since I usually dressed like a person facing imminent homelessness
I hope you didn't have a Polish wife at that time as she would have been blame for that and you would have been pitied.
Poland definitely is a plac where you want to pay attention to looks. And not prittiness but clean, appropriate attire. In work environment always go formal. Women are allowed a but of play in their looks
So somebody looks for a a forum about a foreign country just to come and rant and then tells all the people disagreeing are irrelevant...Hmm, interesting logic...
As to stopping foreigners from coming...tell your care providers to magic carers out of thin air (amongst others)
I would say the train if during the day. Very convenient I heard. Uber was about 100 zl if I remember. That was in October and not to the city centre, a bit closer to the airport
No school will take a kid in that just run away from home. Schools are chosen at the discretion of parents and schools with internat are usually special types o schools (sports, special needs etc.) And not just 'I want to learn here)
Some Poles will always come but UK will definitely be less interesting place now. If it wasn't for the language I think UK would really struggle to attract Europeans