Who wants to live in Varna? Even a visit is too much!

Varna is a town in Bulgaria, located on the Black Seacreated in the last 10 years when the small parks
coast with nice beach area, not so hot summers andbetween the existing buildings were turned into new
mild winters.apartment complexes with the approval of the local
Varna seems very rich town by looking the palmadministration as they continue to issue permits.
trees throughout the city. Real palm trees in very bigToo many monuments stand in Varna and most of
pots, a lot of money just for 3 months summer.them have nothing to do with the town, a walk in
Who knows where they keep them off season andthe Sea garden could be depressing with stone
for how much? The unexplained extremely lavishfigures standing all over the paths and on every
style makes bad impression compare with the rest ofcorner.
the town. Population is mixed...mostly Bulgarians live inThere are more cars than the town streets can
Varna, in the last 20 years some Russians andabsorb, sidewalks are now parking areas officially, and
western Europeans came to stay too. The localspeople walk on the streets constantly checking for
usually go to work for almost nothing, salaries arecars over a shoulder risking a hit from a car. Owing a
between 200 and 400 euro per month, barelycar is not recommended as too much taxes on
enough for food and nothing else. Most of the timeyearly basis are calculated, including road tax, vignette
locals feel like second hand people noticeable by thetax- paid when people want to travel outside their
second hand clothes stores seen everywhere. Fortown, car insurance, and the gas price. Per one liter
the very low standard of living they blame theof gas the price is 1 euro, not cheap at all.
politicians and the employers who have createdComing for a short visit could be nice or not, it
something like unwritten law to pay low. At the samedepends entirely on who you meet and for what.
time those employers buy themselves brand newA planned trip airport-hotel-meeting-restaurant-airport
cars and go on vacation to Hawaii.will be the best for any traveler. Varna is for visiting
The whole town is like a construction site- buildingsif you look for extreme situations or you are crazy
old and new, very close to one another, with nofor adventures. As for living- no longer an option.
space for a building to stand out. The situation was