Pros and Cons of living in Alhaurin de la Torre

Not sure about the crime , but your son will definitely find it hard to get work , 27% of young Spaniards are out of work , and even if your son is fluent in Spanish, Spaniards will always take preference over expats , we had this issue with our daughter , after one and a half years , she had to leave and get a job in the UK, she had a degree and speaks four languges .

alhaurin de la Torre is safe and just make sure you lock up your doors at night just in case  goto  aris estate office they are very helpful

i understand this as spaniards are not really friendly to foreighners and always chose to rip us off

Yes racism is rife in Spain as many Spanish feel that their country is being invaded by foreigners.  Our Spanish neighbours have been hostile and harassed us in an attempt to get us to leave the urbanization. 

Cannot speak for A d l T, but we find the Spanish to be friendly & our area safe. We're in Algarrobo, east of Malaga which is almost wholly Spanish, certainly little ex pat community here, although there are more English close by in Torrox & Frigiliana for example. Perhaps as there are fewer "foreigners" on the east side the Spanish are more tolerant. You'll find property prices lower here also

I totally agree with you Andrew. I’ve found the Spanish to be very kind and helpful and have several Spanish friends. I remember chatting to an English man a few years ago and asking him how good his Spanish was. His reply “if they can’t be bothered to learn English why should I learn Spanish “!