In Barcelonathe Applications flirting like Tinder either Bumble They are a very common method of meeting new people, especially among Gen Z people. This global phenomenon has received a lot of attention. extra boost in the Catalan capital with the important arrival of ‘expats‘ In recent years, people from other countries who have settled in the city to live and work/study, attracted by its lifestyle, Mediterranean climate and cosmopolitan atmosphere.
Demand for foreign professionals and the possibility of working remotely, greatly boosted by the pandemicmakes Barcelona have an increasingly international citizenship, and this heterogeneity is also noted in the ‘apps’ of quotes. Arriving in a new city where you don’t know anyone makes you get ready to make friends -or something else-, and these platforms can make the task easier. The digital nomads they trigger activity on Tinder in such a way that in some of their destinations the neighbors have come to nickname them ‘genital nomads’.
“I installed Tinder as soon as I landed in Barcelonaat the same airport & rdquor ;, explains Antonella R., a 26-year-old Peruvian girl who now works as an ‘account manager’ in a multinational. She arrived in the Catalan capital three years ago, and since then she has used this type of application to meet people. She over time she went to Bumble, because he feels that the boys there do not go so “to the point & rdquor ;. “There is less pressure to fuck and the meetings are more relaxed,” she admits in a conversation with this newspaper.
“As an international, I see how people are in my life in a very transitory way. My friends close their cycle in Barcelona and leave”, account. For this reason, Antonella uses these platforms not only to flirt, but also to Make friends. “I go out without expectations, to make friends and, if something else happens, perfect. With this method, throughout these three years I have made friends that I still have & rdquor ;, she says.
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Of course, despite living in Barcelona, he admits that he is not used to dating people from Barcelona. “I stay with many more guys from outside. Honestly, I don’t really feel the connection with the locals. The internationals have more good vibes, they are more open to meeting people”, he explains, referring to that kind of ‘Erasmus chip’ that many young ‘expats’ share and that does not always match the spirit of lifelong neighbors , less impatient to meet new people.
His first dating app was also installed upon arrival in Barcelona Victor M., a 28-year-old Portuguese boy who works as an ‘account manager’ in a technology company. He also arrived in the Catalan capital three years ago to study a master. It was when he finished university, when he had been living here for a year, that he decided to start meeting people ‘online’: “During the master’s degree I didn’t need to, because I constantly met people. But when I started working and having less time to go out, I saw that it was a good alternative to meet other people”. In his case, he does have dates with both local and international girls alike, with the advantage that, staying with Barcelonans, he also has the opportunity to “further improve” your level of Castilian.
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He sees it the same way Federico N., a 30-year-old Italian boy who arrived in the Catalan capital ten months ago. “Learning Spanish step by step” (“Learning Spanish step by step”), reads his Tinder profile. He is a digital entrepreneur and has the possibility of work remotelyTherefore, after living for a while in France, he decided to change his scene and settle in the Catalan capital. “I really like Barcelona & rdquor ;, she says.
Federico uses Tinder to meet girls with whom he can have “some minimally lasting relationship& rdquor; and, if this is not the case, at least do language exchange. He acknowledges that the first objective has not yet been achieved, something common in this “21st century love”, which has become a kind of easily disposable consumer good.