What is it like to live in Poland? I am mostly polish and am completely in love with Poland. I listen to the music from Poland and ect. ect.
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It cant be very nice because the Poles are leaving by the thousands and coming to England.
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I was born in the states, but spent pretty much every summer in Poland (parents are Polish). Life in the cities is fast paced just like in the states, but there are more family values. People have much more class and are more elegant (like in most European cities) in comparison to the states. As a country geographically, it's beautiful. Rural areas are a pain in the ass to navigate (they're currently working to expand the highways). It's a great place to party, travel and live until your out of college, then the UK starts looking more rosier from an economic standpoint. None the less, people make it work and are happy. Economically speaking, the US is better off...things are much more expensive than they are here. People are friendly, but I think that people are much more optimistic in the States which reflects in there personalities. I married a Polish guy and speak Polish, but I wouldn't want to live there unless I had unlimited $ and no responsibilities. Just my 2 cents.
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Life in Poland has become a lot more expensive since the fall of the Soviet Union. When I was in Poland in 89, I felt like Donald Trump with the value my US hard currency would bring . But that is not the case anymore. However, they have become much more modernized. And the people (like waiters and store clerks), now have smiles on their faces when they serve you instead of those grim looking faces they had in the communist days. Their switch to a capitalist system has been a long and arduous one. Many older people were probably better off in the old system and sort of fell through the cracks, but the future will be much better for the country in general. Still the poverty level is high with low wages and high inflation, and they have been plagued with Russian organized crime outfits as well. All in all, it's a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there, and you don't need a visa to visit anymore. Also, I have DishNetwork in my home and get the Polish channel package I think it cost like $40-50 and I get maybe 5 channels direct from Poland. One is like Polish CNN and the others have a variety of programing . They had to put a separate dish on my house, but it is well worth it if you want to know what's happening in Poland, watch old movies and Polish talk shows (I don't know if you speak Polish or not).
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I wish to object to a few observations written by my predecessor: High inflation - not true for over a decade Low wages - that depends. The most abominable thing is what the National Health Service pays doctors and nurses (and most of healthcare is NHS), but private clinics pay quite well. The same goes for other jobs: if you are a good, demanded specialist, you can name the figure. Menial jobs are not paid that well (but are they anywhere else?). Prices - well, that depends. True, a few decades ago a foreign tourist could eat a decent meal for a dollar - but foreign currencies were overvalued at that time. For Polish people everything is much more accessible than before. Most people can buy a washing machine or a refrigerator with one month's salary, whereas two decades ago domestic appliances for instance, simply did not stay at the stores for more than a few hours after delivery, and you had to save several months to buy one. All in all - there is much more opportunity now, but more risk as well, and that frightens some people.
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Both of my parents are from Poland, so every couple of years, we go there for the summer. I love the atmosphere, and the poles couldn't be any nicer. but there is something that i don't like. Poland is too nice to immigrants.
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