LowerSouth
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Turkey have just reduced there’s to 15%
Have you been to all the major cities in the world then?Istanbul is the best City in the World.
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Remember mortgages at 15% in the early seventies. Then again, you could buy a terraced house in Jericho for £16500.Turkey have just reduced there’s to 15%
Have you been to all the major cities in the world then?
“In my opinion, Istanbul is the best city in the world” or “Istanbul is by far the best city I’ve ever been to” = expressing an opinionDon`t need to.
Just expressing my opinion, on a forum, a place for discussion.
Interesting thought, depends whether you mean to visit a 1) city or 2) work&live in it. Also pre or during Covid.Istanbul is the best City in the World.
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much less than that I would have thought. In 1970 the average price of a house was less than £5k, and Jericho wasn't a gentrified area then. You could have probably bought the whole terrace for £16k.Remember mortgages at 15% in the early seventies. Then again, you could buy a terraced house in Jericho for £16500.
Travel broadens the mind. I would love to visit Istanbul. It’s certainly my area of history. Are you into Middle Eastern culture in general?Istanbul is the best City in the World.
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Osler,Travel broadens the mind. I would love to visit Istanbul. It’s certainly my area of history. Are you into Middle Eastern culture in general?
Travel broadens the mind. I would love to visit Istanbul. It’s certainly my area of history. Are you into Middle Eastern culture in general?
It sounds very interesting, thanks. Will certainly have to add it to the list.As a City it has to be experienced to be understood which sounds a bit "twee" but there we are.
The whole West meets East has a huge impact on the people, their culture, and their tolerance.
We stayed on the Golden Horn/Eminonu district so we had the Blue Mosque over the road, Topkapi Palace and Hagia Sophia all within a short walk. No matter where you go there is "old" and new next door to each other, we took a trip on the bus to Taksim Square which has a long and violent history, Besiktas`s Vodafone arena was under construction just down the road. Then throw in the Grand Bazaar, the football, and the whole vibrancy of the City and I would go back in a heartbeat.
The City itself is vast it makes Greater London look small, some 16 million folk live and work in it. Public transport is second to none- when we were there it was 70p a journey on trams, bus, boat or underground. Doesn`t matter if it is 1 stop or end to end of the line its a fixed fee. The people are incredibly friendly, cost of living is relatively cheap but the average wage is much lower than the UK.
The only downside is there doesn`t seem to be a state safety net so you would see folk collecting plastic bottles etc for recycling which I`ll assume they get paid for, the benefit is that the streets are incredibly tidy and litter-free but seeing folk looking for food in bins is not a good image.
It was a busy week!!
All well and good but what are the pubs like?As a City it has to be experienced to be understood which sounds a bit "twee" but there we are.
The whole West meets East has a huge impact on the people, their culture, and their tolerance.
We stayed on the Golden Horn/Eminonu district so we had the Blue Mosque over the road, Topkapi Palace and Hagia Sophia all within a short walk. No matter where you go there is "old" and new next door to each other, we took a trip on the bus to Taksim Square which has a long and violent history, Besiktas`s Vodafone arena was under construction just down the road. Then throw in the Grand Bazaar, the football, and the whole vibrancy of the City and I would go back in a heartbeat.
The City itself is vast it makes Greater London look small, some 16 million folk live and work in it. Public transport is second to none- when we were there it was 70p a journey on trams, bus, boat or underground. Doesn`t matter if it is 1 stop or end to end of the line its a fixed fee. The people are incredibly friendly, cost of living is relatively cheap but the average wage is much lower than the UK.
The only downside is there doesn`t seem to be a state safety net so you would see folk collecting plastic bottles etc for recycling which I`ll assume they get paid for, the benefit is that the streets are incredibly tidy and litter-free but seeing folk looking for food in bins is not a good image.
It was a busy week!!
All well and good but what are the pubs like?
I agree it’s a BOE decision and has been for many years.
Its failure to act is a poor decision and will harm the economy due to its inaction.
A policy of gradually increasing interest rates to around 4% over 12 months would be a responsible decision in the light of inflation accelerating as it is now. NZ and Australia have already increased their rates and I’m sure USA are looking at doing the same.