Blame It On Slovenes
The missing Kupska St. in Zagreb, Croatia. (source)
According to numerous reports (including this one), a street in Zagreb, Croatia, has been literally swallowed by the Earth and took several houses along with it. The fact that the street was a construction site of a huge office building might have contributed to the fact that the terrain caved in, created a giant crater which was then filled with hectolitres of water, but hey 
why blame idiotic construction companies, when you’ve got weather and - Slovenes.
At least according to Zagreb’s vicemayor Zvonimir Šostar, who - according to reports by index.hr - said that the street caved in because of Tuesday’s freak storms in Slovenia.
What. The. Fuck???
And they wonder why we don’t like them…
P.S.: Ah well - they’ve got tornadoes in Britain now… The world is going bananas.
P.P.S.: If you look carefully at the link above, you’ll notice that the Reuters’ story places Croatia in… Africa…. Well, construction seems to be on a par, for sure 
September 25th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
But we do like the Croats, don’t we? Taken singularly.
September 25th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
It depens on how you take your Croatian(s)
But yes, on a whole we like every single one of them.
September 25th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Plus, we can now understand why real estate prices in Croatia, let alone Slovenia, are sky high. With the 2.500 Euro/m2 the construction company earns nothing considering they have to build some houses for free in the process. The ones they previously tear down
September 25th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Pengovsky, when I read your post and then your comment, I’m not sure whether you want to say “on a whole” or “in a hole”…
September 25th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Primorske novice today: flat prices in Vienna - 2.400 Euro/m2
flat prices in Nova Gorica - 2.500 Euro/m2
????
September 25th, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Hey, you’re about to get a huge US investment in the area - no wonder the prices are sky-high
September 25th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Do you think they will let us keep the “Naš Tito” sign on Sabotin
?
September 25th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Of course not. It will be replaced by “We Accept All Major Credit Cards”
September 25th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
I am LOL but with a bitter aftertaste.
Time for me to move south, find me some Monday Meat N.45 and live happily everafter.
September 26th, 2007 at 9:40 am
Venera: The comparison you mention is so very relative. There is Vienna and then there is Vienna. And there is Gorica and then there is Gorica. A flat with a view of Ljubljanica has a slightly different price than a flat in Fužine, for example. People love comparing apples to oranges
(I sell real estate…)
As for the Tito sign - I don’t think the Americans care half as much as the Italians. In fact, they might market it successfully
September 26th, 2007 at 10:29 am
From your experience, how much are the prices for real estate in Fužine lower than for example Šiška or Bežigrad? I remember the times (7-8 years ago) when the price for a square meter in Fužine was at least 1/3 lower than for the rest of Ljubljana.
I love living here (in Fužine) and I’m soooooo sorry that 7-8 years ago I was too young to grab the opportunity.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
dr.filomena: I am not sure whether I should be happy that the value of our house in Gorica (with the best view of Naš Tito and Sabotin :)) will increase as soon as the Americans start marketing the same “Naš Tito” successfully. Here is a small list of my wishes:
1) the Naš Tito sign should remain there and grass should slowly grow over it
2) the Americans should drop their plans to build a new Las Vegas in Slovenia
3) prices of flats in Gorica should remain such that people with Slovene wages could afford them