R the F
Luthier / Guitar Maker
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My main instrument is: bandsaw
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Post by R the F on Aug 19, 2015 11:40:40 GMT
I see (on his blog) that nkforster is giving up on some of this country's more idiotic rules and going to live in Leipzig. For what it's worth, I wish him well for his new venture and look forward to reading all about it.
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Post by andyhowell on Aug 19, 2015 12:55:48 GMT
Well, I guess he will still be 'here' virtually. Another example of how the realities of UK immigration policy don't quite match the rhetoric of the political right.
I have been a director of a regeneration company in Shoreditch for years. Shoreditch is the 'silicon roundabout' that people love talking about. Shoreditch is now getting trendy and a little pricey. People are leaving. I asked where the competition was — thinking the answer was to be another part of London. Berlin came back the answer!
When I was in Berlin last year I had a look around thinking about this. In the old East there is a mass of cheap property both for rent and workshops. Leipzig has always had a funky feel — indeed this was where the revolution kicked off. It has always been an arty place and people speak very highly of it.
People's view of Germany and Merkyl -like leaders — is often very wrong. Cosmopolitan. Tolerant. Creative. Energetic. These are the words that come to mind.
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