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]


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]


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]


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, 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]


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]

[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]


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]


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]


Monia your comments don't reflect published ratings of Best Universities in the World, Poland is not on the board!!!
Don't doubt Poland has a high standard of education, The point I was trying to make that where one is education is his trade mark for the future. Education is no the issue in Poland, its more a question of wages, so people would not have to go elsewhere ie Germany.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Now you understand that Polish degrees are sometimes not worth the paper there written on.


Perhaps you might want to enlighten your readers and tell them why !!

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]

Another Polish debt...you might to tell me where your students will find work and what are the costs associated with this course..

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


let me just say that toilet cleaners earn more money than you...and by the way why pick on toilet cleaners? and this brings me to why people have to pay money to use a toilet in Poland??? thats why you always notice a strange smell near bus stops etc....Poland is very much poor in that regard.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Seems to me Antek that you have a attitude problem,like a chip on your shoulder, I admire you for being a firm supporter of Poland, peoples opinion on issues under discussion vary and no person is trying to be anti Poland, suggest you have a cold shower before you post.

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]

Antek, I think you are all over the place in your arguments, firstly a lot of people in other countries took their own life as a result of the economic downturn what has this got to do with Hungary being poor, you say Poland survived the economic crisis ... so what... the banks didn't lend money full stop. There are rich people in Hungary as there are poor, more than likely the same percentage as in Poland.

Life / How many Jewish people live in Poland? [145]


Lol, this is just nonsense talk, talk from a person who doesn't know what he is talking about, why would a polish person hold a grudge agaisnt the jews.

Life / How many Jewish people live in Poland? [145]


Yours is a good post, thats right the jews owned the buildings and the poles the streets, if the muslims were the jews in this example the muslims would have been disliked. I's ok to dislike the arabs/british/us etc but its a no no to dislike the jews, political correctness is it.

Life / Moving to Krakow and in need of advice and pointers. [18]


This is a common problem with teachers from Ireland, they think because they can say a few words in English, they can then teach the language, those days are gone...Jack have you thought about setting up a bed and breakfast type of accommodation, give teaching a miss.

UK, Ireland / Warning to British people visiting Poland!! Don't get drunk and smash the place up! [447]


Mr BubbaWoo welcome back to the forum, you must refresh the good people on the forum of your background, hmmm property guru, lover of everything Polish and married to a lady from the US, where have you been up to?? I hope not behind four walls with a window made from steel bars... What have you been up to??? yes forum members still love to sink the boots into Irish and British tourist who wish to ensure drink bars and Police earn there keep. Welcome Home BubbaWoo..

Real Estate / Foreign investor, properties in Poland, walk away from mortgages? [209]


I understand where you are coming from.... I would argue that if the banks were prepared to give you a loan they should be prepared to wear the consequences... It seems to me that you borrowed almost the full amount?

It seems to me that the property market has bottomed and looks to remains such for some time. To get a bank loan for 50,000zl is easy but for amounts much higher you need secure well paid employment.

Real Estate / Foreign investor, properties in Poland, walk away from mortgages? [209]

[quote=hague1cmaeron]Poland is expected to grow by some 4% this year, so it's not going to go into recession anytime soon, despite what is happening in Greece, the EU is still in upward recovery mode.

This is the same advice people were given years ago, everything is going hanky dory and just buy up...hmmm no thanks

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]


Hmm this is a cheap type of beer made by the Carlsberg Brewery....Give Lech a go and you will be surprised how good it is.... cheers

Real Estate / Thinking of buying an offplan Luxury Property Wroclaw [79]


I don't think they will fall so much, however the talk around town is that Germany may be facing financial problems at the moment, this is behind problems in Italy, America is bankrupt. I cannot see real estate in Poland increasing much in the future...(that is my opinion) btw just look how hard it is to get a loan from a Polish bank at the moment and if they lend its only for small amounts...

Real Estate / Thinking of buying an offplan Luxury Property Wroclaw [79]


Harry I was talking about a loan for 500,000zl plus.... 53,000 is peanuts... I bet the interest rate was about 22%?

Real Estate / Thinking of buying an offplan Luxury Property Wroclaw [79]


Good idea... work out what type of apartment and location you like and if you are cashed up the sky is the limit.. as I mentioned in my previous post a big question mark hangs around the european financial markets and it may well mean that some properties will crash in the next couple of years.. Beware of people on this forum who masquerade as small time investors who in fact are in the business of selling land and properties. They have been wrong in the past as they will be wrong in the future.

Real Estate / Thinking of buying an offplan Luxury Property Wroclaw [79]

you must be pretty wet behind the ears if you carn't work it out..you don't have to be boy genius to work it out that things are bad in europe at the moment. Poland will not be buffered from the economic downturn.. or are you suggesting that there is gold in polish soil. Lets not kid ourselves that a lot of people who purchased properties in the last couple of years have had there fingers burnt.

Work / English teaching job offer in a medium Polish town. Is the salary sufficient? [30]


Mr D you are at it again, what nonsense you talk, 2000zl a month is like a pee in the ocean! I don't think anybody in there right mind would come to Poland for 2000zl a month. If you take away rent and food you will have very little change... Mr D I don't think you would work for 2000zl a month so please don't impose this on other people. Ps living in a major town or country town the bills are the same.. ie gas/ food/petrol/water/electricity.

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

yes of course. I have lost so much money in Polish real estate, that money invested in Banks give better return.. The problem I had with renting properties was that payment was not on time and the damage to my properties.. there is no capital property growth in Poland..

UK, Ireland / Deed Poll - do I need an attorney to sign it? [8]


Olaf that is incorrect, stop misleading people who want advice... If you have a pesel number all you need is to fill out a application stating you have changed your name stating the reasons why..this will be endorsed on your pesel... good luck

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


LwowskaKrakow.... 4000$us about 11000 a month (pensioners get about 900zl) hmmm How much would you need to have a deluxe way of life???? ta