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SeanBM   
4 Jun 2010
News / Flood situation worsens in southern Poland [119]

There was a huge storm last night, thunder bolts and lightning, very very frighting!
And today there are more floods, more evacuations, this is the worst weather I have ever heard of and it just keeps getting worse.
SeanBM   
3 Jun 2010
Law / Irish welcome on Polish building sites ? [47]

Pic or it never happened.

Can someone post a pic from the actual building site in Poland with the NINA sign?

I actullay agree, I have little doubt that this never happened on a Polish building site.

"No Irish Need Apply":
A Myth of Victimization

On the other hand this guy is wrong, it is well documented and there is a huge amount of information on the subject:

A Myth of Victimization

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Irish_racism#19th_century

"Scientific Racism" from an American magazine, Harper's Weekly , shows that the Irish are similar to Negroes, and should be extinct.

sdcfzscxzs
SeanBM   
2 Jun 2010
Work / Minimum basic salary in Poland [96]

Do Indians tend to be naive?

I would imagine some are desperate rather than naive.

And by the word "some", I mean it in relation to the population of India.
SeanBM   
2 Jun 2010
Work / Minimum basic salary in Poland [96]

Any body can tell me what is minimum salary for labor per day in Poland.

How long is a day?

This may help:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_wages_by_country

Polish minimum wage: 1,317 Polish złotych per month 2010-01-01
SeanBM   
2 Jun 2010
Life / Are there G U M Clinics in Poland?? [9]

I had to google what a GUM clinic was, it's where you go to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases, right?
They are called Klinika Chorób Wenerycznych in Polish.

I don't know where they are in Poznan.

Good luck.
SeanBM   
2 Jun 2010
UK, Ireland / The number of Anti-English Poles... [228]

You have a choice to focus your time and energy on the hole or the doughnut.

There are a handful of idiots in every nation.
SeanBM   
31 May 2010
Real Estate / PLN 2,500 the going rate for an apartment in Poland [210]

Today, 21:20
You should keep in mind that times are changing. Many of those poor people you talk about don't believe in all that religious and moral crap anymore, which practically makes them uncontrollable. It could make them a potentially lethal mob to those few spoiled pests who are trying to suck them dry. (Just keep taking from them and you'll see where the road ends.)

Today, 23:45
You know, I should probably go on a holiday in Poland for a week, just to know what it feels like to be able to waste their monthly salary each day. Or maybe rent a villa for a week. And a Ferrari.

Well you seemed to have changed your tune or are the "uncontrollable poor" oblivious to spoiled Dutch folk?

:)
SeanBM   
31 May 2010
Real Estate / PLN 2,500 the going rate for an apartment in Poland [210]

the English teacher is taking home about 4000zl a month and his wife the same - is 2500zl really that expensive on 7000zl a month? Not really.

Hey 4000 plus 4000 is 8000 not 7000, is that your commission? ;)

I cannot understand this attitude in Poland that someone who didn't bother to study something that earns big money should have a nice flat and a nice car and so on!

I think you put it quit well on the other thread, the amount of people coming on here, "I am a native speaker of english, gimmy a job." The sun don't shine out of their bums :) and they tend to misspell everything!
SeanBM   
31 May 2010
Real Estate / PLN 2,500 the going rate for an apartment in Poland [210]

Have fun scrolling those PDF documents!

What, you're not going to quote anything? or find the appropriate page about what you are talking about? you're just going to love me and leave me? treat me like a cheap ******? well then, that's ...that's... ;p
SeanBM   
31 May 2010
Real Estate / PLN 2,500 the going rate for an apartment in Poland [210]

I want you to take a look at how many low end appartments are available, and then have a look at how many people are on a waiting list.

Have you? show me.
As I said, I can find you affordable apartments but they won't be in the centre of the city in the best areas.
SeanBM   
31 May 2010
Real Estate / PLN 2,500 the going rate for an apartment in Poland [210]

Just take a peek at a few sites where they offer appartments in Poland.

Seriously? I have just given you the averages for every major city in Poland, I have given you the average wage, the minimum wage and low end apartments and you want me to what?

Who says there isn't affordable apartments here? You and no offence but what do you know? I can find you affordable apartments but they won't be in the centre of the city in the best areas.

There are expensive apartments the same way there are expensive watches, cars, computers etc...
You are taking the top end and treating it as if it is the average, I hope you look back over what I have written because i am not going to write it again.

Which is the whole purpose of a discussion?

To take a top end apartment and make an example of how this is the average?

Are top-end apartments in the centre of cities too expensive, yes but that doesn't make it the norm.

I have given you all the info you need, I have backed it up with sites, if you choose to keep on taking a top-ender in the city centre as the average, go ahead, many others are.
SeanBM   
31 May 2010
Life / Electricity bill 1400zlt 5 months. [18]

Sounds expensive to me.

How big is your place? Is it insulated?

I pay on average 50/60 Zloty per person a month. I have double glazing and lowered the ceilings, energy efficient lights, a south facing wall that is mainly glass and new electrics (inc fuse-board).
SeanBM   
31 May 2010
Real Estate / PLN 2,500 the going rate for an apartment in Poland [210]

SeanBM: It should also be noted that we are only talking about top end and average, there are cheaper places that balance out the top end to make the average.


Minimum wage:

Poland 1,317 Polish złotych per month

that'd be gross.

Date Added 29/05/2010
Price 500.00 zł
Address Krynicka, Wroclaw, Poland
Show map
Property Type Flat
Number of rooms 3 rooms

For rent, a large spacious room for two people 25m2 with balcony GAJ residential street. Krynica. Furnished (wall unit, bed, desk, chairs, TV). The whole apartment is about 70 m2, now three other people live there. The apartment has a fridge, washing machine, internet (wireless).W grove near the trade center, Ferio, Zabka. Easy access to downtown by bus

Gumtree

A few notes on this, I presume that wages are higher than minimum for most (not all but most). I have never been to Wroclaw but since this thread is about a flat there, I thought I'd show something there, that is cheap.

I am not just posting this because I love quoting myself but I am just sick of reading unfounded, uneducated crap, taking top end flats, from people in countries that have huge real estate problems calling Poles greedy feckers but mainly because I love quoting myself :)
SeanBM   
31 May 2010
Real Estate / PLN 2,500 the going rate for an apartment in Poland [210]

Now, if they were building more affordable appartments for people with a lower income, instead of turning the majority of appartments into expensive ''top end'' flats,

What makes you think "they" are not? show me a shred of evidence.
There are affordable alternatives to living on the market square in Krakow.

Most Polish people don't earn that kind of money and you know it.

There are top end rentals in every city centre, in every country, in the whole world, where it is beyond the average local to afford, why should Poland be any different?

But thanks for the rest of your in-depth reply.

You're welcome.
These things should be discussed in context.
I see many people on here asserting what they don't know (I don't mean you) and without any back up it is peeing in the wind.

I try to be balanced on this topic and give information rather than talking about "a mate of mine" bla bla...
The information is available and notes do need to be made on the side about where the figures come from but I hope to give an idea of what is happening.

;0)

Edit*

It should also be noted that we are only talking about top end and average, there are cheaper places that balance out the top end to make the average.
SeanBM   
31 May 2010
Real Estate / PLN 2,500 the going rate for an apartment in Poland [210]

So what do you think would be an affordable rent in Poland for the average income, Seanus?

I know you asked Seanus but I will take an educated guess at answering your question.

The average wage for the whole of Poland 3,362 zloty gross per month.
It should be noted of the approximate 38,482,919 people living in Poland, most people still live in the country side, earn less and can live on less and therefore bring down the average wage of people who live in cities and earn more.

Largest metropolitan and urban areas

The average Flat in:

Gdańsk is 31,35 per Metre square.

Gdynia 31,35 per Metre square.

Krakow 30,4 per Metre square.

Warsaw 43,7 per Metre square.

Wroclaw 34,2 per Metre square.

open.pl/news/mieszkania_rentownosc_najmu_w_dol.html

30m2

700PLN

So Seanus' 700 pln for 30M2 is the going rate for a smaller town. I am sure you can find more expensive places on the rynek and cheaper places else where.

Gdańsk and Gdynia is 31,35PLN x 30 metres = 940 PLN per month

Krakow '' ''= 912 PLN per month

Warsaw '' ''= 1311 PLN per month

Wroclaw '' ''= 1026 PLN per month

It should also be noted that many people do not pay tax on their rental incomes, so those properties are probably not included in these figures.

How many people are engineers, managers, doctors, lawyers and pilots? Oh, and if you are an engineer, manager, doctor, lawyer or a pilot then you shouldn't rent anything, but simply buy property, instead of driving prices up for normal working people who can't afford to buy.

That is quite a silly thing to say, in every country there are top end flats, why should Poland be any different?
The offer was for top end flat for a foreigner, that can cost anything from 2500 to 4000 and should be a very high standard, large and in the centre of the city.

The person wanted to let out a 60 M2 appartment in Wrolcaw for 2500PLN.
Wroclaw average 34,2 M2 per M2 x 60M2 = 2052 PLN per month.
SeanBM   
30 May 2010
UK, Ireland / The Daily Mail - coverage of the Polish people [161]

I have seen people wrapped up in the Daily Mail sleeping under bridges, so technically... they can be covered by it.
Joking aside, I agree, it is hateful sensationalist nonsense that couldn't cover anyone.
SeanBM   
30 May 2010
News / Potheads attack police in Warsaw [40]

You think it looked anything like this?

What's that?

Potheads attack police in Warsaw

Something sounds wrong about the title. If you have ever met a pot head, the last thing they are likely to do is attack anyone, wait... did the police have chocolate muffins?

It sounds like the police did not know how to react.
SeanBM   
29 May 2010
Work / Opus Dei opens school in Warsaw [21]

in the 1980's Opus Dei were alleged to have loaned the vatican bank a lot of money to save it from going under.

That doesn't sound right, I could be wrong but in the 1980's the Catholic church was immensely rich, still is.
SeanBM   
29 May 2010
Work / Opus Dei opens school in Warsaw [21]

I was recently talking to an Irish priest who was a member of Opus Dei, we talked about it.
Of course the fictional writings of Dan Brown came in to our discussion because I am not familiar with the group, are you?
SeanBM   
29 May 2010
UK, Ireland / The Daily Mail - coverage of the Polish people [161]

Yeah, but would you have believed me ... ;)

"I can believe the impossible, but I can never believe the improbable"

One more just because he is the master of wit:

"The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything."
Oscar Wilde.

if you read the entries on this forum-

Well that's why I gave another option : prepubescent troglodytes living in their parents basement in other countries that troll this site. They're not Polish, well most of them, all of our countries have a minority of "Daily Mail" opinionated arses, even Ireland has RevokeNice to drag down our light hearted, good intentioned land :)
SeanBM   
29 May 2010
UK, Ireland / The Daily Mail - coverage of the Polish people [161]

Alright, alright, a simple 'yes' would have been sufficient :)

Does that count?

So what's with the Daily Mail sounds like the typical Pole, they deserve to be demanised because what comes around goes around?