German here, I am considering moving to Poland. Reasons being:
- I am a software engineering freelancer and getting new projects at previously common hourly rates has become impossible, while the costs of living and risks (of being declared a pseudo freelancer and having to pay up to 50k Euros in taxes for your past projects) only increased. Working from Poland for German companies is still feasible though. Especially considering the lower taxes.
- My current apartment here is only losing value and if I bought one in Poland (I could get much bigger and newer for the same price), it would only increase by 5% every year, according to current projections. I don't need a loan, I could pay all in cash.
What I am unsure about is, where to get best quality of life, which cities I should look more into. Supposedly the best is in Poznan, but that city has no water and middle Poland seems to suffer from high air pollution as they burn so much coal in their county. My favourite would be Danzig. It seems it even has two international private schools there, the ISG and BISG. Although I would have expected it to also have a German one (like Willy Brand school in Warsaw) since the city is originally German.
What do you guys think, am I overlooking something, any advice? I am talking to recruiters about this topic right now and will probably spend next holiday there with my family soon.