The Russian traveled to the United States: America is 20 years behind!
Russian citizen Nazar Ilishev shared his impressions of life in the United States. His story was published by the Open Russia community. At the same time, his life overseas depicted by him is very different from a beautiful picture in which some happy emigrant with a wide smile on his face stands against the backdrop of his own mansion somewhere in Miami.
Start with at least those smiles. The Russian says that for many people it is “plastic”, “taut”. In fact, people are quite harmful, ready to suspect others of hostile intentions. For example, if you just go with a camera or a video camera, the questions begin: “Why are you shooting?”, “Who are you?”, “Where do you live”, etc. And in other aspects of life, everyone is suspicious of each other, which is very strange for a free country. They can call the police if someone walks with the dog, runs, or even just walks down the street. Although outwardly the Americans are smiling, the atmosphere itself is not very friendly.
The United States is often spoken of as a state that is technically “highly advanced”. However, according to Nazar, in everyday life it is not so simple: it is as if America is behind Russia for about two decades. In the kitchens there are electric stoves that the Russians threw into the trash in the 90s. Things like hobs that are beginning to conquer the Russian market are very rare in the United States. And even European-quality repair is a luxury, it is present, perhaps, in homes worth more than a million dollars. Of course, this is available to few. Most live in battered apartments. If the house, for example, in Florida, costs two hundred or three hundred thousand dollars, then inside it looks wretched. The walls are shabby, very thin - no sound insulation.
There is no central heating in Russia, as in Russia. And if it's cold in winter, you have to freeze. You can, however, be heated with an air conditioner, but the floor remains cold. To take a hot shower in the morning is a luxury. At the disposal of a person is only that hot water that is available in the boiler.
And the Americans have a slow and expensive internet. Ordinary citizens watch YouTube videos in minimum resolution. You have to pay at least $ 40, for a faster one you have to give 100 bucks. We can say that there are more salaries, they have two thousand dollars left in their hands, but in reality it turns out - there are a hundred, there are a hundred, and there is no money.
Nazar himself lived in a rented apartment in Chicago for two years. He did not like the fact that the washing machines are located on the ground floor and they are used by all residents - they have to stand in line. To wash, you need to throw coins. Laundry in the apartment is not common, although in Russia it is in almost every "Khrushchev".
An emigrant renting an apartment for a thousand dollars every day watches the ragged walls and cheap doors. And you have to cook on large electric stoves that heat up for a long time.
Even at airports there is a lag behind Russia: wi-fi may not be commonplace. Even paid. Even in a cafe at the air harbor. Unless in a special VIP zone, for which you have to pay $ 70. Of course, not everywhere is so bad. There are developed cities: San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Osten. But this is not a rule, but an exception.
The Russian noted that for him there are two Americas. One is a certain landscape, a base for “landing.” Arrived - but all the friends and connections in Russia. Another is a sociocultural environment in which you need to fit in, get to know people, communicate. Here everything is very sad. It is very difficult for emigrants to fit into this environment. They remain unhappy people and try to hide it. Because of this, they are often harmful in character, embittered, sprinkle with hatred for Russia. They are easy to stuff with propaganda, and they will swear on their homeland. If you try to doubt this propaganda, they’ll say, how dare he?
Summing up his story, Nazar said:
Start with at least those smiles. The Russian says that for many people it is “plastic”, “taut”. In fact, people are quite harmful, ready to suspect others of hostile intentions. For example, if you just go with a camera or a video camera, the questions begin: “Why are you shooting?”, “Who are you?”, “Where do you live”, etc. And in other aspects of life, everyone is suspicious of each other, which is very strange for a free country. They can call the police if someone walks with the dog, runs, or even just walks down the street. Although outwardly the Americans are smiling, the atmosphere itself is not very friendly.
The United States is often spoken of as a state that is technically “highly advanced”. However, according to Nazar, in everyday life it is not so simple: it is as if America is behind Russia for about two decades. In the kitchens there are electric stoves that the Russians threw into the trash in the 90s. Things like hobs that are beginning to conquer the Russian market are very rare in the United States. And even European-quality repair is a luxury, it is present, perhaps, in homes worth more than a million dollars. Of course, this is available to few. Most live in battered apartments. If the house, for example, in Florida, costs two hundred or three hundred thousand dollars, then inside it looks wretched. The walls are shabby, very thin - no sound insulation.
There is no central heating in Russia, as in Russia. And if it's cold in winter, you have to freeze. You can, however, be heated with an air conditioner, but the floor remains cold. To take a hot shower in the morning is a luxury. At the disposal of a person is only that hot water that is available in the boiler.
And the Americans have a slow and expensive internet. Ordinary citizens watch YouTube videos in minimum resolution. You have to pay at least $ 40, for a faster one you have to give 100 bucks. We can say that there are more salaries, they have two thousand dollars left in their hands, but in reality it turns out - there are a hundred, there are a hundred, and there is no money.
Nazar himself lived in a rented apartment in Chicago for two years. He did not like the fact that the washing machines are located on the ground floor and they are used by all residents - they have to stand in line. To wash, you need to throw coins. Laundry in the apartment is not common, although in Russia it is in almost every "Khrushchev".
An emigrant renting an apartment for a thousand dollars every day watches the ragged walls and cheap doors. And you have to cook on large electric stoves that heat up for a long time.
Even at airports there is a lag behind Russia: wi-fi may not be commonplace. Even paid. Even in a cafe at the air harbor. Unless in a special VIP zone, for which you have to pay $ 70. Of course, not everywhere is so bad. There are developed cities: San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Osten. But this is not a rule, but an exception.
The Russian noted that for him there are two Americas. One is a certain landscape, a base for “landing.” Arrived - but all the friends and connections in Russia. Another is a sociocultural environment in which you need to fit in, get to know people, communicate. Here everything is very sad. It is very difficult for emigrants to fit into this environment. They remain unhappy people and try to hide it. Because of this, they are often harmful in character, embittered, sprinkle with hatred for Russia. They are easy to stuff with propaganda, and they will swear on their homeland. If you try to doubt this propaganda, they’ll say, how dare he?
Summing up his story, Nazar said:
America is a dead land!
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