already!

[@ANTOANETTA]

Thanks! Where in Andalusia?

[@ricardosadaburgaleta7966]

Bilbao Donosti Santander visita también el norte granada córdoba Cádiz visita el sur

[@antoninodiazrodriguez]

You are loosing Andalucia, Extremadura, Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, Ceuta, Melilla, Navarra, Aragon, Alicante and Castellón, Basque country, Castilla and León, Baleares and my Lovely Canary Island and those languages, traditions, foods, histories, and cultures. Knowing that Valencia, Barcelona and of course Madrid are increíble too. Besides our brothers in Iberian Peninsula : Portugal. Increíble too. Beautiful. Peaceful too. Lovely people. Thanks so much !

[@polymath9965]

Beautiful video! Do you like Barcelona or Valencia’s beach better?

[@ANTOANETTA]

Thanks. Valencia has better beach for me

[@anacasanova7350]

Barcelona no tiene las mejores playas, estan en Gerona , Costa Brava y al sur de la ciudad de Barcelona, empezando con Castelldefels, sitges, vilanova y geltru y provincia de Tarragona, con salou, cubellas , torredembarra

[@Destructor78]

Valencia es "la mijor terreta del mon".

[@MrLluc28]

Será la "millor" no?

[@mebarekzaki]

bravo

[@maribelgarcia1115]

For me Valencia is the best to live in

[@TheMariodeblas]

❤️💛💛❤️

[@MASC9]

Come to Zaragoza pretty girl!

[@ANTOANETTA]

Will do

[@ramonkelly9684]

How about the Costa del Sol?

[@user-hw9yj8wm1u]

I prefer Valencia and Alicante

[@Miism737-pe2sw]

Spanish food is very tasty

[@alidamurphy1443]

Hi there this is alida we just met at the park. It was so nice thAt I ran into you. But guess what while we were talking someone took off with my purse😢

[@ANTOANETTA]

OMG that’s horrible!! Did you have documents?? You have to report to the police. My bf got his wallet back after a month or so.. terrible I am so sorry..,

[@alidamurphy1443]

I did go to the National police and reported it. I had my US drivers license,credit cards, bank card, cash keys and my Spain phone. My wish for them my God bless them.

[@alidamurphy1443]

I’ve canceled everything and and it all replaced. No fun. Lol

[@RobertRod818]

I'm divided between Madrid and Valencia. Barcelona is way too touristy.

[@ANTOANETTA]

Awww so I was not able to help you decide? 😢

[@timschmitt7550]

Valencia is much more touristy than Madrid.

[@vicentesorianopenaranda9258]

Ola lamento no poder entender lo que estás hablando porque si hablas inglés los subtitulos no los haces en español gracias por lo bien que hablas de mi españa

[@ANTOANETTA]

si, tengo subtitilos en espaniol.

[@albertomartin7576]

Debes configurarlo en ajustes de KZbin

[@ilpaesedelmiocuore2637]

100% Balkan Woman! 😇😇

[@worldobserver3515]

What is your first language?

[@ANTOANETTA]

Bulgarian

[@JuanCapilla1PintorVilar]

Cual ciudad? ! La que en que tu estás...! 🙃 Un día tomaremos ( con tu tío, claro ) unas horchatas...por allá, Mercado Central, no sé si esas dos rusas "rubias" todavia venden horchata en entrada del lado Mercado central, como en 2012....😢... Locura que ya me tienes que no puedo dormir cada noche en USA sin oir tu voz y ver tu programa excelente, igual que son tus opiniones, ideas y " filosofias", profundas..¿..tu escribes tus propias palabras? por favor habla de La !!#! Crisis- ¿ sigue horrible, todavia, increiblemente., o es mejor,- me parece que no- ya a 15 años de arruinacion..??? Has ido a LA Utielana Restaurant ❤ cerca de Ayuntamiento? Barata y Mucha comida dan, y barata.....recuerdos a camarera dulce Paqui si esta todavia...

[@oietube]

Feedback is so focused on your personal preferences. It would have been more helpful to get some comparisons in cost, eg spending numbers, medical care facilities/availabilities, safety, educational quality/ranking. Sorry, but this was not concrete nor useful information at all. I felt I learned more about you than those cities 😂 which is OK but then you'd have to change the title to Where I find my happiness or so. Lastly, why are you wearing the mask in some places in Spain? Is it still mandatory?

[@albertomartin7576]

Por lo que preguntas, seguramente no has visto muchos vídeos de Antoanetta. Ya que los costos médicos son iguales y despreciables en toda España. La sanidad es universal y gratuita. Y si eres turista te puedes hacer un seguro familiar por unos 90€ al mes, que te incluye todo. Nada que ver con USA. La variación mayor que puede haber entre las tres ciudades son la vivienda y los servicios, siendo Barcelona la más cara y Valencia la más barata. Por mi experiencia unos 300 - 400 euros mensuales de diferencia. La educación es gratuita en las tres. Las estadísticas de criminalidad de España son las más bajas de Europa. Barcelona es la peor en ese sentido. Las infraestructuras son similares. Siendo Valencia la ciudad más pequeña. La mascarilla sólo es obligatoria en los centros médicos. La vacunación en España alcanza casi el 100%.

[@ericktwelve11]

As long Americans are not paying and gentrifying the neighborhoods, they're more than happy.😂😂😂

[@redruby747]

No happy in usa

[@timschmitt7550]

I disagree that Spain is a culinary paradise as you say. Probably compared to the USA or the UK, but certainly not compared to Italy or France. You can indeed find nice restaurants in Spain, but I do not find the average food very good and varied to be honest.

[@MASC9]

You are totally wrong

[@Carlos-rf2kj]

Lo siento, no estoy para nada,de acuerdo. Te escribo desde España y te puedo enseñar sitios donde vienen los extranjeros sencillamente a comer bien, buenos vinos, buenos quesos, buen producto local y muy buen precio

[@santigetaz8879]

Actually the same can be said about France.. not sure what's so amazing about it except Coc au vin and boeuf bourguignon. I personally love Mexican food, Asian food and Middle Eastern.. way more than Italian or French food, and for that London or American West Coast is much better. I personally find French cuisine not fresh enough.. too overcooked, and Italian Is Amazing but.....too many carbs.

[@cal9112]

French food is more about meat and dairies, Spain is about seafood and little samples of varied and delicious food. aka tapas, ltalian is about carbs mostly

[@timschmitt7550]

@@Carlos-rf2kj Note that I did not say there are no good and sometimes very good place to eat in Spain (especially in northern Spain). But that on average food in Italy is MUCH better than in Spain is a fact which is obvious to anyone who spent more than a few days in each country.