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Post by atavus on Apr 24, 2006 12:11:25 GMT 1
Not people who have Croatian partners, but why did other people choose to live in Croatia and are you happy you made the investment?
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Post by ambrose on Apr 24, 2006 19:13:25 GMT 1
I am English, my wife is Welsh. We moved to Croatia after running businesses in the UK for 30 years. We moved here with very little knowledge of the language, my father was a Croat but died when I was only 10 years of age. We looked at many, many countries to move to Spain - too many Brits, Bulgaria - No thanks etc etc we eventually came to Croatia on Holiday for 2 months, found the people so hospitable (except in Split) . Bought a house and 3 years later I have not a single regret. I have travelled to many countries in the world and I can honestly say that Croatia is the most beautiful and we shall never leave (except in a wooden box) In these last 3 years I have seen such a change in our area, new shopping malls,infrastructure etc, whereas in the UK everything is closing. for once it is great to be part of a country which is up and coming. the house we bought was 70,000 euros, probably worth twice that now (please don't ask where because I dont want any more Brits to come here) but we decided last year that we will NEVER sell, as the house we have, we couldnt afford to buy anywhere else in the world.
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Post by lojalnost on Apr 24, 2006 20:17:23 GMT 1
fine? except where is everything closing in the UK?
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Post by Ribaric on Apr 24, 2006 21:31:04 GMT 1
Hambro Estates, one of east London/Essex biggest business premises agents report that, during the last 5 years, their empty-to-occupied ratio of small business trading untis has gone from 1:6 to 1:2. That's a 1/3rd of them are now empty. They have more than 3000 of such units. It's not a bad indicator of things going wrong.
I'm not sure Croatia is any better though.
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Post by ambrose on Apr 25, 2006 16:42:29 GMT 1
fine? except where is everything closing in the UK? Puegeot Factory - 2,300 jobs TVR car factory - 260 jobs NHS - Lib Dem forecast of up to 24,000 jobs Government belief that within 10 years all independent corner shops will close. In Manchester alone 1000 food retailers have gone out of business in the last 20 years due to supermarket pressure. Two Marks & Spencers in Kent........... and these are only from memory. The once "Great" Britain is going out of business and is ecologically bankrupt. Most small town high streets now have as many charity shops as profitable shops. Wake Up - watch the news, read the papers!
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Post by atavus on Apr 25, 2006 16:55:21 GMT 1
Ambrose, you're part Croat so you have an obvious link here, I was wondering why the people who had no link here came here.
I must say however to use and terminology such as "up and coming" to suggest even loosely that the economy is one reason to leave the UK and move to Croatia is a little silly, come on.
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Post by Slatkica on Apr 25, 2006 18:26:10 GMT 1
yeh I was gona say lol, you must have family over in croatia anyways
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Post by lojalnost on Apr 25, 2006 18:48:42 GMT 1
ambrose, no offence, but it is wrong to say everything is closing in the Uk, the retail price index is still rising so that is why the Bank of England is unable to lower interst rates. GDP per head is about 4X greater in the UK than Croatia. Move to Croatia for a more RELAXED lifestyle, yes, I would agree with that.
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Post by ambrose on Apr 25, 2006 19:51:28 GMT 1
retail price index - My Bottom, listen to me son, I still have falling investments and shares in a great number of the Uks companies. I follow the economy on a day-to-day basis. The United Kingdom is about to fall to it's knees, you talk about GDP (must have found that on the internet) with respect, you know zero regarding the UK economy. as for the previous 2 posts, my father was Croat (he married my mother - English) not one of our family learned, heard or spoke any Croatian. As far as I know I have no direct relatives in Croatia, It would have easier to move to Wales.
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Post by Slatkica on Apr 25, 2006 20:43:33 GMT 1
retail price index - My Bottom, listen to me son, I still have falling investments and shares in a great number of the Uks companies. I follow the economy on a day-to-day basis. The United Kingdom is about to fall to it's knees, you talk about GDP (must have found that on the internet) with respect, you know zero regarding the UK economy. as for the previous 2 posts, my father was Croat (he married my mother - English) not one of our family learned, heard or spoke any Croatian. As far as I know I have no direct relatives in Croatia, It would have easier to move to Wales. Yeh but your still a croat, you can't have been ignoring that fact when you went to visit or even decided to go for the first time. There is still a massive link, unlike if you had nothing to tie you with the country and had moved there. As for moving to Wales, ofcourse it would have been easier to move there, no competition in that one.
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Post by ambrose on Apr 25, 2006 21:06:57 GMT 1
Since the author and 2 respondants on this thread, registered at the same time and have almost the identical number of posts, I assume that one is all, therefore I will bow out of this discussusion with a triple-identity weirdo.
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Post by firefly on Apr 25, 2006 21:14:37 GMT 1
UK economy is too heavily reliant on the property market, which in itself is pretty close to collapsing. Too much debt coupled with rising energy prices spells disaster.
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Post by Slatkica on Apr 25, 2006 21:37:43 GMT 1
Since the author and 2 respondants on this thread, registered at the same time and have almost the identical number of posts, I assume that one is all, therefore I will bow out of this discussusion with a triple-identity weirdo. hahahaha! If only! them lot are all guys, plus all you have to do is look at some of our past messages to see that we argue with each other like dogs! There is no way we could be one person unless we have multiple personality disorder! How rude!
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Post by atavus on Apr 25, 2006 21:42:41 GMT 1
retail price index - My Bottom, listen to me son, I still have falling investments and shares in a great number of the Uks companies. I follow the economy on a day-to-day basis. The United Kingdom is about to fall to it's knees, you talk about GDP (must have found that on the internet) with respect, you know zero regarding the UK economy. as for the previous 2 posts, my father was Croat . As somebody who is two exams away from an Ma in economics I can safely say you have no idea what you're talking about.
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Post by atavus on Apr 25, 2006 21:44:04 GMT 1
Since the author and 2 respondants on this thread, registered at the same time and have almost the identical number of posts, I assume that one is all, therefore I will bow out of this discussusion with a triple-identity weirdo. Wrong again, you may as well come back and get a hatrick!
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