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Re:Cities Where Job Growth Is Outpacing New Homes by TrackerFF on Thursday September 12, 2019 @09:50AM (#20951411)
I worked on a project here in Norway, and I'd say that about 60%-70% of all construction worker on active projects here are Polish workers. Everyone said that buying an apartment or house is just too expensive on Polish salaries, but doable on the salaries they were making here.

The Poles here are extremely aggressive when it comes to work. They will gladly work 7 days a week, 12 hour days, if they get the chance. And many will share apartments with 3-5 other guys, to minimize living costs.

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Re:Cities Where Job Growth Is Outpacing New Homes by durnygbur on Thursday September 12, 2019 @10:15AM (#20951675)
What else they can do in a depressing dark cold exorbitantly expensive place? Such foreigner is quite literally feeling paralyzed. Use all available time to exchange it for money. Any place to stay they get will be an overcrowded shithole anyway, which is yet another motivation to stay in work.

Meanwhile young Scandinavians flood Polish coastal cities for binges with cheap and freely available alcohol, and staying at airbnb at prices ridiculous for Polish salaries.

We build your stuff, you cover our streets with vomit. Yet you still feel superior.

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Re:Cities Where Job Growth Is Outpacing New Homes by dang on Thursday September 12, 2019 @02:13PM (#20954524)
Nationalistic flamewar isn't allowed on HN, so please don't post like this here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Edit: it looks like you've been crossing into this repeatedly in HN comments. We ban accounts that do that. I don't want to ban you, so please stop doing that.

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Re:Cities Where Job Growth Is Outpacing New Homes by oblio on Thursday September 12, 2019 @11:54AM (#20952941)
> Yet you still feel superior.

$$$.

I'm Romanian so I'm kind of in the same boat regarding your situation. Might makes right. Make more money and prove them wrong.

Well, money's just a summary: get a better education, better living conditions, etc. Money well spent earns you respect.

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