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Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by megous »

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

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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?

More like circus family. :) There were like 8 people with the same surname on the ballot for the party.

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by lucb1e »

lnkmails wrote: post #57
TomMarius wrote: post #53

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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…

Try finding a restaurant in the Netherlands past 9PM. Past 0100 it gets nigh impossible until the next morning 8-9am (6am if you only want a banana or cookie from a train station).

I take it it's different in India?

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by SEJeff »

lucb1e wrote: post #72
lnkmails wrote: post #57

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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…

Try finding a restaurant in the Netherlands past 9PM. Past 0100 it gets nigh impossible until the next morning 8-9am (6am if you only want a banana or cookie from a train station). I take it it's different in India?

Really? This is a gross generalization, but in any large US city there are places open 24/7 for the most part.

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by SEJeff »

satai wrote: post #63
lj3 wrote: post #61

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Did you miss the part where the bridges were falling down? How can we get ourselves some of that?

Falling bridges did have a little to do with right/left politics here.

Not paying for infrastructure is a globally bipartisan issue

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by consp »

drej wrote: post #51
consp wrote: post #43

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> 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...

Ok, at least they are a one issue party (improve circuses!). Then again, the are a one issue party ... Thang you for the info.

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by SEJeff »

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?"

I don't think that means what you think it means. "leftists" in the US generally prefer "progressive" and tend to stand for equality and social services. The goal is less income inequality and a higher standard of living for everyone. It is the "a rising tide lifts all ships" kind of idea. This is why they often support higher minimum wages and job training programs for unskilled people to learn skilled jobs.

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by etatoby »

lnkmails wrote: post #57
TomMarius wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

A lot of European cities don't have anything or close to anything open at night. But it varies wildly by country.

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by megous »

jxub wrote: post #2

Any Czech person around to chim in and shed some light on the implications?

Not even Czech people can read the future. All I hope for is that he will lead well. The important thing here is the change in the leading coalition.

Prague is also divided into smaller parts, that have their own leadership, and that is also important for individual citizens. In the part where I live, I was quite happy with how it changed in the last 4 years. There were things that were built, that improved my life, and there were public and priate projects started that will improve it even further. Even on the whole city level, the public transport got significantly cheaper 3 years ago.

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by smcl »

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.

If you're considering it you might also want to try Brno - it'll be a little cheaper, and the city is in my opinion a bit more livable and relaxing

Re: Pirate Party Leader to Be Prague mayor

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Post by [deleted] »

fjsolwmv wrote: post #32
deusex_ wrote: post #19

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There's a joke going on that the Pirate Party is the IT department of the communist party. In general the trouble with Pirates is unpredictability. They are very socially liberal, but economically and geopolitically they attract a wide mix of opinions. The have a higher incidence of conspiration theorist, they have a strong anti-US base, and in general they avoid to address these topics since it cannot pass the inter…

Communist, or Anarchist?

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