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Joined: 16 Feb 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 19 Jun 2020
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peterweg   
16 May 2012
Life / What's wrong with you, Polish people - is it an inferiority complex? [120]

socialized system

You can tell he's American from that. Interesting they have a communist armed forces and nobody has a problem with it, but a pension system or healthcare.. terrible.

Mind you, they don't need as much, their healthcare and pension system saves money by killing its citizens years before most of Europe.

ou are unable to argue since you know my points are all truth.

Still waiting to hear which shithole country you come from so Poland can emulate your superior ethical and social model.

Something like ''Yeah Polska rules, look at Uganda they are dying, while we here in Poland, we live a comfortable life ''

And you are doing what?
peterweg   
16 May 2012
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

This is how the world works.

Thats the problem. They would prefer the world works whereby you buy it and give to them, so they can exploit someone else.
peterweg   
16 May 2012
Life / What's wrong with you, Polish people - is it an inferiority complex? [120]

Indeed, Poland has given something like 12billion to help bail out the Euro, this is only possible with the growth in the economy and greatly help with the infrastructure investments.

Building roads makes jobs and increases tax income.
peterweg   
15 May 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

So, the price of beer in Gdansk determines the state growth of an economy.

Domestic Beer (0.5 liter draught) 2.10 $

Thats about 7pln. Ok, what price would it be if Polands economy was booming? 6pln? 8pln? 100pln or 1pln??

What is the price of beer in Gdansk in a booming economy and non-booming economy?

I don't understand the logic, please explain it to me.
peterweg   
15 May 2012
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

if 2000 pln per month is fair market value then that is what we will charge and based on oferty.net it is quite fair.

I think his point was that students could not afford it, well the vast majority couldn't.
peterweg   
15 May 2012
Life / What's wrong with you, Polish people - is it an inferiority complex? [120]

When I travel around Polish cities like this one, the impression I get is of busy bees rushing around.

Precisely my impression.

If you want to see a contrast, cross over the border to Lithuania. Poland is a busling, thriving place and Lithuania looks like the Black Death had descended.
peterweg   
15 May 2012
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

I think its infrastructure related. The Poles have got so used to having terrible roads they automatically gravitate towards towns. The light will go on when they start using all these new roads.

never is that more evident than when you're at the cemetery, many of these marble masterpieces are practically crypts that cost thousands upon thousands, a low range one is about 6,000 PLN. I'm thinking where the hell did these chaps get that kind of money from?

You can' t take it with you and you know your relatives will visit the grave several times a year so they and their friends can appreciate it.
peterweg   
15 May 2012
Law / Poland's Zloty 43% undervalued [30]

My only question is whether it will get much worse before it gets better.

Should get worse, Greece is on the way out and that will be break up the Euro
peterweg   
14 May 2012
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

yes, but this is partly because a lot of purchasing was done with cash earned abroad, so the bank didn't need to fork out money or as much money.

Maybe maybe not. the fact remains that millions of poles were given property cheaply and now are mortgage free and can afford to save of give their children money for property. Its irrelevant

to be honest.

So you think if we buy this flat, renovate it totally then rent it for 2000 pln per month is too much. So should I just charge half that because you think the market is not fair?

Most students I know live on less than 1000 per month and pay rent of about 500. Never heard of any having anything like 2000 to live on. Student nurses straight out of school earn 2300 a month.

I saw a large 2 bed apartment in the Krakow old town for about 2500 per month.

So if you can get 2000 from students, well good luck to you.
peterweg   
14 May 2012
Study / Is it really worth moving back to Poland to study in a pharmacy school? [44]

I don't care what the site says, my father in law earns what he earns and he wouldn't care what the site says either

So you know everything, no amount of contradictory evidence counts and thats the end of the matter. Obviously its a waste of time discussing this with you, isn't it.
peterweg   
14 May 2012
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

It seems amazing that so many, and I do mean SO many flats have all found buyers or tenants. You just lose count, it just seems a sea of flats.

There is a severe shortage of property in Poland, and not very much new stuff has been built. Its a hang over from the communist era.

Thank you for that interesting post. I am beginning to think of no other reason than what you suggested. If the Polish banks are not giving mortgages out easily, then yours must be the correct conclusion.

Property prices are falling because banks are not giving mortgages. I think Milky's theory of overseas working keeping price high is overstated, I know several people who have bought recently with money they have saved or their parents give them. Parents are in a position of owning their homes (free/cheap in the communist era) and having highish wages.

Also the lack of decent, affordable social housing forces people into the private rented sector so people are forced into paying over inflated prices for property.

You have just spouted urban legend quite describing the UK not Poland. I think the average Pole is not the slightest bit interested in 'social housing' but wants to buy so he can own and profit on capital appreciation or rent it out to live off some other ******.

Rents, in Krakow at least, in no way reflect the cost of property. Private renting is cheap and buying to let here doesn't make any sense as an investment.
peterweg   
13 May 2012
Study / Is it really worth moving back to Poland to study in a pharmacy school? [44]

when they get finished laughing in your face, take a deep breath and rethink what you're writing on here, weg.

Thats just great, because in your la-la land nobody' wages will never rise and I can employ people on low wages.. for ever. There will be an infinite supply of low paid people for foreign companies to employ, no matter how many factories are built, the will never run out of people willing to work for 1200pln per month. The Germans are going to love it, unlimited employees to work for low wages FOR EVER.

You should setup a new school of economics, call it Fuzzywickets Perpetual Motion Economics, the New Reality of Unlimited Infinity.
peterweg   
13 May 2012
Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

Its a communist way of thinking, hippies. Nothing wrong with dreaming, but it simply doesn't work. I can't believe there is anyone left on the planet who thinks like that anymore after the terrible damage it did.

Capitalism has many faults with inequality and instability, but we haven't got any choice.
peterweg   
13 May 2012
Life / Why do you choose to stay in Poland, why not other country? [152]

haha, seriously. i mean....is there actually a single highway in Poland....like.....an actual highway.

McDonald's certainly is packed when I walk by it, but most of my students love to mock McD's and snicker about the American diet.

You must be have been very hurt to go out in the world and find out that everybody thinks your beloved country is a piece of ****. I guess thats why you come here to ***** about Poland, which is a poor, screwed over country trying to recover form hundreds of years of oppression. Hope it makes you feel good.

BTW, if you good to any other country you will find they have a very similar opinion about the USA.
peterweg   
13 May 2012
Study / Is it really worth moving back to Poland to study in a pharmacy school? [44]

GDP has grown from $156billion to $550billion. So in REAL dollars GDP gas risen 256% over that period. Where do you think that money is going? wages.

US inflation from 1996-2008 is 37.2%

So you believe that the average wage in Poland in 1996 was (3646pln/$3.3=$13250) - inflation = $9663 in 1996 dollars

Polish people have been earning between $10K-13K over the past decade. Only a few percent real increase above inflation?

Problem is, $156billion divided between 25million working people is $6250, so apparently it possible to earn more money than exists in the entire economy. Only its not possible.
peterweg   
13 May 2012
Study / Is it really worth moving back to Poland to study in a pharmacy school? [44]

oh for crying out loud. i was there when it happened and it was at 2 for about 20 seconds. aside from that, it's been at around 3 for 5 years now.
peterweg:
BTW, average monthly wage in 1990 was what, $20? Which is about 70pln. So its risen 50 times in less than 25 years

hey, didn't like.....something really significant happen in 1989? give me a friggin' break with that, man.

So the fact the exchange rate was increasing over a five year period is unimportant and that wages have rocketed 400% over a 12 years is ....irrelevant.

Everything will stay the same.. for ever... right.