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Opinion: 5 reasons why I no longer want to live in Brighton

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Brighton Beach, the most famous and legendary Russian-speaking area in the United States, is my least favorite district of New York. Once again I try not to go there. Maximum - go to the beach and stroll along the promenade in the evening.

When I first arrived, I was “lucky enough” to live in Brighton (as the locals call it) for a while, and it didn’t turn out to be a very good idea. I felt as if I had moved to the Russian wilderness, to a provincial town where the rules of the 90s still exist. During the time that I lived here, I managed to find out why many people continue to live in “little Odessa” and understand why I don’t want to live in Brighton.

Who are you and what are you doing here?

The first feeling you get: you are not welcome here. Not only people with inhospitable faces, but Brighton himself is not happy about you.

Everything is gray and inhospitable: the windows of stores that have been without repair for years on 30, the metro line, which rumbles right above your head and does not allow you to hear each other, signs that are designed to wake nostalgia, take you back to the past.

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Rudeness, as strong communication

On Brighton, mostly live those who are already far behind 40. Those who brought with them rudeness and hatred from the Union, and, having come to America for a better life, he did not want to change for the better.

Having lived in any other area, you still get used to the fact that they kindly communicate with you wherever you go. The rest of the city can be heard "I'm sorry" and "Excuse me". Even with a fake smile, they meet me in the store, but this makes it clear that they certainly won't send me to hell.

Brighton gloomy and not so friendly grandparents can rudely send it simply because you accidentally stepped on your foot or because one price is marked on the counter, and when they came to the cashier they were given a completely different price.

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English? No, not heard

The local people of Brighton have their own rules and principles. It is a small city in the city. Understanding something new is alien to them, they are stuck in 90's and are not even going to change.

Many Russian speakers in Brighton (and these are not only Russians and Ukrainians, but also Belarusians, Georgians, Uzbeks, Tajiks) do not speak English at all. Yes, yes, having lived in America for more than 20 years, they have difficulty communicating with “foreigners,” that is, with Americans.

Once I witnessed one case when the students came into the store and started talking in English with the seller. The guys are obviously Russian, but there was a friend with them who did not speak Russian. The seller, blinking her eyes, started frantically calling another employee, saying that she had foreigners here and she did not understand them. Need a translator.

Many people rarely even travel outside of Brighton. It’s like the joke “we live in Brighton, but don’t go to America.”

I always ask myself a question: people come to America, unequivocally, for a better life. But why, having arrived, they forget what they are here for?

They very quickly lose any incentive to develop, because the environment drags on and begins to dictate its own lifestyle and its own rules. And one of them is that you don’t need to learn English, because everyone around you already speaks a Russian-English dialect, and everyone understands each other.

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How bad to live

They can yell at you, because you came to the store with a large bill and you need to count the change. You can get a wave of negativity if you notice at the checkout that one price is on the price tag and another is punched.

Probably, in no other place in America can you hear so many disgruntled conversations about state policy and about the country as a whole.

People receiving social assistance from the state constantly talk about how badly they live, and how good it is from where they came from.

But you should ask why no one is going back home ... Here you should run without thinking.

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Feel like you've arrived

For some unknown reason, I am very wary here and sometimes with fury relate to those who have just arrived. Especially if you are of non-Slavic appearance.

Here I first came across the phrase “come in large numbers” - and they say, why can’t you sit at home?

Yes, Brighton absorbed all the bad things that happened during the Soviet era, and now it roams around the area. They treat negatively both Mexicans and former residents of Central Asia, who are now filling Brighton more and more. And all these people who moved to New York and decided to start a new life with Brighton, very annoy those who moved here and stayed to live in distant 80.

Of course, Brighton has its good sides, but for me they are hidden under these "imperfections" that put young and aspiring people off.

My conclusion: if you are young and speak at least some English, do not stay in Brighton Beach. Because this is such a “scourge” that drags you deeper and deeper. And the longer you stay there, the harder it is for you to achieve the American Dream.

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