I can go to work by foot and out public transport is pretty good so I'm grateful for that! I do hope you can be less jaded, because yeah idk maybe it's that I notice it when you do but I have seen you complain often enough to pick up on it haha
Well, it's not that /horrid/ but here laws are more stringent about minimum wages, paid holidays and redundancy compensations so employers are a bit more wary about hiring, since it's not as easy to get rid of a bad employee. It's a delicate balance and here in Spain it's particularly bad. France is not quite as awful but yeah... unemployment is about 10% in average over the EU.
Those are crazy price increases in a decade, lordy. We had a bubble -this house is now worth about 15 times as much- but not quite as high in comparison.
I still am! Just came back from work actually. Covering US politics, so I'm pretty aware about Trumpy.