Spain update - Benidorm: the World's Most Dangerous City?

Spain update and according to a report, Benidorm is the world's most dangerous city for scams. Is that true?
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[@barbaraneville5036]

The worlds most dangerous destination is in the UK It's called London

[@goodquestion8064]

With the current UK policing attitude, the entire Uk is dangerous, police are arrogant and hold zero respect for the public

[@rogerdavies2796]

Tijuana, Mexico to be precise.

[@shiningirisheyes]

Londonstan

[@michaeljones3774]

Definitely London & Liverpool

[@rogerdavies2796]

@@michaeljones3774 Not even in the top 30

[@duncaninglis3806]

I live near Benidorm, and it definitely is the world's most dangerous place if you get offended by drunk Brits and shabby tourism 😂

[@Eurobazz]

Well said.

[@thedahkterizzin8831]

Cafes in Spain aren't quiet places. Almost nowhere except churches or cathedrals is quiet. It's Spain. People talk a lot, often loudly. How silly. 😅

[@dalogan7290]

Leave if you don’t like it, gtfo

[@johnamilner9019]

If the Brexit deal which was done by Boris is to be judged by, Spain will get the better deal on Gibraltar,the UK government,has no bottle, John UK

[@mikebilodeau3235]

I work as a freelance writer and love the flexibility to do so remotely. If I ever had to work from a café or the like in a pinch, I would be more than happy to pay an hourly rate. Saying that, I never have and prefer to pay for a co-working space or something a little quieter. Taking up a table for hours in order to earn money while only purchasing a hot drink is taking the piss. These are social places designed for people to enjoy themselves over something to drink and a snack, not somewhere to work. Just as drinking coffee and socialising in the centre of an office where people are trying to work wouldn't be tolerated, turning a social setting into an office shouldn't be either. It's disrespectful. I fully agree with establishment owners in this case. The digital nomad visa requirements are quite high for many countries. Digital nomads need to earn a fair amount to acquire such a visa. Finding a country with a lower cost of living is the goal for many, and competing with locals in said countries who earn less was bound to cause issues. I was wondering how long it would take for this to become a problem. It's great in theory, but some foresight should have been applied before implementing such visas.

[@Eurobazz]

Excellent comment.

[@youssef16844]

Great point. I'm sure we could all use a lesson on ethical behavior from Starbucks, which is were most of these "digital nomads" work.

[@janethaver3375]

There are cafes in the uk where people working on their laptops ask other customers to be quiet so they can conduct a Zoom meeting. At least one cafe has put a stop to this and quite rightly. I don’t blame the cafe owners. The people working in cafes, or some of them, are taking the mickey. Sometimes you go into a cafe and most of the tables have one person sitting at them working. So where do a group of friends sit?

[@rogerdavies2796]

At the same table. Simple

[@charlieyerrell9146]

You go into a café to eat and drink and to talk to your friends. If you want to work on a computer in peace and quiet then go to your home or office, do not complain about people talking in a café.

[@harriettt9857]

Cafe owners should put a stop to this behaviour very very fast ! I’ve seen it so many times .they even sit where there are sockets to plug in their laptops . Sit there for hours with one coffee !

[@Ii-sb3fw]

I have a friend who set up a sandwich joint first in miami then in hemosa beach in LA. He didnt offer wifi cause he didnt want a few people occupying seats for a whole day.

[@harriettt9857]

Great solution people have data on their phones . Laptop users shouldn't be allowed to occupy a whole table to themselves , avail of heating in winter and air conditioning in summer , plug in their devices and stay as long as they want for the price of a coffee . That's abuse ! Should not be tolerated

[@jeffatkins6890]

Cameron ! oh no ! the kiss of death

[@terencejay8845]

He was quietly sneaked back in, the deserter.

[@janethaver3375]

Benidorm is named as “the world’s most dangerous destination FOR SCAMS”. Admittedly the headline left the two last words off, but you did say you went looking for negative stories about Spain in the press. Any he that seeks shall surely find 😂

[@tatianadiaz1774]

That headline isn't right either. I'm pretty sure other cities in the world are much worse.

[@user-ri7ib9xf4k]

Cameron will probably loose Gibraltar. Why is that clown in the current British Government? Why is he a Lord? Cameron is totally responsible for the mess that is Brexit. See lots of lap top digital nomads in Manchester, never seen anybody using a laptop in Bemalmadena - shall start the trend. However rather enjoy the coffee and the weather. Just thought Spanish people often sit down and enjoy drink with their pals and stay there seemingly forever. Long live Benidorm.

[@CH-jd8km]

There is a rumour that after the Conservatives lose the forthcoming elections, Sunak will be gotten ridden of and Cameron will lead the party !!! If Cameron was a CEO of a company, he would have been behind bars as a destroyer of value. Enjoy Benidorm.

[@neilg4208]

​@@CH-jd8kmAnd we must remember that Cameron campaigned for the EU in the referendum. As did the Conservative Party itself. This planned Gibraltar deal is the pro-eu 'old guard' striking back.

[@Penros0]

Stuart uses clickbait from previously unknown Brit site to justify using clickbait!.

[@andrewdavies8954]

I'm not that sure the UK wants to change the status quo re Gibraltar/Spain that much,there is little or no trust by the UK in what Brussels says,

[@rogerdavies2796]

The most important people are the natives who are seemingly happy as they are.

[@Eurobazz]

Don't forget that Cameron is pro-EU and anti-Brexit.

[@neilg4208]

@@Eurobazz Cameron is acting for the EU

[@dan3885]

Birmingham live is a sensationalist rag, it was telling us "the exact date it will snow in the UK" up till a few weeks ago 😂😂

[@janethaver3375]

Yes, I agree. I had a look at it. That’s exactly the right description. I’d never heard of it until Stuart mentioned it, so not exactly representing the thoughts of most of the UK

[@glumonion1454]

Exact date of snow every day between 1st of November and 30th of April and record heatwave hotter than Málaga coming every day between 1st May and the 31st of October. Birmingham Live must be a joke

[@BruceWood-lv2uq]

Sounds like Essex Live. Really trash reports and cannot read online because of ads jumping all over the place.

[@glumonion1454]

There are negative stories about Spain on Birmingham Live daily, sometimes 3 or 4. Occasionally other EU destinations too. Meanwhile in the U.K. there is to be non stop sunshine and heatwaves. Think they have an agenda bring back the wonderful staycations, when everything was overpriced and overcrowded.

[@bapluda]

I have never seen the allure of working from a coffee shop, it's noisy and uncomfortable. Nothing beats working from home, the hotel room or even the hotel lounge. You can stretch your legs and eat your own food.

[@coffermartin77]

When i come back to Spain, my first destination will be that Highway in the background of your video. Cheers!

[@011258stooie]

Bring back the 'toll gate' for the locals benefit. If the British government acted for the benefit of british citizens, they would give back Gibraltar tomorrow. But they don't act on behalf of the british citizen.

[@rogerdavies2796]

No government acts on behalf of its citizens. They act for themselves. On the subject of Gibraltar I was under the impression that the vast majority of citizens wish to retain the current status quo. Where do you get your information?

[@paulamartin9238]

Gibraltarians want to stay aligned with UK

[@011258stooie]

@@rogerdavies2796 Gibraltar is a costly anachronism that gives british folk a false, and dangerous, sense of superiority. Much better that we give it back before we get the inevitable 'demand', and reap the good will of not just the good folk of Spain, but the whole world. Blighty is on it's knee's at the minute for it's craven support for the genocidal death cult in Tel Aviv . We need all the positive PR we can get !

[@janetlombardi2314]

Interesting video, Stuart. Thank you 😊

[@pauldby1479]

Digital nomads don't quite price locals out of housing -they pay locals who own the property rent

[@stevo728822]

As written by Esther Marshall, Senior Travel Reporter at the Express newspaper.

[@kimsteele4625]

While the Digital Nomads may be an annoyance with higher rents etc, they do actually spend a lot of money in their leisure time all helping a country's economy, who is going to be the next target? Arguably it's a difficult one it's so sad the world is turning in on itself.

[@FuerteventuraGuide]

They may spend some money, but chances are that they are not paying the minimum social security contribution of €300 per month that Spanish residents have to pay, so not only are they competing for accommodation, but they are also competing for work with an unfair advantage.

[@stevo728822]

New technology always introduces unintended consequences.

[@frankkvistgaard4824]

Ceuta and Mellilla have never been part of Marocco. Please research before commenting

[@johnmurphy4814]

The Falklands have never been part of Argentina, yet the British gave them the right of self determination, they votrd overwhelmingly to remain British. Gibraltar, having been Annexed to Spain in 1501 (yes, it didn't belong to Spain in 1500, or for over 900 years previously), then captured by the British in 1704 during the War of Spanish Succession was ceeded by the Spanish to the UK under the Treaty if Utrecht, in 1713. This was renewed in 1763 and 1783. Given it was The Moors who first settled on the rock in the 8th century, previously home to Romans, Phoenicians and Neanderthals (in reverse order), Spain cannot claim 'it was always Spanish' as some mistakenly claim. A treaty is a treaty and the UK provided for the Gibraltarians to stay British or leave it in 1968. Since the people decided to stay British, but independent, the UK has taken the position on Gibraltar as it has on other overseas territories, the people have a right to self determination. For all those who whine that the people voted to remain in the EU, it's true. However, after the vote, they also stated they wished to remain British, as the other option was to be subsumed into Spain, which is what the Spanish are intent on. For me, they have a right to self determination, which they have consistently expressed as remaining British. While it's also correct that Ceuta and Melilla were Spanish before Morocco existed, the Spanish refuse to give them the right to self determination, as requested by Morocco.

[@michaeljones3774]

Benidorm has enjoyed decades of benefits from British tourism, ever since my mom & sister & pals spent their 4 weeks in Valencia and Benidorm in the early 1950s & then Madrid and Santander & the boat back to Southampton. Today's Benidorm is working class Brit holiday hub with a different type of generation.

[@gary7542]

Sounds like a housing shortage due to lack of controlled building specifically for locals. Nomads/tourists are they the real issue or a convenient scapegoat.

[@laurasebastian6036]

The minimum salary for the digital nomad visa is around 2300€, not double or triple our salaries. But it's true that that's a minimum, many of them make muuuuch more

[@sarniedonnelly2544]

Very interesting. 😊

[@jonathangat4765]

Reading an article now on how the Valencia RE market is overheated. I've sensed that for more than a year, even though I think many were/are in denial. Digital nomads, purchases for AirBnbs and foreigners purchaing properties have caused massive rise in prices and Valencia people are starting to get angrier.

[@manuelfg2902]

Valencia is still cheap, i think

[@stevo728822]

It's the Valencians renting apartments for AirBnB. They create the problem themselves.

[@rogerdavies2796]

It will only get "worse" in Valencia unless appropriate action is taken. Valencia comes top in Europe (!!!) for THE place to live.....in many surveys by ex-pats

[@manuelfg2902]

Once again, greed is the guilty

[@CatFisher947]

@@manuelfg2902Compared to ?

[@charlesharvey2164]

Have you heard any push back from the Spaniards regarding NLVs? And your thoughts of course?

[@neilg4208]

Spain has often caused delays at the Gibraltar border. The answer to that lies with Spain, which has to examine its silliness. That doesn't require EU involvement, although the EU is exploiting the situation so it can end Gibraltar's historic status. Cameron is the wrong person for these negotiations. We need someone to stand up to the bullying at the border

[@jorgesardinas8612]

Digital Nomads can be a real problem for Business' and Customers alike. I go into a Plaza and find all the tables occupied by people with laptops, I move on with my wife to the next café where I can get a table. It's that simple. They get my Euros instead .

[@user-nc2qj2jc5q]

At least Boris got that Brexit done 😸😃

[@joseantoniodavila2752]

I've only been to London once, 40 years ago, and I did it as a digital nomad. A pint or a tea lasted me hours too and the waiters looked at me suspiciously, but it didn't matter because many waiters were Spanish digital nomads like me. There were thousands of Spanish digital nomads in London in those years. We used to hitchhike to Ostend, take the ferry, and then hitchhiking again to London, to learn English while earning money or spending little.

[@juvenalsdad4175]

Clearly a successful enterprise. Your English is better than a lot of those in the comments who claim it as a first language. Me included sometimes,

[@Eurobazz]

Forty years ago? I don't think so. Where was the WiFi, Internet, laptops etc in 1984?

[@nickycocreator7694]

Who uses WiFi now when you can buy 100gig for 20euros on pre pay...Kick them out they earn enough money

[@RG-cz1tc]

So Spain doesn't want Brits or digital nomads coming and spending their money. I guess the answer is to continue to bring in boatloads of migrants, after all they are unskilled, have no money for rents, so the locals can continue to enjoy low rents because the migrants will apparently not need apartments. For coffee shops, the digital nomads should be charged an hourly rate. One coffee doesn't do it, and likely other customers have to take their coffee and leave because there are no available tables. They get that "digital nomad glare". when they are looking for a seat!

[@Eurobazz]

The hogging of tables in bars, cafés and restaurants took place long before the phrase 'digital nomad' entered common usage. Young people having no respect or consideration think it's their right to perform this act. The commercial location should exercise everything possible to deter these activities. Introducing a Faraday cage is one solution. In Portugal, the rent increases have resulted from digital nomads and the influx of US migrants. As a country much smaller than Spain, PT cannot absorb the rise in these two economic factors where Lisbon and Porto have been adversely affected.

[@jp13119]

In the US, it's older fellas...hogging tables in Starbucks, etc....

[@stevethornhill3304]

97% of the population of Gibraltar voted to remain in the European union.

[@paulamartin9238]

I've a feeling it was more like 99%

[@Recipe-Review]

They also voted to stay British.

[@stevethornhill3304]

They voted to stay Gibraltarian

[@Recipe-Review]

And sported and protected by Britain. Cake and eat it.

[@HB-bl5mn]

That was before the word Brexit even was invented.

[@yalvar]

Why do they make such sensationalist headlines about Spain?

[@user-nc2qj2jc5q]

Over rated city you mean ,unless you like bumping into drunk Brits 😂😂

[@Yocambio]

Answer: No. Not remotely. Clickbait video title.

[@sitrepSNAFU]

This NOT about Gibraltar and it's poorer neighbour Spain, let's get that clear. It's a Gibraltar/EU negotiation.

[@topguydave]

UK should close the border. The only people it would hurt are the hundreds of Spanish workers and smugglers of duty free.

[@guayames]

The former Empires of Spain and England think they still are when discussing Gibraltar, until they wake up to their own unimportance, nothing will be solved!

[@anthonyferris8912]

Give Ceuta and Melilla back to Morocco…