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mdk
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There�s a decentish Thai restaurant around the corner from the Kievskaya metro.
How do you like Vladivostok? Did ya ever take the ferry to Japan for larks? |
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canucktechie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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Location: Moscow
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| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:44 am Post subject: |
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Which 'hints of Asia' do people see in Moscow? |
HInts? The city is full of Central Asians. |
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rusmeister
Joined: 15 Jun 2006
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Location: Russia
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| canucktechie wrote: |
| Tiger Beer wrote: |
Which 'hints of Asia' do people see in Moscow? |
HInts? The city is full of Central Asians. |
Kind of like asking, "What hints of Mexico do people see in Los Angeles?"  |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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Location: Hong Kong
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:55 am Post subject: |
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| canucktechie wrote: |
| Tiger Beer wrote: |
Which 'hints of Asia' do people see in Moscow? |
HInts? The city is full of Central Asians. |
Makes sense.
Sorry, when I think of Asia, I always think of Japan, Vietnam, etc. Didn't think of the 'Stan countries. |
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BELS
Joined: 24 Mar 2005
Posts: 402
Location: Moscow
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Agreed- the survey is based on an expat executive lifestyle. Ok, fine, if you live in your million dollar cottage out the Rublevka in your gated community with 6 BMWs and a Mercedes or 2 then YES it gets EXPENNNNSIVE! However, if you live like a mainstream middle class type, it's not that bad. On AVERAGE it costs me a little over 1000$ (sometimes as much as 1500)LESS a month to live here than it did when I lived in Alaska. Now, when prices here catch up to or exceed that, then it's time to consider heading back to my igloo. This question comes up all the time about cost of living here and the answer is the same:it depends on how you choose to live. |
I like it, that's the way I wanna live In the meantime I will try and live off the fee of what those in Rublevo shosse is prepared to pay me.
I might just just get my houses built in Ruza and Rublevo shosse. We already have both plots of lands, now we need the houses to be built. We're not sure about so many cars , but one Rangerover will do fine.
I'm not ashamed, I intend to live decently here, I've got a family. My Russian wife would be horrified with such a statement of a $1500 income.
I think you got the currency wrong, come on please, you meant ����s �1500 a month, but even that's not enough for a decent standard of living here.
If you have been been settled here for some time , and you haven't managed to command a private income of 60,000 rubles per week then there is something wrong with you either as a businessman or a teacher. And you need to be both if you are a private teacher. Of course it helps if you have the assistance of a fluent Engish speaking wife or girlfriend, who also knows this business and the Russian red-tape. |
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jpvanderwerf2001
Joined: 02 Oct 2003
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Location: New York
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| mdk wrote: |
There�s a decentish Thai restaurant around the corner from the Kievskaya metro.
How do you like Vladivostok? Did ya ever take the ferry to Japan for larks? |
I live in Vladivostok, and I can tell you that "taking the ferry over to Japan for larks" is not a cheap proposition!  You're looking at probably no less than $600 (I imagine more, though I honestly haven't looked into it) between the two countries, despite their proximity to one another.
Getting in and out of Vladivostok is very expensive... |
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