Young Irish and Polish leaving the country, prospects are grim it would seem to them.
Higher cost of living and crazy house prices.
Meanwhile thanks to the EU, Poland has drastically improved over the past 20 years and is a decent place to live now (economically, if not socially). Plenty of Jobs. Low cost of living. Cheaper housing. And it’s their home country.
In total 7 of my polish mates went home just before the pandemic.
They had been sending money back home for a couple of years and had been building houses in Poland while working and renting here.
The rents were getting too high here and they all decided to head back home within about a month of each other.
All sound lads, but they weren’t earning enough money as mechanics to stay and a few of them had finished the houses anyway.
Remember how everyone was giving out about the Polish when they first started coming here about 20 years ago? And now you never hear anyone say a bad word about them anymore?
Now it seems everyone’s just moved onto the Ukrainians and the Military aged albino males. Easier target I guess.
We were blessed with our first major wave of immigration. You hear of other countries having worse experiences (some linked to history of colonialism). We had lots of Poles, Asians and some Nigerians. All have contributed and there has been very little trouble from any of these communities
This is our loss probably driven by our failure to provide proper housing I reckon.
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The Polish are good lads.
Can’t say I blame them for leaving
Young Irish and Polish leaving the country, prospects are grim it would seem to them.
Higher cost of living and crazy house prices.
Meanwhile thanks to the EU, Poland has drastically improved over the past 20 years and is a decent place to live now (economically, if not socially). Plenty of Jobs. Low cost of living. Cheaper housing. And it’s their home country.
In total 7 of my polish mates went home just before the pandemic.
They had been sending money back home for a couple of years and had been building houses in Poland while working and renting here.
The rents were getting too high here and they all decided to head back home within about a month of each other.
All sound lads, but they weren’t earning enough money as mechanics to stay and a few of them had finished the houses anyway.
Remember how everyone was giving out about the Polish when they first started coming here about 20 years ago? And now you never hear anyone say a bad word about them anymore?
Now it seems everyone’s just moved onto the Ukrainians and the Military aged albino males. Easier target I guess.
We were blessed with our first major wave of immigration. You hear of other countries having worse experiences (some linked to history of colonialism). We had lots of Poles, Asians and some Nigerians. All have contributed and there has been very little trouble from any of these communities
This is our loss probably driven by our failure to provide proper housing I reckon.