19 Dec 2011 10:34 AM:

We've been going to Vera and the surrounding area for over thirty years and have seen the Vera Playa area change from a scrubby back beach area to the concrete jungle it is now. I can't say that I like the change but not all of the apartment complexes are unattractive and, from what we see on occasional visits to the beach there, the area is well tended and kept clean and tidy.

The american road has expanded to a dual carriageway with lots of annoying roundabouts, and now the development is heading off into the campo towards Vera itself. It will be interesting to see where the AVE line runs and whether it will represent the northerly / westerly limit to the housing.

Many of the apartments / villas are empty but that is much the same all along the playa extending even to Playa Macenas at the other end of Mojacar Playa where they seem to have given up building altogether. Vera Playa has been good for Vera as it brings in much needed income in the way of taxes and has allowed Vera to improve the town immensely and build new civic buildings (they may finish the theatre one day)

As to Huercal Overa I can't say that I have ever noticed that it is particularly smelly. HO is a very nice town when you get away from the old N340 and up into the centre. Lots of nice buildings, pleasant people, and much lower prices than on the coast.

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