Living in Petersburg being nice? I dunno
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eleitl@lemmy.zip 11 hours agoLiving in Russia in Moscow/Petersburg is actually really nice these days.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 7 hours ago
eleitl@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
The one in Florida certainly sucks.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 5 hours ago
I was thinking more about all the dismemberment and depression jokes about the one on Neva with the Aurora cruiser docker yadda-yadda
eleitl@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
It’s the weather, probably. Something for the natives, and Finns maybe.
Nalivai@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
If you’re relatively rich that is.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 hours ago
I mean if I was a rich ethnic Russian in either of those cities, I’d probably love it.
I’m Estonian though, don’t speak any more Russian than yes, no, please, thank you and go fuck yourself. Of course I also understand when being asked for a cigarette - an absolute necessity in Estonia (though these days you’re very unlikely to get attacked for not providing said cigarettes - 20-30 years ago was different, but I wasn’t exactly old enough to smoke then)
But overall I’m glad I don’t live in Russia because I don’t agree with the politics. Even before the current war, I’m sure I would’ve been seen as a dissident. I’m sure the people of Russia are actually mostly very nice. It’s also cheaper than a lot of western countries so working remotely, I’m sure I would’ve been able to live very comfortably before the war. I just wouldn’t ever want to live under Putin rule and I wouldn’t really want to live in a country with so many nationalists (US, if I ever moved there, would be a bit easier, because it’s more about race than nationality and I’m white)