Wait . This explains the Indian guy in lecture that was constantly doing the wobble . I thought he was shaking his head , as if he was displeased with what the professor was saying . Thanks for that awesome quick snippet of info ! <| sep |> The modern fantasy dwarf comes both from Poul Anderson and Tolkien and has been solidified by things like DD and so forth . It kind of makes sense , the classic high fantasy setting is very anglosaxon in nature , even though it draws heavily from nordic myths . Dwarves live in the mountains , are seen as somewhat grumpy and greedy , but also reliable and somewhat related to humans elves . If humans live in England , dwarves live in Scotland . <| sep |> Good and bad is very subjective , it depends on where you are from . I ' m gathering by your writing and the term flat you are probably not from the US . I would say if you are from the US there is nothing bad in Spain as compared to cities in the US . If you are from the UK , it would be on par with most large cities in the UK at that time of night . Also the Spanish do stay up much later I ' ve been out after midnight and you would think it was 9 pm in other cities with so much going on .