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FUZZYWICKETSThreads: 12
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Joined: Nov 3, 09 ♂ 		 Dec 15, 10, 22:57    #1
I would like to hear how you all rate Poland and here are my 3 categories:

-Quality of life

-Polish culture and people

-Food

Feel free to suggest additional categories but I'd like to keep them as BROAD as possible, that will keep the list from getting out of hand.

1 the worst, 10 the best, and because I think it's very significant, please tell us how long you've been here and your nationality.

My personal ratings to follow.
smurfThreads: 46
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Joined: Sep 8, 09 ♂ 		Edited by: smurf  Dec 15, 10, 23:20    #2
FUZZYWICKETS:
-Quality of life

-Polish culture and people

-Food


1. 8
2. 8...but I'm leaving out the old women...coz that'd make it much lower, old women here are such complete b*tches.
3. 9

Suggestions....wages (6)
bureaucracy (1)
Leisure facilities...like gyms, swimming pools, football pitches etc (6)

Can't think of any more at the minute, but I'll be back
FUZZYWICKETSThreads: 12
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Joined: Nov 3, 09 ♂ 		 Dec 15, 10, 23:37    #3
smurf wrote:

wages (6)

no sense in rating wages. we all know they're shite.

Leisure facilities...like gyms, swimming pools, football pitches etc (6)

i'd say too specific.

bureaucracy (1)

again, completely obvious. everyone can agree it's a disaster. no sense in rating it.
SokratesThreads: 19
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Joined: Jan 19, 09 ♂ [Suspended] 		 Dec 15, 10, 23:53    #4
FUZZYWICKETS:

-Quality of life

-Polish culture and people

-Food

6/10
8/10
10/10

Also as an American you're not even human so whats the point?
jablkoThreads: -
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Joined: Jul 13, 10 ♂ 		 Dec 15, 10, 23:56    #5
7/10
7/10
8/10
trener zolwiaThreads: 5
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Joined: Jun 8, 10 ♂ 		 Dec 15, 10, 23:57    #6
Just for comparison sake I'll rate America...


-Quality of life: 9 Despite what you may hear and all the griping, for the most part everyone has a pretty good quality of life compared to the rest of the world. Mostly everyone has enough to eat and even the lower class homes all have cars, color TVs and computers and video games, etc. "America, where our 'poor' are fat"

-US culture and people: 5 About half of the people here are nice, kind, honest and decent. While the other half is comprised of selfish, lowlifes and jerks. Our culture is a mixture of many influences but in recent times much of it has been dominated by garbage (harmful, even) "culture", ghetto Hip-hop, hollow Hollywood, etc.

-Food: 10 Even in smaller towns we have everything to eat you can imagine, from traditional American dishes to every sort of authentic ethnic cuisine. If you can't find what you want to eat here you're not likely to find it anywhere.
alexw68 Edited by: alexw68  Dec 15, 10, 23:59    #7
Sokrates:
Also as an American you're not even human so whats the point?

You silver tongued charmer, you.

As an albeit semi-human Anglo-German hybrid, I feel compelled to ask you - if the peeps and the food average out at 9/10 (personally, I'd switch that - these last 16 years I've been lucky with my friends & in love but a little less fortunate with my restaurants) - what is it about the quality of life that merits only a 6?
SeanusThreads: 22
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Dec 16, 10, 00:02    #8
Quality of life - depends which city or village ;)

Culture and people - two different things for me

Food - Asides from the Hungarian dishes?

A more serious answer next time, maybe :)
FUZZYWICKETSThreads: 12
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Joined: Nov 3, 09 ♂ 		 Dec 16, 10, 00:09    #9
trener zolwia wrote:

-Quality of life: 9 Despite what you may hear and all the griping, for the most part everyone has a pretty good quality of life compared to the rest of the world. Mostly everyone has enough to eat and even the lower class homes all have cars, color TVs and computers and video games, etc. "America, where our 'poor' are fat"

-US culture and people: 5 About half of the people here are nice, kind, honest and decent. While the other half is comprised of selfish, lowlifes and jerks. Our culture is a mixture of many influences but in recent times much of it has been dominated by garbage (harmful, even) "culture", ghetto Hip-hop, hollow Hollywood, etc.

-Food: 10 Even in smaller towns we have everything to eat you can imagine, from traditional American dishes to every sort of authentic ethnic cuisine. If you can't find what you want to eat here you're not likely to find it anywhere.

VERY GOOD and I agree with almost all of it, honestly, but let's keep it on topic, otherwise it's going to turn into a rating of every country anyone has ever been to.
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Joined: Jun 8, 10 ♂ 		 Dec 16, 10, 00:14    #10
Sorry. :(
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Joined: Dec 2, 06 ♀ 		 Dec 16, 10, 00:55    #11
FUZZYWICKETS:
-Quality of life

-Polish culture and people

-Food


So, what's your rating Fuzzy? I'm afraid that your rating will confirm the reason I'm in USA, especially when it comes to Quality of life.
1. I give 5 (It mostly sucks, even though my family thinks that they've got it all)
2. I give 8 (excluding old ladies like someone said) lol.
3. I give 7 (maybe because I really like Mediterranean food)
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Joined: Mar 17, 10 ♀ 		 Dec 16, 10, 01:15    #12
FUZZYWICKETS:
-Quality of life -Polish culture and people -Food


1. 6
2. 8
3. 8
PennBoyThreads: 157
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guesswho:

1. 6
2. 8
3. 8

I was gonna say the same thing
guesswhoThreads: 23
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PennBoy:
I was gonna say the same thing


sounds pretty realistic to me
Lodz_The_BoatThreads: 58
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6/10
8/10
7/10
rozumiemnicThreads: 4
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trener zolwia:
"America, where our 'poor' are fat"

cos they eat unhealthy crap?
|
Top rated quality item in Poland for me is FOOD!!!
hardly any packaged rubbish just a good honest plate all fried in lard and very tasty...:)
(and very few fatties)
TeffleThreads: 28
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rozumiemnic:
and very few fatties


Not this old chestnut.

The impression of very few would be more accurate.

Less than the US and UK maybe but by average European standards, Poland is far from "fattie" free.
rozumiemnicThreads: 4
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Teffle:
Less

fewer...:)
Teffle:
Poland is far from "fattie" free.

yeh true there's my ex sister in law who looks like a whale...
h0mefryThreads: 6
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7/10 - I was staying with an upper-middle class family for about 2 weeks, and the house is very cramped with a 1960 TV with rabbit ears. Okay I'm exaggerating, but you get the point. Poland is beautiful though and there's so much to see.

9/10 - Most of the people I met were incredibly nice and welcoming to me, I'm an American dating a Polish girl and everyone was incredibly graceful towards me. Her parents even bought me a tuxedo! I can't tell you how many shots of vodka I was forced to drink so that "we can show you American the polish way!" ;)

10/10 - The food is incredible. Pierogies, zapkienkas, polish sausage, the billions of different soups... I attended a Polish wedding and we litterally had like 7 dinners. Polish food is amazing.

I love Poland and my girlfriend so much that I am returning to Poland this January:)
dtaylor5632Threads: 49
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8-9/10
9/10
4/10
;)
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Teffle:
Poland is far from "fattie" free.


yep, he probably never tried "bigos", lol
dtaylor5632Threads: 49
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rozumiemnic:
yeh true there's my ex sister in law who looks like a whale...

Only a female would say something like that :D
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rozumiemnic:
cos they eat unhealthy crap?

They're still far from hungry.
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rozumiemnic:
cos they eat unhealthy crap?|


Yes, some Polish food is tasty but it doesn't mean it's healthy.

Here's the list of the top 15 healthiest countries in the world.

http://ohsheglows.com/2009/06/30/worlds-healthiest-countries-where-doe s-yours-rank/
FUZZYWICKETSThreads: 12
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hmmmm....not too many posters gave their ratings here, wonder why. still waiting for many others.
mephiasThreads: 15
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Quality of life 8
-1 very cold winter, -1 for infrastructure in some areas

Culture and People 9
It is hard to evaluate but If I have to rate, it would be 9

Food 2
Not for my taste.
Wroclaw BoyThreads: 57
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FUZZYWICKETS:
hmmmm....not too many posters gave their ratings here, wonder why. still waiting for many others.

There were a few earlier today including some debate raising theories by myself, apparently all vanished into cyber space. I really cant be bothered to retype them at the moment.
FUZZYWICKETSThreads: 12
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wroclaw boy wrote:

There were a few earlier today including some debate raising theories by myself, apparently all vanished into cyber space. I really cant be bothered to retype them at the moment.

i also noticed that. there were some good posts in there. oh well.
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Wroclaw Boy:
There were a few earlier today including some debate raising theories by myself, apparently all vanished into cyber space.


Yeah also my private mails from that hour dissapeared...
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trener zolwia:
-Food: 10 Even in smaller towns we have everything to eat you can imagine, from traditional American dishes to every sort of authentic ethnic cuisine. If you can't find what you want to eat here you're not likely to find it anywhere.

That's not true.Find me a Polish bread or sausage in Millsboro or Selbyville DE.Will ya?And I am not talking what Americans call "Polish sausage" (which is not edible IMO) but authenic stuff.The nearest places where you can get it are either Baltimore MD or NJ.Now if you are talking Mexican food then I agree you can get it everywhere.

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