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View Poll Results: Where in eastern europe would you chose to live if you had to?
Slovakia 2 1.27%
Hungary 12 7.64%
Estonia 7 4.46%
Latvia 1 0.64%
Lithuania 4 2.55%
Romania 10 6.37%
Bulgaria 5 3.18%
Poland 22 14.01%
Croatia 22 14.01%
Czech Rep 49 31.21%
Moldova 1 0.64%
Serbia 3 1.91%
Macedonia 2 1.27%
Ukraine 4 2.55%
Slovenia 13 8.28%
Voters: 157. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 05-01-2012, 02:36 PM
 
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This is odd to me. You would want to live in the most western of eastern Eastern European countries.

If I were to live there. I'd avoid touristy and westernized places, although I like Prague, Berlin and Krakow. Vienna not as much.

There is a dark harrowing history in these cities, and some of the most creative and passionate people I've met.

I don't go to Eastern Europe in search of the West. That's like looking for McD's in Moscow. What on earth is the point???
To be fair, the question of the thread was where in Eastern Europe would you move to if you HAD TO. As in if you were forced to and had no choice. Since a lot of people probably wouldn't choose to move to Eastern Europe, to say they'd go to the most "Western" place would be a fair answer if they prefer that. Of course if the question was where you'd most like to visit, you would have a point, and I'm sure the answer for a lot of people might be different.
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Old 05-01-2012, 03:15 PM
 
Location: The Netherlands
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1. Czech Republic
2. Slovenia
3. Croatia
4. Hungary
5. Greece (after financial crisis is resolved)

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Old 05-01-2012, 03:16 PM
 
Location: Formerly NYC by week; ATL by weekend...now Rio bi annually and ATL bi annually
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Poland or Lithuania....Prolly Poland as I have dated a Polish girl and her fam and friends seem very kool.
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Old 05-01-2012, 03:22 PM
 
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Never encountered any of that in Kiev.

What does "to (sic) many Russians" mean? THAT sounds racist to me. Most Ukrainians have Russian ancestry, especially in the East.

I doubt you have ever been there.
Yeah Ukraine has to many Russians for my taste.
It's not racist, last time i checked i was white and so are Ukranians and Russians.
and even if it was racist, you don't seem to have a problem with it since you voted Ukraine in the poll, maybe the most racist country in Europe.
I just have to many bad experiences with Russians so i just try to avoid them as much as possible.
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Old 05-02-2012, 10:38 AM
 
Location: Flanders, Belgium
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I would chose coastal Croatia or Montenegro. I really liked it there.
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Old 05-02-2012, 11:53 AM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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Estonia is not 2nd... slovenia is and then Poland so estonia is like 4th "richest" or lower because i think Hungary might actually be doing better
Well Estonia has a higher GDP per capita than Poland.. even though I hate GDP per capita.

Though I've never really thought of Slovenia as being eastern European to be honest.
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Old 05-02-2012, 11:54 AM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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This is odd to me. You would want to live in the most western of eastern Eastern European countries.

If I were to live there. I'd avoid touristy and westernized places, although I like Prague, Berlin and Krakow. Vienna not as much.

There is a dark harrowing history in these cities, and some of the most creative and passionate people I've met.

I don't go to Eastern Europe in search of the West. That's like looking for McD's in Moscow. What on earth is the point???
But I wouldn't want to live in Eastern Europe.. if I had to live there I'd pick the ones more similar to my own.
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Old 05-02-2012, 11:56 AM
 
Location: Ontario
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Bulgaria or Croatia for the natural beauty.
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Old 05-03-2012, 06:43 AM
 
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
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Interesting results and discussion here.

Just a few years back Croatia was associated more with war and conflicts than with anything else, but that general view is obviously changing - finally
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Old 05-04-2012, 06:48 PM
 
Location: Split between SoCal/PNW
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I chose Czech Republic just for Prague. I also love the drinking culture .
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