In Fridays edition of El Nou, a newspaper in Catalan covering stories in the Valles Oriental where I live, they printed the results of a survey about Independence.
Twenty local people every week will be asked three questions:
1/ Do you believe there should be a referendum about independence?
2/ Why?
3/ If it happens, what will you vote?

This first week 18 out of 20 said Yes to question 1. And 15 out of 20 said Yes to question 3.

Here are some of the responses in more detail. It is interesting because this really is a subject of discussion here at the moment.   I’ve been part of numerous conversations about the possibility of an independent Catalunya.  The most recent being last night with a Spanish woman standing outside a bar in Granollers having a cigarette in the rain!

Lluis(architect)
1/ Yes, obviously!
2/ To assess public opinion and if the citizens of Catalunya say yes then to start the process as quickly as possible
3/ Yes Yes Yes!

Vicenç (artist)
1/ Yes, of course
2/ When one and a half million people come out on the streets demonstrating in this way, no democracy can escape from paying attention. It was a turning point.
3/ Yes. Catalunya has to be an independent state because anything else is not viable. What future is there in having a relationship based on threats?

Julian (President of Football Club)
1/ No
2/ Catalunya has to fight to achieve the best possible economic pact with Spain. But spare me the rest! I don’t agree with independence.
3/ No

Vicenç (President of PIMEC)
1/ Yes
2/ Because the the country’s situation is very bad and I believe in having our own state and in the idea that the civil society of Catalunya can decide freely what it wants in the future.
3/ I will vote Yes.

And what about my own answers?
1/ Yes
2/ The longer I live here the more I realise that Catalunya is not Spain. So long as the Spanish government continues to treat Catalunya as a milk cow, using it for the money that it produces but treating the culture and the people with disrespect and no regard for equality or fairness, then it seems inevitable that people here will want to create their own free and democratic country.
3/ I won’t be eligible to vote but if I could I would vote Yes.