radiumpotato
American expat in Hungary
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Registration: 06 April 2021
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Missing Hungary (or not) by cdw057
All I have left Hungary for a number of reasons, me being egoistic I have to admit largely financially. Good opportunity to sell property at a good (perhaps still too low) price, but fine. What is annoying are all these handouts by Orban, family, ...
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Moving to Hungary solo by Cheryl
Hello everybody, Moving to Hungary is a challenge in itself, but even more when you decide to go alone. If this was your case when you arrived, we would like you to share your experience. It might help other people who are also preparing for this ...
Anyways, the moderators will clamp down if it goes awry.Come on Nuclear Krumpli, share!Oh, ***.... You know when you became an expert it came with responsibilities. Including some reasonable expectations of politely moderating the forums. And not ... Read More
Moving to Hungary solo by Cheryl
Hello everybody, Moving to Hungary is a challenge in itself, but even more when you decide to go alone. If this was your case when you arrived, we would like you to share your experience. It might help other people who are also preparing for this ...
... A pity the Hungarian expert does not seem to regulate this better, but maybe he has his reasons. :/Who is the Hungarian expert?Sighs..... :rolleyes: Read More
Moving to Hungary solo by Cheryl
Hello everybody, Moving to Hungary is a challenge in itself, but even more when you decide to go alone. If this was your case when you arrived, we would like you to share your experience. It might help other people who are also preparing for this ...
Sounds like a very neutral topic,She is a forum moderator. They make the same post across all country forums to generate discussion topics: https://www.expat.com/forum/profile.php?id=2562266&lang=en§ion=timeline I prefer posts from ... Read More
Hungarian Assimilation by zif
Hungarians have been emigrating in large numbers since the 19th century. But my impression is they assimilate very quickly into the local population. Hungarian restaurants are relatively few outside Hungary. Parents don't usually send their ...
To take another example. In a lot of cultures there's pressure to marry within the tribe, as it were. I don't sense that's the case with Hungarians, inside or outside the country. Is that in fact true? For those of you who married ... Read More
Hungarian Assimilation by zif
Hungarians have been emigrating in large numbers since the 19th century. But my impression is they assimilate very quickly into the local population. Hungarian restaurants are relatively few outside Hungary. Parents don't usually send their ...
Charming! No-one wants to be second best!Interesting that my topic "Who Wants To Be Second" was deleted. Stated it was not " expat-related". Well... Maybe that is true. Or maybe not. I do not know. But it sure is funny :lol: ... Read More
Hungarian Assimilation by zif
Hungarians have been emigrating in large numbers since the 19th century. But my impression is they assimilate very quickly into the local population. Hungarian restaurants are relatively few outside Hungary. Parents don't usually send their ...
Oh sure, but the days of communist threats from HU to those outside are long gone -A few things to consider. The communist "threat" is gone. But many of the tortured and the torturers both are still alive today. Your comment seems to be ... Read More
Hungarian Assimilation by zif
Hungarians have been emigrating in large numbers since the 19th century. But my impression is they assimilate very quickly into the local population. Hungarian restaurants are relatively few outside Hungary. Parents don't usually send their ...
We've been approached by Hungarians in the street because we had a Hungarian sticker on our British car which they noticed. They were alright but I think the Hungarian partner was really just happy to have someone to converse with for a short ... Read More
Hungarian Assimilation by zif
Hungarians have been emigrating in large numbers since the 19th century. But my impression is they assimilate very quickly into the local population. Hungarian restaurants are relatively few outside Hungary. Parents don't usually send their ...
Hungarians have been emigrating in large numbers since the 19th century. But my impression is they assimilate very quickly into the local population. Hungarian restaurants are relatively few outside Hungary. Parents don't usually send their ... Read More
Gypsies, crime situation in general? by markolaukas
Hi all! I am interested of 1 house in Mezőcsát area. Is It a good area to relocate as expat, english speaking Finn? What about gypsies? Is there a real problem with them? Thank you in advance!
Come to the Balaton area! It is really safe there.And property prices are much higher. Read More
Gypsies, crime situation in general? by markolaukas
Hi all! I am interested of 1 house in Mezőcsát area. Is It a good area to relocate as expat, english speaking Finn? What about gypsies? Is there a real problem with them? Thank you in advance!
I don't think there really is a Central Europe or if there is, it's notional.There are actually far more historical and cultural definitions of what is "central Europe" : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe than ... Read More
Making friends in Budapest as a young postdoc by rip_kirby
Hello everybody, After living here for 10 months, I would like to meet friends based on common interests: learning in general, physics, mathematics, traveling, veganism, lgbtq rights, DND, ... there's many more, but these would be the basics. I ...
DND? Do Not Disturb (others?)Dungeons and Dragons. Read More
Moving FROM Hungary by cdw057
Dear Forum Members, Me and my wife have lived in Hungary for 6 years and I have to say quite happily. Having said that prices for services and normal purchases have increased massively, longer term it is just going to be expensive. We have had an ...
You really did some homework.Actually I didn't. Numbeo did all the work. ;) I simply did a city comparison search. Trivial effort. And since it is crowd sourced from many people, you can also see ranges of information on any single city ... Read More
Moving FROM Hungary by cdw057
Dear Forum Members, Me and my wife have lived in Hungary for 6 years and I have to say quite happily. Having said that prices for services and normal purchases have increased massively, longer term it is just going to be expensive. We have had an ...
We are currently thinking about Alanya (but also Burgas and Batumi)According to Numbeo comparing Heviz to ... Read More
Funeral Advice by vanillavodkaandjunk
Hi all, I am wondering if you can help please? My (English) grandfather who lived in Hungary for years married to a Hungarian lady, died on Monday. She died about 15 years ago. My mum was with him when he died in hospital and his body was taken ...
his body was taken away for cremation.,As with all things in Hungary the family will have to fill out paper work and declare what is done with the ashes. This is often requires written agreement by family members as to what is done with the ... Read More