Reaction To Why I Left America For Poland

Reaction To Why I Left America For Poland | Polish Culture React
This is my reaction to Why I Left America For Poland
In this video I react to an American businessman's experience of moving to Poland and what he likes about Polish culture.
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[@whiteobama3032]

Im from Poland, Warsaw and I traveled most of Europe and a lot of Asia, and I can confirm, Poland is one of the safest, cleanest and most friendly places you can visit. I agree with everything this guy said. Also I think Scots and Poles are pretty compatible socially.

[@manierwarsaw9820]

Poland & Romania

[@bodhizulber8596]

Mam podobne doświadczenie i wnioski. Zauważyłem to dopiero, kiedy zacząłem podróżować.

[@cathulhu3772]

Yeah but those effin' grafitti turns my stomach. All the way from kino Femina up to metro marymont and worst offender - Popiełuszki, itvlooks like ghetto.

[@whiteobama3032]

@@cathulhu3772 honestly in comparison to what it was just a couple years ago it's not really the worst, at least in most of warsaw. Most of what you find are actual artistic instalations and I dont mind those. What grids my gears are the omnipresent bilboards and advertisements. Shit gives you seizure while driving.

[@EyeScreamPL]

Każdy (ok, większość), kto ma otwarty umysł, kto podróżuje, a nie recenzuje "rzeczywistości" (a właściwie to własnego światka) z poziomu kanapy i telewizora dochodzi do podobnych wniosków! Mam obecnie 51 lat i podróżuję od 38. byłem w wielu krajach Europy Zachodniej (jedyne, byłe "demoludy", jakie odwiedziłem - póki co - to Bułgaria w 1985), USA, Meksyk, w Kanadzie mieszkałem trzy razy po pół roku (miałem okazję zostać na stałe, bo moja mama była obywatelką Kanady [była, bo jakiś czas temu oideszła :/], ale nie chciałem), byłem na Dominikanie, W Peru, w Boliwii, Chile i zamierzam wracać do Am. Płd. dokąd zdrowie i finanse pozwolą(!). Wiele z tych podróży odbyłem niedawno (tuż przed "plandemią") i bez dwóch zdań Polska, na tle innych krajów jest miejscem, z którego jestem dumny, w którym chcę żyć, a inne tylko odwiedzać! P.S.: ...Choć swoją emeryturę (o ile dożyję :D ) planuję spędzić w Peru i Boliwii! :p A czemu tak? Nie ze względów ekonomicznych, czy ideologicznych! Po prostu od małolata kocham te kraje, byłem tam i uwielbiam ludzi i klimat wiecznej wiosny (akurat tam, gdzie chciałbym zamieszkać, jak Pitumarca, gdzieś na końcu świata, w Andach I gdzieś, gdzie wiem, jak wygląda życie, bo byłem!) :)

[@ruleram1]

I've also moved to Poland 1 month before covid shut down transportation. I'm a programmer with ~5 years experience. Regarding the engineers I've worked with, yes they are impressive. I've always had very pleasant co-workers or at the very least it felt professional; this was a stark contrast to the types of people I worked with in the USA in Illinois. In the USA it was sufficient for something to appear to work, or seem good, artificially pumping up work statistics took place at every level of management. Fake smiles, fake people. In Poland mostly everything is as it seems; if it's run down, it's run down. If it's beautiful, it is beautiful. The gaslighting in the news is less advanced than American gaslighting and the bullshit is easier to distinguish; stepping out of American propaganda and into Polish propaganda is like Goku stepping out of the gravity pod. I am grateful that the television programs are unwatchably bad so I only use my tv as a second monitor for my computer. That being said, I think the tv programs that are targetted at a younger audience do a great job of instilling fear of teen pregnancy and promiscuity and real life drama... so bravo in that respect. I earn 1/4 of what everyone else in the EU earns but I'm for the first time in a long time HAPPY. I have great neighbors, no crime, women are gorgeous; it's one of the few places left where being overweight is seen as unattractive. The process of getting setup as a citizen and resident is a little fucky-wucky; government websites are god awful but the service in city hall in my experience was actually fantastic but the wait list can be a month or two and you need to meet multiple times to get everything set up. Also, food food food food food. Delicious fresh normal food. Polish food has the capacity to rot a short time after buying it! That means bacteria can live off of it -> that means it's edible and not sprayed with who knows what the fuck. I bought a bag of white (i think) Canellini beans, they all sprouted 5 days after buying them. The food Americans buy is completely sterile. They do offer pre-packaged food with all kinds of preservatives and shit but it's the alternative, it's not the first thing people reach for. There is a dark but fantastic optimistic philosophy. "nie ma tego złego, co by na dobre nie wyszło". Which to me basically means you can always find the good in the bad. I think this belief runs deep in many Poles and explains how quickly Poland recovers from devastation. Polish people (that don't work abroad) are financially poor but rich in almost every way that matters.

[@mqrio]

Ameryka to przykład jak kraj niszczą korporacje i globalizm. Mam nadzieję że Polacy w jakiś sposób przeciwstawią się temu i myślę, że ludzie religijni będą tu kluczowi.

[@qleszwawa]

"nie ma tego złego, co by na dobre nie wyszło" mean exacly every bad turn in to good. We also say "there is never that bad that can't be worse" witch is some kind of cheering up.

[@magdalenawiszniewska2825]

Tbh the government website are really great last years. Some things are slow. The change is often due to UE funds. In the end people in Germany or Spain suffer much more beaurecracy and offline paper work

[@peteroz7332]

"there is no bad thing that wouldn't turn out well in the end" 🤔💪 so there's always a hope/believe that everything's great eventually 🙂 I've heard similar saying somewhere: *in the end everything will be well... if it is not well -> it isn't the end yet* 😁💥

[@JoannaLukaszewska]

Thank you for this comment❤ a lot of people is complaining about their country, so it is a fresh breath of other point of view❤

[@karmaketon236]

We in Poland tend to complain about everything, but after watching this I am proud to be Polish.

[@RealPigeonz]

Our complaining helps us stay grounded and see what needs to improve :P It's sort of usefull way of bounding between poles xD

[@HanSor89]

Complaining is our sport :P

[@anzark3382]

Indeed my brethren. We maybe complain, but we still get the shit done ;p

[@SERBINOWSKA]

Well, I am trying to migrate from Russia to Poland. It is really a hard process. I m truly impressed by the Polish cultural heritage. I find this country safe, friendly and beautiful. By all means, I regret about the historical background between Russia and Poland. I hope that the history wont be repeated. Screw all politicians!!!

[@Brozillar]

I have polish roots, but was born outside of Poland, never lived there before. Finally after turning 30 I decided to move to Warsaw. Best choice in my life! Been here 3y+ and not looking to move anywhere else!

[@FreeKanal]

Anyone who respect our Polish history and us as a people is welcome here :)

[@Just8gor]

Meanwhile immigrants:

[@FreeKanal]

@@Just8gor we got no problem with immigrants, we got problem with criminals who cross border ilegally.

[@wlodek7422]

​​@@Just8gorlegal immigrants are definitely welcome in poland. What are you on about? Only ones we dont want are ones trying to force our border outside of legal means, at least thats what majority thinks about this issue. We have many immigrants in poland after all

[@twisters999]

And the Law 👌 Law is the most important here

[@DariusAssasin]

Idiot! You don't even realize what will come after. Look for silicon Valley. When expacts come, it mean that prices for regular Poles will rise. Everything will be more expensive (houses, rent, grocery). Some day this companies will move and left us with poverty like they do with other countries.

[@track4768]

I am here now, I came here for work and I love the country, people are warm, and I am black, my experience has been great, can't complain.

[@mariostepien4526]

Kochaj Polskę ♥️ a Polska pokocha ciebie 👍

[@adriannaszudrzynska9371]

Some time ago I talked to an American doctor who visited Warsaw and liked our capital so much that wanted to stay, but was afraid because - as she wrote - "she is not white" It made me feel very strange and sad...

[@PaulPaul-bq2wk]

Nie rozumiem dlaczego dla ludzi ma znaczenie kolor skóry. Jeśli opaliłbym się do granic możliwości to i tak będę tym samym człowiekiem. Całe zycie chciałem mieć ciemną skórę.😊😊😊

[@iriza133]

how did you get there?

[@mistewiczjakub2275]

@@PaulPaul-bq2wk Opalanie się to co innego niż rasa. Co nie znaczy, że powinno się sugerować stereotypami na temat innych ras. W każdym stereotypie jest ziarno prawdy, ważne jest to żeby znać różnice kulturowe i genetyczne natomiast każdą osobę oceniać indywidualnie.

[@agnesricher8412]

I moved from Toronto to Warsaw 2 years ago. Never going back 😊 I work in IT, super easy to get a job in Warsaw vs Toronto, I have the same salary, yet the cost of living is about 30 percent lower. Great food and I can travel anywhere within Europe with ease. Great public transportation, always something happening in Warsaw. Love it❤️

[@SithEso]

Dziekuje za mile slowa o naszym Kraju. :) My best regards

[@xot80]

niech się do nas przeprowadzi, nauczy języka, nauczy od Polaków narzekania i zobaczymy jaki wtedy nagra filmik hehe

[@EyeScreamPL]

@@xot80 Pewnie podobny do tych, jakie robi Nynke z "The Writing Traveler" - Holenderka, która opuściła Holandię, żeby podróżować, ale kiedy znalazła się w Polsce, to zakochała się w niej, została tu, pracuje tu, uczy się j. polskiego (właściwie, to już całkiem dobrze mówi). I od kilku lat z dnia na dzień zachwyca się Polską coraz bardziej, a ostatnio ściąga tu kolejnych członków swojej holenderskiej rodziny, którym Polska leży w sercu (bo odwiedzali ją wielokrotnie). A może będzie robił filmy podobne do żyjących w Polsce mieszkańców Nowej Zelandii, USA (szczególnie jedna Amerykanka, która przeprowadziła się do Polski "w ciemno" i 'błogosławi; nasz kraj, m. in. za to, że pierwszy raz w życiu może kupić dzieciom to, co one chcą! [link do Amerykanki i konkretnego filmu na życzenie!], UK (m. in. Anglika, który podczas swojej pierwszej wizyty w Polsce dostał taki wpie*dol na meczu jego zespołu z zespołem polskim, że znalazł się w szpitalu, ale który wracał tu, aż został na stałe? Mało tego - teraz uczestniczy we wszelkich polskich, patriotycznych marszach i wydarzeniach, sławi polskich bohaterów, robi life-streamy z nich a resztę wrzuca na YT, robił wszystko, żeby otrzymać polskie obywatelstwo, które zresztą w końcu otrzymał?), RPA, Włoch, Hiszpanii (ci natomiast mają niemal całe dzielnice w Krakowie), Japonii i wielu, wieeelu innych zakątków świata, którzy emigrowali do Polski, żyją tu od lat i wciąż się nią zachwycają, a których kanały śledzę na bieżąco? O nich mówisz? Czy tylko o Martim? Czy po prostu o sobie? :D "hehe".

[@DJ_HARD_BASS-f9y]

Co z tego jak Tusk spierdoli polske jak zabierze 500+ hmm?😐

[@spifer2326]

@@xot80 gdzie byś nie był trawa jest zawsze bardziej zielona po drugiej stronie płotu :)

[@agatastevens]

I am from Poland and my husband is from the U.S. We lived together both in Poland and in America and we chose to raise our kids in Poland. It’s much safer here and there are a lot of opportunities. I can recommend not only Warsaw but Gdańsk and Wrocław. All these places are great to live and have a lot of foreigners living there. When it comes to the language it’s true that a lot of young people speak English. With older folks it’s kinda hit or miss. So if you’re looking for directions ask a young person. 😉

[@klaudiaboguszewska1703]

And Krakow! :D

[@trafimow]

I’m Polish myself. I’ve been leaving in London for the last 18 years and I absolutely love to see my country grow and change in such a positive way. Every time I find myself in Warsaw I can feel this energy, a vibe, an ambition to succeed. It’s very exciting. I will definitely move back sometime soon.

[@madgalenacwil6792]

You are more then welcome! I was born in Warsaw. Lived for 15 years in Dublin. Now, I'm back enjoing Poland: opportunities, culture, safety, food... Don't think too long! I'm sure you you'll like Poland. Give it a try! And finally, you will get exciting job here with no doubt. All the best! See you soon!

[@GrzegorzMajsterek]

I think I just realized how fortunate we are living in Poland but we tend to forget this and complain about life here. Compared to how this country is seen by foreigners made my day :)

[@paulalow92]

You are very welcome in my country. I love Scottish people, my friend is Scottish and I get on well with her. She’s such an incredible warm and friendly person and I happened to meet more Scottish people’s they all so nice! Unlike some English 🫢

[@lupoxxx2511]

So it's time to move to Poland:)

[@blissfulignorance6452]

I wouldn't recommend that... lol Seriously.

[@elzbietapaulina9808]

@@blissfulignorance6452are you polish?

[@pawekozowski6509]

What explains much of the much higher status of life in so-called "old Europe" is the accumulated wealth passed down from generation to generation. Unfortunately, multiple wars and annexations deprived us of this. The last such act was the times of the PRL (communism) where people were simply dispossessed of multi-generational property. Paradoxically, this phenomenon made us stronger. We don't expect an easy start in life, we don't expect to get an apartment while studying or to inherit a business from our father. Everyone works their way up from scratch.

[@AL-mi9gw]

Mert-Pol, not only you could easily get a job in Poland, but you could probably become celebrity in PL, being invited to TV programmes etc, as you promote Poland in your videos - in interesting, friendly and honest manner. Best of luck!! (And we wish we could know your real name, btw) 😊

[@mariostepien4526]

Kochana ojczyzna♥️ pozdrawiam serdecznie 👍

[@kasiadenton3335]

Been in the uk for 18 years and now started planning my life back in Poland

[@piotrbuczynski1060]

As a Pole, I am pleased to hear so many positive opinions about Poland and Poles. We are not angels, but we are not completely crazy yet. Regards

[@xot80]

in Poland we have this proverb: "Everywhere is beautiful where we are not." Living in Poland also has many disadvantages, and there was real freedom 20 years ago. Since 9/11 until today, there has not been a single terrorist attack in Poland. But we have Russians as our neighbors.

[@kamilxinsot]

Russians are not the disadvantage. For now, the most disadvantage is Ukrainians who came to our country and behave as it's their own. They want to overturn us in our country. We took too much of them and UE don't help us in this matter, even attacks us. From my point of view, UE want to overturn the government and attack us by "refugees". They wanna use "Divide and Government" tactic.

[@vikoro1]

I fully agree with the video. I moved to Poland in 2000 to study here. Over these 23 years I can observe the huge progress Poland has made so far and there is still very big potential for further growth and development. I love the country and Polish history and I am proud to be a part of this success story😊

[@Xerox0928]

Poland have most potential in the world, we just have to use it for our sake

[@bartoszmalinowski7853]

I am Polish. I love this video. It is so true. I have been traveling around the world and I can confirm. Poland is one of the best place for living. Welcome! 🔥

[@mattstatkiewicz4876]

Funnily enough I moved from Edinburgh where I lived and worked for nearly 7 years to Warsaw, Poland. One of the best moves ever. I truly enjoy the dynamics and contrasts of this city, with it's pockets of pristine beauty. Honestly, a great place to call home :) Oh, and I have never felt safer when doing my late evening solo workouts in Warsaw's amazing parks. Try that in LND or NY :P

[@mariuszwaszak1523]

There's obviously no such thing as a perfect place but the more I travel around Europe and the World, the more I appreciate my little hometown in the west of Poland. We tend to complain about our country all the time but some people have no idea how blessed they are to be born here. I also have my own, private theory about this - During the nineties and shortly after joining EU we had such a huge feeling of inferiority and we felt so bad about our reality compared to western countries that we tried to keep up with them at all cost and as soon as possible. We always thought that other countries are cleaner, safer, more modern with better infrastructure and public transport so we tried to be better and better and better and... at some point we created something really fantastic, maybe even something exceeding our original targets. Some of us just don't see it, don't travel enough to be able to learn it and they still keep complaining ;)

[@nick8292]

I'm from the UK and came to Warsaw about 20 years ago. That was another world -- it has changed a lot. I easily got a job teaching English without any formal qualifications, and after time I gained a CELTA cert. Now it would be a bit harder to just come over and teach English without any qualifications, if at all possible. But I know you're in a different line of work. In your game, fintech, I would recommend securing a position first. Come over and do some reconnaissance for a short while. Although if you have a financial cushion so to speak you could move here and do the rounds face-to-face with employers. They will be interested in what you can provide for them, obviously. Just do the research first. Your amazing enthusiasm will be greatly appreciated, and I reckon you could make it here no probs. Good luck man.

[@gosiayanosh9503]

I'm Polish, lived in other countries...and can confirm that everything what this guy says, it is true. UK is not even close to Poland on work-life balance and life style. We welcome skilled workers 🎉 with opened hearts and arms❤

[@mj4398]

Skoro Polska to taka cudna kraina ,to dlaczego Polacy wyjezdzaja do UK NL itd ?

[@keriusz1]

Bo lubią ryzyko! 🙂

[@LisekFenek]

@@mj4398Bo chcą sprawdzić powiedzenie „cudze chwalicie, swego nie znacie”

[@skusim6633]

You are more then welcome ❤. It is awesome that you would like to learn polish while Bering here but I have to say my language is quite difficult for foreigners. As long as you will be able to say two, three sentences everyone will be extremely proud.

[@kudata7392]

For him it should be much easier as Scottish accent is pretty similar to ours, so he won't have problem with pronunciation 😂

[@Moonlightcatgirl]

I'm from Poland and I,m often guest in Warsaw. Its really nice what you and this guy are saying about are country. Thank You!

[@SPAWN30670]

Feel invited with the whole family to Poland. Everyone who works honestly is welcome. Anyone coming on vacation, too.

[@sebastianszrejter8519]

Well f said. :)

[@domicelabury4560]

A może zaproś wszystkich na Ukrainę bo tam jesteś gospodarzem a w Polsce gospodarzem są tylko i wyłącznie Polacy.

[@SPAWN30670]

@@domicelabury4560 zdecydowanie jestem Polakiem więc mam prawo zapraszać.

[@SPAWN30670]

@@domicelabury4560 Czyli ja , 100% Polak :)

[@mateusztomczyk2899]

@@domicelabury4560no i widzisz jak się zbłaźniłeś ?

[@bjornironside72]

Yes, I would rather live in Poland than in the US, but I want to say that Poland is not a cheap country, prices are usually lower than in the west but people earn less money and in the end living is just as expensive. In big cities like Warsaw or Wrocław there is a housing crisis just like in western cities, but polish cities are often cleaner and more pleasant than, for example, Paris or even Berlin. But Poland is liveable, in the US there are more homeless people and more crime, I think that with new goverment there may also be more tolerance and quality of democracy. So in general Poland is a very nice place and I'm not suprised that people want to live here.

[@77mako77ful]

co ty pier... nie jest tania???????

[@izabelagmerek5640]

Pliiiiiiz., come to Poland,this is so pretty place and beautyful ladys all around

[@KamilazWarszawy]

Hi! I'm from Warsaw, I appreciated very much this video. Actually I'm living in Italy (30 years!) and I'm considering the idea to move back to my hometown. This short film is just another little thing that make me feel like "I have to go now!" Thank you!

[@blissfulignorance6452]

You'll regret that sooner or later.

[@KamilazWarszawy]

@@blissfulignorance6452 czas powie, nie ma co gadac.

[@jahoonotes]

Polish here. I find Your vids very encouraging and making me appreciate this place more and more. It's really a pleasure listening to what You say about us and would really love to greet You once You visit 😊

[@EyeScreamPL]

You're most welcome in Poland - just keep it in mind during the future decisions. ; ] According to Warsaw - well, lots of people love this city, but there are ofc some people who hates it. I, personally, was born, rised and living here and I love Warsaw! It's undoubtly the city of opportunities, still developing, being more and more multicultural and multilinguistic, as well as more and more beautiful. Public transportation is very well organized and the city is clean and safe. So again - feel welcome to Poland/Warsaw if you will ever decide to move to another country! P.S. If you'd like to know the other reasons why people from around the world chooses Poland as their new home i recommend you to check out the channel of one girl from the Netherlands, who decided to leave Holland and travel around the Europe and World, but while she landed in Poland, she immediately fell in love with this country and made Poland her new home. Her YT channel is called "The Writing Traveler".

[@krzysztofneubauer2390]

That's all nice to hear but you must stay realistic. The average salary is still much smaller than in those big western economies like germany, uk or france, which wasn't mention in the film.

[@piotrkorzeniewski8539]

Chcemy być najlepsi w europie. I będziemy ❤

[@MaciejStachowiak]

it is like this - I've been SFBayArea - standard of living in Warsaw is way higher than you can imagine. It is not only about the food and sense of being in a safe place - it is also about work culture and how communicative here people are

[@genkur2912]

My relatives are living in Poland. I am going to move to Poland.I live in Seattle. Seattle is Dying / Homelessness/Addiction, and Death in the Emerald City -NO SAFE !!!! Lovely POLSKA!!!!

[@maniek-pp4hg]

As a Pole, I can thank you for such films. It's good to hear about your country from the point of view of someone who comes to us. What he said and what arguments the guy from America gave also appeal to a native Pole who was somewhere abroad. I'm glad that this gentleman is proud to be part of this history that Poland is writing. Well, it's true, history is created by all of us who live here and work for our GDP. And we must never fall into workaholism.

[@jinxah2366]

Me (Polish) and my partner (British) have been considering moving to Warsaw or Poland in general in a couple or so years. I’ve lived the first half of my life in Poland and the other half in the UK. The economy here is so bad along with other things. My British partner genuinely hates UK at this point and is very adamant to learn Polish more so we can move. Thank you for this video :) Every year I get more and more home sick

[@TAMARARUFF1]

yes Poland has the highest education We are the champions . Every country know that Polish people are very high educated.

[@tomaszstramel3594]

It's mostly quantity over quality, though.

[@jagodar869]

Come and try! I lived 5y in London, and I decided to come back to my hometown Wrocław, and I am thankful every day for this decision. One of the things, that I disliked in the UK was, that it was so difficult to do activities with people, you need to "announce" your plans. C'mon! we love to be a bit spontaneous! PS. your accent is super cool :D

[@MakaroniiMisiek]

i Living in UK, and I can Confirm Announce with people are ... omg... In Poland , catch-up any time NO PROBLEM !! :)

[@motorlife7037]

the scottish accent is the coolest of all english spoken countries

[@mpingo91]

10:07 Poland is not a perfect country, because nothing in this world is perfect. But it's a country where, if one wants, one can live well as in the West and at the same time not experience the annoyances of the absurdities that have occurred in the West due to lax governments.

[@aniaania3952]

Hi Mert. I am very happy with your films about Poland, my homeland. I would like to ask if you could recommend us some films about Scotland, history, culture. Greetings and welcome to Poland. 🙋

[@twisters999]

Well. True. And when it comes to the job, it's the job looking for you. There it's impossible to not get any job. Announcements on most of the shop vitrins.

[@apacz3995]

Greetings from Kraków :)

[@hubert4538]

That's true that Poland is very safe. I live in Warsaw and I regurarly walk home in the middle of the night (like 2 or 3 am) and I never experienced any dangerous situations.

[@piotrusisisoon1214]

Thanks for you😊

[@yogurt75]

I never thought about living in Poland, Warsaw that way, but I live here since I was born, so for me it's a like normal thing. I lived in UK for a year, but I came back, because living away from loved ones is not for me. I've noticed development in Poland over the last few years of course, but it's always nice to hear these words about my country. Anyway, love your accent ;-) PEACE!

[@lukaszheliasz]

Jeśli chcesz wybrać się do Polski, pomyśl o Wrocławiu. To bardzo niedocenione, ale warte odwiedzenia miasto. I koniecznie spotkanie z widzami! Dzięki za film, pozdrawiam

[@motorlife7037]

pewnie, ja bym sto % wybral Wrocka

[@nieczerwony]

Po co ma sie wyprowadzac do ukrainskiego miasta? Moze rownie dobrze do Kijowa pojechac.

[@Robert_z_Wwy]

Wrocław wcale nie jest niedoceniany. Jestem Warszawiakiem od kilku pokoleń. Warszawa jest moim miejscem. Jednak gdybym musiał je zmienić, Wrocław byłby na pierwszym miejscu. Naprawdę dobrze się kojarzy.

[@ms9373]

You'd be most welcome :) Wrocław is great for IT as well and a bit slower paced than Warsaw

[@losiv44]

I was born and raised in Warsaw, I lived for 15 years just 200 meters from spot in park(Saski Park) he walks in 7:49, now my sister lives there. Yes, thats all true, and there is more and more and more. You can't get bored here. Also theres a lot of beautiful nature, we have all, lakes, mountains, sea. And food is best

[@paulinanowicka4987]

Poland is a good place to live, I think. Although, if you asked most Poles you would most likely hear many complaints. Warsaw is becoming more and more busy nowadays. If you look for a more quiet place to live you can also check places like Piastów, Pruszków or any smaller city around Warsaw because they are usually well connected by trains and buses.

[@julienx1]

Yes he is wright ❤ I can see you have polish heart. Here in Warsaw only those who don’t want to work have no job. We need more people to work with your position job is easy to find

[@nieczerwony]

Yeah, or the ones which will not work for not even minimum wages.

[@dodekgniewny4687]

Jak kazdy kraj ma wady i zalety mysle ze najgorsza wada polski politycy wiecej psuja niż buduja

[@motorlife7037]

tak, swiéta prawda, my bysmy byli topem w Europie gdyby politycy dbali o Polské a nie swoje tluste dupy

[@knightshroom2393]

@@motorlife7037 taj jak POtfusk zdrajca.

[@user-bo9js6ic8d]

Najgorzej że Niemcy są w naszym rządzie

[@sistar1989]

dokładnie. Mam takie samo zdanie. Gdyby politycy pracowali tak jak prywatny sektor, to już byśmy byli zamożniejsi niż Niemcy i Wielka Brytania.@@motorlife7037

[@losiv44]

to prawda, ale obcokrajowcom którzy nie siedzą w naszej polityce ciężko będzie to pojąć . Tacy zazwyczaj nie interesuj się polityka kraju do którego migrują.

[@markg1531]

Sorry but it’s over now. Last Sunday the last ray of hope for Europe was extinguished. The majority of Polish people sold Poland to Germany because of their unbelievable ignorance and ingratitude to the people who made Poland’s amazing success happen.

[@dorotabarbowska2184]

What I like about this particular video is the fact the you, Mert , have finally said something personal about you, your job, places where you live, and your approach to learning languages abroad (respect). As as far the content of this video is concerned ...hm... the grass is greener on the other side so you will find lots of Poles complaining about their country. I'm old enough and 'I've been to so many other places to know that the grass here is green now, but I'm also quite pessimistic about the future after the recent elections. I fear that the new government will turn Poland into a satellite country for Germany, a source of cheap labour for them, will subject us to EU business policy at our cost and will impose their leftist agenda on us as they did before...

[@matyy_.]

yeah but before PO was a main leader now they have to make a coalition to lead which contains leftist, centrist-leftist and centrist but diverse thrid way but surely more conservative which i personally like so after soooo many years they will have to talk to one another and make things that work for everyone there will have to be dialogue finally so as far as im sure our relations with EU will get better im scarred about what their policies will bring but only time will tell. And we are country of people that never liked to follow lead that they dont agree with maybe i phrase it wrong but i think you got my point. Pozdro!

[@angiepiercing]

Im from Poland live in Warsaw for 15 years. This city is amazing but business focused.

[@onufryptak7978]

I think we have many more really good bakeries than 40 😂. More like 200, pretty much on every corner.

[@Anna-Bubu]

Thank you for this reaction. Best regards from Warsaw. 🙂

[@theMGKPL]

fortunetly for us Polish people we are really getting stronger and better then we was and we for sure will be in top countries in few years but Polish people still have the issue of west and they always thinking about moving to the other countries when they really shouldn't because we are currently going to the golden century for Polish so... be proud from being part of this super fastly growing country

[@tomekville7]

A lot of people thinking to move to Poland from US or Australia this is why I'm here on your channel I live in Canada everything after 2019 is going to trash here!! Many skilled polish Immigrants are returning home.. I watched so many Vlogs about Poland I dont see homeless people on streets living in tents or sleeping in transit system streets are so clean!! I have feeling that Poland is a place to live nowadays -seriously!!

[@TheDarlowiak]

Pristine beaches are in Poland , there is very few pristine beaches in California , greetings from Walnut Creek Ca.

[@ireneuszpyrak961]

Poland is the best ❤️🙂

[@TAMARARUFF1]

dont forget the film industry the best film school in LODZ

[@tomekg6629]

Another thing, the prices - these are prices dating at least a year ago (check when the video was recorded). Now it’s at least 20% more expensive.

[@toms9864]

The prices have gone up everywhere and not just in Poland.

[@tomekg6629]

@@toms9864 not everywhere, but in many countries for sure. In Switzerland inflation was relatively low, especially compared to the EU (the pandemic peak was at 3%, now it's 1%). In Japan inflation was even lower.

[@kayakastek76]

Thank you for this reaction. To be fair, I also learn some things with you(even though I'm Polish, there's a lot for me to learn about my own country. And through your videos I learn about yours and other countries too).

[@mattlukaszewski]

And the quality and standard of housing is so much better than in the UK! You would never feel high humidity and get mold as in the UK! Please feel invited :)

[@sylwiabech610]

True ❤ safe, beautiful and full of potential.

[@karolstasicki1499]

I'm from Poland and i recently visited Warsaw. There's many beatiful buildings, museums, history, and even video games! There's many restaurants that are reaally good. I reccomend atleast visiting Warsaw, if not deciding to live there. Even tho i don't live in Warsaw, my local restaurants, shops and more have english signs, we learn English in schools nearly everyday. And it's really cheap too! There's alot of universities geniuses used back in the day, like Mikołaj Kopernik (he has his own museum with technology we invented i'm pretty sure) , we also have had great musicians like Frederyk Chopin. I reccomend you give Warsaw a visit and then decide if you wanna live there.

[@darthkura93]

I love the story how they rebuild the Warsaw. I have no idea if this is true or not but in the WW2 musem I was told, that guys from art or architecture university had to mesure buildings in old Town, as a tasks througg their 1-3 yo of college. And after the war it was used as a basis of rebuliding. Like I said, no idea if this is true, but I love stories like that!

[@zajks2464]

Mate, you have watched so many classic polish videos and comedies that you have already became part Polish. You are welcome to move in but consider Wrocław which is one of the most developing cities in PL right now

[@mateusz3291]

For everyone that never been in poland, just get there for a weekend and u will See that the country is Worth living in. Low crime Rates, Costs for living are Good, food is nice for everyone and the people maybe Look mad but are the nicest people if you talk to Them.

[@polish_pete_uk]

The guy is not talking about Poland. Hes talking about Warsaw. That's a massive difference. It's like talking about London to somebody in Carlisle. Nothing against Carlisle, but that's two different worlds. Life in small town Poland has nothing to do with life in Warsaw.

[@wlodek7422]

Well, life in big cities largely does not reflect small cities in any country. But living in small city in poland is absolutely great, at least in my opinion. And if i ever need to go to big city i have it 1 hour away with public transport

[@ASkyy166]

Bingo!!! Exactly! This watched like a propaganda video for Warsaw lol cringe! Poland is very different in reality from what this man is projecting here, especially in smaller towns!

[@MH-vx1fo]

To prawda. Sam wyprowadziłem się z miasta i wiem że po dobroci bym nie wrócił nawet w najczarniejszych scenariuszach. Nawet nie ma co porównywać jakości życia do takich miejsc jak Warszawa.

[@adamnar]

I just left quite a long comment touching on the same thing. Warsaw is the capital of Poland, but it's NOT the whole country. I recently saw this video that was like "We flew to Poland to get cheaper groceries" and I was like: 1. cringe, 2. WTF? 3. Shall I make a video called "I flew to Moldova to get cheaper groceries"? I got the same feeling when I watched the video he is reacting to. Every country (literally: every) needs to face problems and nothing is ideal. Btw - I rarely comment on YT videos but I think I was a bit mad when I watched it so I could not keep this for myself haha.

[@ASkyy166]

@@adamnarFOR REAL.

[@avocado2864]

Always nice to hear well about our country. Very good advertisement. See u in Poland then. I recommend Wrocław ❤

[@bluediddie]

As a Polish citizen I would like to comment on few things from this video. I think it should be treated only as type of advertisement and not a factual portray of reality. What I can agree is that yeah we are relatively safe country especially comparing to places like US or UK but most of the other things that are mentioned in the video are at least misleading. The video is also not very recent, what have to be taken into account. First of all, our economical situation has been hit hard by ongoing crisis that makes many business, (INCLUDING THOSE IN TECH INDUSTRY) to struggle. People are getting fired etc. Situation on job market is not good, especially again in tech industry where, yes, as the guy stated we have many graduates what results in plenty of applications for every available post. I work in the industry and I know what I'm talking about. When it comes to cost of living, it went up a lot during last 2 years, especially in bigger cities. Prices of basic things like food, not to even mention rent are simply crazy. Another thing, we are not as welcoming as this guy presents, we are doing better, sure but still there is PLENTY of nationalism, racism, homophobia, transphobia and gender inequality here (don't know where this guys saw tech company with 50/50 ratio...). He mentions also maternity leave, well sure is good to have some but 52 weeks that actually may be extended further by parental leave is a damn idea that makes woman to be cut off from the job market in very high percent of cases. It would be better to have less leave and way more early education/pre-school institutions where you could leave your kid and go back to work. When it comes to knowledge of English, well, maybe in Warsaw or other bigger cities is not bad but come to any smaller place and you will be doomed. Teaching someone English in school does not mean, he/she will actually learn it. Generally our education system is in terrible condition, at least the public one. Hopefully we will have some positive changes with the new government but it will still take years to be where it should be. The same situation is with out health care system (or maybe even worst). So, yeah, we don't have mass schootings, hurricanes and crazy private health care like in US but we have shit load of other problems. It's not a bad place to live (especially after last elections ❤) but its not such a paradise as this guy presents it to be.

[@weronikafrackowiak7150]

Excellent summary of my own thoughts after watching the video. I’m Polish and 3 years ago I moved to The Netherlands where I currently work in Tech. I’m not planning to go back because my life in Poland was much harder than it is here. I was in the top 8% of best earning people in the country and still wouldn’t be able to buy an medium size (50 sqm) apartment in the next few years. And since then the prices went up significantly! I can assure you that you will not be able to pay 3 USD for Uber trip across Warsaw - it will be much more. And when you’re earning in PLN these costs adds up terrifyingly quickly 😔

[@ukaszskoczyk3383]

In point!basic language of country u staying over few weeks. Welcome to Poland Brother!!!!

[@danandrewkarpat3228]

Your Polish pronunciation is quite good. Seriously. And your rrrrr. I love it You would master Polish R in no time at all.

[@asdasdasds492]

I’ve meet canadian who moved to poland 4 years ago, now he’s speaking polish very well

[@vagabond_trader]

I saw this video some months ago and while he makes a lot of good points this is essentially a promo video for his VC fund.

[@izabela5097]

Krajów idealnych nie ma. Wszystko zależy od ludzi i miejsca, w którym pracujesz. Był filmik (chyba anglika), który trafił do nas, nie podobało mu się, ale kiedy zmienił miejsce i firmę, zmienił zdanie i rozważał pozostanie na stałe. (niestety nie pamiętam nazwy kanału).

[@nemmens]

We've got well developed video games sector too. Our companies created games like Witcher or Cyberpunk. You can also pay by card nearly everywhere, but the usually the simplest options are our fast paying methods like Blik. What's interesting, we're home country of one of the Europe's biggest magnetic rail company, inventor of MagRail technology. I hope government will help our inventors develop. Best regards:)

[@PolishAmericanMom]

American tech giant Intel has announced that it will invest $4.6 billion (18.7 billion zloty) to create a new semiconductor chip assembly and testing facility in Poland. The project, which will create 2,000 jobs, is the largest greenfield investment in Polish history. Jun 16, 2023

[@blackend1004]

18,7 miliardow zlotych kochana

[@tomekg6629]

The salaries are still much lower than in UK, although you may have higher a little bit higher living standards (because prices are lower).

[@markusplu]

But cists of living ans accomondations are nuch lower

[@reginacyhil5523]

I am impressed and I really like what he said about my country, I live in the UK myself but I am proud of my roots although I love both countries❤

[@AjEmJorMasta]

I'm looking forward to seeing you come to Poland

[@unHombreMayor]

It's nice to watch such comments, especially when someone lives in Polish province like me. The video commented by Mert isn't the whole picture of Poland in particular when we are after parliament elections. I'd like to mention the war in Ukraine. Greetings!

[@MsLinda165]

I just watched that same video prior to this one, so the algorithm is definitely promoting Poland. If I were your mom, I'd say, get yourself hired by this man, and pack your bags and leave for Poland. It's got everything; mountains, rivers, lakes, close to everything because it is CENTRAL Europe, and you'll never regret it. I was considering moving there to retire, but maybe I'll just live there one month out of the year, because it's doubtful they'd want old people clogging up the works. I hear also that the bureaucracy is crazy, so hiring a lawer in Poland who specializes in emigration would be ideal, or the company that hires you may have someone at their disposal to help you out. I'm Canadian, and Canada is heading in the same direction as UK, going backwards in my humble opinion.

[@rakpiotr]

In IT sector finding your job won't be an issue. Just visit, travel bit pick your favourite city of biggest ones, check offers and you'll probably find something for your liking. Hybrid and remote work is also an option, since COVID. The pay is okey for local prices - you won't get rich by american standards but you'll be able to enjoy your life for sure. Some of us are pretty passionate about our work, so it is pretty easy find awesome team doing really neat stuff to be part of :) 15 years ago was lot of bugfixing/maintaince work as contractors but it changed and looks better and better each year.

[@jankusmierski]

I think Polish people will rather live in Kraków, Wroclaw, Gdańsk or other big city than Warsaw if they can choose.

[@carlosaroundtheworld]

I'm polish living abroad. I'm glad to hear that. It's a pity that the EU is bringing all illegal immigrants from Africa. They are making all this mess. Poor Sweden with no go zones, shootings every day 😢 And now war in Israel, which can lead us to the 3rd WW. Peace to all of us ❤❤

[@dka7923]

Wow, great advertisement for the country, it makes me want to live there, wait a minute, I live here 😅. Beautifully told, it's a pity that many of our countrymen do not appreciate it and complain. In fact, a lot depends on politicians, unfortunately now, after the elections, a lot in the country can change for the negative, this is what happens when Germany, through the hands of the European Union, interferes in the spray of our country to make it less competitive.

[@annakrupiec7914]

Exactly right! I hope that somehow it will be alright.

[@goralka2032]

I'm afraid of that too. Not all countries in Europe like it. I have the impression that the more competitive and secure Poland is, the more some countries want to destroy it and bring it to their level.

[@JRTP-Bart77PL]

Hahhaha Welcome in Poland :) Best Country in the World

[@DominatorPuls]

Mert, come to Poland and even do not hesitate! :-)

[@HowToLinux]

I know many poles that do not like the vibe that Warsaw is giving. Most of the time I hear that Wrocław is the City poles want to life.

[@kimson2869]

I live in the very Warsaw Old Town Piekarska street. I believe our country is worth considering to live in. Please be welcome to come here, reach me out I am more than happy to walk you through all of our habits. Cheers

[@dziu22]

It's unfortunately more expensive at this point than stated in the video. It's relatively easy to find a programming job if you have experience, way more difficult if you are looking for junior positions, since many ppl here are learning progamming now. I heard from my friend that if more profitable to work in IT in Warsaw compering the salary to the amount of money you need to spend here and in other capitals in EU, but I am not part of the industry so i only hear stories here and there.

[@InYourHadSalceson]

11 of November is a Polish independent day, you must be there.