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#26

Cyprus

Quote: (04-24-2019 09:13 AM)Hazaer Wrote:  

Appreciate the confirmation. Pretty much sums up the situation as go to Cyprus to Party or Settle down with your other half but nothing in between.

I think this was the case 10 years ago, but not so much any more. Things are improving much IMO. I would not say 'nothing in between'.

Note I used to live in the UK and comparing to life there.

Quote: (04-24-2019 09:13 AM)Hazaer Wrote:  

For the case of Nicosia, if you factor out the Turkish side, the population is maybe 60K? Its pretty much a town.

Nicosia (excluding the occupied part) is 350 - 400.000 people.

Quote: (04-24-2019 09:13 AM)Hazaer Wrote:  

BUT, isn't Nicosia a big student town with several universities?

I don't think you could possibly describe Nicosia as a 'student town'.

There is the University of Cyprus (a proper university) with its campus, and a bunch of bullshit smaller colleges and universities, but I would not describe Nicosia as a 'student town'.

Quote: (04-24-2019 09:13 AM)Hazaer Wrote:  

Is it easy to get into a social circle as a foreigner for someone genuinely interest in learning the local culture? I imagine the Language will still be another obstacle, though most locals speak english.
Honestly its not easy. I wouldn't say its impossible, but certainly not easy.

I would 100% describe Cypriots as cliquey people.


Quote: (04-24-2019 09:13 AM)Hazaer Wrote:  

@the king, when you say Nikosia has things going on year round, being away from the beach and all, what are you referring to especially in the winter season? Is it more of a family oriented scene?

Believe it or not Nicosia is the only city in Cyprus which is more active in winter, rather than the summer (Noir can confirm this). Actually Nicosia is pretty dead in the summer because people migrate en-mass in coastal areas, to avoid the boiling heat of Nicosia.

From September to March you can do things like:

Limassol Carnival (cannot recommend this enough)

Limassol wine festival (shitty festival BUT free wine and excellent for game),

Winter wonderlands/Christmas markets etc

Numerous bullshit socializing events like like this

go do ski in the mountains

visit malls, nightclubs etc

I am into latin dancing a lot and personally enjoy festivals like this . Maybe you’re into geeky shit and you like stuff like this .

Cyprus is certainly a lot more wild in the summer but I would not say exactly ‘dead’ during winter months.

Note in my opinion if you want to enjoy Cyprus you shouldn't stay in the same city all the time. Travel from Nicosia to Limassol is 50 mins or so, so you shouldn't limit yourself to Nicosia throughout the whole winter.

Quote: (04-24-2019 09:13 AM)Hazaer Wrote:  

The King mentions night clubs are good but Noir says that the ratios aren't the best there, so I can only assume its the kind of place to get wasted with friends. I have a hunch that most of the local guys are the kind to get all worked up when it comes to foreigners chatting the girls up, understandable given the ratios.

There are all sorts of clubs, I wouldn’t generalise.

If you go to Agia Napa square, yeah its gonna be a sausage fest where teenagers go to get wasted. In the posh clubs of Limassol, ratio and quality are truly world class (I stand by this comment 100%).

Quote: (04-24-2019 09:13 AM)Hazaer Wrote:  

It will be interesting to know how the turkish cypriots are being treated when they are on a night out in the Greek side esp in Nicosia.

Pretty neutral. Only Turkish Cypriots can cross to the free area, Turkish settlers from mainland Turkey cannot cross. Thousands of TCs work in free Nicosia (they cross every day).

Left wingers consider TCs as equal fellow Cypriots, Far-Right strongly dislike them, the average Cypriot is somewhere in-between.

The average Cypriot strongly hates (with a passion) mainland Turkey and Turks.
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#27

Cyprus

Quote: (07-02-2012 04:53 PM)Noir Wrote:  

Their flaw however is their attitude. Many of them are bitchy seeing as they have a spoiled upbringing and have "high value" (on the surface) guys bouncing off them everywhere they go. Ego is big on them and if they know they're hot, expect shit tests.

The best way to get to them is social circle game (hit me up through here). Most guys here don't do approaches as the social scene is pretty tight and introductions take place. Either way, for approaching consider that some shit their pants when you approach them and others love it. It is hit and miss depending on the venues.
We are blessed with a lot of Eastern European women as well. These girls are all smoking hot, fit bodies but hard as fuck. Some of them are hardcore gold-diggers and some work for the underworld (in these casino internet cafes/betting shops/cabaret) but theres a minority who are no strings attached. These are the ones who know they're hot but are aware that they wont get by just on that (goldmine).

Found Noir's post thats more than 5 years old, is the above situation still the same?
The comments about the gold digging nature and the questionable career paths of most of these Easter Europeans/Russians suggests that they are a non-entity in the dating scene for the most part unless you got the cash/status that is relevant to their industry.

@the king, I assume you are living in Cyprus now. I am curious to know how you went about building your social circle? Is it mostly fellow expats?

I think another large expat population in Cyprus is the Greek population from Greece. Have you found them to be different from the locals?

The nightlife in Limassol seems impressive, but is it more of just a place for people to be seen/take selfies or have you found people actually pulling there? Given that there is a large military base near Limassol, I dont know how the scene might be when the troops are let out for the weekend .

How would you compare the nightlife here with that in Nicosia? Given the larger cypriot population in the capital, social circles would be tougher to crack, so daygame is better? Will be great to hear your thoughts
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#28

Cyprus

Quote: (04-25-2019 12:32 AM)the.king Wrote:  

Are you talking about native English speakers ?

There are no significant numbers of Americans, Canadians, or Australians/New Zealanders. There is a MASSIVE community of British people but the vast majority of them are retired. They mainly live in Paphos, and in the areas around the 2 British military bases (lots of military and their families live in Cyprus as well, most of them on 3 year deployment contracts etc).

To be honest I can't think of a country where English is not the first language and there is a significant community of young native English speakers.

If you are asking about non-Greek speakers in general, then yes there is a massive number of international people (lots of eastern Europeans/Russians) who communicate in English, a lot of them in the 23-38 age bracket who are working in Cyprus.

This link is EU migration statistics - if you see page 10 you'll see Cyprus has the highest percentage of a non-native population living there across EU (excluding the microstate of Luxemburg). Most of these people communicate in English - especially in the coastal cities there are large numbers of people who don't understand Greek.

From a game perspective, the international talent in Cyprus is good in my opinion. If you live here and you complain about lack of pussy you are just making excuses IMHO.

Yeah, to be clear, by "English speaking expat community" I didn't mean Russians speaking English to French people as a shared language, or other such nationalities. It usually refers to Commonwealth and US/Ireland expats. There are lots of big expat hubs around the world with huge communities of such young people, where there's a big, highly active social scene - Singapore, Dubai, Hong Kong etc.

Cyprus has a financial jobs market developing so its competing with these (and other) expat hubs for a similar talent pool. In my own case I chose a big expat city over it mostly for the social reasons (sports/dating/friendship).

The family/retiree communities in places like the Costa del Sol (or Cyprus apparently) are very...different in both demographics and lifestyle.
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#29

Cyprus

Quote: (04-25-2019 05:44 AM)Hazaer Wrote:  

@the king, I assume you are living in Cyprus now. I am curious to know how you went about building your social circle? Is it mostly fellow expats?

Sent you a PM with my personal details

Quote: (04-25-2019 05:44 AM)Hazaer Wrote:  

I think another large expat population in Cyprus is the Greek population from Greece. Have you found them to be different from the locals?

Most of them are in Cyprus for work, well integrated I'd say (language and common Greek identity helps)

Quote: (04-25-2019 05:44 AM)Hazaer Wrote:  

The nightlife in Limassol seems impressive, but is it more of just a place for people to be seen/take selfies or have you found people actually pulling there? Given that there is a large military base near Limassol, I dont know how the scene might be when the troops are let out for the weekend .

How would you compare the nightlife here with that in Nicosia? Given the larger cypriot population in the capital, social circles would be tougher to crack, so daygame is better? Will be great to hear your thoughts

You'll never notice British soldiers in the city, they are a tiny number compared to Limassol's population. The clubs are indeed impressive but I agree they are becoming more and more of a 'place to be seen' (especially amongst Cypriots). Honestly I think after social circle game, daygame approaches of tourists and other non-local girls is your best bet in Cyprus (beach, supermarket, mall etc).
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