The single biggest difference between now and when I was here before is that now Spain is Spain. These is now (at least where I am) an almost universal identification as being "Español" rather than being "Madrileño." I can only assume that the same thing has happen across the nation.
The only possible explanation I can think of for this is winning the World Cup. It has changed the attitude of the entire nation. They don´t really talk about it but it is almost always there, like a little undercurrent of victory. The best example of this is this song. If you go out at night and hear this song, EVERYONE sings it. And I mean EVERYONE. They all know all the words and most bellow it out as loud as they can as if they were trying to remind the world that they won.
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