To stay August in Barcelona in August dilo en esta orden, de otra forma in August in Barcelona es muy raro

People from Barcelona always leave the city in August , in general for vacation, but also people who are retired or don't work they too leave the city, essentially to run away from the heat. And because everybody leaves the city and only the only people staying are those who must work, this situation makes you feel sometimes anxious, and pushes you to make plans to leave although you don't really wish to go away or sometimes you go to visit your family that live in the country whom didn't you didn't have any wishes to see.
I decided long time ago that I would leave my city when I really wanted to and no matter if it was August or not, but for different reasons , in general I make my vacation in August, and this year because I'm here , I became aware that I have only stayed 3 times in Agust in Barcelona in August.
And I also realized despite the crisis the people feel pressed/pressured to leave the city, especially this weekend , the 15th of August, in the Italian "ferragosto" Italian, many neighbourhoods are nearly a ghost town, a lot of shops are closed even that never close and are always open even on Sunday.
Yesterday a friend invited us to a fantastic dinner, she is a wonderful and sophisticated chef, she trusted that some shops over near her house were/would be open to buy special ice for cocktail, and we had to grind the ice ourselves , by the way, it was so funny ! Besides
the tourist world , the life in Barcelona in August is like a ghost town, everybody is escaping from it
Regards
Celia