Personal experience: how I bought the first car in the USA

Buying a car in the United States is always a choice between leasing and credit, buying a new car or a used one, renting or even buying for cash. Looking ahead, I'll say that I drove a rented car, but in the end I stopped ...

Vaccination against COVID-19 in the USA: personal experience of a journalist and ForumDaily readers

Beginning April 15, any California resident over the age of 16 can register for the coronavirus vaccine. In most states, including New York, this deadline came even earlier, and, according to local rules, in order to sign up for the vaccine, it is enough to live, work or ...

Dependence on cars and one supermarket per city: why ours is unusual in one-story America

Although many people at the word “USA” represent big cities like New York, Chicago or Los Angeles, the vast majority of the country's inhabitants live in the so-called one-story America. Therefore, the author of the blog “Elena in America” on “Yandex.Zen” decided to tell what it is like to live in a “sleeping” town of 15 ...

A unique experience: a city in the USA where they go in summer clothes even in severe frosts

Tourists who have visited the northern US city of Minneapolis are surprised that even in the most severe frosts, locals can easily go to work, visit shops, cafes, entertainment venues, just dressing in a summer shirt and trousers. How they do it, the author says ...

Why some are given a visa and others not: an anonymous interview with a visa center employee

Why is it easy for some to get visas, while others are refused? Is it possible to bribe at the visa application center so that the decision is definitely in your favor? How to trick the embassy? - a visa specialist told the My Planet Club about this and many other things on the basis of anonymity ...

How to study for free in the USA for a year: experience and recommendations of a student from Russia

In the 2019/20 academic year, Tatiana Novosiltseva studied at an American college in Wyoming under the Year of Exchange in America for Russians. The student told about her experience to Tinkoff magazine. Further - from the first person. During the program, I ...

Ashes, police evidence, animals: weird things that are mailed to the USA

The author of the “Simple America” channel on Yandex.Zen works at the post office in the USA. She shared her experience about the strange parcels Americans send. Further - from the first person. Here is a small list of what I have to deal with at work 1. Ashes ...

Some helped, others fled: how Americans are treated in Russia

The author of the Max's Notes from China channel on Yandex.Zen shared the experience of an experiment in which he and his girlfriend spoke in public in Moscow in English and watched people's reactions. Further - from the first person. I want to tell you about a small experiment that ...

Why Los Angeles attracts the homeless: how they live there

Los Angeles is very attractive for homeless people from all over America. Here they feel at ease: a mild maritime climate, an almost complete absence of frost and a fairly tolerant society. What else does a free man need without a roof over his head? The author of the channel “My ...

What may be the consequences of the asymptomatic course of COVID-19: personal experience

The danger has not gone away, and even in an asymptomatic form, coronavirus infection can cause many problems. Writes about this "Lifehacker". A scary but important thread has emerged on Twitter. In it, a girl named Elmira, a physician by training, spoke about the unexpected consequences, ...

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