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asadsw   
18 Apr 2023
Life / What to do if the neighbors is too loud? [40]

Actually, there are way more fires in houses than in flats...

That's logical because flat are multi-tenant industrial complexes and are usually required to have commercial fire mitigation like sometimes sprinklers, fire escapes, etc. And they are meant for living, they are meant for existing.

Meanwhile a house is an actual home where you have space, autonomy, and freedom, and sometimes this freedom leads to people making dumb mistakes and burning their house down. After all there are not frequent fire inspections on homes like on apartment buildings.

And for good reason. Without fire inspections and stricter fire rules, unlike in a home, in a flat you would burn to death because of some other idiot's mistake, not your own.

But in a home, you also get the freedom to make mistakes, and very rarely does this lead to your home burning down unless you do really stupid stuff like grilling indoors or doing shoddy electrical work.

In a home, as long as you use common sense, your house probably is not going to burn down.

In a flat, you have to hope and pray the fire inspector does their job and your neighbors are not total idiots.

Conclusion is that if you have common sense, you probably have less of a chance to have your place burn down in a home, than an apartment (flat). More homes burn down because there are plenty of idiots, but homes do not burn themselves down. If you have common sense, a home is actually safer.
asadsw   
18 Apr 2023
Law / Noisy children outside [40]

Just get a house, right? On your $10k-20k before tax polish salary.

Let them eat cake!
asadsw   
18 Apr 2023
Study / Jagiellonian University - Share your thoughts [6]

Also for my plans for the future, I am an entrepreneur, but I also considered going back into the workplace, maybe be a c-suite executive or something, I'm very flexible. I would also consider being a professor, it is something I may like to do.

I also considered that I might want to work in Germany, or get a PhD in Germany, but my concern is that I read on here in another post and have heard elsewhere that the the Polish English language courses are very low quality and basically just make money for the university. I know that's true in Lithuania.

How useful is it really, will this be respected in Germany for example or would they just see Poland and say no way, and then I am restricted to Poland only, so can never make any money?

In practicality.

I also want to actually learn things and develop business connections, not just get a diploma.

Be totally honest with me, I need to know the truth before making a decision.

I'm also considering getting a second Bachelor's in Engineering in Germany.
asadsw   
18 Apr 2023
Study / Jagiellonian University - Share your thoughts [6]

Also a little about my background, I studied Business at an American university and got a 4.0 GPA. I am a US citizen. I don't want to go to a Western university for grad school because I despised my undergrad at a liberal American university. So UK for example is out. And the other major reason is because of money. UK for example is very expensive. Maybe I could get a scholarship, but Germany tuition is free, and Poland tuition is cheap(ish, compared to American universities). I really just don't want a liberal higher education. That's why I would never go to places like Harvard, Yale, or Oxford, even if I could get in, which is actually possible.

My only aversion besides salaries in Poland if I eventually wanted to work there, is I don't want to live in a dump. I have traveled through Eastern Europe from the Baltics to the Balkans. The Baltics are a dump, the best Lithuania has to offer for example is Vilnius, which is a run down dump. Sorry but this is my opinion. And the Balkans are also just as poor and also a dump, with a little better weather than the Baltics, but lots of Turkish people there, I don't fit in. And Lithuania was way more westernized than I expected, basically like American almost.

So if possible, I would like to live in a nice city that is not Westernized, or at least not as badly Westernized.
asadsw   
18 Apr 2023
Study / Jagiellonian University - Share your thoughts [6]

I am considering this university and just interviewed with them for a Master's Degree in Business.

I don't know Polish but am willing to learn. The program is supposedly taught in English.

After a 5 minute interview which I expected more but this seems to be the norm, I am concerned about the quality of education. Also about my ability to communicate before I learn Polish.

What do you think about this university? What do you think about Krakow?

I also applied to universities in Wroclaw like the University of Wroclaw (uwr.edu.pl) and the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (pwr.edu.pl). I would also consider the University of Warsaw, or others if recommended.

I know the quality of education in the Baltics is very bad (like Lithuania). I am wondering if it is similarly as bad in Poland.