Yes, but mostly from areas where government expenditure is so low there isn't even a functioning sewage system, or they are joining people they love who are already here. I don't think anybody from the developed world is coming here to enjoy our lovely and affordable public transport facilities.
People from those countries are just coming to live here for a few years, see what it's like and improve their English (in the case of the ones that aren't Anglophone countries), not permanently because it's nicer. Every German I know is considering going back, and the Aussies would be too if it wasn't for Howard.
Hmm. You know where the seventh biggest French city is? London. And I don't know many at all who are planning to go back. The Polish girls at work are starting families - not the sign of someone planning to go back either. Some of the Americans I know are buying houses - again, madness if you're not staying.
A good percentage of the Poles (or at least those I've had contact with) keep on putting off when they're planning on going back. I think many of them will end up staying here indefinitely. They keep on talking about going back, but I can't see it happening. I can see a few of them marrying. If they don't move back before they have kids I really can't see them going back until the kids grow up.
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Date: 2007-07-11 03:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-11 04:43 pm (UTC)I think that's a bit harsh on Poland... Germany and the USA are also in the top ten, and London seems mainly to be full of French and Australians.
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