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Living in the Gdansk area with family now. Finally decided to make the move from the US. It was a bit easier for me as my mother, grandparents, great grandparents etc etc are from Poland and my entire family lives here from Lublin to Gdansk etc. I was the first one born stateside and my brother everyone else here etc etc but now I am currently waiting for my Permanent Resident card, renewing my mother's Polish passport then applying for mine etc etc etc etc. I don't plan on ever returning to the US only to take care of a few more details once I have all my docs etc in place . I enjoy the winters the summers and being around the culture I grew up with etc. cheers i na zdrowie!!
@@hammerdown3876 Well, its surely easier for him since he had polish ancestors, so he could just apply for so called "karta Polaka". But its not hard for an American to extend your stay in Poland. You dont have to worry about that.
I’m Polish. And I used to live in America, in Chicago to be more precise. I still remember dating my American ex girlfriend. And how her parents would constantly harass me for not having a car. They were like “you’re not qualified to date our daughter, because you don’t have a car”, or “go back to Poland”. Everything had to be their way…
It's normal in Poland (and in other parts of Europe) to not have a car. You just don't need it if you don't live in the countryside. I also do not need a car and I would for sure feel weird if somebody demanded it from me.
@@jacqueslee2592 I lived in Chicago at that time. I think Chicago and NYC are the only major cities in the US where you don’t really need a car to get around. Public transportation is pretty good for American standards.
Not going to justify the latter part. The former is really about how US is setup, it really heavily reduces your options to just not own the car in the US. Like yes it does reduce the places you could live in Poland(without relying on other people moving you around) or visit to not own a car. But you can get by a lot just by picking a place with a decent access to bus/train infrastructure + public transport.
I came to USA from Poland at the age of 20 after completing 2 university years in July 1981 when Poland hit the rock bottom…it was a literally political and economical disaster…..we had stamps allowing us to buy meat and shoes , there was nothing on the shelves, stores were empty , no prospect of getting a job or an affordable place to live after graduation, so I had nothing to loose .
Polish language can be learned! I am a polish language teacher as a second language, and I have been working with people with different cultures' backgrounds. People still living in US, not having a daily contract with Polish can learn it too. I had students from US, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, UK, Mexico, Ukraine, and Belarus. Of course, the language is difficult and very different for students not speaking Slavic languages, but they are able to learn it for basic communications purposes..like A2 level without very big problems. Being perfect in grammar and spelling is a different thing, but even Poles are having problems with it sometimes. Do not demonize Polish! You do not need to be perfect to understand basics and to be able to communicate! 😊
I don't think that Polish is that big of a deal. I have a Brazilian colleague at work who has been here for a couple of years now and he is speaking without any accent. Plus he passed the Polish exam on C1 level 😊
Polish descendant here. Got my passport hooked up. Speak the language. I’ll probably be making my way. After the elections in US, it’ll probably get really crazy.
I've been genuinely shocked when my US friend have big troubles treating his doughter from leukmenua in US. I've invited them to polish hospitalbin warsaw, and his doughter has recovered using 1/10th of US price...
funny because many polish people go to the US to treat their aggressive cancer that polish doctors don't have resources to treat or its too risky/too costly compared to the expected results, of course many of these cases end up not really well, because they give you a 5% chance of getting better at the beginning and people go for it only because they are so desperate, especially the parents with SMA treatments or difficult heart surgeries for kids, i have seen multiple charities where people got the money but the kid died during or post-op or people giving their 4-yo children SMA medication that didn't really do much because it is meant for infants and gives the best results for them, but the company still sells it for older kids
6:20 wiesz, ostatnio widzę w Warszawie bardzo dużo czarnoskórych ludzi, dziwne uczucie, są dobrze ubrani, wydaje się, że pracuję sa dobrze ubrani, na razie oswajam się z tą myślą, że zaczynamy być powoli wielokulturowym społeczeństwem, ale jeśli ci przykładowi czarnoskórzy ludzie, zaczną naruszać porządek... ich los będzie trudny i ciężki w Polsce. Polacy nie pozwolą sobie wejść na głowę przyjezdnym, to jednak nasz kraj.
Uważam, że żeby być Polakiem, nie trzeba być tu urodzonym i wychowanym. Polakiem jest ten kto chce tu żyć, dać żyć innym, szanować, kochać i rozwijać ten kraj. Ten, kto ma Polskę w sercu❤ Niech żyje wolność!
You are wrong that Poland was recently westernized. Poland was created in X th centrury as a part of Western European Catholic culture and always strive to remain one. It was conquered by Russia in XVIII th century and recently, after II World War become Stalin's war trophy, part of so called Eastern Block. But Poles never ceased to keep their Western European culture. Believe me, Poland is no more Western in heart than it was in 70ties when I was growing up. Of course, setting asside huge differences because of Soviet control of Poland. I mean, in minds and hearts. So saying that Poland westernized recently is a bit offensive, somewhat like saying that Poland is in Eastern Europe or similar to Russia.
Your right but the point is being of that « eastern bloc » for like 45 years have de facto created some differences between the Visegrad group (Poland CZ/SL and Hungary) and the rest of Western Europe that wasn’t under communism. A huge cultural shift happened in the western bloc at that time that Poland couldn’t have. Even tho talking of today, the difference is less and less visible and Poland is looking more and more like another Western European country
@@suleyman8696 Yea. Tbh even the difference between western and eastern Germany is still clearly visable. Imo it will take another 30-50 years before countries from our region become similar to western Europe (although Polish culture is much more similar to German one than German one to, for instance, Spanish one; yet still i think we are kind of children of 'homo sovieticus').
You missed the point that he's making, lol! People in the West can't even tell what a woman is anymore. They think that men can get pregnant, etc! He's saying that Poland is moving in that direction slightly, but it is still light years away from that insane culture! I'm a polish guy who lives in the usa and I know exactly what he's trying to say.
Moved to Krakow about 3 weeks ago and your videos were a final push to go for it. It’s great here although not so easy to make friends as you mentioned
@@NomadicMillionaire you need to remember Polish people are little bit shy toward foreigner especially because lot of poles are notconfident in their english language skills, Also even Poles could have dofficulties to find freinds in poland after 3 weeks, to make friends you need to meet them in specific occasions and places :) not everyone on the streets you passing by will be your friend :)
@@NomadicMillionaire dont rush, go places and try a bit of small talk (but keep it a SMALL talk, polish people dont fuck around like western do) , if you catch eyes with someone else smile lightly, and try to engage a little convo. Thats true that polish people are quite shy when it comes to making new friends, but if you both had a few shots all of that goes away. Hope you enjoy your stay:)
if you dont learn local language you just helping bringing tp Poland what you dislike on US, you just diluting the social cohesion and trust, the shared values and traditions, the thing you described you like on living in Poland. If you dont want to learn local language you never integrate but are either transient migrant, forever foreigner, always the outsider, or starting parallel society( like in the west with whole neighbourhoods where locals dont speak local language nor interact with majority and just live like they were still in their home country).
@@WheresWeshonestly, it’s not as difficult as it may seem at first glance. For native English speakers pronunciation might be difficult at first (because your tongue is not used to making sounds other than sloppy and blurred English). But language is actually fairly logically built. You’re musician, I highly recommend putting headphones on and listening to Polish music a lot, it helps massively (I was learning few languages myself, currently dipping my toes in Japanese). Just leave alone pop/rap as it uses lot of slang and „modern talking” (which even Polish people older than 20yo might struggle to understand 😆). Check out artists such as Kwiat Jabłoni, Varius Manx (especially when they had Anita Lipnicka as vocalist), Ania Wyszkoni or Wilki - vocalists in these groups have pretty crisp pronunciation
@@PlayTrickBLOGSPOT Always learn the way kids do. Learn whole phrases for the most repeating situations. Completely skip the grammar until you'll be able to communicate on the most basic level.
@@WheresWes I didnt need to live in the USA to speak english. I agree you should try to learn at least basic things in polish to be part of the society that we deserve :P
The low cost of living argument cannot be taken seriously from those that earn their income in USD. Get a local job that pays in polish zloty, then we'll talk about how low the cost of living is
What are you talking about. Just don't buyshh from hippie shops, but from farmers market and do coffe yourself. Those small, everyday things add up. Get a grip on your expenses. Even for the lowest wage you will still have enough to buy new bike, upgrade PC or go for a holidays and visit some bar twice a week. Grow up.
minimal wage in Poland is around 1100 USD (4200 PLN) right now, so even if you have the worst job, you will earn enough to live. Median for salaries is around 1750 USD (ca 6800 PLN). So there is no tragedy, despite of higher inflation between 2021 and 2023.
If you want to integrate into a society you will have to make the effort to learn the language. At a certain point you will get stuck into a specific way of life in the country, unless you are willing to integrate linguistically.
@@ericnguyen2757 hes not really talking about integrating into Polish society, he meant that you can go by without having to learn English, which is true. I get your point but I think he meant regular everyday stuff
He's point is that they'll be able to navigate the society easily without the knowledge of Polish. He said in a different video they foreigners should learn Polish eventually.
My grandparents were Polish citizens 1920-1939 then USSR occupied their territory and now I'm in USA but traveling every year to meet my relatives and friends in Polska
It's much healthier to eat at bar mleczny than at McD or KFC. If you buy "french fries" at bar mleczny you will get cut potato fried in some vegetable oil (likely some canola or sunflower oil). You would need to salt it to your taste. In Polish McDonalds you will get the salted. For comparison I put ingredients in french fires in McDonalds in US: French Fries Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [wheat And Milk Derivatives]*), Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (maintain Color), Salt. *natural Beef Flavor Contains Hydrolyzed Wheat And Hydrolyzed Milk As Starting Ingredients. Contains: Wheat, Milk.
3:15 - of course you do pay the taxes on top of you food, look at your receipt - VAT tax is added to everything you buy. Sellers just have an obligation to display the final price on the tags not the net price only.
4:00 fun fact - all Bar Mleczny bars are subsidised by a state to enshure that poor still have access to cheap food. That's why for example they have set amount of dishes and food quota made and if they for example run out of kompot or pierogi it is what it is and you can't get more that day.
To all viewers if you don't have mortage, car, don't care about raising familiy or retirement, are HEALTHY (healthcare in Poland is non-existent) and live of western wage in good neighbourhood in big city......
As an Asian American living in Poland, how much ant-Asian sentiment have you experienced compared to living in other countries (Colombia). Keep us posted. Oh, never mind, you addressed it around 6 minutes in the video. As a Christian nation, I'm sure many Christian Americans may want to live there.
They're racist in Poland, but do not engage in violent altercations with Asians like in US. But yet again, East Asians are just as racist as any other people, except that East Asians just ignore you and do not wish to have contact or conversation with non-East Asian. It is is the same with Polish people, though not everybody is the same.
@@jacqueslee2592 I'm pretty sure there are way more "polack jokes" circling around than there are "racist jokes". The key is to not give a shit, unless it becomes dangerous or hinders your opportunities in life. I'm Polish and I love racist jokes and polack jokes as well if they're funny, because I just love dark humor in general. Never did anything to harm or discriminate against anyone because of their skin colour in my life though. People need to chill out and grow a thicker (and hopefully white lol) skin.
@@msciwojstalkiewicz9510 Not that I have heard of. I actually never met a real polish person in my lifetime nor someone of polish descent, but I have seen in the media and heard from others on the general view that Polish have on non-Polish people and that they are not so welcoming.
@@jacqueslee2592 yeah, keep on trusting the media bro. That will get you far in life. Why not just come and visit yourself to see first hand? Where I live (Kraków), I see many non-white people every day (and not just tourists), which kind of tells me it really can't be that bad, as they wouldn't be coming here in such high volumes otherwise. As long as you behave, nobody should be bothering you. The shit stirrers, on the other hand, regardless of their ethnicity, will probably be met with some unpleasantries by the local folklore, as we usually don't respond well to that kind of behavior. Your Polish experience is up to you, really.
the most interesting thing to me is there seems to be no americans. Everyone indentifes as asian american, afrikan american, native american. I saw a lady on the american news once refer to herself as polish american. Im like lady, you cant pronounce your own name. Just say your american. Like you guys have no identity at all?
4:42 - I have been living in the US for decades, and I don't think being American unites us anymore. Diversity might be a good thing, but up to a point. The identity of a nation depends on a shared set of norms and customs/traditions. If less and less of the new arrivals assimilate to adopt the norms and traditions of a country, then the country becomes more of a land area and less of a country. Once the social glue dissolves, all forms of social malaise like crime increases. Perhaps that is how the leaders of the world want us to be, in a John Lennon's "Imagine" song idealistic style. Poland should use our example to avoid the same fate.
Bar mleczny dużo lepszy, to fakt. Nigdy nie rozumiałem czemu moi znajomi chcą łazić do tych wszelkich McDonaldsów i KFC, kiedy w okolicy był bar mleczny z dużo smaczniejszym i tańszym jedzeniem. A czy zdrowym to nie wiem, ale zdrowszym niż syf na pewno. No i do tego normalne sztućce. Nie wiem jak można fast foody nazywać 'restauracją' jak nawet na normalne sztućce ich nie stać.
Also, if you have a nice english accent and start befriending english speaking polish ppl, they will naturally take this "opportunity" to socialise with a native speaker 😅
You need to know something about living in Poland without the ability to speak Polish. It's not just about having trouble with communication. If you really want to stay in Poland for good, you must learn to speak the local language at least on the basic level - to be able to get in touch with the people all around you. Otherwise Polish people won't treat you with the same respect as they treat English speaking tourists. That's because living in a country without being able to speak its language is widely considered as a lack of respect for the people living there and for their culture.
I would say this is especially important for people who want to marry a Pole. Your girlfriend/boyfriend may speak English, but very likely their parents/grantparents/uncles etc. don't, and if someone thinks that's not a problem because: a) their girlfriend/boyfriend will translate for them b) they don't care about extended family That will not be taken nicely here.
43 pln for a schabowy with some potatoes???? Duuuude pork costs 23 per kg. Counting in all the spices and making a salad i could make food for 10 ppl and there would be leftovers or for 15 that 15 minutes after eating would to their amazement become aware, that they are no longer hungry and still can move. XD
no way the owners want to have a comission on a product theyre selling?? I always wonder about people like you, dont like it - walk for a 500m and choose a different one, or order and put out a review that the food is overpriced.
When you're taking about prices in Poland being lower, do you also consider the purchasing power of salaries in each of these countries respectively? Most of the Poles would disagree with you on that front, because they earn in PLN and not in USD. And if you move here for permanent residence as an American, so will you, most likely (unless you can secure remote employment in the US or some other country).
Odnośnie zachwytu Rodaków, że Zachodniaki chcą do na przyjeżdżać. Poprzednie multi-kulti skończyło się dla nas rozbiorami i ponad wiekiem nieistnienia. Przykra prawda o mniejszościach jest taka, że dopóki kraj jest stabilny i dostatni wszyscy jakoś współżyją, ale przy pierwszych problemach zacznie się wracanie do korzeni i trzymanie się swoich. Obecnie taki rozpad widać w USA. Dlaczego mają taką obsesję na punkcie pochodzenia? Bo jesteśmy socjalni. Każdy chce być wśród swoich. Język, kultura, wygląd, mentalność - to są filary każdej nacji. Multi-kulti to nic innego jak kolejna próba stworzenia Homo Sovietusa. I nie wyskakujcie mi tu z ZUSem i innymi złodziejstwami. System taki jak ZUS jest oparty na ciągłym wzroście, co jest niemożliwe do utrzymania. Nie prościej byłoby zmienić sam system niż sprowadzać sobie cały świat? Polska się nie rozciąga, chociaż wszędzie wciskają nowe bloki. Nie zastanawia was dla kogo te nowiutkie osiedla? Przecież w ciągu 5 lat ubyło nas 2 mln. Wniosek stąd taki, że jeśli w jakimś kraju jest źle, warto zostać i zawalczyć o swój dom niż uciekać, bo jeśli za każdym razem, gdy jest źle będziemy uciekać, nigdzie nie zapuścimy korzeni i będziemy takim amerykańskim nomadem. Załóżmy, że Ukraina wciąga nas w wojnę z Rosją. Co wtedy? Montownie zwiną się z Polski i klapa. Wrócimy do lat 90tych. A co z imigrantami i tymi wszystkimi, którzy ,,czują" się Polakami? Znowu uciekną. Do lepszego miejsca. :)
rozbiory nie wydarzyły się przez multikulti tylko przez słabość władzy centralnej uzależnionej od interesów magnaterii wyposażonej w liberum veto. magnateria i ogólnie szlachta (czyli szeroko pojęta klasa polityczna) była tak czy inaczej wtedy spolonizowana niezależnie od swojego pochodzenia.
@@halko7122 Tylko dlaczego ta władza była słaba? Szlachta z różnym pochodzeniem i interesami to odzwierciedlenie zróżnicowanego społeczeństwa. Każdy ciągnie w swoją stronę. Co do ich polonizacji, to byli tak samo spolonizowani jak Ukraińcy z kartą Polaka za 5 dolarów. Nagle 5 mln Polaków się znalazło, ale ni gawarit po polskiemu. Poza tym w takim systemie bardzo łatwo przekupić kilku szlachciców, by zaszkodzić całemu krajowi. Jednolita grupa ludzi jest trudniejsza do podboju i manipulacji. W przypadku wojen/kryzysu od razu pojawiają się grupy separatystyczne, bo tak naprawdę obce nacje nigdy się nie asymilują. Paradoks jest taki, że w im bardziej multi-kulti kraju żyjesz, tym bardziej szukasz swoich, by nie rozmyć się w masie obcych. Patrz obsesja w USA na punkcie pochodzenia typu ,,jestem w 10% Włochem". W Polsce od wieków mamy Żydów żyjących równolegle w swoim świecie oraz obecnie Ukraińców.
@@halko7122 dlaczego doszlo do rozbiorow, sa 4 glowne przyczyny: 1. pozwolenie aby Zydzi osiedlali sie na terenie PL, 2 zaproczenie niemieckiego zakonu krzyzackiego 3. unia z Litwa 4 potop szwedzko - rosyjski.
Same 🤔....tired of Woke Culture, riots and a deeper divide.....it will be propelled at hypersonic speed with puppet Harris under the Deep State Puppeteer
wish it wont happen, make America great again! but hey Josh, whatever actually happens you made a good choice and make sure to not change it to any western countries, so you wont make a step backwards.
7:20, OK, but the fact that Poles speak English well doesn't mean we wanna be forced to it in our own country (as it happened in the past with German or Russian). So we will be nice and welcoming, but if you purpusefully don't want to learn it, it means you are rude and don't really care about the country. Otherwise, good job with the film. :)
Not sure where in the US you lived, but living in multiple states to this day I have never had anyone introduce themselves “by their gender or sexual orientation”. I mean I guess it must happen somewhere sometimes, but suggesting “everybody” does this in the US is wild..
Michael Palin said long time ago in his travel series "Americans will tell you anything". When he got off that American train he felt "big sense of relief".
@kurrwa ok yeah that makes a bit more sense, California is a very liberal state. These comparison videos should be titled Poland vs California then, not Poland vs US. I’ve lived in the US for decades and never experienced half of what he talks about..
I’ve lived in Arizona, New York, California, Texas, Iowa. I’ve also never had anyone introduce by gender. Also - even in unsafe parts of the country, it’s neighborhood or city dependent. Parts of phoenix you can get shot, then parts of the suburbs I’ve left my garage open for 4 hrs with a 2000$ iPad just inside and no one even took anything from my home.
people really need to learn a bit more about ideologies: liberal = not woke, left wing = woke (and the real racists, because thats the one who insist on this racist sorting most - and are also antisemitic/antizionist + supporting crime and most violent cultures). same in europe. its really not difficult. republicans and democrats both have some liberal aspects and some conservative (left wings are NOT and were NEVER progressive. thats propaganda for idiots who believe every framing narrative).
Wes don't overexaggerate. I'm relatively often in the states, (mostly the Silver and the Golden state but not only ;)) and it's extremely rare to see ppl introducing themselves with the pronouns. Sure in some circles (gender-studies faculty, 19yo rebel college kids, etc) it can be more popular, but it's not that you meet a random person in the street and "they"'re gonna pronoun the shit outta you. Btw. I live in PL on daily basis so if the difference was striking i'd spot it right away.
Overall, I agree with your findings - these may indeed be important factors that make Poland attractive to Americans. However, maybe 2 comments - Poland is relatively cheap, but if you earn money in a strong foreign currency - for many Poles earning an average local salary - it is not so good. Secondly - what you consider to be an advantage of social life in Poland, i.e. a certain type of moral or social conservatism, may be considered by many, especially younger Poles, to be a severe burden - but foreigners generally either encounter it superficially or not at all. A small example - if you were in a same-sex relationship with your partner, under the applicable law you have almost no rights as a couple. It is not possible to legalize your relationship as a partnership, let alone enter into a marriage, therefore you have no joint tax or inheritance rights - you will not even be able to find out about your partner's health if he/she were suddenly hospitalized, because you are officially to him/her a stranger. And issues such as your adoption of children are completely unimaginable for the vast majority of society. I would like to point out that I have been married to the same woman for over 30 years, we have two daughters of our own and one adopted, so I am not dealing with any of my private matters with this comment. I just want my society to be even more open, which also means that I am definitely not a conservative :)
32 years ago, in the city of Łódź, I worked with a person who legally changed her gender from female to male and continued to live and work in the same place, and also be in a relationship with a coworker. In America, even today such person would have to move and change jobs to feel safe. Compared to American society, Polish people are more moderate and tolerant. You don't hear about hate crimes related to sexual orientation, like Matthew Shepard in the US.
@@portjanka After all, unfortunately, it has nothing to do with legal protection and generally the rights of such people - especially when it comes to civil partnerships or marriages. I don't know much about the realities of America, but I think that while in New York such a person wouldn't have problems, in some southern state, in an even smaller town - maybe he/she would. Just like in Poland in Radom or, for example, Jasło.
One comment: you are not allowed to obtain information on your spouse's health condition, either. Unless, of course, he/she authorizes you to do so. Being a practicing lawyer, I cannot stop wondering why people think that one's spouse should have and actually has the rights prevealing over their own privacy rights. That tells you a lot about the society and its understanding of basic principles in this society, no? Similarly, I cannot understand why people believe that they can make noise in their appartment until 10 p.m. No, you can get fined for making excessive noise even at noon, surprise surprise😂
@@portjanka Polish tolerance ends when you need to instituationalize it i.e. pass a specific law in parliament. Take same sex marriage for example. Everyone will tell you that they have nothing against homosexual relationships yet - somehow - such things just can't get formalized by the state. I don't know if it's ignorance or just hipocrisy.
So you are living in one of the biggest cities in Poland, and biggest one based on tourism. I was living in Krakow for a year and it was not pleasant experience. Expensive, crowded, loud, with huge traffic jams (even if you are using public transport). But I guess you are comfortable with that. I wonder how would you fell about smaller cities or villages - even better or much worse.
@@WheresWes sure, you just like big cities. In smaller cities life is kinda different, not better or worse, just different. Same with other countries - life in New York is much different compared to some small city with 10k or even 100k people. Your videos with pros/const are in many points based on huge cities, so it would be worth mention it.
@@luk318 There's no really need for that, smaller cities in Poland aint that much different, maybe cost of rent would be smaller but that's it, only issue would be quantity of everything, less stores, less parks, less parkings etc etc
@@novy1198 I can't agree. I was living in Kraków, Poznan and 3 small cities. Difference is huge. For example with public transport - in Poznań my car was usually in dust, it was usually easier and faster for me to take tram/bus, especially that I was living in part with great multiple connections. Now I'm living in small city under Poznań and without a car it is like in US. Everyone here have 2 cars per family. Sure there are buses, but connections are poor and not frequent. Even that I live near bus stop, and there is direct connection to preschool, in theory I can take a bus but then I would have to wait 2 hours to get back. While in car it is max 10min drive. Also going to Poznań, where most people here work, everyone is taking car because there is also bad connection to so important city. In other city, far from big one like Poznań, there was no public transport at all - it was either a car or bicycle, but try to drive 5km on bicycle in a storm. 100% 18 years old had drive license because it was mandatory, while in cities like Kraków or Warsaw you often hear that somebody do not even want to make drive license.
@@luk318 well obviously it always depends on location, i have been in few major cities, but in many small ones like under 100/50k and i must say living there is nice, ye car is way more usefull there cause of smaller option for public transport but even there you can usually find a bus to almost any place. Trains are in pretty much every city, especially on the west of Poland. Also about public transport, while there's obviously way less options for bus, bicycle roads are as common as in major cities, if not sometimes more, looks cleaner and i find people tend to drive like that way often. In Gdańsk i haven't really seen that many people riding a bike for some reason, or Zamość. Infrastructure is different i believe across whole country, on the south without car you can't move your ass from the house
Bro in one of yours video's you said like you want to lern russian bla bla and this throught just hit me better lern interslavic l- seriously ready about it ^^
Eastern Poland, Podlasie specifically, is totally different than anything you know about Poland :D You're most welcome here. Leave me a comment if you would like to take a risk visting this "raw" region one day :D
Dziwne. Polska wschodnia jest znacznie bardziej zadbana niż Polska zachodnia. Jest prawdopodobnie biedniejsza, jeśli chodzi o poziom zarobków, ale ulice, domy są niezwykle zadbane w większości. Jechałem w kwietniu z Warszawy do Przemyśla z przystankami, bo po drodze mieliśmy coś do załatwieniu u znajomych/kuzynów kolegi, który z nami jechał (mieszkających na wsi - pod Biłgorajem jedni, pod Chełmem drudzy). Najbardziej zdumiały mnie wsie, która są zaskakująco czyste, z odnowionymi ulicami i nowopowstałymi chodnikami. Znajomi/kuzyni kolegi (w obu przypadkach) nie wykazują wielkich dochodów, ale mają duże domy, zadbane, wyremontowane, wyposażone lepiej niż moje mieszkanie na Żoliborzu. Nie wiem skąd wzięli na to pieniądze, ale nie powiem, że nie byłem w szoku. To burzy wszelkie stereotypy, tym bardziej, że sąsiedzi w tych wsiach też mieli zadbane domy. Inną wyprawę na wschód zaliczyłem dwa lata temu - pojechałem wtedy do Białej Podlaski, ale znowu z przystankiem, tym razem w Radzyniu Podlaskim. We wsiach widać... ruch, remonty, odnawia się tam wszystko, w większości wsi są nowe chodniki. Statystyki mówią, że na Podlasiu i Podkarpaciu są niższe zarobki niż na zachodzie kraju, ale optycznie tego nie widać. Może poziom zadbania wynika z tego, że to są ziemie przodków, od pokoleń w rękach tych rodzin, podczas gdy na tzw. Ziemiach Odzyskanych sytuacja wyglądała nieco inaczej.
I consider myself open-minded but the woke in the US is too much. If you are from California, it is extreme--downright rediculous. I'm white and have been called racist many times. The whole thing is out of hand. My wife is from Columbia and she thinks it's too woke here.
7:27 You can't perpetually live there with this tourist mentality. If you intend to settle in Poland long term, you NEED to learn Polish - there's no way around it.
Yep, many people fall for this trap that poles speak good English ....untill you need to get things done in a City Hall or public hospital, and worst case scenario - when you start paying taxes here and need to go to the tax office. Government and state matters - this is where English ends 😊
Mostly complaining about the government (where elections are seen as choosing the lesser evil), the healthcare system (it's ok, but far from perfect), or all sorts of personal problems one is facing. And of course complaining about your job, bosses, co-workers and such. Oh and finances. You can always complain about stuff you can't afford, and prices going up. Some say it's a bonding thing - you complain to someone about bad things happening to you, they complain about theirs, and it makes you feel you're in the same boat, so to speak. Also, if someone appears to be a good listener, and will take the time to listen to your complaints, it shows they're a good friend and care about you.
Tbf complaining is a polish thing, but i think complaining is the perfect way to strive for improvement. If we didnt complain how could we know if theres a system thats not working properly? Its deeply rooted in our blood, having communism for so long and not being able to express our thoughts freely has taught us that we need to raise our voice in things which need improvement, the second thing is Polish people are quite pessimistic compared to the whole world, we call it realism, if we stop complaining we will feel comfortable, and that brings way more problems than being pessimistic and expecting bad. Dont be fooled tho, if anything is generally good we will talk about it with pride.
7:12 I am Polish and I would say if you decide to move to Poland and live here then learn the damn language. Do not use our knowledge of English as an excuse.
Poland is not woke so, as an Asian, you will have a lot of explaining as to where you're REALLY from... because New Jersey will not be taken as an answer..
I don't whant to be rude but if you whant to stay, you should lurn Polish! And speaking english as a foriner dont mean that every one should know your langewich. If you whant to understand the Polish kulture and stay here than i think the langewich is inportant for you.
I like your vlogs a lot. They are very honest and inspiring. But stop talking rubbish about the difficulty to learn Polish. It depends on your background. Ukrainians are fluent in Polish after 6 months. Many Italians speak an excellent Polish. It is true. They are very in love with their Polish girl-friends. The speed at which your learn Polish depends on your mother tongue , intelligence and motivation.
Maybe I’m mistaken but I think Poland has a more „loose” position on crime than the USA. There’s been a lot of work done exiting the 90s, but today there’s just not much going on crime-wise. I mean by that that the US police is probably getting a multiple of Polish police’s budget. I assume virtually no guns here do affect how capable the Polish police manages to be, in comparison to the US police, even though they don’t parade around with a military squadron worth of equipment. USA also has more prisoners per capita.
Violent crime happens more Than people know. Media don’t report or report rarely. Did you hear about guy who skinned her girl alive and recorded during Covid? He used drugs to keep her awake while doing this. Then he hide corpse to abuse them for several days😂 a lot violence happens but nobody doing much
1. Determine what you will live on (how you will earn money). If it is remote work, you can do it from any country in the world, including Poland. And you do not have to know another language. If it is not remote work, then ... 2. 2. Before leaving, learn at least a few dozen words and a dozen or so phrases used most often in Polish (only pronunciation, you do not have to know Polish writing) and industry words related to your job. 3. After arrival, behave calmly, cultured and with a smile, so no stress, and then every Pole, whether at work or on the street, will help you. 4. Don't act haughty, arrogant, demanding, loud and don't leave trash because then not only won't anyone help you, but they will decisively and boldly call your attention to your bad behavior.
Nie przesadzaj. Swoją wypowiedzią dowodzisz, że chyba nigdzie nie byłaś poza PL. W Polsce zyje się naprawdę dobrze i to porównując nawet z wieloma państwami europy. Zarobki to jedno, ale stosunek zarobków do cen - tu już czynnik, którego nie wzięłaś pod uwagę. A wypada bardzo dobrze.
ale jaj Amerykanie chwalą Polskę i to że można chodzić wieczorem po mieście i nikt ich nie pokroi :) super przyjeżdżajcie do nas i przywoźcie kasę i inwestujcie tu :)
You are very wrong about perceiving what you call "victim mentality". Polish people tend to have that on a European level. They feel they were betrayed by the west in WW2, they feel they've been victimized by European imperialism of 18th and 19th centuries. Polish nation in general feel it hindered them much being underfoot during communism. They tend to say it loud during EU parliament disputes, not unlike non-white minorities in the US when they speak out about historical wrongdoings against them. They one thing Poles have that US minorities don't have is their own country, where that are vast majority. I hate when people talk bullshit like this, but I guess you're not unlike a stereotypical American coming to Europe not understanding the context at all. It is a shame Poland is perceived by the "antiwoke" mob in the US as a backward country, young people especially from big cities are against this kind of mentality.
Well, not necessarily. If so is not very "woke" then can be not welcome to foreigners, especially with different skin. Xenophobia and racism are getting stronger. No victim mentality? Try to talk about repatritions from Germany or about Wołyń XD And patriotizm can be very different bc those many conflicts were between Polish ppl, even elections could be as polarizing as in USA. So I don't think you got a lot things right but it's still intresting to know what foreigners think.
Actually, gun rights in the US are a good thing. Public access to firearms has prevented more crime then it has caused. Not to mention, it's fun as a recreational activity. The anti-gun movement is unfortunately like a lot of others grounded in everything but statistics and patterns. Not to mention, there's a lot you have to go through to own and maintain a license.
USA is only larger by 10% than Europe so comparing crime rates it’s misleading. In the USA you will safe where is low population of black people but nobody gonna say it aloud for obvious reasons. In Poland violent crime happens regularly just media don’t talk about it. And most homicide are based on emotional problems etc. Poland became safer because of mass immigration similar to Venezuela all robbers left Venezuela so became safer 😂
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Living in the Gdansk area with family now. Finally decided to make the move from the US. It was a bit easier for me as my mother, grandparents, great grandparents etc etc are from Poland and my entire family lives here from Lublin to Gdansk etc. I was the first one born stateside and my brother everyone else here etc etc but now I am currently waiting for my Permanent Resident card, renewing my mother's Polish passport then applying for mine etc etc etc etc. I don't plan on ever returning to the US only to take care of a few more details once I have all my docs etc in place . I enjoy the winters the summers and being around the culture I grew up with etc. cheers i na zdrowie!!
@@KL-ii1xt Gdańsk is beautiful, one of my favorite cities. Enjoy!
We aren’t for everyone. If a person doesn’t have the US mind of being more than a mouth then it’s going to he to expensive for anyone.
how hard is it to get a permanent resident card or citizenship? thanks!
Welcome back :) be proud , be Polish , be ready to fight for it ....
@@hammerdown3876 Well, its surely easier for him since he had polish ancestors, so he could just apply for so called "karta Polaka". But its not hard for an American to extend your stay in Poland. You dont have to worry about that.
American who moved to Poland and loving the life checking in!
I’m Polish. And I used to live in America, in Chicago to be more precise. I still remember dating my American ex girlfriend. And how her parents would constantly harass me for not having a car. They were like “you’re not qualified to date our daughter, because you don’t have a car”, or “go back to Poland”. Everything had to be their way…
Oh really. How come you didn't have a car? Did they want you to have a luxury vehicle?
It's normal in Poland (and in other parts of Europe) to not have a car. You just don't need it if you don't live in the countryside. I also do not need a car and I would for sure feel weird if somebody demanded it from me.
@@jacqueslee2592 I lived in Chicago at that time. I think Chicago and NYC are the only major cities in the US where you don’t really need a car to get around. Public transportation is pretty good for American standards.
Not going to justify the latter part.
The former is really about how US is setup, it really heavily reduces your options to just not own the car in the US.
Like yes it does reduce the places you could live in Poland(without relying on other people moving you around) or visit to not own a car.
But you can get by a lot just by picking a place with a decent access to bus/train infrastructure + public transport.
I came to USA from Poland at the age of 20 after completing 2 university years in July 1981 when Poland hit the rock bottom…it was a literally political and economical disaster…..we had stamps allowing us to buy meat and shoes , there was nothing on the shelves, stores were empty , no prospect of getting a job or an affordable place to live after graduation, so I had nothing to loose .
Polish language can be learned! I am a polish language teacher as a second language, and I have been working with people with different cultures' backgrounds. People still living in US, not having a daily contract with Polish can learn it too. I had students from US, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, UK, Mexico, Ukraine, and Belarus. Of course, the language is difficult and very different for students not speaking Slavic languages, but they are able to learn it for basic communications purposes..like A2 level without very big problems. Being perfect in grammar and spelling is a different thing, but even Poles are having problems with it sometimes. Do not demonize Polish! You do not need to be perfect to understand basics and to be able to communicate! 😊
I don't think that Polish is that big of a deal. I have a Brazilian colleague at work who has been here for a couple of years now and he is speaking without any accent. Plus he passed the Polish exam on C1 level 😊
Polish descendant here. Got my passport hooked up. Speak the language. I’ll probably be making my way. After the elections in US, it’ll probably get really crazy.
I've been genuinely shocked when my US friend have big troubles treating his doughter from leukmenua in US. I've invited them to polish hospitalbin warsaw, and his doughter has recovered using 1/10th of US price...
funny because many polish people go to the US to treat their aggressive cancer that polish doctors don't have resources to treat or its too risky/too costly compared to the expected results, of course many of these cases end up not really well, because they give you a 5% chance of getting better at the beginning and people go for it only because they are so desperate, especially the parents with SMA treatments or difficult heart surgeries for kids, i have seen multiple charities where people got the money but the kid died during or post-op or people giving their 4-yo children SMA medication that didn't really do much because it is meant for infants and gives the best results for them, but the company still sells it for older kids
6:20 wiesz, ostatnio widzę w Warszawie bardzo dużo czarnoskórych ludzi, dziwne uczucie, są dobrze ubrani, wydaje się, że pracuję sa dobrze ubrani, na razie oswajam się z tą myślą, że zaczynamy być powoli wielokulturowym społeczeństwem, ale jeśli ci przykładowi czarnoskórzy ludzie, zaczną naruszać porządek... ich los będzie trudny i ciężki w Polsce. Polacy nie pozwolą sobie wejść na głowę przyjezdnym, to jednak nasz kraj.
mam nadzieję
Uważam, że żeby być Polakiem, nie trzeba być tu urodzonym i wychowanym. Polakiem jest ten kto chce tu żyć, dać żyć innym, szanować, kochać i rozwijać ten kraj. Ten, kto ma Polskę w sercu❤ Niech żyje wolność!
@@Pablo_oobojesteś odklejony swoim romantyzmem
Pożyjemy zobaczymy ile Tusk przyciągnie inżynierów 😂
@@kurrwaDaleko mi do romantyka. Co nie oznacza, że nie mogę tak myśleć - prawda? Pozwalasz mi?
You are wrong that Poland was recently westernized. Poland was created in X th centrury as a part of Western European Catholic culture and always strive to remain one. It was conquered by Russia in XVIII th century and recently, after II World War become Stalin's war trophy, part of so called Eastern Block. But Poles never ceased to keep their Western European culture. Believe me, Poland is no more Western in heart than it was in 70ties when I was growing up. Of course, setting asside huge differences because of Soviet control of Poland. I mean, in minds and hearts.
So saying that Poland westernized recently is a bit offensive, somewhat like saying that Poland is in Eastern Europe or similar to Russia.
Your right but the point is being of that « eastern bloc » for like 45 years have de facto created some differences between the Visegrad group (Poland CZ/SL and Hungary) and the rest of Western Europe that wasn’t under communism. A huge cultural shift happened in the western bloc at that time that Poland couldn’t have. Even tho talking of today, the difference is less and less visible and Poland is looking more and more like another Western European country
@@suleyman8696 Yea. Tbh even the difference between western and eastern Germany is still clearly visable. Imo it will take another 30-50 years before countries from our region become similar to western Europe (although Polish culture is much more similar to German one than German one to, for instance, Spanish one; yet still i think we are kind of children of 'homo sovieticus').
@@krowaswieta7944 You are confusing income with culture.
@@ezookami4540 one is related to the other one. Wessis are different than Ossis - and thats mainly becuase of the history theyve been through
You missed the point that he's making, lol! People in the West can't even tell what a woman is anymore. They think that men can get pregnant, etc! He's saying that Poland is moving in that direction slightly, but it is still light years away from that insane culture! I'm a polish guy who lives in the usa and I know exactly what he's trying to say.
Polacy faktycznie lubia azjatów bo to grzeczni i pracowici ludzie i nie ma z nimu duzo problemów .
Moved to Krakow about 3 weeks ago and your videos were a final push to go for it. It’s great here although not so easy to make friends as you mentioned
expecting to establish meaningful bonds with people after just 3 weeks in a foreign country? you must be joking, right?
@@halko7122 Yeah you’ve got a point. It’s not Bali where Everyone is super open. Will have to give it more time.
@@NomadicMillionaire you need to remember Polish people are little bit shy toward foreigner especially because lot of poles are notconfident in their english language skills, Also even Poles could have dofficulties to find freinds in poland after 3 weeks, to make friends you need to meet them in specific occasions and places :) not everyone on the streets you passing by will be your friend :)
@@NomadicMillionaire dont rush, go places and try a bit of small talk (but keep it a SMALL talk, polish people dont fuck around like western do) , if you catch eyes with someone else smile lightly, and try to engage a little convo. Thats true that polish people are quite shy when it comes to making new friends, but if you both had a few shots all of that goes away. Hope you enjoy your stay:)
@@leesinorafk5561 Thanks for the tips, will keep those in mind!
if you dont learn local language you just helping bringing tp Poland what you dislike on US, you just diluting the social cohesion and trust, the shared values and traditions, the thing you described you like on living in Poland.
If you dont want to learn local language you never integrate but are either transient migrant, forever foreigner, always the outsider, or starting parallel society( like in the west with whole neighbourhoods where locals dont speak local language nor interact with majority and just live like they were still in their home country).
fair point. I will learn the language if I end up staying here
@@WheresWeshonestly, it’s not as difficult as it may seem at first glance. For native English speakers pronunciation might be difficult at first (because your tongue is not used to making sounds other than sloppy and blurred English). But language is actually fairly logically built. You’re musician, I highly recommend putting headphones on and listening to Polish music a lot, it helps massively (I was learning few languages myself, currently dipping my toes in Japanese). Just leave alone pop/rap as it uses lot of slang and „modern talking” (which even Polish people older than 20yo might struggle to understand 😆). Check out artists such as Kwiat Jabłoni, Varius Manx (especially when they had Anita Lipnicka as vocalist), Ania Wyszkoni or Wilki - vocalists in these groups have pretty crisp pronunciation
@@PlayTrickBLOGSPOTI understand this rap without a problem.
@@PlayTrickBLOGSPOT Always learn the way kids do. Learn whole phrases for the most repeating situations. Completely skip the grammar until you'll be able to communicate on the most basic level.
@@WheresWes I didnt need to live in the USA to speak english. I agree you should try to learn at least basic things in polish to be part of the society that we deserve :P
The low cost of living argument cannot be taken seriously from those that earn their income in USD. Get a local job that pays in polish zloty, then we'll talk about how low the cost of living is
That's why the video is called Americans moving to Poland
Fair point.
What are you talking about. Just don't buyshh from hippie shops, but from farmers market and do coffe yourself. Those small, everyday things add up. Get a grip on your expenses. Even for the lowest wage you will still have enough to buy new bike, upgrade PC or go for a holidays and visit some bar twice a week. Grow up.
minimal wage in Poland is around 1100 USD (4200 PLN) right now, so even if you have the worst job, you will earn enough to live. Median for salaries is around 1750 USD (ca 6800 PLN). So there is no tragedy, despite of higher inflation between 2021 and 2023.
If you don't speak the lingo, you're not really living in Poland, but merely staying there.
If you want to integrate into a society you will have to make the effort to learn the language. At a certain point you will get stuck into a specific way of life in the country, unless you are willing to integrate linguistically.
I was about to say this. The way Wes spoke about not having to learn Polish and use only English to integrate into Polish society seems very arrogant.
@@ericnguyen2757 hes not really talking about integrating into Polish society, he meant that you can go by without having to learn English, which is true. I get your point but I think he meant regular everyday stuff
He's point is that they'll be able to navigate the society easily without the knowledge of Polish. He said in a different video they foreigners should learn Polish eventually.
My grandparents were Polish citizens 1920-1939 then USSR occupied their territory and now I'm in USA but traveling every year to meet my relatives and friends in Polska
It's much healthier to eat at bar mleczny than at McD or KFC. If you buy "french fries" at bar mleczny you will get cut potato fried in some vegetable oil (likely some canola or sunflower oil). You would need to salt it to your taste. In Polish McDonalds you will get the salted. For comparison I put ingredients in french fires in McDonalds in US:
French Fries
Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [wheat And Milk Derivatives]*), Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (maintain Color), Salt. *natural Beef Flavor Contains Hydrolyzed Wheat And Hydrolyzed Milk As Starting Ingredients.
Contains: Wheat, Milk.
3:15 - of course you do pay the taxes on top of you food, look at your receipt - VAT tax is added to everything you buy. Sellers just have an obligation to display the final price on the tags not the net price only.
4:00 fun fact - all Bar Mleczny bars are subsidised by a state to enshure that poor still have access to cheap food. That's why for example they have set amount of dishes and food quota made and if they for example run out of kompot or pierogi it is what it is and you can't get more that day.
BS.
@@Taki_tam_ktos Yeah, sure buddy
@@rotmistrzjanm8776 go and ask ALL of the owners. If one or five are getting support it does not mean that all of them are getting it.
To all viewers if you don't have mortage, car, don't care about raising familiy or retirement, are HEALTHY (healthcare in Poland is non-existent) and live of western wage in good neighbourhood in big city......
As an Asian American living in Poland, how much ant-Asian sentiment have you experienced compared to living in other countries (Colombia). Keep us posted.
Oh, never mind, you addressed it around 6 minutes in the video.
As a Christian nation, I'm sure many Christian Americans may want to live there.
They're racist in Poland, but do not engage in violent altercations with Asians like in US. But yet again, East Asians are just as racist as any other people, except that East Asians just ignore you and do not wish to have contact or conversation with non-East Asian. It is is the same with Polish people, though not everybody is the same.
@@jacqueslee2592 I'm pretty sure there are way more "polack jokes" circling around than there are "racist jokes". The key is to not give a shit, unless it becomes dangerous or hinders your opportunities in life. I'm Polish and I love racist jokes and polack jokes as well if they're funny, because I just love dark humor in general. Never did anything to harm or discriminate against anyone because of their skin colour in my life though. People need to chill out and grow a thicker (and hopefully white lol) skin.
@@jacqueslee2592stop making up stories 😂😂
@@msciwojstalkiewicz9510 Not that I have heard of. I actually never met a real polish person in my lifetime nor someone of polish descent, but I have seen in the media and heard from others on the general view that Polish have on non-Polish people and that they are not so welcoming.
@@jacqueslee2592 yeah, keep on trusting the media bro. That will get you far in life. Why not just come and visit yourself to see first hand? Where I live (Kraków), I see many non-white people every day (and not just tourists), which kind of tells me it really can't be that bad, as they wouldn't be coming here in such high volumes otherwise. As long as you behave, nobody should be bothering you. The shit stirrers, on the other hand, regardless of their ethnicity, will probably be met with some unpleasantries by the local folklore, as we usually don't respond well to that kind of behavior. Your Polish experience is up to you, really.
the most interesting thing to me is there seems to be no americans. Everyone indentifes as asian american, afrikan american, native american. I saw a lady on the american news once refer to herself as polish american. Im like lady, you cant pronounce your own name. Just say your american. Like you guys have no identity at all?
We identify like that because that's how America identifies us
Even British too as well when it comes to Identifying them but at least it doesn't have the same connations as Americans.
Hey man, looking great with that hairstyle on the indroduction and shaved. Thanks for new content.
Very well said :)👏👍
I agree with everything you said
I dont
Living in the Gdansk area with family now. Finally decided to make the move from the US
Just finishing touring around Poland. 100% agree with these points. Feels like US 2005-2010, good years.
Problem with the USA is bad leadership leading USA to self destruction, like Obama presidency. USA moving away from American values which is not good.
Plus darmowe kobiety do seksu. Zyc nie umierac
I'd like to see some videos on healthcare there etc?
4:42 - I have been living in the US for decades, and I don't think being American unites us anymore. Diversity might be a good thing, but up to a point. The identity of a nation depends on a shared set of norms and customs/traditions. If less and less of the new arrivals assimilate to adopt the norms and traditions of a country, then the country becomes more of a land area and less of a country. Once the social glue dissolves, all forms of social malaise like crime increases. Perhaps that is how the leaders of the world want us to be, in a John Lennon's "Imagine" song idealistic style. Poland should use our example to avoid the same fate.
Awesome video.
Przecież KFC to straszliwy syf, tego się jeść nie da. A polskie ma być Najleprze na świecie??? To jakie dziadostwo musi być w innych krajach 😮
Nie no, nie gadaj :) Smak to mają dobry :D z resztą to z okolicznych hodowli drobiu i naszych warzywek to jak ma być niesmaczne ? :D
Bar mleczny dużo lepszy, to fakt. Nigdy nie rozumiałem czemu moi znajomi chcą łazić do tych wszelkich McDonaldsów i KFC, kiedy w okolicy był bar mleczny z dużo smaczniejszym i tańszym jedzeniem. A czy zdrowym to nie wiem, ale zdrowszym niż syf na pewno.
No i do tego normalne sztućce. Nie wiem jak można fast foody nazywać 'restauracją' jak nawet na normalne sztućce ich nie stać.
zjedz sobie maca albo kfc w US albo UK :) wtedy zobaczysz jakie w Polsce to pyszne :D
Also, if you have a nice english accent and start befriending english speaking polish ppl, they will naturally take this "opportunity" to socialise with a native speaker 😅
Yo dude Poland, pretty chill. Maybe you could like join it or something
You need to know something about living in Poland without the ability to speak Polish. It's not just about having trouble with communication. If you really want to stay in Poland for good, you must learn to speak the local language at least on the basic level - to be able to get in touch with the people all around you. Otherwise Polish people won't treat you with the same respect as they treat English speaking tourists. That's because living in a country without being able to speak its language is widely considered as a lack of respect for the people living there and for their culture.
I would say this is especially important for people who want to marry a Pole. Your girlfriend/boyfriend may speak English, but very likely their parents/grantparents/uncles etc. don't, and if someone thinks that's not a problem because:
a) their girlfriend/boyfriend will translate for them
b) they don't care about extended family
That will not be taken nicely here.
Greetins!
Kolejny przybysz z krainy samobieżnego, śpiącego dziadka. Wygląda sympatycznie. Azjaci to jednak porządni ludzie.
43 pln for a schabowy with some potatoes???? Duuuude pork costs 23 per kg. Counting in all the spices and making a salad i could make food for 10 ppl and there would be leftovers or for 15 that 15 minutes after eating would to their amazement become aware, that they are no longer hungry and still can move. XD
no way the owners want to have a comission on a product theyre selling?? I always wonder about people like you, dont like it - walk for a 500m and choose a different one, or order and put out a review that the food is overpriced.
When you're taking about prices in Poland being lower, do you also consider the purchasing power of salaries in each of these countries respectively? Most of the Poles would disagree with you on that front, because they earn in PLN and not in USD. And if you move here for permanent residence as an American, so will you, most likely (unless you can secure remote employment in the US or some other country).
Odnośnie zachwytu Rodaków, że Zachodniaki chcą do na przyjeżdżać. Poprzednie multi-kulti skończyło się dla nas rozbiorami i ponad wiekiem nieistnienia. Przykra prawda o mniejszościach jest taka, że dopóki kraj jest stabilny i dostatni wszyscy jakoś współżyją, ale przy pierwszych problemach zacznie się wracanie do korzeni i trzymanie się swoich. Obecnie taki rozpad widać w USA. Dlaczego mają taką obsesję na punkcie pochodzenia? Bo jesteśmy socjalni. Każdy chce być wśród swoich. Język, kultura, wygląd, mentalność - to są filary każdej nacji. Multi-kulti to nic innego jak kolejna próba stworzenia Homo Sovietusa.
I nie wyskakujcie mi tu z ZUSem i innymi złodziejstwami. System taki jak ZUS jest oparty na ciągłym wzroście, co jest niemożliwe do utrzymania. Nie prościej byłoby zmienić sam system niż sprowadzać sobie cały świat? Polska się nie rozciąga, chociaż wszędzie wciskają nowe bloki. Nie zastanawia was dla kogo te nowiutkie osiedla? Przecież w ciągu 5 lat ubyło nas 2 mln.
Wniosek stąd taki, że jeśli w jakimś kraju jest źle, warto zostać i zawalczyć o swój dom niż uciekać, bo jeśli za każdym razem, gdy jest źle będziemy uciekać, nigdzie nie zapuścimy korzeni i będziemy takim amerykańskim nomadem.
Załóżmy, że Ukraina wciąga nas w wojnę z Rosją. Co wtedy? Montownie zwiną się z Polski i klapa. Wrócimy do lat 90tych. A co z imigrantami i tymi wszystkimi, którzy ,,czują" się Polakami? Znowu uciekną. Do lepszego miejsca. :)
rozbiory nie wydarzyły się przez multikulti tylko przez słabość władzy centralnej uzależnionej od interesów magnaterii wyposażonej w liberum veto. magnateria i ogólnie szlachta (czyli szeroko pojęta klasa polityczna) była tak czy inaczej wtedy spolonizowana niezależnie od swojego pochodzenia.
@@halko7122 Tylko dlaczego ta władza była słaba? Szlachta z różnym pochodzeniem i interesami to odzwierciedlenie zróżnicowanego społeczeństwa. Każdy ciągnie w swoją stronę. Co do ich polonizacji, to byli tak samo spolonizowani jak Ukraińcy z kartą Polaka za 5 dolarów. Nagle 5 mln Polaków się znalazło, ale ni gawarit po polskiemu. Poza tym w takim systemie bardzo łatwo przekupić kilku szlachciców, by zaszkodzić całemu krajowi.
Jednolita grupa ludzi jest trudniejsza do podboju i manipulacji. W przypadku wojen/kryzysu od razu pojawiają się grupy separatystyczne, bo tak naprawdę obce nacje nigdy się nie asymilują. Paradoks jest taki, że w im bardziej multi-kulti kraju żyjesz, tym bardziej szukasz swoich, by nie rozmyć się w masie obcych. Patrz obsesja w USA na punkcie pochodzenia typu ,,jestem w 10% Włochem". W Polsce od wieków mamy Żydów żyjących równolegle w swoim świecie oraz obecnie Ukraińców.
@@Swarzec_Swarzewski strasznie naciągana teoria ;)
@@michau75 Dlaczego? ;)
@@halko7122 dlaczego doszlo do rozbiorow, sa 4 glowne przyczyny: 1. pozwolenie aby Zydzi osiedlali sie na terenie PL, 2 zaproczenie niemieckiego zakonu krzyzackiego 3. unia z Litwa 4 potop szwedzko - rosyjski.
Applying for a Visa to Poland if Kamala Harris wins! Thank you so much for all the advice! Poland looks amazing!
Same 🤔....tired of Woke Culture, riots and a deeper divide.....it will be propelled at hypersonic speed with puppet Harris under the Deep State Puppeteer
wish it wont happen, make America great again! but hey Josh, whatever actually happens you made a good choice and make sure to not change it to any western countries, so you wont make a step backwards.
Trump is a failure. Greetings from Poland :D
7:20, OK, but the fact that Poles speak English well doesn't mean we wanna be forced to it in our own country (as it happened in the past with German or Russian). So we will be nice and welcoming, but if you purpusefully don't want to learn it, it means you are rude and don't really care about the country. Otherwise, good job with the film. :)
Not sure where in the US you lived, but living in multiple states to this day I have never had anyone introduce themselves “by their gender or sexual orientation”. I mean I guess it must happen somewhere sometimes, but suggesting “everybody” does this in the US is wild..
He is from California which is state of weirdness. All woknee is in Cali 😂 USA has everything
Michael Palin said long time ago in his travel series "Americans will tell you anything". When he got off that American train he felt "big sense of relief".
@kurrwa ok yeah that makes a bit more sense, California is a very liberal state. These comparison videos should be titled Poland vs California then, not Poland vs US. I’ve lived in the US for decades and never experienced half of what he talks about..
I’ve lived in Arizona, New York, California, Texas, Iowa. I’ve also never had anyone introduce by gender. Also - even in unsafe parts of the country, it’s neighborhood or city dependent. Parts of phoenix you can get shot, then parts of the suburbs I’ve left my garage open for 4 hrs with a 2000$ iPad just inside and no one even took anything from my home.
people really need to learn a bit more about ideologies: liberal = not woke, left wing = woke (and the real racists, because thats the one who insist on this racist sorting most - and are also antisemitic/antizionist + supporting crime and most violent cultures). same in europe. its really not difficult. republicans and democrats both have some liberal aspects and some conservative (left wings are NOT and were NEVER progressive. thats propaganda for idiots who believe every framing narrative).
Wes don't overexaggerate. I'm relatively often in the states, (mostly the Silver and the Golden state but not only ;)) and it's extremely rare to see ppl introducing themselves with the pronouns. Sure in some circles (gender-studies faculty, 19yo rebel college kids, etc) it can be more popular, but it's not that you meet a random person in the street and "they"'re gonna pronoun the shit outta you. Btw. I live in PL on daily basis so if the difference was striking i'd spot it right away.
You are brave to critique polish cuisine
Hell yeah brother
Overall, I agree with your findings - these may indeed be important factors that make Poland attractive to Americans. However, maybe 2 comments - Poland is relatively cheap, but if you earn money in a strong foreign currency - for many Poles earning an average local salary - it is not so good. Secondly - what you consider to be an advantage of social life in Poland, i.e. a certain type of moral or social conservatism, may be considered by many, especially younger Poles, to be a severe burden - but foreigners generally either encounter it superficially or not at all. A small example - if you were in a same-sex relationship with your partner, under the applicable law you have almost no rights as a couple. It is not possible to legalize your relationship as a partnership, let alone enter into a marriage, therefore you have no joint tax or inheritance rights - you will not even be able to find out about your partner's health if he/she were suddenly hospitalized, because you are officially to him/her a stranger. And issues such as your adoption of children are completely unimaginable for the vast majority of society.
I would like to point out that I have been married to the same woman for over 30 years, we have two daughters of our own and one adopted, so I am not dealing with any of my private matters with this comment. I just want my society to be even more open, which also means that I am definitely not a conservative :)
Live and let live 👍
32 years ago, in the city of Łódź, I worked with a person who legally changed her gender from female to male and continued to live and work in the same place, and also be in a relationship with a coworker. In America, even today such person would have to move and change jobs to feel safe. Compared to American society, Polish people are more moderate and tolerant. You don't hear about hate crimes related to sexual orientation, like Matthew Shepard in the US.
@@portjanka After all, unfortunately, it has nothing to do with legal protection and generally the rights of such people - especially when it comes to civil partnerships or marriages. I don't know much about the realities of America, but I think that while in New York such a person wouldn't have problems, in some southern state, in an even smaller town - maybe he/she would. Just like in Poland in Radom or, for example, Jasło.
One comment: you are not allowed to obtain information on your spouse's health condition, either. Unless, of course, he/she authorizes you to do so. Being a practicing lawyer, I cannot stop wondering why people think that one's spouse should have and actually has the rights prevealing over their own privacy rights. That tells you a lot about the society and its understanding of basic principles in this society, no? Similarly, I cannot understand why people believe that they can make noise in their appartment until 10 p.m. No, you can get fined for making excessive noise even at noon, surprise surprise😂
@@portjanka Polish tolerance ends when you need to instituationalize it i.e. pass a specific law in parliament. Take same sex marriage for example. Everyone will tell you that they have nothing against homosexual relationships yet - somehow - such things just can't get formalized by the state. I don't know if it's ignorance or just hipocrisy.
So you are living in one of the biggest cities in Poland, and biggest one based on tourism. I was living in Krakow for a year and it was not pleasant experience. Expensive, crowded, loud, with huge traffic jams (even if you are using public transport). But I guess you are comfortable with that. I wonder how would you fell about smaller cities or villages - even better or much worse.
Krakow has been mostly positive for me tbh. Even after seeing other cities in Poland, Krakow is still #1 for me
@@WheresWes sure, you just like big cities. In smaller cities life is kinda different, not better or worse, just different. Same with other countries - life in New York is much different compared to some small city with 10k or even 100k people. Your videos with pros/const are in many points based on huge cities, so it would be worth mention it.
@@luk318 There's no really need for that, smaller cities in Poland aint that much different, maybe cost of rent would be smaller but that's it, only issue would be quantity of everything, less stores, less parks, less parkings etc etc
@@novy1198 I can't agree. I was living in Kraków, Poznan and 3 small cities. Difference is huge. For example with public transport - in Poznań my car was usually in dust, it was usually easier and faster for me to take tram/bus, especially that I was living in part with great multiple connections. Now I'm living in small city under Poznań and without a car it is like in US. Everyone here have 2 cars per family. Sure there are buses, but connections are poor and not frequent. Even that I live near bus stop, and there is direct connection to preschool, in theory I can take a bus but then I would have to wait 2 hours to get back. While in car it is max 10min drive. Also going to Poznań, where most people here work, everyone is taking car because there is also bad connection to so important city. In other city, far from big one like Poznań, there was no public transport at all - it was either a car or bicycle, but try to drive 5km on bicycle in a storm. 100% 18 years old had drive license because it was mandatory, while in cities like Kraków or Warsaw you often hear that somebody do not even want to make drive license.
@@luk318 well obviously it always depends on location, i have been in few major cities, but in many small ones like under 100/50k and i must say living there is nice, ye car is way more usefull there cause of smaller option for public transport but even there you can usually find a bus to almost any place. Trains are in pretty much every city, especially on the west of Poland. Also about public transport, while there's obviously way less options for bus, bicycle roads are as common as in major cities, if not sometimes more, looks cleaner and i find people tend to drive like that way often. In Gdańsk i haven't really seen that many people riding a bike for some reason, or Zamość. Infrastructure is different i believe across whole country, on the south without car you can't move your ass from the house
You are welcome, but please bring from USA some good (non Neapolitan) pizza.
Bro in one of yours video's you said like you want to lern russian bla bla and this throught just hit me better lern interslavic l- seriously ready about it ^^
Have you been to eastern Poland? :)
Not much yet but I would love to! Doing the tri city area now
Eastern Poland, Podlasie specifically, is totally different than anything you know about Poland :D You're most welcome here. Leave me a comment if you would like to take a risk visting this "raw" region one day :D
Dziwne. Polska wschodnia jest znacznie bardziej zadbana niż Polska zachodnia. Jest prawdopodobnie biedniejsza, jeśli chodzi o poziom zarobków, ale ulice, domy są niezwykle zadbane w większości. Jechałem w kwietniu z Warszawy do Przemyśla z przystankami, bo po drodze mieliśmy coś do załatwieniu u znajomych/kuzynów kolegi, który z nami jechał (mieszkających na wsi - pod Biłgorajem jedni, pod Chełmem drudzy). Najbardziej zdumiały mnie wsie, która są zaskakująco czyste, z odnowionymi ulicami i nowopowstałymi chodnikami. Znajomi/kuzyni kolegi (w obu przypadkach) nie wykazują wielkich dochodów, ale mają duże domy, zadbane, wyremontowane, wyposażone lepiej niż moje mieszkanie na Żoliborzu. Nie wiem skąd wzięli na to pieniądze, ale nie powiem, że nie byłem w szoku. To burzy wszelkie stereotypy, tym bardziej, że sąsiedzi w tych wsiach też mieli zadbane domy.
Inną wyprawę na wschód zaliczyłem dwa lata temu - pojechałem wtedy do Białej Podlaski, ale znowu z przystankiem, tym razem w Radzyniu Podlaskim. We wsiach widać... ruch, remonty, odnawia się tam wszystko, w większości wsi są nowe chodniki. Statystyki mówią, że na Podlasiu i Podkarpaciu są niższe zarobki niż na zachodzie kraju, ale optycznie tego nie widać. Może poziom zadbania wynika z tego, że to są ziemie przodków, od pokoleń w rękach tych rodzin, podczas gdy na tzw. Ziemiach Odzyskanych sytuacja wyglądała nieco inaczej.
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@@PiotrJaser mam na myśli Podlasie :D
My pronouns are zir, zirself...wtf was that? Ughhhh. I just want to go to Poland and be with rad people like you. How did you make the move? Friends?
In Poland with the previous government patriotyzm also became a difficult topic
With Cyrena it is same difficult, or even more than with previous .
PiS PO - jedno zło!
I consider myself open-minded but the woke in the US is too much. If you are from California, it is extreme--downright rediculous. I'm white and have been called racist many times. The whole thing is out of hand. My wife is from Columbia and she thinks it's too woke here.
7:27 You can't perpetually live there with this tourist mentality. If you intend to settle in Poland long term, you NEED to learn Polish - there's no way around it.
Of course
Yep, many people fall for this trap that poles speak good English ....untill you need to get things done in a City Hall or public hospital, and worst case scenario - when you start paying taxes here and need to go to the tax office. Government and state matters - this is where English ends 😊
nuh uh polish food the best!
Poland seems like a great country but I've heard the natives like to complain a lot. What's that all about?
Mostly complaining about the government (where elections are seen as choosing the lesser evil), the healthcare system (it's ok, but far from perfect), or all sorts of personal problems one is facing. And of course complaining about your job, bosses, co-workers and such. Oh and finances. You can always complain about stuff you can't afford, and prices going up.
Some say it's a bonding thing - you complain to someone about bad things happening to you, they complain about theirs, and it makes you feel you're in the same boat, so to speak. Also, if someone appears to be a good listener, and will take the time to listen to your complaints, it shows they're a good friend and care about you.
Tbf complaining is a polish thing, but i think complaining is the perfect way to strive for improvement. If we didnt complain how could we know if theres a system thats not working properly? Its deeply rooted in our blood, having communism for so long and not being able to express our thoughts freely has taught us that we need to raise our voice in things which need improvement, the second thing is Polish people are quite pessimistic compared to the whole world, we call it realism, if we stop complaining we will feel comfortable, and that brings way more problems than being pessimistic and expecting bad. Dont be fooled tho, if anything is generally good we will talk about it with pride.
tnere is.always a reason to complain😅
I wouldn't say Poland is cheap in comparison to wages.
If you want some examples Czech republic is more expensive and they earn about the same.
if u are a Pole, paint a bigger picture. The situation is worse in neighbouring countries.
7:12 I am Polish and I would say if you decide to move to Poland and live here then learn the damn language. Do not use our knowledge of English as an excuse.
Poland is not woke so, as an Asian, you will have a lot of explaining as to where you're REALLY from... because New Jersey will not be taken as an answer..
I don't whant to be rude but if you whant to stay, you should lurn Polish! And speaking english as a foriner dont mean that every one should know your langewich. If you whant to understand the Polish kulture and stay here than i think the langewich is inportant for you.
I like your vlogs a lot. They are very honest and inspiring. But stop talking rubbish about the difficulty to learn Polish. It depends on your background. Ukrainians are fluent in Polish after 6 months. Many Italians speak an excellent Polish. It is true. They are very in love with their Polish girl-friends. The speed at which your learn Polish depends on your mother tongue , intelligence and motivation.
UCZ SIĘ POLSKIEGO!
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he ain't lyin 😁
Got challenge - go to bar in Poland and say that your pronouns are zis and zer and other people NEED to use them. :)
thats hella of a challenge, well you will be considered as mentally ill, as it should be.
Albania has even better KFC then Poland. No GMO products allowed in food. Even their soft drinks are on another level.
Francja niech przeprasza za siebie bo ma za co.Wielkie brawa dla Polki
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od podlej rewolucji Francja przeprasza a nawet wstydzi sie swoich korzeni katolickich.
you pay taxes for food etc its just put into the proce already
Didnt knew you were eating in milk-bars, i havent seen those in years tbh. I hope you liked it
Hey Wes, how do I contact you? I'm in the area
Maybe I’m mistaken but I think Poland has a more „loose” position on crime than the USA.
There’s been a lot of work done exiting the 90s, but today there’s just not much going on crime-wise. I mean by that that the US police is probably getting a multiple of Polish police’s budget. I assume virtually no guns here do affect how capable the Polish police manages to be, in comparison to the US police, even though they don’t parade around with a military squadron worth of equipment.
USA also has more prisoners per capita.
Violent crime happens more
Than people know. Media don’t report or report rarely. Did you hear about guy who skinned her girl alive and recorded during Covid? He used drugs to keep her awake while doing this. Then he hide corpse to abuse them for several days😂 a lot violence happens but nobody doing much
How can I move there from Australia?
1. Determine what you will live on (how you will earn money). If it is remote work, you can do it from any country in the world, including Poland. And you do not have to know another language. If it is not remote work, then ... 2.
2. Before leaving, learn at least a few dozen words and a dozen or so phrases used most often in Polish (only pronunciation, you do not have to know Polish writing) and industry words related to your job.
3. After arrival, behave calmly, cultured and with a smile, so no stress, and then every Pole, whether at work or on the street, will help you.
4. Don't act haughty, arrogant, demanding, loud and don't leave trash because then not only won't anyone help you, but they will decisively and boldly call your attention to your bad behavior.
Jak tak dalej bedzie wyglądać polska polityka ludnościowa, Polacy stracą własny kraj.
Ukrainska zupa lepsza od polskiej? Lepiej przyprawiona, moze ma to czego nei maja polskie zupy, smak zubozalego uranu albo GM.
Living in Poland isn't cheap for Poles ☹️ We earn in Polish zlotys, not dollars. Such opinions from people from abroad make us very angry😡
Nie przesadzaj. Swoją wypowiedzią dowodzisz, że chyba nigdzie nie byłaś poza PL. W Polsce zyje się naprawdę dobrze i to porównując nawet z wieloma państwami europy.
Zarobki to jedno, ale stosunek zarobków do cen - tu już czynnik, którego nie wzięłaś pod uwagę. A wypada bardzo dobrze.
ale jaj Amerykanie chwalą Polskę i to że można chodzić wieczorem po mieście i nikt ich nie pokroi :)
super
przyjeżdżajcie do nas
i przywoźcie kasę i inwestujcie tu :)
You are very wrong about perceiving what you call "victim mentality". Polish people tend to have that on a European level. They feel they were betrayed by the west in WW2, they feel they've been victimized by European imperialism of 18th and 19th centuries. Polish nation in general feel it hindered them much being underfoot during communism.
They tend to say it loud during EU parliament disputes, not unlike non-white minorities in the US when they speak out about historical wrongdoings against them. They one thing Poles have that US minorities don't have is their own country, where that are vast majority.
I hate when people talk bullshit like this, but I guess you're not unlike a stereotypical American coming to Europe not understanding the context at all. It is a shame Poland is perceived by the "antiwoke" mob in the US as a backward country, young people especially from big cities are against this kind of mentality.
I've never been to USA but it seems like the whole woke stuff is a bit blown out of proportion.
Well, not necessarily. If so is not very "woke" then can be not welcome to foreigners, especially with different skin. Xenophobia and racism are getting stronger. No victim mentality? Try to talk about repatritions from Germany or about Wołyń XD And patriotizm can be very different bc those many conflicts were between Polish ppl, even elections could be as polarizing as in USA. So I don't think you got a lot things right but it's still intresting to know what foreigners think.
plssss react to more polish rappers blagam mordo
Actually, gun rights in the US are a good thing. Public access to firearms has prevented more crime then it has caused. Not to mention, it's fun as a recreational activity. The anti-gun movement is unfortunately like a lot of others grounded in everything but statistics and patterns. Not to mention, there's a lot you have to go through to own and maintain a license.
You don't have to learn Polish, but it would be nice if you did, it's a form of assimilation
You look so good with the moustache shaved. Lips looking so thicc. Gay icon ;)
Lmao the gays love me
@@WheresWes Facts
very cool, but u're not even american lol, just because ur family immigrated there doesn't make u an american
i was born in america. I have an american passport. wtf r u talking about lmao
@@WheresWes Rule of the blood of your ancestors that trace back several generations >>>> Some piece of paper that says u are american.
ukraina is not slavic country man
bringing their woke shiii
Gotta be honest KFC in Poland is still trash lol
Just go to Popeyes it’s so much better
USA is only larger by 10% than Europe so comparing crime rates it’s misleading. In the USA you will safe where is low population of black people but nobody gonna say it aloud for obvious reasons. In Poland violent crime happens regularly just media don’t talk about it. And most homicide are based on emotional problems etc. Poland became safer because of mass immigration similar to Venezuela all robbers left Venezuela so became safer 😂
not misleading. The crime compares crime per 1000, not overall number of crimes.
@@WheresWes I mean violent crimes are inflated in the USA by places like killadelphia etc.
Bary mleczne są dotowane przez państwo
wow Why KFC in Poland is one of the best in the World ?