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Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by drej »

consp wrote: post #43
satai wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TOP09 + Mayors + Christian democrats + Liberals - pro EU right/centrists. Quite sane and with some experience. Praha Sobe - an local movement led by a popular mayor of one of Prague neighborhoods Cizinsky. Hard to characterize in left/wing system. Not included: ODS - "right wing" mix of conservative populists, anti-EU nationalists, local department of corruption and some sane and competent people. Aggressive anti-pir…

> circus party (don't ask, please)... You are forcing me to ask: Wait, what party?

Here is an article, let's hope the translation is bearable.

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&pr...

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by emteycz »

foobarian wrote: post #45
saiya-jin wrote: post #39

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Basically the problem of whole east europe (although we like to call ourselves central europe) - too much crap left over communist rule and twisted mentality (ie everybody for themselves, screw the rest). Extremely rich individuals openly influencing politics, laughing at the cameras and enjoying being in spotlight. Prague is a beautiful city to visit, be it for a weekend or a week. But living there long term sucks -…

> Czech love to constantly complain and moan about almost everything Funny, so do all ex-Yugoslavs, and I understand Russians do too. Could be some kind of Slav thing. Or communist :-)

Definitely a side effect of communism, you can see how different it was if you read older literature, newspapers etc. The comparison can be made between Eastern and Western Germans.

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by TomMarius »

yazr wrote: post #49

How is life in Prague for English-only speakers who want to relocate for a few months? The city itself is so beautiful.

There is a huge expat community, almost everyone speaks English and IT jobs are open to everyone and will help you with visa and sometimes even relocation. I worked in a company with hundreds of foreigners, they all like it here.

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by TomMarius »

Amygaz wrote: post #42
runn1ng wrote: post #16

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Taxi mafia is the only thing I don't agree with. Uber shaked that up pretty well.

Price-wise is Uber competitive or is it for the top 10% ?

It's not for the top 10%. It's on the more expensive side of things but a software engineer should be able to afford it. There are other companies like Taxify or Liftago that are cheaper. The public transport works pretty well as well, you don't need to use taxis much if you live here.

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by elbear »

foobarian wrote: post #45
saiya-jin wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Basically the problem of whole east europe (although we like to call ourselves central europe) - too much crap left over communist rule and twisted mentality (ie everybody for themselves, screw the rest). Extremely rich individuals openly influencing politics, laughing at the cameras and enjoying being in spotlight. Prague is a beautiful city to visit, be it for a weekend or a week. But living there long term sucks -…

> Czech love to constantly complain and moan about almost everything Funny, so do all ex-Yugoslavs, and I understand Russians do too. Could be some kind of Slav thing. Or communist :-)

Ex-communist probably. Romanians also like to complain. I think it's what people do when they feel powerless. They don't see what else to do other than complaining. Problem is you tend to complain even when you could do something about it.

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by lj3 »

drb91 wrote: post #17
Aoyagi wrote: post #14

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https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/na-namesti-republiky-se-ko... Uhuh.

At least they have a proper left.... We could use a lot more of this in the US.

Only an American leftist could look at the chaos and nonsense that is a former soviet republic and say "how can we replicate that misery in the US?"

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by lnkmails »

TomMarius wrote: post #53
yazr wrote: post #49

How is life in Prague for English-only speakers who want to relocate for a few months? The city itself is so beautiful.

There is a huge expat community, almost everyone speaks English and IT jobs are open to everyone and will help you with visa and sometimes even relocation. I worked in a company with hundreds of foreigners, they all like it here.

Prague is a beautiful city and they were generally friendly to me and didn't mind speaking English. Some don't and sign language helped when I traveled. But they knew I was a tourist (I was a brown Indian guy who is not exactly the type there ;)). One thing I found surprising for being an European city is how hard it is to find any kind of food past 9 PM. Maybe I picked a neighborhood like that to stay? Also, stores didn't bother following any sort of schedule :). Overall,I'd love to live in Prague and experience more of what the city has to offer. And the train ride from Germany to Prague is so awesome!

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by drej »

TomMarius wrote: post #54
Amygaz wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Price-wise is Uber competitive or is it for the top 10% ?

It's not for the top 10%. It's on the more expensive side of things but a software engineer should be able to afford it. There are other companies like Taxify or Liftago that are cheaper. The public transport works pretty well as well, you don't need to use taxis much if you live here.

But Software engineers are in the top 10%.

(I'm a software engineer and use Uber in Prague every week or two.)

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by llcoolv »

tjelen wrote: post #18
Aoyagi wrote: post #14

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https://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/na-namesti-republiky-se-ko... Uhuh.

That's quite a misleading link - "Mladi zeleni" are not the Green party.

https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mlad%C3%AD_zelen%C3%AD "Mladí zelení jsou úzce navázaní na Stranu zelených"

Young greens are tightly linked with the Green party. It is in fact the youth wing of the green party.

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by drb91 »

lj3 wrote: post #56
drb91 wrote: post #17

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At least they have a proper left.... We could use a lot more of this in the US.

Only an American leftist could look at the chaos and nonsense that is a former soviet republic and say "how can we replicate that misery in the US?"

Yes, because left = gulag, right? Let’s just toss all the discussion out and give our cash to the nearest billionaire.
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