Michael M asked: …are crawling all over it as if they discovered the place. I am an American who lived in Krakow for many years. I came back to the United States about 6 years ago. I returned to Krakow to visit some friends and what did I find? Drunken British tourists everywhere, in the streets, in the square, shouting profanities and puking everywhere. It is a shame that Krakow is being overrun by these idiots. The Krakow I loved is gone. The British are running apartment prices thru the sky with the Pound. Ridiculous crumbly apartments for $150,000 bucks I could have bought for $15,000 to $25,000 only about 8 years ago. I used to drink beer for about $.75 all day and now it’s almost $3.50. I am sad to see Poland go this direction, leaving their own citizens to become peasant workers for the drunken British scum. Anyone else suffer the same experiences?
Well, I didn’t say all Brits were scum. I said the British scum are over-running the place. The Brits have always been in Krakow. So have Americans. We all have our scum. But now, the scum is over-flowing there, and it happens to be British…and Italian as well. Stag parties where there used to be just students sitting quietly, studying, reading, talking, sharing a quiet evening. My war? American agression? Britain caused this war when Britain created Kuwait out of the old Empire. You guys did so to try to assure control of oil, and avoid a large country being able to dominate. Kuwait would be easier to make behave. So don’t blame this war on our aggression. We are cleaning up just another mess you guys sparked years ago. India and Pakistan is yet another example of the British fucking it up, and the Americans having to keep tabs on it to keep it from exploding ad causing world wide havoc. Vietnam? British troops were in Vietnam as early as 1945. We are stuck with each other..STS.
I find it a shame that Poles have to leave Poland to make decent money. That is because a few Poles own so much, and many own nothing. The ones who own everything don’t pay anything substantial to their workers. Brits going there and flooding the economy with the Pound is just making it worse because it is causing inflation. So the young Poles leave to work in Britain so they can afford to live and enjoy their own country upon return. Yes, I have a chip on my shoulder. Full EU membership was a bad idea for Poland. They should have never allowed the rest of Europe to come there and buy up the land, houses, real-estate without giving Poles some years to gain a footing in their own country with the supposed improved economy. It’s just another example of the British need to expand the Empire.
By the way, one last thing. Be a member or do not be a member. It’s time the Pound took a hike and the Brits adopted the Euro.
Stephane. I lived in Lugano, Switzerland for about 9 months. Great place. Beautiful, clean, quiet, and not at all expensive. I found it to be cheaper in Lugano than in Poland. Cheap beer? Polish students would love to be able to have a cheap beer instead of having to buy one and share it. Stay home you fucking Brits. What will happen, eventually, is these Neo-Nazi youth Polish groups will begin beating your ass*es in the Planty…the park around Krakow’s main square. Go there and find out for yourselves.
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