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12-18-2011, 03:05 PM
Quote: (12-18-2011 02:38 PM)ao85 Wrote:
Quote: (12-18-2011 02:02 PM)Hencredible Casanova Wrote:
Thanks for this data sheet. One of these days I'm going to take the plunge and fly to Moscow. Flights from NYC are like $400 r/t sometimes. But once in Moscow, you're in the most expensive city in the world. That's also one place I can see race being a significant factor, but I'll see what happens. One of my boys is Russian (on his dad's side) and Indian. He said people there were hostile to him and his bro because they were darker skinned and people assumed they were from Kazakhstan (lots of Kazahk immigrants in Moscow). I'll definitely go with a friend. I don't think that's the kind of city you want to explore on your own without contacts.
The hostility to non whites is more than anywhere in Europe or the US. Just on Friday night I was trying to get into a club. I was dressed up and was with a Russian chick. Russian guy in front of me (solo), not dressed up, got in, no problem. Then, bouncer tells me and the girl, no, flat out, no negotiation.
The even more bizarre thing after was when two cute asian girls tried to get in right after us. REJECTED!!!!
WTF!!! How do two cute Asian girls get rejected from a club...the even more depressing thing about it was these girls weren't too crushed...because they were used to it.
Wow. What racial background are you if you don't mind me asking?
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12-19-2011, 12:31 AM
Russian speaking Ukrainian pal told me that racism is considerably less outside of Moscow, and that if you're worried about race issues Ukraine has none of that. Make of that what you will. St Petersburg is considerably cheaper and if there's less racism it makes more sense to go there than Moscow.
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12-19-2011, 12:34 AM
Quote: (12-19-2011 12:31 AM)P Dog Wrote:
Russian speaking Ukrainian pal told me that racism is considerably less outside of Moscow, and that if you're worried about race issues Ukraine has none of that. Make of that what you will. St Petersburg is considerably cheaper and if there's less racism it makes more sense to go there than Moscow.
Yeah. I dated a girl from St. Petersburg in SF. She was mad cool. I would look into it if I ever check out Finland. It's not too far from Helsinki.