HEY SWEETMESELF. I can recommend one thing, to do your own independant research before going to Poland about what society and culture is like, never trust what people say on the internet. There is government data you can access that has census data on income, religion, demographics. There are plenty of resources available, you just have to search them out. Don't just make a decision based on what people on an internet chat board say. One thing I'd like to say is that there seems to be a lot of bias on this forum making Poland out to be some type of hardcore anarchist society with all atheists and drug addicts everywhere. These people want Poland to be in anarchy and hate their own race or their own countries traditions, but the truth is that Poland according to the Polish governments own census data is 98% Catholic, meaning they are very traditional people. I'm not saying you will not encounter some bad things or bad people in Poland, all i'm saying is that it is mostly clean, mostly cities are clean, people are nice, and mostly quality of life is actually one of the best in the world and even better than U.S.A. because crime is very low and everything is kept clean there is no litters or dirty streets with homeless beggars like in New York City. There are extremists in every country, no country is perfect but in general Poland is higher quality of life than Europe and U.S. when not considering economy and so forth, obviously U.S. and some european countries have more developed economy but that does not necessarily translate into higher quality of life. Most older Poles who work hard and have families are not looking to commit hate crimes and get introuble with the law, they just want to earn money and have good life for themselves and their family. Don't let people here intimidate you, Poland is a very nice country and one of the few countries in the world that has managed to keep their traditions alive and prevent globalization like in U.K. or U.S.A. or other countries. Use your common sense as you would in U.S.A. or any other country, such as not travelling alone at night in secluded areas of a city. Enjoy Poland!
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