Russian woman Daria Penionzhkevich moved to Texas from the Moscow region. In the first person, a mother of two children tells the site "Our Texas" about the work of pediatricians in the United States. “The fact that medical supervision of children in the United States and Russia is very different ...
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The Internet is filled with stories of those who use the airbnb service, renting a place for themselves in different parts of the world, but I'm going to tell you about how I rent an apartment through airbnb - ...
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I sat down the other day to reread my posts from a year ago about my first impressions when I just arrived in New York. When I was reading, I had tears of affection from ...
The victory of US Republican candidate Donald Trump in the US presidential election did not come as a surprise to me, but, like many, gave rise to a sense of anxiety about the steps of the future president. However, both external and internal ...
America is very big. Each state has its own unique nature, laws and history. It is difficult to talk about the common pros and cons for all parts of the United States, but I found 5 points that, according to my observations, are common to ...
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'Bad' habits that will help you get along with Americans
America is not without reason considered an ideal country for doing business. However, some of the business habits of Americans may shock immigrants from the post-Soviet space. In the same way that most Americans find the Russian manner of communication too straightforward and sometimes rude, the peculiarities of the American ...
Personal experience: what not to do in America
America is a colorful country, especially when it comes to laws. Sometimes actions that are completely familiar to residents of post-Soviet countries may be prohibited in some US states or even throughout the country, writes Alexandra Ukrainko in her blog Between New York and Boston. ForumDaily publishes material...
How to receive a Russian pension in America, and why you should not save this money in Sberbank accounts
Some countries pay pensions to their citizens even if they live abroad. Russia is one of them. For pensioners, this is a very important and pressing issue, because so many years have been spent for the benefit of their former homeland, and many people want this money...
Bulgakov's stories about death and inheritance from a Russian-speaking lawyer in the USA
Man is mortal, but that would not be so bad. The bad thing is that sometimes he is suddenly mortal, that’s the trick! (Mikhail Bulgakov) Since I opened my office in New York, I had to change my specialization: to replace international divorces, disputes about ...
Post-Soviet family foundations that surprise Americans
Just as we are surprised by the orders and traditions in America, so Americans look at us as if under a microscope and note differences in everyday life and habits. Our family has been living in America for several years, and American friends do not miss the opportunity to talk about our -...
Features of American real estate, and why there are no fences
I often receive questions about American housing. You all probably watch films where they show houses that are not surrounded by fences, which greatly surprises our compatriots. How so? This is true? - subscribers write to me. Yes, Hollywood often goes too far and exaggerates some...
Personal experience: 5 things that startled me in Los Angeles
Several years ago in May, after a sleepless night, saying goodbye to rainy Moscow, I flew into another life. Los Angeles is a city of clear azure skies, where the sun shines 329 days a year! Oh, miracle! Of course, the weather factor greatly influenced my decision...
What does NOT like our tourists in the US
Our people always don't like something. Where the Australians or French clap their tongues with delight, ours grimace and grimace. Either the cities are too flat for them, now everything is too regulated, now it is tasteless, and when there are no arguments, it becomes very expensive, writes Alexey Gavrilyuk in ...
Five truths about life in the USA that will turn your mind
When moving to America, be prepared to enter a different world with new rules, they told me before leaving. And they were right. After living in the USA for several years, my opinion has changed dramatically on many issues. Of course, “white” did not become “black”, but...
Why do Americans work for wear and tear and pay for workaholism
Once my husband and I met in the store his friend, whom he had not seen for five years. And the first thing he told him about his life was the number of hours worked last week. We never found out whether he got married or ...
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