@Jay Hinrichs So true...it's interesting to see how investors react when I tell them I would never buy a house in a certain area b/c I know what's going to happen to it in 2-3 years.  

The global financial crisis has hit the native property market quite differently than the holiday home market which dominates the costal regions.If you want proper analysis you need to look at local publications, English language versions will be very Costa-sentric and will provide a pretty narrow view, 50% of the property in Spain is bought and sold by Spaniards but foreigners of various nationalities all profess to be experts in the country as a whole.

I am certainly ghoulishly enthusiastic about the area.As a Pittsburgh native who is, born and raised here, living here for 23 years and counting, and from generations of minority heritage here: you're right.The phrase goes that Pennsylvania is Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Alabama in between.

I am native to the Saratoga Springs area and I work in Albany with the National Guard.

I dont subscribe to the hate and I dont believe all the opposing natives do either.

UPDATE: one of the tenants send me an email today apologizing for her conduct and for reacting unprofessionally.

Not trying to sound rude, just my native Texan bluntness coming out here.

I'm a Jax native as well. 

Thanks.Jeff - Helotes native that lives in Lakehills and works in SA

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