Knock knock Poland, anybody in?

[Azumanga Davo]

Anyway regardless of the legacy of the British Empire, the British economy was bankrupted three times in the 20th century, once after WW1, once after WW2 (Britain has only just finished paying off its debt to the US from WW2)

Bit cheeky. We should have done the British thing and charged them a late entry fee for them two.

[gadjo_dilo]

Exactly, and don't complain if the people who can afford to buy that property aren't necessarily from your part of the world, after all there's nothing stopping you from moving to a place with a cheaper cost of living either.

I don't think life is cheaper in the western states. They move to the west because in their states the salaries are quite low and on the other hand it's hard to find a job.

[Malbec]

I don't think life is cheaper in the western states. They move to the west because in their states the salaries are quite low and on the other hand it's hard to find a job.

That wasn't quite what I meant, there is nothing stopping someone in a poor part of the UK moving to another country where they can afford a house and live a better quality of life either, in fact many people used to go to Spain or Greece just for that reason.