I had a wonderful time in Poland

Homeless people scare you? How quaint.

Did you rim some Polish ass?

OP, maybe you should concentrate on making some friends in California so you could bore them with your dull tales?

R2 Absolutely. We traded licks.

What's Polish man ass like, R4?

A nun wants to know!

Like potatoe salad

Show us some Polish men.

[quote]At the same time, I felt this paradox.

This paradox is called income inequality. The US is so much richer than Poland, but the crazy wealth distribution makes it seem like Switzerland in some places, and Somalia in others. And it's only going to get worse, thanks to November.

Was this Pollack animalistic in the sack, OP? Like something not quite to the stage of humanity just yet?

Not even a Pollack would be dumb enough to be homeless in Gniezno if they could be homeless in LA.

OP - no one walks in California.

did you tell him any pollock jokes?

Were you at the North Pole or the South Pole, OP? Did you meet Santa?

Show us some Polish cock! NOW!!!!

Poland’s GDP per capita (PPP) is approximately $49,464. This compares to the UK ($58,906) and Japan ($50,206).

It isn't income disparity, it is cultural: intact families, a well educated population, religious, large extended families, alcohol is a problem but drugs aren't, it is a high trust society.

It's a fascinating country, especially if one is into history. They were tremendously brutalized during WW2, by the Germans and Soviets. The 50 years of Soviet occupation wasn't fun either. Krakow is magical, lots of wonderful music. Many handsome men.

I'm still waiting for Polish cock and ass pics

Polack!

Jesus, Edith.

[quote]Like potatoe salad

Dan Quayle has entered the chat.

If you feel so much safer in Poland than California, MOVE THERE.

I'm sure it will work out for you as a homosexual in a Catholic-dominated country.

OP, it's because the Anglosphere refuses to build enough housing while the rest of Europe doesn't have that problem (plus, I'm guessing Poland didn't close their mental insitutions down like we did in the 80s thanks to the public sentiment of the time). Poland sounds great, I'd love to visit their. I actually want to visit Poland way more than Germany, Polish people sound better to me.

R20 I didn’t say I hated California. If I have to live in the United States, California is the best place to be. But it does have its problems. With the amount of taxes that I have to pay to live here, plus the insane cost of living, I should have free healthcare and at least some of those taxes should go to deal with the homeless problem.

R20, what a dumb Pollack you are!

R22, rural Poland has its charms.

R19 it was BrendaD joke—-

You’re new here?

[quote]I didn’t say I hated California.

No, OP, you said "I felt completely safe walking around at night alone, much safer than I do here in California." and I pointed out that you, ostensibly a gay man given that you are posting on a gay forum, are much, much safer living in California than a country barely out of communism and overwhelmingly dominated by Catholicism ― both of which have very specific and legitimately concerning attitudes and policies regarding homosexuality. And this is the common refrain among California-haters; that it is *so much better* elsewhere because California has issues.

Go read the thread about Joe Rogan's friends, whom jumped on his anti-California bandwagon and moved to Texas only to discover that there is no place in Texas that can even begin to compare to Los Angeles or any part of California, and are moving back (with their tails between their legs, but we shouldn't point that out because it might make them feel that they were stupid to bash California).

Yeah, Cali has high taxes and a high cost of living.... because people [italic]want[/italic] to live here.

Calm down R26. When I said “I feel safer walking around in Poland” I meant that Poland doesn’t have homeless crackheads on every corner like California does. I never said I hate living in California.

By the way, the younger generation in Poland isn’t nearly as religious as the old.

JFC r26, you need either a stiff drink or a stiff dick.

California doesn’t have homeless crackheads on every corner like Europe does.

FIFY

Poland has the same attitude toward gays as the Italians: private tolerance.

Public shame. Shame!

R30 it also helps if you don’t walk around in Poland like a big flaming queen and attracting negative attention.

It worked for you 🥸

R32, that's true in some areas of American cities. I saw a guy get punched in the face in the Manhattan theater district when he kissed his date good night at a subway entrance. This was in the late 1990s.

My good friend in Warsaw calls their president the Polish Trump.

So, random shitshows from 30 years ago are the story of Manhattan, and America?

I saw someone shoot speed at Candlestick in 1981–the City had never been the same! 😵‍💫

They're not buying the multiculti bullshit. Good for them. After World War 2 and 50 years of Soviet Socialist occupation, they understand human nature.

[quote]homeless crackheads on every corner like California does

Oh, for fuck's sake, California does not have homeless crackheads on every corner. Yes, California has a homeless problem (mostly due to several factors ranging from the pleasant weather to the problem we have with every state west of the Mississippi's homeless solution is to buy one-way tickets on busses Cali-bound), but we've just devoted $billions to working on the problem and the problem that took 50 years (from the time Reagan decimated the social safety net) won't get solved overnight.

This thread is.....

I felt much safe in Poland than I did visiting SF a few years ago, and I'm from New York.

[quote]It isn't income disparity, it is cultural: intact families, a well educated population, religious, large extended families, alcohol is a problem but drugs aren't, it is a high trust society.

All of that. And the fact that it's a mono-culture.

R40 you cried out in a scream when Diana died, amirite. 🥺

R41 the world is not a USA melting pot…reality bites.

[quote]I felt much safe in Poland than I did visiting SF a few years ago, and I'm from New York.

You'll feel safer walking around Poland than any city in the US. That's for sure.

Last year there were 270 murders in Poland. A country of nearly 37 million people.

Last year there were 573 muders in Chicago. A city of 2.7 million people.

No, R42. Though I was in London.

R41, culture is destiny. You can quote me.