Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Poznan is a pretty big town and who wants to live in a place that has no public transport, the point I was trying to make is that (and that applies everywhere) is that you need to live in a major town to secure a career path/entertainment etc. There is nothing wrong with living in the country and as you correctly point out that food/housing is cheaper but that is good only in retirement.

In the West parents enrol there children to the best private schools to give them the edge in finding a career, in Poland living in a small country town can be a great disadvantage for children.

Some of those cheap housing blocks in the middle of nowhere can be a depressing sight. I would hate to live in one..

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Sorry, you are correct in your response, I'm sorry if I upset Antek but sometimes patience runs thin when you try to respond to certain comments. One agrees that there are rich people in Poland and certainly in central Warsaw all indicates that you are living in a modern country, but try going to a country town and things change, not in the sense of seeing people starving, but job opportunities and ability to get enough money to buy a house/apartment. Lets agree though that no person starves in Poland.

Yeah things are getting better in Poland.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]

[quote=Antek_Stalich]No, buddy, I will not work like "rest of us" -- meaning you -- because cleaning restrooms would not let me earn enough to support the whole family for last 20 years, me being the single earner. Neither in Poland nor in Australia.

I don't need to advertise what I have or what I have not, I'm not complaining, all I own has been obtained by honest means, not so for a lot of business people in Poland and has somebody pointed out people receiving pensions and working without paying taxes..

Now what about getting back on the topic....people in Poland seem to be living in debt or rather not able to repay on time !

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Antek here we go again, first you try to impress by saying that you have 4 computors, not getting the response you wanted you now tell us you are some big shot in the university, well HULLO any one home. This will not work, just come down to ground level and be like the rest of us, like I mentioned in my previous post the internet, in particular blogs bring out the worse in people, for far too long this forum has been hijacked by people in the real estate profession trying to make a spin on buying properties in Poland, how wrong they have been. After 16 pages of discussion and abuse one is none the wiser for a simple question asked ie Who is poor in Poland...

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Antek, This is a discussion forum, unfortunately the Internet and blogs bring out the worse in people as displayed on this forum. You make out to be so sort of a big shot, ie a know all and to be frank no one likes a smart arse.. sorry but do you get the point. Everyone sees things from a different perspective and no one is right and no one is wrong. The point being that no one has the answers... not even you.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Sorry not true, see how other countries use there resources and invest in the future. Poland has not the capacity to move on... as mentioned in my 2 points.... please read.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Antek, please.... The majority of people just make ends meet full stop. Sure a lot of rich Poles and sure a lot of middle class prosperity., but what about the majority of people on some sort of income support like pensioners and the unemployed. What about access to Hospitals and dental treatment. I see two major issues facing Poland today, .

1. Corruption in the Government and local authorities, dishonesty amongst the Polish people, ie cheating and stealing.

2. The low income of workers as compared to other countries.
Poland will never be on par to Germany unless wages are increased and this is not possible. One has to reflect and see that under capitalism there has to be a poor working class to support the rich.

Antek try taking off your rose colored glasses and get back to reality.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Antek declare your hand and tell me who you are? Do you live in Poland, where do you work, or are you just some retard living in a one room rented building who spends all his time on a computer annoying people?

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Thanks for the correction, english is my second language.


Stop talking rubbish Antek, seems you have no recovered from the nights activity. Pull the other one!

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


No need for insulting comments Antek, please stick to the facts.. Understand that there is nothing wrong with taking out a loan, thats how people get rich. The question is who can afford a loan???

Please stick to eating hamburgers and lets not talk rubbish.

Lol the Poles use credit cards all the time a nasty disease from the west might I suggust.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Lol, do you thinks the banks are honest... lol The fact is that banks like in the US banks would love to lure anyperson to take out a loan, unfortunately in Poland the wages are so low that even banks don't bother.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


what has that got to do with the price of eggs in China, the fact remains that if Poland was such a strong economy, the zote would almost be in parity with the US dollar. The Polish economy has improved somewhat in the last 18 months but please understand this is borrowed money a lot coming from the EU.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Mad, hmm, may be! I come from the planet earth, you must come from Poland. The point being that the Polish currency should be almost on parity with the US dollar. It once hovered around the 2 zl mark.

When you visit the US/GB/Australia you will see what young people/workers are driving.

Antek no need to advertise your ignorance.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Lol, why is the Polish government wanting to change visa requirements to the US? Why are so many people leaving Poland to work say in Germany, UK? Why is the zlote so low? The fact remains Monia and I agree with most you say, is that life in Poland is very difficult for a lot of people, especially the retired and those out of work, sure quality of life is much better but that doesn't help pay the bills.

A lot of new expensive cars in Warsaw are either corporate/hire cars and not owned by the average student/worker.
The US will always be the economic leader in the world, nothing has changed nor will the economic downturn change things.. There has always been the rich/middle class/poor people, interestingly enough the percentage has remained the same.

Sadly in Poland the right to purchase a house has been denied due to costs and low wages for a lot of people.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Great, great post, I just hope the likes of Mr delphiandomine read and understand the true situation in Poland and cease to spin yearns how good life in Poland is.. thanks.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Lol, this is the whole problem everyone avoids taxes. yes how true, I've seen it, false receipts, claiming disability pension and working full time, Is this dishonesty or cheating? In the Polish mentality it is not being dishonest. This is why Poland is Poor, the common Polish saying that those who lie also steal is so true.

Mr D people attend church on mass, pray to the almighty and then cheat!! what is going on.
Your comments suggests that you know the ins and outs of how to cheat the system, it didn't take you long to find out.

Law / Got Polish citizenship, now I need a Pesel and passport [26]


you seem to be a nasty person Mr D, as I mentioned in a previous post on this topic, getting a Polish Passport for somebody not born in Poland is a real nightmare, believe me, the run around, nobody willing to help, and paperwork and fees. The merry go around continues when you have to find a place that can take your fingerprints, the average time seems to be around 12 months... good luck

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


lol, half rotten food maybe, you should suggest going to the fields picking mushrooms.

Law / Healthcare for British Citizens living in Poland [30]


Pardon my ignorance but are you saying that those not on previous cover pay 6957zl a month insurance cover?

Real Estate / Poland house prices recovered faster - Summary of 2010 [89]

This defeats the whole purpose of buying a house/apartment for personal use...why bother buying if it is going to take 2 lifeyears to have full ownership...True in Germany most people rent... the question arises is how much rent is paid and what percentage is that of gross income.. It clearly is not good news for people starting off and the price of house generally going up, a further problem is the hugh costs associated with owning a house ie heating and water...The wild card will still hit Poland when people who own a house will not be able to maintain it after ceasing work, the pension will go no further than pay for few meals per day...

Real Estate / Poland house prices recovered faster - Summary of 2010 [89]

yep, give or take, and depends what currency you are using, doubt if prices will go down, but on average will not go up... stand by I suppose from our investor friends who will have a different point of view, ready set go....

Real Estate / Poland house prices recovered faster - Summary of 2010 [89]

If the truth be known the price of real estate in Poland has been the same in the last 2 years, sure some good properties in the central districts have gone up but not all. The problem remains as before is that the average pole cannot affort to purchase ie take a loan which will take him two life years to repay, for those phantom real estate agents who on a regular basis talk so much crap understand that overpriced home are reserved for the brits and those from a bankrupt country known as the United States ie USA.

Life / $3,000-$4,000 a month - would we have enough money to live in Poland? [273]


keep it up, its interesting reading, straight from the horses mouth so to speak, before have been saying that you wouldn't make it, you will have to prove them wrong.

Life / $3,000-$4,000 a month - would we have enough money to live in Poland? [273]

I'm sure those guys lurking around your units might get wind that you have a bumper supply of grog and may target you...never pays to advertise these things!!

Life / $3,000-$4,000 a month - would we have enough money to live in Poland? [273]


Thats just part of Polish life, theres always a group of drunks hanging around apartment blocks, if you haven't been robbed or assulted by now you are safe..

Life / Reasons for moving to Poland [291]


This is just not true, the way of life is pretty dull in Poland, weather cold for most of the year and governments well say no more.. the young want to move out and the old want to return.

News / Who is "the enemy within" in Poland? [88]


People like delphiandomine are highly suspect, if a person arrived in the US and critised everything, he would be politely told to go home, why are people offended if the same is said for the blow ins in Poland who just come in and want to change everything.

History / Poland paid off American Jewry in 1960 [162]

[quote=delphiandomine:

What utter unsubstantiated rubbish.[/quote]

thenews.pl/international/?id=151418
you can now see why I said you talk so much rubbish!
point taken!!!

History / Poland paid off American Jewry in 1960 [162]


Please do, mr d you think you know everything but actually know nothing, the fact remains that non jews are not given the same treatment in claiming land than those owned by the Jew, there are currently approx 80,000 claims by the jews being processed and the government is not in the position to act due to funding problems.

The fact remains that claims are now being made by family of victims, you may want to ask if cousins etc are entitled to claim as the event occurred so long ago.

People should tell the US President to mind his own business and get his own house in order before causing trouble, ie he could start by offering compensation to the negro population for abuse and maltreatment which occurred for such a long time.

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

if asking prices fell 10% then the sales prices must have fallen more than 10%.

Depends what units we are talking about, usually new units command a higher price than the older types...10% is not a high amount as prices are inflated in the first instance.

I don't think prices will fall but in fact rise as time goes on, the suggestion that real estate/property developers have hijacked this forum! well may be, they have to sell there wear somewhere I suppose.

In fact they are probably doing you a favour in the sense that it makes you more suspicious and makes you do more investigation before buying.

In the big picture Polands real estate is still undervalued, as wages increase so will real estate prices.