Staying in the USA or returning to the motherland: opinion of ForumDaily readers

New York. Photo by Elena Base

Article by ForumDaily blogger Elena Bazu “Why, after a year of life, I still leave from New York" turned out to be one of the most discussed on pages on social networks over the past week, collecting thousands of likes and shares.

Elena, a web designer and lifestyle blogger, flew to New York a year ago. She did not expect anything, did not make any plans, and did not think whether she would live here or not. But by the end of the year I decided to return home to Kiev. Although the employer offered to stay and was ready to apply for a new visa.

“Career has ceased to be a priority, I again decided that there is no longer any point in sitting in the office, even in New York,” writes Elena and gives other arguments that speak in favor of the fact that it is worth staying only for the sake of “ on Facebook to show off that I live in New York.”

“I pay half my salary for a room (!) in Brooklyn.” “My friends go home once every six months, visit doctors and return. For me personally, this is not the level of self-care I am used to. In New York, there is no good manicure (of the quality that we are used to in the CIS), styling here is done with the left foot (in hipster salons), in the cheapest salons, body and facial care costs $200 and more.” “Due to the fact that English is not my native language, it is difficult for me to understand a person’s intonation.” “At first I was amazed that people were open, easy to get in touch with, easy to get to know. But as time passes, I understand that I simply cannot live among these people. They are not bad - they are different. New York is a heterogeneous society, and I feel uncomfortable in it.”

The author has found advantages in life in New York, but they turned out to be too few to decide to stay.

The discussion about the right or wrong decision is still ongoing on our Facebook pages. ForumDaily и ForumDaily New York, while we have collected the most interesting opinions in one material.

Many readers understand the author:

Some also faced similar problems:

And for some, they only have a positive experience; they call all the difficulties far-fetched:

In response to the article by ForumDaily blogger Elena Bazu, there was another blog that we published. Its author is Ukrainian Natalia Selmakh, who, on the contrary, fell in love with New York at first sight. She has lived here for more than 2 years, has made a successful career and believes that anyone can do it. There would be a desire. In the article “Why, after two years in New York, I am NOT returning to Kyiv”, Natalia writes:

“Those who work here are those who are “through connections” and those who are simply “from the street.”

The “quality” of people in New York is the highest; the most daring people come here in pursuit of their dreams. That’s why there is a feeling that some soft drugs are being sprayed into the air here, everything is so positive.”

“Here, advanced Americans still take care of their health. Masseurs and yoga instructors come to the office, everyone drinks green smoothies, fresh juices, eats their own salads, etc.”

“It’s relatively easy to raise investments for a good project; there’s more money than good ideas.”

“New York is such a constant festival, there is so much going on, I sometimes get lost in dates and events: balls for the aristocracy (tickets $150-1500 and up), theme parties (Gatsby, 80s, 90s, Mexican, Jazz on the lawn in the style of the 30s - whatever you want, for every taste) - from $30-80, cinemas, museums.”

Among the disadvantages, Natalia noted high taxes, expensive rent, disgusting metro and rats, expensive insurance and schools, and the mentality: “it takes a year and a half to get used to American lies (they prefer not to tell the bitter truth, but to maintain the appearance that everything is fine). »

And again on Facebook broke out discussion:

And you can summarize, perhaps, with such a revelation of our reader:

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