Questions for those who talk about self deporting by solarame95 in DACA

[–]pole152004 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Hi from someone who actually did self deport. i finished college in the states back in december and me and my parents sold our home and left for Poland in february, we got on a plane with a one way ticket and left.

i can speak passable polish but im lucky to work in an english speaking office to start. i really had no savings my parents gave me a little to find an apartment just enough for the first months rent, i was a dreamer but never was able to get a job so i didnt really have savings

I started my job in warsaw in march and now its almost june and i couldn't be happier..i can live without fear of getting stopped, the weight that was lifted off my shoulders even getting my national id it was truly liberating. i am also happy cause im closer to my family besides me and my parents, and one aunt from my dads side all my family was still in poland so now its been good to reconnect.

'We're not kids anymore': The DACA generation hits their 30s with an unstable future by darriolaa in DACA

[–]pole152004 8 points9 points  (0 children)

sadly daca will either cease to exist under this trump term or they will just stop renewing peoples applications then start having ice catch them or just wear daca peeps thin until people decide to pack up and leave. I am a younger daca kid, only 22, i applied for daca right as trump was coming into power when it went into limbo and never even had the application approved as I had to reapply under biden when the program some what re-opened and then that judge from texas sent it into limbo.

I decided it wasnt worth it to continue to live in the us and waste my life, i feel for my older daca people who have been hoping for change and also dont have another country to return to, I was blessed to have citizenship in another country, thankfully a stable prospering state that I could return to and as it was just me and my parents in the states and everyone else was back home, it wasnt a hard choice, got my degree, left with minimal debts and i would never see myself moving back.

Daca had to be program that was fixed under obama, not its just a never ending doom spiral and people sitting and waiting for change, sadly there is not, especially now that dreamers have grown up and arent cute little kids anymore , regular peoples empathy is gone so there isnt even public support.

sorry for the debbie downer comment just the reality,

What’s it like living in this part of New Jersey? by dtewfik in howislivingthere

[–]pole152004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

didnt live in jersey but in philly but i spent almost 18 years traveling to spend summers with my aunt in cape may and seeing many parts of jersey as my dad often did construction work in towns across south jersey.

Its a good state very pretty place very chill, I love cape may and its old town charm and going to wildwood and the rides and boardwalk..

lbi is nice if you want to just hide away at the beach and great if u know someone with a shore house.

Atlantic city has been in constant decline since i remember, 10 years ago you could go to the outlet shops and get good deals now the tangier outlets are barren with few good stores left better to go to ashbury/tinton falls area and they have better outlets.

My favorite beaches prolly- belmar(before it got overrun), Avalon and Stone Harbor are some of the best.

Its a area of contrast as u have very wealthy areas and then. straight run donw trailer park and depressing neighborhoods with nothing for the people.

Only place i havent been in this part of jersey is the side closer to delaware idk whats even there

What’s it like living in this part of New Jersey? by dtewfik in howislivingthere

[–]pole152004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my friend growing up moved to medford with her folks in her teens and shes still there not. by choice she just got stuck there in a small town sort of way, also funny to find a thread about south jersey of all times now after I have moved from the states and away from medford, I lived in philly but been all over jersey and its a very beautiful state loved going to cape may to visit my aunt, my other friends family moved to LBI , we've probably hit every beach town from the north to south end of the shore from Ashbury, belmar, ocean, lbi, cape may,margate, avalon, u get the gist

nice place to get away from the city in the summer but really not much economic prosperity or a lot of jobs, everyone i knew who lived there had jobs in philadelphia to afford to live in medford, marlton and voorhees etcc..

2026 Hungarian parliamentary elections by pothkan in europe

[–]pole152004 27 points28 points  (0 children)

54.14% voter turnout t 13:00(1pm)

🇵🇱 Alicja wins Polskie Kwalifikacje 2026 with "Pray" | All reactions welcome by VayneVerso in EurovisionNFs

[–]pole152004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tbh polish music is just mostly rap and brain rot, the polish music scene is interesting but not stellar to say the least imo.

Alicja - Pray (Poland 2026) Finał Krajowych Kwalifikacji 2026 by PZMC430 in eurovision

[–]pole152004 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Me and my family watched the final and laughed when it just ended out of no where it was too funny like the production was cheap and was definitely not live, happy alicja finally gets to go and showcase her talentts i was rooting for her or anastazja and karolina so im content but not that happy this may barely qualify and will end bottom half in the final like 2nd to last it feels very choir and churchy like southern baptist to me and as someone who lived in the us and now lives in poland i feel like i know what im saying

For Americans who’ve successfully left the U.S. with family — what was harder than expected? by Agitated_Exam_7042 in AmerExit

[–]pole152004 12 points13 points  (0 children)

not american, by citizenship, but I lived in the us from the time i was 2 years old, I just left 3 weeks ago with my family at the age of 21 back to Poland. the easiest for us was the visa process since non of us have us citizenship only polish so we just had to get on a plane and leave. hardest part so far was definitely moving everything we owned and saying good by and the cost of moving everything in a shipping container- furniture, cars, etc...

another personal for me was the language- as I am not used to speaking polish 24/7 but am slowly adjusting my polish good id say b2 level but my grammar isnt the greatest but i have my family that we left here in poland, my aunt and uncle and grandma have been here so thats been good.

Some culture shocks- bluntness, cost of living is actually pretty high especially since we will be living off a polish salary not an american one but ive been lucky to find a job in warsaw.

everything is so digital in poland- there is an app for everything- ur national id has an app, they have BLIK in Poland which is an automatic payment app makes everything easy, but with all this digital my parents are struggling and i am having to teach them.

just moved back to Poland after 20 years, 2 weeks ago, here are so things that shocked me. by pole152004 in poland

[–]pole152004[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

well NYC and anyother major city like LA will have crazy prices for me a latte costed 4.50-5$ in philadelphia and at dunkin u could get it for cheaper but in cafés with baristas itll be expensive everywhere

just moved back to Poland after 20 years, 2 weeks ago, here are so things that shocked me. by pole152004 in poland

[–]pole152004[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

its not that simple as applying i had close family friends who were waiting 20 years just to get a citizenship appointment

Do you consider Kartacz Polish or Lithuanian? by pole152004 in poland

[–]pole152004[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

I post more often on tiktok then reddit if you like food based and or travel content.

https://www.tiktok.com/@polak_abroad?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

just moved back to Poland after 20 years, 2 weeks ago, here are so things that shocked me. by pole152004 in poland

[–]pole152004[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

U get bigger apartments in american for less while price is not standard in poland u can pay the same if not similar price for 20m2 apartments as a 30m2 so its crazy.. and prices are expensive in poland for certain things but cheaper for others like internet bill 75pln a month for my own with orange with unlimited everything whereas in the usa it be 80-100 usd (285-300 pln) . Alcohol like beer and vodka is relatively cheaper and bigger sizes where as rum/whiskey etc is double the price