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A year after moving with my American wife and children from Miami to Kazan, my wife told me: I am only now beginning to understand why Russia is called Mother))

You see, we don’t really have “small talk” in Russia. If you ask somebody how they’re doing it’s a question, not a greeting!

The differences are great and I find that in every aspect, Russia is a better quality of life. We Americans get used to everything costing so much and having 100 or more bills every month and not having any security either economical or physical. I moved from California in 2000, the first week of Jan, after giving everything away. I had worked all my life since 13 when I started my first real business that I sold when I graduated from High School and was very luck to have built up successful businesses. I had whatever I wanted, but life was empty, people worked to get things they did not have time to enjoy. It seemed people bought things to make up for boredom and taking care of the house or getting a larger house and never paying off the old one. There is almost no access to culture in the US and socializing outside the home is rare. I had everything I could think of such as car collections, an airplane, a boat, multiple houses, a horse ranch and multiple businesses but I worked all the time to pay for the on-going expenses of everything and had no time to do anything but work or taking care of assets. Most people envied me but few friends were real friends, even though I could drive 20 minutes and in in city center San Francisco which at the time was a culture center and actually had an opera house, a symphony hall and a ballet theater but the season for each did not overlap, and lasted only a few months and tickets were too expensive because you had to buy the entire season so only very wealthy could go. For the most part museums and culture do not exist in the US, yes, there are a few but 95% of the people could not go or count not get two them. California has 30,000,000 people but only a few museums. I had a home in the mountains also that was a working horse ranch When my wife left me to hook up with her physiatrist, who charged me $300 a hour when they has their "sessions" and moved down to LA. She left, and demanded $20,000 a month for the trauma of having an affair that lasted 2 years. Finally, I gave everything away, everything, businesses (one of the most successful recording studios, 197 gold and platinum albums produced in it), money, houses car collections, and I left with 2 suitcases and $6000 on my pocket and landed in St Petersburg Russia on the same day Putin was sworn in as president the first time. I had visited many time stating in 1976. And spent a lot of time in the terrible 90s in St Petersburg and had visited all over Russia. But being here with less than a day's cost of living in California that $6000 lasted me 18 months, I got a small apartment in the city center, really small and old but it was home and for the first time in my life I had real friends, community, and unbelievable access to culture that no one in the the US has. The city has, currently 54 concert halls, 473 museum, 600 beautiful safe well cared for parks, 235 drama theaters. The social and cultural life is available to all, every 10 year old has seem more world class opera and ballet than any 100 Americans combined. Home is for sleeping but living is out in the city, where so many people are out doing things every day and night. And, it is safe, fun, friendly and cheap. Crime almost does not exist. Everyone us cultured, well traveled and very social. My girlfiend could walk through any neighborhood or district in a city of 5.5 million officially or 7 mil including people registered someplace else but living here. I have never seen a fight, almost never heard harsh words, everyone gets along, all 200 native cultures here. Meeting new interesting people is almost assured just by going outside. There is no need for a car if one lives in the city center because public transportation is so good, cheap safe and reliable. The Subway system is a tourist attraction. beautiful fast and cheap. There are water taxi, canal boats and more canals than Venice. Live music is everywhere, Quality of life is so much better than the US or anywhere in Europe and cost of living is very low. The free medical services, education, city services out class anything in the US People are fit, stylish, very well educated and the women are known the world over as the most beautiful and cultured....all true but also very nice, feminine and pleasant to be around.....and also head more businesses and universities than men and none got those positions due to set asides or extra points on exams. And approachable friendly and happy. The sexes(here there are only 2 sexes) get along and like each other, the exact opposite of the US. All the races cultures and religions get along, people are honest, ready to help with any need or problem So in many ways Russia is the Anti-USA, just the opposite. So in many ways American society and Russian are polar opposite.

there is another 'weird' Russian habit - people just like to go for a walk along the streets.

In Russia it's almost obligatory to walk every day, preferably twice a day with little kids😁. It's in the culture. If you don't do this, it looks weird and people think that you do not care about your child properly.

my Russian Girlfriend (now fiance) and I moved to Sochi Russia 2 years ago... We met in a weird way but that's another story.. I'm from Jupiter Florida, I just opened my restaurant here in Sochi a year ago, sold everything back in Florida, Business is booming here... The big differences for me is cultural, traditional mostly, cost of living is way cheaper, it's clean, very safe, very good and well kept infrastructure... Women here has high morals aswell, People in general are very sane, warm and friendlier... It's very family orientated... I have 2 paths to citizenship My business currently employs 8 people when it gets to 11 I can apply but must Speak, read and write Russian aswell which I'm learning, 2nd option is marrying my beautiful Russian Queen still needs to Master Russian language and pass the exams on Russian laws, Constitution etc... I will never move back to USA!!! This is where I'll raise my kids and live the rest of my life!!! As a white Christian dude in the US it's like you're a second class citizen, Here it's like home normal, no blacks here or very few, but small minorities of Asians, Turks etc who are very nice and well integrated into the Russian culture

i'm russian and the guy is speaking the truth. one correction. we don't call it time to KILL we call it time to LIVE

RE: CRIME IN THE USA Before I came to Russia and Married here and Moved here,,,,(in 2001) I lived single - in Seattle WA U District Near the University,,I had a Rented APT. Iliked it a lot then,,But its Changed for the worse. IN 1999...When I was at Work. IT was Burglarized in the daytime,When I was at work.....This is typical now in the USA. At Night I many times I heard gunfire,,,YES gunsfire !!! ONCE,,To my utter Shock,,I saw How bad thing were descending,,,in Seattle. ONCE IN DAYTIME. My Corner Grocery Store was robbed and the Robbers with guns in daylight..ran right past me............. Also When walking the back streets,I saw Too Many Heroin needles scattered --- everywhere..in the U district. .Hey.......I loved Seattle A Whole LOT It was a nice place to live but I could see even then the USA was going Down the drain then........... AND THAT was IN 1999 --------1999 --For Gods Sakes - ITS GOT MUCH WORSE NOW,,IN 2024 IN THE USA.--- EVERYWHERE --- 22 YEARS IN RUSSIAN,,,,I FEEL 100 % - SAFE LIVING HERE. !!! Im Glad I left the USA. --MICHAEL. USA EX-PAT--SIBERIA RUSSIA. 2024

You forgot to mention about central heating system which from my view is the one of the biggest infrastructural projects were built in USR and Russia.

MILK AND DAIRY IN RUSSIA IS FRESH AND NATURAL. GOOD POINT !!!!!

Russia is called Mommy, they call Holy Russia, and the USA is called Uncle Sam. mom takes all her children and relatives and adopted into her warm embrace, and uncle, he is also an uncle in North America. The folk wisdom that gave such "names" to these two countries expresses everything

So in Russia, you don't go to the bank. The bank goes to you. 😅

I've been connected to Russia through marriage for 25 years...what I find contrary to our Western stereotypes is how Russians are quite independent thinkers/persons --- quite willing & able to express themselves freely & forcefully in a way that is unusual in the West. I would say life is still materially more difficult in Russia but in no way poor ....rather rich in spirit---

As a Russian living in USA I can tell that the biggest difference in your daily life is that in USA every step of your life is regulated. HOA has authority over homeowner, local government has code enforcement who will fine you insane amount of money like 500$\day for uncut grass and other ridiculous things. People in Russia can’t believe it’s true as none of this nonsense exists there. If not making money in USA- I would have returned to Russia years ago.

In Russia: “-how are you doing?” “-Let’s start with what back in the 5th century BC...” :)))))

You don't need to eat milk and butter (or any dairy products). I moved to Russia, ate nothing but raw fruit and veg (well, mostly, I'm guilty of the odd pizza or burger every now and then - maybe once or twice a month), I dropped a ton of weight (I was chronically obese), and I no longer walk with a limp (it fixed my sore knee). I can now jog/run, and I now play table tennis like Ma Long! 🏓 Table tennis folks call me... *THE* *PUNISHER* , because I don't just win - I punish!!! 🤣

I live in Canada for over 36 years and I can’t believe what happening. I left USSR and I’m afraid Canada becoming a dictatorship. Unfortunately people don’t understand or don’t want to.

В России считается, что дом нужно строить так, чтоб после урагана, наводнения и, желательно, после пожара тебе не приходилось строить дом заново, а можно было отремонтировать.

I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE IN RUSSIA!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am an Australian, and I lived in the US for ten years (1992-2001), and four things that struck me: 1) houses in the US are made of paper! :) ...houses in Australia are 99% build with bricks, so I can shout my head off and my neighbour will not complain! 2) the food is way more over processed with chemicals and tasteless compare to here, ...but sadly the food in Australia is now rapidly moving to the same crap as the US. 3) Don't get sick in the US, you will have to mortgage your house to pay for it, ... we have mandatory Medicare insurance paid for from our taxes. 4) The ignorance about the world by US people is STAGERRING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As Russian living in states for 20+ years. Sometimes, when somebody says "How are you?", I feel like to say: - Ok, have a sit, make yourself comfortable cuz it's gonna take quite some time. I'm going to tell you what's going on in my life and, please, don't tell you didn't ask for this LOL. :) It's like: You wanted? You got it.

I love eating fresh bread too, just bread, with no butter, with milk, especially if it is still warm.

Отличный парень, удачи тебе и твоей семье в России! У тебя хорошее настроение, заряжаешь оптимизмом, спасибо.

ERIC,,,IVE LIVED IN RUSSIA 22 YEARS IM TIRED OF THE USA LIES ABOUT IT. I HAVE NO REGRETS I LOVE THESE PEOPLE AND COUNTRY. I WILL NEVER LIVE IN THE USA AGAIN,,,ITS BEYOND REPAIR. BEST REGARDS -MICHAEL--USA EX-PAT -Russia

If I were young again , I would move to Russia. Actually more then half of my ancestry is from the Baltic into Russia and eastern Europe, and another good chunk Scottish. I have very little family here because our family were more recent immigrants. I will be 77 soon and have been watching our beautiful country go steadily down hill. It was not this way when I was a kid but a sickness has crept into the hearts and minds of many of the people. I hope we can turn this around in the next election, but if not I am afraid our country is going to see some really bad times. We have had just a taste of it big time in the last four years. God Bless Mother Russia, because if the United States falls, it might well be Russia to lead the world back into sanity. Our country has turned it's back on God and we are now seeing just what happens when you do that. In no way should we be enemies with Russia, but those in charge have made it so for their own selfish agenda. God Bless all people

Детские сады в России и Беларуси работают с 7-19,00 чтобы родители могли успеть забрать детей после работы,так же там дети не спят на полу как придется а в своих кроватках на чистом белье! С ними проводятся целый день развивающие занятия и музыкальные,лепка,рисование,пение,танцы и спортивные.Есть завтрак ,обед и полдник.✌️🕊️🕊️🙏🙏🌍🌍🇧🇾❤️❤️👍😄😄

With so many tornadoes and hurricanes, all houses in America should be built out of concrete or brick but then only the millionaires would be able to afford to buy a house. Profit is almost always a priority over safety in America.

It's amazing how in the 1990s many people wanted to leave Russia, but now there are so many who want to come and live here from other countries🤔 It's becoming a trend basically😊

It's worth looking for farm shops. The food there is a little more expensive, but it's straight from the farm. You will be surprised how different homemade butter or sour cream is from what is sold in stores. Traveling by car in Russia, we eventually got to know some people in nearby villages who were ready to provide us with some home-produced products (poultry, milk, butter, eggs, sour cream, cream, bread, milk and vegetables). Our relationship has been going on for many years. They do not use chemicals in their garden, only ordinary manure. There may be such people at the local city farmers' market (every city has one and more than one), but as a rule these are resellers posing as farmers. But homemade sour cream and butter can be seen immediately by its appearance.

Hello, Eric. We are country that has lot of problems. We acknowledge our deficiencies. We are not the best. We are striving. We will be the best.

Насчет хейтеров. На пророссийских блогах работают профессиональные украинские хейтеры и боты. Работники информационной войны, финансируемые властями Украины. Если число подписчиков увеличатся,хейтеры тоже преумножатся. Потому не обращайте на них внимание.

27:10 - Listen, what is "How are you" in English? - "How are you". - "Are they wondering how I'm doing?" - No, they not interesting. - Then why do they ask? - Just like that. Everything is just like that here (US), except for money! Dialogue between Danila Bagrov and Dasha in NY, "Brother - 2" movie. 😁

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on life and thanks for subtitles. You are a very positive guy with no arrogance, no weird thoughts. Glad to see you in our country. If you see bad comments, don't pay attention. Unhappy people are everywhere, they want to take out their anger on someone, so they go online. And also many provocateurs for waging an information war.

Yep... I like that updates. Your reviews help me appreciate more my life here in Russia ))). I wish you best of luck here and hope the general situation will back to normality very soon. So we all could live even better. We all want to live in peace and friendship.

Thank you for your opinion. I wish you many more wonderful discoveries in Russia. I make them every day and continue to feel Joy.

В России еще женщина уходит в декрет, получает деньги с работы и ее место сохранеятся за ней. 3 года она может посвятить себя материнству вообще не беспокоясь ни о чем. 3 года провести с ребёнком, учить его ходить, есть, говорить и отдать в детский сад после и спокойно пойти на работу.

Level 1: Russian bread. Level 2: Bread and butter. Level 3: Bread, butter, and a thick slice of bologna saussage (бутерброт с колбасой).

The more I watch this kind of videos the more I value my country. Thanks for the opinion. Wish u good luck in settling in our country❤

Crimea is not the only place with a warm climate. The mainland's Sochi, Gelendzhik and the whole of Krasnodar Krai also have warm climates (it does get snow in the winter but melts relatively quickly). Yaroslavl is north of Moscow, so it does get very cold. Just like America is not warm year-round everywhere, Russia is not cold everywhere.

Если платить через систему быстрых платежей - то есть по номеру телефона, то комиссия не взимается нигде.

22:19 Thumbs up for a true statement: "Your happiness is internal"

Tack så mycket från mig i Sverige, jag har besökt både Sovjet och Ryssland 🥰

The biggest lies we have been told in the US is that Russia is bad. I would love to move there! You and your family are very fortunate!

The only evil thing about Russia is their grammar. 😆 Thanks for sharing your experiences!

As an american I've never been to Russia but these comments show just how sheltered most of us are. I've never heard one bad thing about the Russian people. I have Uzbek, Ukraine, and Russian friends here. I don't know what rug y'all been living under but there is a world outside of the USA ffs.

OK , you discovered hot water. . . . . .😀 Americans have to leave America to discover that there is a world beyond America.

Social advantages are the heritage of the USSR

I've been to Russia 2X and am now planning my 3rd trip. I'm enamored with Russia and the people. ❤

СССР не жили в дырах, страна строилась, развивалась. Бесплатное образование и медицина. Да. После Великой Отечественной войны многое было в разрухе. Но восстановили. От деревень до дворцов. Было сельское хозяйство, промышленность, культура. Современная Россия получила наследие Руси, Российской Империи , Советского союза. У нас прекрасная страна.

Ярославль очень милый город! Удачи и счастья вашей семье!

Зимой в России популярно катание на коньках и беговых лыжах. Уверен, что любящему спорт парню из Техаса понравятся эти зимние виды спорта. На лыжах интереснее кататься за пределами города на лыжных базах. Там трассы подготовлены и лыжи можно взять на прокат. Для катания на коньках возможно найдется бесплатная площадка недалеко от дома. Там и в хоккей можно научиться играть. Или придется идти на платный ледяной каток под крышей. Но крытых катков в Ярославле не много и они заняты детскими и юношескими хоккейными командами или секциями фигурного катания.

There are a lot of gyms in big cities, especially Moscow and St. Petersburg. There are three in my neighborhood, one is a half-minute walk away, the others 15-20 minutes away.

in Russia we don't call this artistic , we call it Russian soul !

Glad to see more and more reasonable Americans and westerners in general coming to our country to make it their home. All the best to you and your family!

The only comment is about a perceived artistic culture. I don't really know how to explain it, but while I was living in Australia for many years I don't remember anybody painting outside just for the joy of it. Now that I think about it, it strikes me as rather weird. Somehow people don't take a second job in Russia (that's very uncommon) and tend to do what they like. Some go fishing, some go bike riding, some do pointing outside. In fact, now that I'm thinking about it, the only kids that were doing painting in the Oz were Russian kids. And I spoke to quite a number of parents about their kids casually. Aussie kids prefer wave riding, skating, footy, other team sports, but I can'really remember anybody was into foreign languages or painting or ballet.

Дружище, ты хороший парень, желаю вашей семье как можно скорее адаптироваться на новом месте. Возможно, первое время тебе будет сложно и непривычно. Но через некоторое время, я думаю, что вы не пожалеете о своём выборе, переехав в Россию. Welcome😊

При рождении ребенка один из родителей может получить оплачиваемый отпуск до 3 лет по уходу за ребенком, поэтому так много женщин с колясками в парках (им работать не надо, государство оплачивает их отпуск)

man, an ambulance ride in the US can be around $10k even

As for transport, you forgot to mention car sharing services, which are available to anyone who has a driver’s license, while there are also mobile applications in which it is very easy and quick to find the nearest car and rent it for an hour, for two, for a day or more. Public transport, such as electric trains, metro, buses, trams, trolleybuses, accepts not only special transport passes, but also contactless payments by bank card. The fact that our road traffic is regulated with the help of surveillance cameras for lanes on the roads, if people break the rules, for example, cross the markings or exceed the speed limit, or even drive without wearing a seat belt, they automatically receive fines thanks to this video surveillance system. Regarding shooting, you forgot to mention that, unlike the United States, in Russia it is much more difficult to obtain a license to own a weapon, it is almost impossible to buy one, and carrying weapons is generally prohibited. Even if a person wants to buy a weapon for hunting trips, it will be a very, very difficult task. The same applies to pneumatic weapons; obtaining them is also very, very difficult. There are metal detectors at the entrances to many public places; where there is very heavy passenger traffic, people scan their bags with a detector, sometimes asking them to put their bags in a special, more powerful scanner. In this regard, in the underground metro, security is almost like at the airport. As for the kindergarten, in fact, most likely there will be a fee, but it is quite tiny, no more than 15-30 dollars a month (1500-3000 rubles a month) I think. In Russia, also, every driver buys a video recorder for his car, which is mounted inside under the windshield and records the trip, sometimes a video recorder is bought that records what is happening behind, this helps in the event of an accident to find out and confirm that the driver was driving according to the rules, and the one who drove into it for some reason was wrong. And yes, sorry, unfortunately, we don’t have talking bears playing the balalaika and riding a bicycle at every turn, they are just animals on the verge of extinction as anywhere else. We can see a few of these animals in zoos, or we need to travel many thousands of kilometers to some huge and deserted forest. Many of us don’t like bears at all, some of us don’t like animals at all. Pets are like everywhere else, perhaps cats of various breeds, perhaps dogs of various breeds, sometimes fish in an aquarium, parrots, turtles, lizards, less often ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats, mice, chinchillas, someone likes exotic things like snakes, spiders. Sorry, but we rarely hear the balalaika, we don’t play nesting dolls, many have almost forgotten how to boil water in samovars, we rarely see traditional medieval outfits and only at festivals or on special holidays, here, like throughout the world, military people can meet only in special military territorial formations or during holidays at parades. There are a lot of police, they keep order on the streets very carefully. Most people try to be respectful and attentive to each other. But as usual, as everywhere, there are very different people, and if when coming to Russia you expect to see Russian people as a homogeneous mass of the same nationality, then your expectations will be wrong. You will see people of very different nationalities, very different appearances, including even those who speak Russian poorly and come from distant parts of Russia, because the Russian Federation consists of a large number of regions, each of which may have its own cultural traditions and its own native language. It’s not equally cold here everywhere and everytime. Most places are cold in the winter, but in very different ways, the summer is usually warm. In the Moscow region, in winter the average temperature is minus 15-20 degrees Celsius, in summer the average is plus 20-25 degrees Celsius. If you go further south, the summers are hotter and the cold season in winter does not last long.

Regarding people painting and drawing outside - it’s probably kids from local art school at a(or doing) “plein air”. It’s a mandatory activity in art school done after a school year in June.

Thank you for the personal account of life in Russia! It looks like a wonderful and safe place to be now !!! 😊

Russia seems to be like the United States was during the 1950's. Russia has improved since their losses during WW2 and the United States declined considerably.

Вот вы просто прикиньте, взрослый, здравый мужик на полном серьезе думал, что мы тут катаемся на танках и стреляем друг в друга ахахаха, жесть) А в целом, много именно с Техаса к нам перебераются, походу последний штат с адекватными людьми (ценности, семейные традиции и т.д.). Мужику удачи от всей души в новом доме, Бог даст все получится!

You missed the maternity leave difference

Случайно наткнулся, но посмотрел неожиданно на одном дыхании! Привет Ярославлю из СПб :3

Через банкомат нельзя вносить больше, чем миллион рублей. Вы можете в любом банке прийти и попросить открыть вам вклад/счет на любую сумму, наличными принести миллиард и вам его внесут

Thin walls in US homes may also have their benefits. 1. Make Hollywood movies beautifully. (the car drives through the wall. The hero hits the bandit; he flies away, breaking the wall). 2.If your neighbors are making love, you can ask them to comment on their actions. By doing so, you will become friends and become closer. 😆😆😆😆 p.s. By the way, Abrams will not be able to drive through my house. Hello from Siberia.

Right on man, everything you said is exactly right!! Good luck!!!

Nice insights dude. Watched through the whole thing. Thank you!

Hey Eric, I will be in St. Petersburg in August for the whole month. I can’t wait. Удачи тебе😊

''THE AMERICAN DREAM IS JUST THAT A DREAM. YOU HAVE TO BE ASLEEP TO BELIEVE IT ''.- GEORGE CARLIN.

I lived in Moscow for 2 years fascinating place

To me, too many people perceive..." a country"...by what they see in the news which is mostly about a country's government..." NOT THE CULTURE!!!"...or any said geographic region...Мать-Россия...("Mother Russia")...is not just some colloquial expression that evolved for no reason. The roots in the normative culture in most of Eastern Europe (where my Father's family is from) are as ancient as my Native and Celtic roots. Too few Americans travel...or...travel with actual respect for a culture, or the "when in Rome" mindset. This was a great overall insight into "real Russia" and not the hype we see coming from biased media in both countries...Thanks for sharing your thoughts...

It is +40 C in south of Russia now.

Wellcome to Yaroslavl :) It's not usual that there are a lot of artists around you, maybe there is some kind of art school nearby

It is so pretty and green where you are walking!! I have been following everything. Yesterday I watched two days of Brics athletic games, today diving is on. President Putin loves sports, the out of doors himself and with his dogs of course...they are both happy, healthy looking dogs..Royal Dogs for sure...lol. I like what everybody probably voted on to bring these sport activities out for people to enjoy. President Putin is a very educated man and should never be underestimated by the US. I live in Calif., and with the problems in the Middle East..simply am not proud of my country at all. Ashamed and feel terribly for the thousands of lost lives there. I wake up with their images on my mind, and go to bed, pray and most often cry to God for the people. I have over the past 8 months watched and read so many things my country has done to innocent people for their resources. They are villagers that were once happy to make things, cook, hunt, raise their little ones and are all dead because the US deems them as being worthless. God didn't think they were worthless and provided what those people needed to be happy in their villages. Look what they did to Laos! I just learned all about that two weeks ago. They are doing the same thing in GAZA for gas/oil located via satellite and permitted to drill for...waiting for all those people to be slaughtered so they can keep the proceeds for themselves, when actually they belong to the GAZENS. I saw this on Redacted at the beginning on this war. Redacted is here on KZfaq. Anything President Putin decides is appropriate he will do. Right now he wants peace and the US is not listening. I am! I am 74 with my pets of cats and we want to live, but understand. If I had human children and married I would ask my husband to please relocate us, but I don't. Russia is very beautiful, I follow two young couples there on KZfaq and one couple travels around the different cities to show you stores, foods, typical homes, gardens, meet different people...a fun channel. The other couple have big cats...Messi and Gerta are cats names. My own domestic cats watch them on our TV...lol...I tell mine those are your cousins! Lol. Anyway thanks for your lovely channel, a new subscriber, fully billed and hit the like button!! Thanks for sharing your life in Russia.

So interesting to hear a western person, who can call positive sides of my coutry, when this sides for millions of russians are simple. All the best, stranger!

Yaroslavl is an old historic cultural center, one of the principal russian towns that is 900 y/o. It used to have a fortification that is called traditionally kreml. Besides the place is on the old trade route from Persia to western europe. Central russia lacks shallow iron ore deposites what dictated the need to trade locally produced swamp iron goods for other metal slags.

Very helpful seems people moving from States, Canada ,UK, to Mexico ,Spain, Greece Albania, Russia, Bulgaria, Thailand Especially older people can't afford it. God Bless You!!! I pray wars stop and we all unite.

Russia 🇷🇺 certainly doesn't have the problems that we have here in North America. I am from Canada 🇨🇦 and whatever happens in the United States 🇺🇸 happens in Canada, too. Like the Pro-Palestine protesting, for example, happening in the different cities across America and in Canada on the university campuses across America and Canada. Are the Russian university students doing the same thing, protesting on the university campuses across Russia against Israel ? Russia is a beautiful country. it's the weather is so much like Canada, and the scenery reminds me a lot like Canada. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦 👍 to you and😅 your family in Russia 🇷🇺 Eric. Be safe and happy in Russia and keep on walking in Jesus's footsteps 👣 as he will always lead you into right direction. Amen 🇨🇦 🙏 Russia 🇷🇺 🙏 🙌

I hope your experience will be positive further on. Go to some children's theater, once your daughter can understand Russian. My daughters really enjoyed that. Now we are in Canada and I cry in my heart over not being able to enjoy theaters as often as I would love to. When you are in St.Petersburg, be shure to visit a children's theatre "Театр на Неве".

Just think, some children say that their stomach hurts in order not to go to school, their parents call an ambulance, they issue a certificate, and the child can officially not go to school for 2-3 days :)

Enjoying your videos ❤

America was... 30-35 years ago... Yes maybe it was, even for us in Russia. But when you loosing original traditions, institute of family, and simple pleasures mostly changed to perversions.. and you become weak. But when yoy like sport and good simple food, and strong family, you become strong. I was in USA California in 2010. Good place, good weather, everything like in hollywood films, but not "my place". People of Texas i mean cool guys with many many guns in their truck))) Godd luck to you being in Russia✌️😄

всегда говорю, если видишь гуляющих людей, там где обычно не гуляют, это почти 100% русские(казахи, украинцы, белорусы), потому что мы привыкли много ходить и любим это просто как досуг)

Огурцы и помидоры в России вкуснее, чем в США, причем обычные, из Пятерочки.

Вы забыли упомянуть сметану и творог, эти молочные продукты тоже очень вкусные в России.

В России если ты купил кв или дом, ты собственник, не как в штатах если по каким-то причинам не смог оплатить считай тебя выкинут на улицу. В России если у тебя единственный дом или кв некто его не отберёт, могут отключить свет, воду но не заберут, и у тебя есть возможность оплатить счета за коммунальные услуги в рассрочку, не в одной европейской стране такого нет тем-более в США, вот почему в России почти нет бездомных.

the major differences? - Russia has a president capable of using stairs to board planes. - in Russia you can life farther away from the capital - New York has a more impressing skyline than Moscow; the amount of shop-lifting is more 'impressive', too - USA have more vasals/puppies in Europe - chinese build transcontinental railway lines in the USA are older (Central Pacific) - the subway system in Moscow is safer and more beautiful than anything in the USA. - Vodca against Whiskey - Russia cannot compete with the amount of military interventions - Russia has less school shootings, no Mexican drug cartels in the neighborhood, no execution of criminals

если вы любите пельмени и поговорить за столом, то добро пожаловать в Россию )). Там где пельмени, там славяне!

Как жаль, что Ваша родина сейчас не в лучшем виде. В 1990-е годы в России было тоже плохо, но мы выбрались из ужаса и потому население ценит Путина за то, что он своей долгой политикой во многом улучшил жизнь в России. Я желаю Вам удачи и счастливой жизни в России.What a pity that your homeland is not at its best now. In the 1990s, it was also bad in Russia, but we got out of horror and therefore the population appreciates Putin for the fact that his long policy has largely improved life in Russia. I wish you good luck and a happy life in Russia.

Thanks for the video))) It was very interesting to hear your thoughts))

Hello bro from Moscow, right in my cheap house in 1st floor i have 2 gym's (and 2 alcomarkets =D)

Друзья, подумайте вот о чем: всю жизнь многие из нас живут с целью заработать денег. Вы отказываетесь от простых вещей. От семьи. Но в один прекрасный момент вы умираете. Внезапно. Деньги вам не пригодились. Какая ирония. А что с вашей душой? Она у вас есть? Разве страшно умирать зная, что на том свете карманов нет? Мы живем не завтра и не вчера, а прямо сейчас. Другой жизни у нас не будет. Один мой знакомый умер год назад. Прекрасный человек был. Незадолго перед смертью он мне сказал - я посвятил всю свою жизнь зарабатыванию денег, и сейчас, когда я должен уйти в вечеость, я в ужасе от этого факта. Узнаешь себя перед тем, как уйти в вечность?

Talking about banking, unlike US banks these days, banks in Russia actually pay you interest on your money you keep there. Weather, I like it cold. Everything else I can deal with. I am tired of the US and ready to leave as soon as I can.

Зиму надо просто полюбить. Купи лыжи, самые простые, но новые. выйди в январе , когда уже снег лег и побегай на них по лесу, послушай зимний лес, насладись моментом. Если почувствуешь, будешь каждое лето мечтать о зиме

TRANSPORTATION IS ALSO EFFICIENT--AND CHEAP IN RUSSIA,,,VERY WELL DONE...ORGANIZED...FREQUENT SAFE AND CLEAN......buses,trains,Metros.....CHEAP Vans too.... taxis...easy to get.......cheaper too... THE OPPOSITE OF THE USA. ..I DO NOT DRIVE ANYMORE.... MICHAEL-USA EX-PAT. RUSSIA

Check out town Rostov that sits about 40 km away from Yaroslavl on the shallow lake Nero. Or go a little bit further towards Moscow where is Plesheevo lake where sits town Pereyaslavl and you can definitely swim there in July and august.

As a Russian who lives in LA for 25 years I approve this message!

Верные и интересные наблюдения. Мы много критикуем себя и свое правительство и хотим большего. Так устроен человек. Но все познается в сравнении. Оказывается, то, что для нас привычно и естественно, обычным людям в богатых странах недоступно. Спасибо автору канала, добра и процветания