The major attraction of living in Spain - apart from the sun, the sea, the food, the people, and the absence of English people (!) was always the less expensive cost of living. Since the introduction of the Euro, expats, and regular tourists, of which i am one, have noticed the steady increase in the cost of living in Spain, until now it is roughly equal to here. That said, when ytou look at waht you get over there for the same money, it;s not hard to see why people are still shifting over there in droves.