Russian woman from St. Petersburg told how Americans live
Karina is well known on the Internet under the nickname "That Redhead from Seattle." Tens of thousands of people follow her Instagram page. This is not a collective image, but a very real girl.
Karina talks a lot about herself and often, because she loves and knows how to do it. And she really has something to tell about, because the girl has recently been living between Russia and America.
Although Karina and her husband are now mainly located in the United States, in the city of Seattle, she was born and lived almost all her life in St. Petersburg. The girl loves her hometown and never forgets about it.
However, she simply could not help moving to America, because she had dreamed about this since childhood. When Karina grew up, this dream turned into a goal. After graduation, she planned to look for work in the United States. And fate was such that her childhood dream came true.
After receiving a diploma, Karina gets married and goes on a honeymoon in the United States. It takes about three months, and her husband is sent to work in the United States, where she follows him.
Of course, as is usually the case with any dream, in reality it turned out to be a little different, not the same as it is imagined.
America met Karina not very affectionately. Initially, the newlyweds settled in the town of Long Beach near Los Angeles.
The guys got into a depressed Mexican area. It was notable for dirty streets, cockroaches, an abundance of churches. Here, Karina was haunted by the smell of marijuana. People here live in some kind of huts, which you can’t even call houses.
In fairness, it should be noted that this place cannot be considered typical America. Just young people at first didn’t very well choose a place to live.
Later they found themselves in Seattle, where they live now. There, too, not everything corresponded to Karina’s ideas about the USA. For example, for some reason, she considered the Americans a model of style and taste, but in reality there was not even a hint of what she expected. In Seattle, for example, most residents prefer to wear sportswear.
She also did not expect to see so many homeless people in America.
Of course, it’s not quite right to evaluate these people as generalized. Americans, like us, are very different. But certain features that are not inherent in the Russians are striking.
For example, from the perspective of a typical American, Americans' views on marriage and relationships seem too frivolous. Here, in the order of things, getting married and getting divorced many times. For them, and at the age of 40, it is perfectly normal to go on dates in search of a second half. No one there is neither surprised nor condemned.
Americans are easy on age too. If you are already 60 years old and you decide to learn skateboard, then you will not become an object for ridicule. It makes no difference to those around whom someone decided to take their leisure time; this is not their business.
Although Karina enjoys living in America, she, of course, is drawn home to St. Petersburg. It’s not even that she would like to return, it’s not so. The girl, not ceasing to love her native Peter, fell in love with Seattle. She likes to live in two cities: between Seattle and St. Petersburg, between Russia and America.
In Seattle, she lacks St. Petersburg museums, exhibitions, art galleries. Karine lacks Petersburg cafes. There are many places in Seattle where you can eat deliciously, but there is not that special Petersburg atmosphere. There are no such beautiful places for walking, as in the historical part of St. Petersburg.
By the way, when Karina’s new American acquaintances find out that she has lived all her life in Russian St. Petersburg, they don’t ask about Russians or Russia. And it is not at all a negative attitude towards our country, it is absolutely neutral. It’s just that Americans are more interested in the city on the Neva. They ask when it is better to go there, what to see if it is dangerous there.
Actually, the more representatives of different countries and peoples communicate with each other, the less they have reasons for hostility.
Karina talks a lot about herself and often, because she loves and knows how to do it. And she really has something to tell about, because the girl has recently been living between Russia and America.
How Karina got to the USA
Although Karina and her husband are now mainly located in the United States, in the city of Seattle, she was born and lived almost all her life in St. Petersburg. The girl loves her hometown and never forgets about it.
However, she simply could not help moving to America, because she had dreamed about this since childhood. When Karina grew up, this dream turned into a goal. After graduation, she planned to look for work in the United States. And fate was such that her childhood dream came true.
After receiving a diploma, Karina gets married and goes on a honeymoon in the United States. It takes about three months, and her husband is sent to work in the United States, where she follows him.
Of course, as is usually the case with any dream, in reality it turned out to be a little different, not the same as it is imagined.
Well hello America!
America met Karina not very affectionately. Initially, the newlyweds settled in the town of Long Beach near Los Angeles.
The guys got into a depressed Mexican area. It was notable for dirty streets, cockroaches, an abundance of churches. Here, Karina was haunted by the smell of marijuana. People here live in some kind of huts, which you can’t even call houses.
In fairness, it should be noted that this place cannot be considered typical America. Just young people at first didn’t very well choose a place to live.
Later they found themselves in Seattle, where they live now. There, too, not everything corresponded to Karina’s ideas about the USA. For example, for some reason, she considered the Americans a model of style and taste, but in reality there was not even a hint of what she expected. In Seattle, for example, most residents prefer to wear sportswear.
She also did not expect to see so many homeless people in America.
How Americans live
Of course, it’s not quite right to evaluate these people as generalized. Americans, like us, are very different. But certain features that are not inherent in the Russians are striking.
For example, from the perspective of a typical American, Americans' views on marriage and relationships seem too frivolous. Here, in the order of things, getting married and getting divorced many times. For them, and at the age of 40, it is perfectly normal to go on dates in search of a second half. No one there is neither surprised nor condemned.
Americans are easy on age too. If you are already 60 years old and you decide to learn skateboard, then you will not become an object for ridicule. It makes no difference to those around whom someone decided to take their leisure time; this is not their business.
Girl from St. Petersburg
Although Karina enjoys living in America, she, of course, is drawn home to St. Petersburg. It’s not even that she would like to return, it’s not so. The girl, not ceasing to love her native Peter, fell in love with Seattle. She likes to live in two cities: between Seattle and St. Petersburg, between Russia and America.
In Seattle, she lacks St. Petersburg museums, exhibitions, art galleries. Karine lacks Petersburg cafes. There are many places in Seattle where you can eat deliciously, but there is not that special Petersburg atmosphere. There are no such beautiful places for walking, as in the historical part of St. Petersburg.
By the way, when Karina’s new American acquaintances find out that she has lived all her life in Russian St. Petersburg, they don’t ask about Russians or Russia. And it is not at all a negative attitude towards our country, it is absolutely neutral. It’s just that Americans are more interested in the city on the Neva. They ask when it is better to go there, what to see if it is dangerous there.
Actually, the more representatives of different countries and peoples communicate with each other, the less they have reasons for hostility.
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