Living In Poland - American Expat (The Good and the Bad)

We moved to Poland from the United States USA 1 year ago and in this video im going o share with you things I like the most and the worst things about living here.
There are 11 Good things
and
6 Bad things
USA America Expat Expatriate
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[Bobby-rojn]

Good video it made my Gf and I laugh when you started talking about the bad as we also live in Krakow and we are from Canada so we totally can relate to what you were saying. I have to disagree on some things you said but I give this video a strong 9 out of 10. Poles love paperwork and stamps and we laugh every time we have to go through that and dont even get me started on the lack of customer service in this country.

[melanzwkuchni]

11:37 You tank your car with LPG. You are already Polish.

[zoltanfiedler]

I'm a simple Hungarian. I see Poland I hit like! :D

[Kid_Naps]

I once talked with a homeless guy in Prague and he told me worked in Chicago for twenty years.
I told him, that at least he learned english.
He told me that he learned polish.
*Mr. Worldwide*

[anticom]

As an introvert, that shopping experience sounds like heaven to me.

[casavirtualsolutions]

Born in Warsaw, I came to the States (NYC) in my early teens and now live between NYC and Italy (but come to Poland often). Poland has nothing over Italy when it comes to customer service and bureaucracy. One thing you didn't mention about Poland is how incredibly clean it is. My son played a game in Warsaw to see how many pieces of trash he finds in one day and the tally was 3. That's right 3, two candy rappers, and an empty soda bottle.

[FamiliarGecko]

I'm a simple hungarian. I see Poland, I click.

[silentbob]

Poland's a coconut culture, US is a peach culture: in coconut culture you approach people slowly and then they warm up to you after a while, in peach cultures it's the other way around, most people say hi and this and that quickly, but then the relation does not proceed further in most cases. Most people here actually do not like to be approached and esp. pestered by sales personnel. It feels intrusive and obnoxious to us, so sales people don't do that.

[polesc]

Don't be embarassed to speak in polish, we really appreciate when someone tries, we have the same struggles with english. We understand it. English is like necessary thing nowadays and we're so ashamed of mistakes or even having polish accent while speaking english. I'm so impressed when foreigner speaks in polish tho so maybe all of that barriers are only in our heads.

[Biszopo]

Polish guy here: I'm so sorry that you had to experience polish governments burocracy. It's pain in the ass even to register new car. Everything is pointlessly over complicated

[giraffesinc.]

As a woman who is looking for a place to retire, Poland sounds like it could be the perfect place. Thank you for your informative video!

[GregSereda]

I've been living in Poland for the past 9 years. I grew up in California. Currently, I live in the city of Mielec (which is actually not too far from Krakow).

[cosmosisfx]

Tottally true! I am not Polish (i am from Israel) but after visiting Poland 3 times (Warsaw, Krakow and Poznan) i really like the country and the atmosphere, and the people...and the food!! Which is delicious and authentic. Everything is super relaxed and people are polite. I have made quite good friends at the time visiting there. Polish people are lovely and smart. I could happily live in Poland at least 2-3 months just to absorb the culture and explore the cities.

[tyutyu]

Welcome to Europe. Im Hungarian. I watch many videos like this and the more I watch, the less I want to leave Europe. I want to visit Poland or at least try Polish food.

Here is a story from my late step father: "In the 70's our engineering class was invited to Poland. One night we were challenged by the Polish students to drink vodka (Zubrovka?) and we all ended up under the table, sick, passed out. Next year we invited them back to Hungary and challenged them to drink wine (Egri Bikavér, and Tokaji Aszú). This time they ended up under the table, so we were even"

:D :D :D

[dante]

9:22
Dwa, dwie, dwoje, dwóch, dwaj, dwiema, dwom, dwoma, dwojgu, dwojgiem, dwójka, dwójki, dwójkę, dwójką, dwójce - two. :D

[snakebeeter]

I learned to appreciate Poland more after this video, I've never realised how good our country is until now. Thank you

[learnenglishatellalanguage]

We're left with only 2 seasons now, and this year you can't even call winter "winter"

[TheEmpress]

Regarding shopping.As a Polish person I feel uncomfortable when sales people are bugging me while I shop.They scare me off but usually they ask you once if they can assist you and then let you be.To me you are an ideal combo.Raised in the US with Polish roots 🙂

[Ghvcjzgg]

Polska is such a nice country, Gdansk, Sopot, Bialystok, Warsaw, Wroclow, Poznan, Krakaw, Katowitz, Gdynia, Stettin and Lodz. Every city was amazing, as a student i recommend it highly. I had 99% of my time good memories there (as an egyptian-origin guy 20-30 yrs). You just feel how smart people like you, very helpful. Professors are supporting you. Your free time is so relaxing and full of fun.

[droho]

in the US, you have literally 0 days-off guaranteed by the govt. In Poland it's I think around 30, and your employer forces you to use them.