Conservatist
22 Jan 2013
Law / Best City in Poland for Expat Starting Business [9]
Shouldn't you be rather asking questions specific to your business? I would rather choose the city with respect to my business opportunities rather than whether people like me or not ... especially that this won't differ too much from town to town.
Anyway, to answer some of your questions - IMHO any large Polish city will do. Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk, Poznan, Wroclaw, Katowice, Lublin. In all those you will find several english speaking people (mainly local, but also, of course, foreign) and it will be as safe for foreigners as it gets. Then there is the skin colour issue, you're probably safer if you're caucasian, but then again the racist issue seems to be behind us and I haven't heard for a long time (I mean years) of a race-connected assault of any kind.
Also, those cities will probably be the best markets for most businesses as they "house" the most wealthy people (and a lot of people in general). On the dowside, the operating costs, such as rent for instance, will be highest in Poland (especially Warsaw).
Shouldn't you be rather asking questions specific to your business? I would rather choose the city with respect to my business opportunities rather than whether people like me or not ... especially that this won't differ too much from town to town.
Anyway, to answer some of your questions - IMHO any large Polish city will do. Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk, Poznan, Wroclaw, Katowice, Lublin. In all those you will find several english speaking people (mainly local, but also, of course, foreign) and it will be as safe for foreigners as it gets. Then there is the skin colour issue, you're probably safer if you're caucasian, but then again the racist issue seems to be behind us and I haven't heard for a long time (I mean years) of a race-connected assault of any kind.
Also, those cities will probably be the best markets for most businesses as they "house" the most wealthy people (and a lot of people in general). On the dowside, the operating costs, such as rent for instance, will be highest in Poland (especially Warsaw).