News / Is Poland headed for a civil war? [30]


No, the majority come from urban cities and towns in Central and Western Poland.


No, I call it inflation and it's a problem in Poland.


I'm not going to go digging for facts for you on the internet, you bring up to many issues. But broadly speaking, GDP is up, wages are up, disposable income is up, house ownership is up and employment has dropped dramatically, even taking into account migration. That's a pretty good hand. To address your points specifically; National Debt is up in most capitalist countries. The various pros and cons of national debt and credit borrowing are a much bigger discussion, but frankly Poland is in much better shape than many other countries. While tourism is currently experiencing a dip, it is, over ten year and five year periods massively up, and the dip will not return it to its previously poor levels. I'm not really sure how important tourism is to national well being anyway. FDI is down because the world economy is down and much of that dip has been replaced by EU investment.


The burden of proof is not on me, but on you. You made the statement. Why are there going to be food shortages? I can't be sure half the population aren't Scientologists, that Slask isn't plotting to defect or that Wednesday follows Tuesday, but I'm pretty sure.

News / Is Poland headed for a civil war? [30]


- the OP was referring to events that are happening today and developing now.

True, I agree hungry people are always up for a revolution. But it's pure speculation and not based on what's happening in Poland today. If we're speculating on what might cause a civil war, we could come up with an infinite number of possibilities; shortage of gas, half the population converts to Scientology, Slask secedes and joins the Czech Republic.

As I said,


. People aren't hungry now and aren't likely to be in the future, nor will the population convert to Scientology or Slask secede to the Czech Republic. As these situations are unlikely to happen, they won't cause a civil war, which was the OP's original question

News / Is Poland headed for a civil war? [30]

What kind of circles do you have to walk in to find hungry people in Poland?

We spend a good bit of time with family in the countryside, in what is often referred to as Poland B. I've seen some poor people, people who can't afford to eat at restaurants or take holidays abroad, people who struggle to pay their bills and repair their car. You can find people struggling like that in any country in Europe.

But hungry people just smacks of exaggeration.

I agree with Delph "And civil war? Don't be ridiculous". For the majority of people in Poland life has improved greatly over the past decade, under all governments, and will continue to do so.

UK, Ireland / Why Manchester rules over Warsaw :) [65]


You're right of course, but it's still disappointing. I think language is more than a tool to help find a better job or get a bag of apples at the market. It helps you understand another culture.

You don't meet many multilingual racists

UK, Ireland / Why Manchester rules over Warsaw :) [65]

Personally, I find just about anyone under 30 in Poland, living in a major city, speaks very good English. Their language abilities certainly beat the UK, where the school system seems to have given up trying to teach a second language.

UK, Ireland / Why Manchester rules over Warsaw :) [65]

What's the point of brand spanking new trains and buses that are always late. Our trains and buses turn up on time.

The women are about 347 times more attractive than Mancunian women with their spare tyre stomachs.

You can have fantastic meal in Warsaw without selling your shirt to pay the bill.

After a night on the town, Warszawians have a kebab and go home. Not turn the streets into fight club.

The real-IRA doesn't want to bomb us

You gave the world the Stone Roses, we gave the world Chopin.

Having a coffee doesn't mean Starbucks. Many, many unique coffee shops.

Looks wise, Krakowskie Przedmiescie knocks the spots off anything in Manchester

We're the heart of regional business and politics in the new EU 10. You're the heart of business and politics about as far as Salford.

Unlike Mancunians, people in Warsaw speak understandable English.

UK, Ireland / Why Manchester rules over Warsaw :) [65]


Yet, in your top ten, the best ten reasons you could think for Manchester being a great city


Wow. Life there must be exciting, if one of the best things about the city is that its IKEA has good views. Do you have a WHSmith with very nice carpet as well?

Travel / Which nightclub in Warszawa (Warsaw) you could recommend? [13]

Has Krakow even heard of house music? I thought it was city policy that you could only play folk music or klemzer music in all those dusty old pubs. That's all I ever hear there.

Good recommendations from polk. Kramer, not sure about stairs, hard thing to remember that, but some you might consider and phone to check about access are

Space Club
Luztro
Enklawa
Mono Bar

Different nights usually mean different music, there are very few places dedicated to one type of sound.