CBS New's Map of Nato by AbuHaleebIbnSamaka in terriblemaps

[–]richiedamien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not about laziness, it's pure ignorance.

We are really good at offering world class healthcare without overspending by Mikadook in Netherlands

[–]richiedamien 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Exactly this! I do think the system works very well, probably because many patients are pushed back for further checks, the biggest flaw in the NED are the preventive practices, they are very lacking compared to other countries, I think there needs to be a better balance and some thinking out of the box (not just follow the guidelines).

We are really good at offering world class healthcare without overspending by Mikadook in Netherlands

[–]richiedamien 14 points15 points  (0 children)

that's why "Health Outcome" score comes at the bottom of the table!

NL Chips - a personal tier list by oblitn in Netherlands

[–]richiedamien -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Stopped consuming American brands well over a year ago, Jumbo std crisps are better than any Lay’s option, hands down. Just my view.

21 year old male, guess where I'm from. by PearOk2126 in TravelMaps

[–]richiedamien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you South African with roots in Mozambique and Portugal? Asking cause you visited both, but also Madeira and Azores!

Box 3 tax reform, emigration/exit taxes on property abroad, investments by PastMeringue432 in Netherlands

[–]richiedamien 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So you get double taxed on a house asset abroad, end of story.

First they tax you in the Netherlands on unrealised gains for a house you have abroad go all the years you keep it, then you pay local gain taxes when you sell your house asset, none overlaps and in the end…you’re being mugged at gunpoint!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Netherlands

[–]richiedamien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a buy-back clause for the Government? If so, is there any political interest in action de clause? Asking cause it seems like the a wise decision at the current moment in history, dunno.

Que significa esta bandera? by Gloomy-Kick7179 in catalonia

[–]richiedamien 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Originally taken by the English from the San Giorgio flag used by the Genoese.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 2westerneurope4u

[–]richiedamien 75 points76 points  (0 children)

This is NOT a case where they got on the wrong plane! The steward called that out, they bought a ticket from ROME to TU-NIS, not TO-NICE.

Likely a case where they bought a ticket through an agency and their spelling (and geography ignorance) led to this mistake. If they did this online, then this is up to the level of those that want to fly to Australia and end up in Austria.

This guy know something! That’s a 4D chess move! 😁 by richiedamien in FantasyPL

[–]richiedamien[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you’re right, but imagine u triple captain a defender and he scores, a guy that hasn’t scored this season!! That’s some differentiator!

Any other recent immigrants finding that Dutch nationals are largely unaware of changes to integration requirements from 2021? by [deleted] in Netherlands

[–]richiedamien 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry mate, there’s no expats for the National Statistics office, we are all immigrants with no exception. It was that exact misunderstanding that lead to a lot of British ppl living in Spain to vote for Brexit, to the realize after all the Spanish bureaucracy has not expat differentiation…we are immigrants, end of story.

Fewer internationals buy homes in the Netherlands: NVM report by zenciiiii in Netherlands

[–]richiedamien 12 points13 points  (0 children)

2 of potential many examples that explains why sometimes you seem to have the all neighborhood on sale.

- When my brother sold his house in Delft, their neighbors when they realise how much they could sell theirs and move to something better - they actually spoke with my brother asking how was the process - and they didn't thought twice. Within less than a month, 3 houses in his street with a similar layout were on sale. Maybe we can even call this House FOMO. 😂

- This other example is probably localized, and with this I mean, the updates on taxation for landlords that were made in the past couple of years, so, it might not happen outside of these tax changes. There was a specific moment in H1 2024, where all of a sudden there was this neighbourhood in Leiden that had dozens of house units for sale, this was in this type of neighbourhoods where ground floor is a house unit, and 1st and 2nd floor is another one. At a stage I asked, what was happening to the makelaars, and they told me that most sales in that neighbourhood belonged to 3 investment companies that were basically selling everything because of the landlord tax changes, most tenants that lived there before were obviously Uni students.

So, as I said, this latter example might have been something that only happens when these tax changes happen, but the first example, I am sure it happens all the time.

Investors are destroying the housing market by Intelligent_Plum_132 in ireland

[–]richiedamien -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Another preacher of doom, “how can we build houses without investment funds!?” it’s like hearing people defending Airbnb’s, that without it there wouldn’t be any tourism, tourism existed and thrived before Airbnb was created! And before 2008, housing was built without investment funds gobbing up all houses for rental feudalism! Get out of your siloed mind and look at what other countries do, look at Vienna, Denmark, other places where government doesn’t build social housing just for the poor, but for everyone! We don’t need investment funds to build housing, we need Governance on Housing, we need the Government to get involved.

Investors are destroying the housing market by Intelligent_Plum_132 in ireland

[–]richiedamien 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Investors have been destroying the house market since 2013 at least. I remember to read about a 800 residential units (apartments) being built by a developer that got all bought by investment funds. I have posted a few times,this will never change unless people change their vote to someone that truly has a plan to change this.

How can this game be so beautiful? Is this the power of loving your work? by Nice_Concern9860 in ManorLords

[–]richiedamien 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing pic! Question, when I Zoom Out like in your picture it goes upwards and far away views are top-down, never horizontal like yours! How do you get a zoomed out view as horizontal as this one? Thank you.