Do any Poles miss the Communist era?

I know all about it, everyone had a job, rent, gas, electric, water was dirt cheap. But so you had to wait 20 years to get an apartment, there wasn't anything to but in stores later on even if there was the money was worthless. If it wasn't for that damn system Poland would be Spain by now.

Per Capita GDP (1990 $) 1950 1973 1989 1990
United States $9,561 $16,689 n/a $23,214
Finland $4,253 $11,085 $16,676 $16,868
Austria $3,706 $11,235 $16,305 $16,881
Italy $3,502 $10,643 $15,650 $16,320
Czechoslovakia $3,501 $7,041 $8,729 $8,895(Czech)/
$7,762(Slovakia)
Soviet Union $2,834 $6,058 n/a $6,871
Hungary $2,480 $5,596 $6,787 $6,471
Poland $2,447 $5,334 n/a $5,115
Spain $2,397 $8,739 $11,752 $12,210
Portugal $2,069 $7,343 $10,355 $10,852
Greece $1,915 $7,655 $10,262 $9,904
Bulgaria $1,651 $5,284 $6,217 $5,552
Yugoslavia $1,585 $4,350 $5,917 $5,695
Romania $1,182 $3,477 $3,890 $3,525
Albania $1,101 $2,252 n/a $2,482

Exactly what I was getting at, Penn. Those early morning lines/queues must have been hellish in the dead of winter!

I would think majority of people most likely miss communism. What I find appalling is that senior people who have been on the job for the past 30 years, and holding on to a communism culture and tradition at their workplaces, mostly bureaucrats in govr't offices.

What's curious is that Czechoslovakia was far richer than Poland, yet nowadays, Slovakia is on a par with Poland and the Czech Republic (in the cities) is about the same as Poland. Perhaps it shows that Czech-style lustracja didn't work too well?

On real life tests czech still comes out on top, transport infrastructure, less crime, better social services etc. All of these are the result of the country being richer.

Related: Trybuna (Ludu) Newspaper no longer available


Trybuna no longer available at Newsagents.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trybuna_Ludu

What will I do for unbiased reporting now?

Good! I can buy much better toilet paper in a supermarket. Delicate and scented. Don't despair. A similar paper is stll available. It is called GWno. No problems finding it.