I am a Filipino working here in Moscow . When my wife needs medical attention, we call an ambulance, check her, and bring her to the emergency make a major operation , she stay 5 days in hospital. We pay nothing.
Here, in Russia, we have so called ' budget places ' at our Universities. My son graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology ( MIPT) in 2014. He studied 6 years free of charge ! And a lot of his friends - the same. If you pass school exams with good marks - the way to the Universities in Russia is opened !
Yes, Ksenia probably studied before current standard exam system where you can just apply to different universities with your results. It was new thing back then. And it was much more difficult to get free places and you needed, after passing all school exams, pass all exams that university requires AGAIN in EACH university
I would say in U.S. for my experience, both my son and I took out student and parent loans for him to attend. I know in some families parents did not help at all. I like the houses in Russia, but streets in U.S. I think Russia has better medical system. Yes. I like comparing countries but I listen occasionally to another Russian who talks negatively about Russian economy, and that it is going back to U.S.S.R times of control. I see conflicting views from him and other Russian you tubers I watch which is just opposite. Yours I hope will be a balanced approach.
@@Wild-Siberia about 30% of pupils(all over the Russia) after school as far as I know goes to the University for free. Of course if you want to go to the top Universities like МГУ or MFTI and many others high level of those, you should get a really good points on ЕГЭ(Universal exam after 11th class school) but for those who reaaly want it and study a lot it is more than real i believe(just patience and hard work on learning ) so the better university is the harder it get to there. But there are a lot of not so popular and famous ones in which you also get a good education more or less so more ways open for everybody and of course if you get enough money you could go to the famous ones as well(not even close in terms of money compare to the US) like to get an education in МГУ (one of the most famous one in Russia) you pay about 435 000 rubles/year. Of course even if you want to get your education there you still needs some level on exams(not high but not awful) and it is understandable. Cause what s the point in learning high math with a huge pressure in learning when you don't know the basic.
@@JIUNnF изучать астрономию при наличии интереса к ней никто не мешает и самостоятельно. Ну а что касается добычи ископаемых из астероидов - это дело очень далекого будущего (и то если это вообще когда-то состоится). Себестоимость такой добычи и доставки этого сырья на Землю будет такая, что проще уж откуда-нибудь со дна океана их добывать. Даже если это будет Марианская впадина. Проблема на самом деле не столько в нехватке ресурсов на Земле, сколько в их распределении и бессмысленном расходовании (потребл@дское общество, извиняюсь за свой французский). Капитализм победил социалистическую идеологию, но при этом загнал в тупик сам себя - товаров фактически уже давно производится больше, чем реально нужно, но прервать этот процесс невозможно, так как сразу же рухнет вся система. Поэтому, например, автомобили уже давно производятся не так, чтобы служили как можно дольше, а наоборот - сознательно делаются с расчетом на то, чтобы откатать определенный километраж и сдохнуть, вынуждая хозяина покупать новую машину.
In Russian schools (the remnant of the USSR's education sytem) you do not choose subjects, you study everything. Because you are *not* a particular set of functions, you are a *human being.* And as a human being, you need to be well-versed in all sides of human life.
Это уже не совсем верное утверждение. Сейчас во многих школах после 9 класса есть выбор специализации. У моей дочери в школе подразделение на гуманитарный класс и математический. У них отличается учебная программа и отличаются требования к экзаменам.
@@alekseyg5171 Вот докатились... "Зачем программистам понимать поэзию?" "Зачем поэтам физика?" У обслуги есть только функция. Печально. Но ничего. Когда-нибудь нас и наших детей вновь будут считать людьми, Человеком с большой буквы.
@@dorothydepth000 вам бы только поныть, раньше было лучше, мороженное без гмо и колбаса из экологичной бумаги. В итоге эти "люди" СССР и просрали, поэты хреновы
@@alekseyg5171 реформа образования началась аж с Хрущёва. Так что СССР развалили уже другие люди, не советские. Ещё не функции, но уже не творцы. Это так, к сведению. Я высказала своё отношение к античеловеческому подходу в образовании и надежду на возрождение нашего народа. А ноете здесь вы: вас так задел мой ответ, что вы написали аж два сообщения, умудрившись перейти на личности и пожаловаться на "неправильные комментарии в интернете". Помогло хоть?
Thank you both, such a Cool Video! I worked in healthcare for 25yrs. I have seen it from both sides and I agree with Daniel, healthcare is a business in the US. Raising 4 children I can personally attest to the financial hardship that medical care creates, and that is WITH insurance. Russia definitely wins on that!
@@Wild-Siberiaпотому что Америкой управляют бизнесмены из форбса, такие как кланы Рокфеллеры, Родшильды и другие, как вы думаете, почему до сих пор Байден на посту президента, который не может читать даже из суфлера, теряется на сцене, потому что это выгодно кланам управляющей Америкой...
Про медицину - любой гражданин России имеет право на лечение любой сложности. Мою маму вылечили от рака, моему отцу восстановили слух поставив ушные имплантаты ( правда в очереди почти год стоял на операцию - а это дорого, если за деньги). Как отец троих детей - ипотека в рублях под 0% . И детей кормили в школе бесплатно, как и бесплатно они ездили на транспорте. Мой налог, как предпринимателя - 1% с оборота (ленинградская область). И много чего ещё. На взгляд западных стран, в России низкие зарплаты... Но... Сравнив доходы и расходы - россияне вполне богатые люди. Я полмира обьездил - не хочу нигде жить, кроме России.
Ну, я лично не предприниматель и не могу сказать, что зарабатываю много (обычно это 90-100 тысяч рублей в месяц, то есть, грубо говоря, в районе тысячи долларов - меньше, чем зарплата дворника в США). Но. Я являюсь владельцем жилья, в котором живу, и на нем нет каких-либо обременений. У меня нет активных кредитов и я не должен ни одного рубля или доллара ни одному банку. Денег, которые я зарабатываю, мне гарантированно хватает на удовлетворение всех базовых потребностей (коммунальные услуги, еда, одежда и т.д.), я не нуждаюсь в чем-то типа американских food stamps. Еще и остается - у меня всегда есть свободная сумма (обычно не меньше 250-300 тысяч) и я без проблем могу себе позволить какое-нибудь баловство - например, купить навороченный игровой компьютер. Причем не в кредит, а просто снять с карты сколько нужно денег, пойти в магазин, заплатить и забрать. Так что, думаю, в США есть немало людей, которые хотя и зарабатывают (на бумаге) больше меня, но фактически их материальное положение хуже моего.
Что это за бред, какой ещё 1%? Всё граждане платят налог с зарплаты размером 13%, НДС называется. Даже те кто получает МРОТ (ниже 150$). Средняя ипотека 6,7%. Зачем врать то так и придумывать цирфы из головы?
Like the video. When I first moved to Russia, even with a temporary staying permit, I got the free healthcare as everyone else. The only difference with Russian citizenship is that now my healthcare insurance doesn't have an expiration date anymore.
@@Wild-Siberia communist California and few other democrat states have many part's looking horrible bc of the homless addicts🤣 come to Kentucky Tennessee and other republican states they look very nice not saying all of Russia is poor and bad looks nice to get a wife 🤣 only couple good things about Russia is that women are extremely different from 🇺🇸
@@Wild-Siberiapls pls show us the tent cities, clean streets tell us how they smell, show us American paid stubs from pay checks working hrs etc American Beauties puhahahahahaha the Truth will set you free!
Baikal, mountains, interesting roads circling houses... I love it. Different houses give individual unique expression and personality. American homes seem, on the surface, to be good because everything's the same. Take it from someone who was raised in that kind of neighborhood. It gets to your brain. Everyone tries to be uniform while hiding their natural selves under the veneer of systematic, unnatural, "we are the sameness" (at least, in my neighborhood, it was). By the time I was a teenager, I felt crushed by the fact that I didn't fit in that uniformity. And now, my old neighborhood is changing bc everyone wants to add their own expression to their homes. People are building up and out; repainting, adding spaces, gardens, etc. Or, some have let their homes fall apart. To each his own, I guess. I now live in a place where all the homes are different even in the same neighborhood. We are surrounded by forests and are located near the ocean. Many people have redwood trees in their yards! It's very beautiful and consequently, people here are friendly without being too much in their neighbors' business. I hope to visit Russia one day, especially near Lake Baikal, but definitely St. Petersburg and Moscow as well. (And a train trip to Mongolia) Health care in Russia is far better, for sure. When you get older in the US and don't work anymore, forget it. You really have to pay attention to eating smart and exercising just to avoid having to go to a doctor. Most elderly can't afford medication. They have to choose between medication and eating and many of our elderly are now living on the streets after working all their lives in the system. Their retirement income isn't enough to pay rent. It's definitely time for major transformation in the US.
Very nice video, I loved the honest comparison. Just FYI, I attended a good US state university (NC State University) via the GI Bill. I joined the US Navy in 1984 specifically to be able to get the GI Bill. The US government paid about 75% of my tuition and fees. My family was working class and without the GI Bill I would not have been able to afford to attend University. And apparently it is even better now, the current GI Bill covers 100% of the tuition and fees at a public university and also covers most of the price of living expenses.
Life in both countries have pros and cons. I've never been to the US, but I'm sure there are many beautiful places where life is comfortable and safe, especially if you have a good income. I'm curious to visit the US some day as a tourist. Also I love my homeland - Russia, and I've been in many places here. I definitely choose my land to live because of it's nature, people and their mentality
@@artem_tot мне кажется, я всё понятно написала в первом комментарии, даже если он с ошибками. Проблемы с огнестрельным оружием в США известны, но это не отменяет того факта, что там тоже есть много безопасных мест для жизни, в хороших районах. Вы же решили прицепиться к словам. Можете не отвечать)
Right now Russians economy I would say is in a way better future even though wages are not great for what I understand but on the flip side food and transportation and electricity and gas etc. is way cheaper than the west and they look like they have a better future ahead where as in the west it’s not looking to rosy anytime soon the way our politicians are acting… especially the Canadian ones!! Why the hell are they standing up and applauding a Ukrainian nazi? Twice!! You can’t tell me that each one of those politicians didn’t think… wait just a minute? Did the speaker say the 98 year was fighting Russia in the WW2?? It was disgusting watching it on TH-cam and I still don’t read it in my local news paper here in NZ ?? Booooooo👎
Kiaora bro, they wont show that mate. Only how russia is being wiped out every day. LOL NOT! I am censored here in Australia mate, IP address is banned by META, Cant comment on RT News. Censored across the board, bordering on isolating me. I'm actually surprised i can comment on here. I've already been warned by TH-cam cos someone complained about my comments.. 'Apparently' Take care over the ditch. Kia kaha.
@@Lex-Hawthorn hi my friend from across the ditch! Well damn I feel really sorry for you that sounds terrible! They still don’t print it in the media except the nzherald? Nobody reads that that I know of? Had to google search that article… and that’s about it? But they still print stories about Russian commander 'killed in Crimea missile strike' appears to be alive in Kremlin video, reach I’m surprised they have a little objectivity? Not much, but they have moved away from UKRAINE WINNING!!! which I had to read just about every other day for the past year and a half?? really? When were they ever winning?I could see the lies from the beginning. As for META (Facebook) that’s just toxic and I avoid discussions on that completely, that’s maybe why they targeted you, it does seem to have a lot of influence targeting people and taking them off other platforms. I’ve argued tons on TH-cam but yet haven’t come at me? ( knock on wood😅 ) It just seems to be one big clown show from the western media and governments I can’t believe how stupid they are with sanctioning Russia and yet they still do it and we suffer for it with high oil prices and food?
@@Wild-Siberia it would be great if you could put subtitles for other non English speaking countries specific to theirs so you can have more reach and advise viewers that they can use the CC button at the start of the videos, though most Filipinos are adept to the English language. We appreciate you being considerate to others. Good luck on your medical procedures, I am sure my fellow Filipino Nurses in the US will give you the best service they can. keep safe both of you. Bless both your Hearts.
Hes right I feel that American life is overrated when they say we have it good and are spoiled. American life isnt cheap man. Alot of us dont have parents paying for our education. So Daniel is right. Usa is overrated at spoiled we work hard because America life is expensive.
Bottom line, the message is both countries got amazing things and their problems. The sad thing is when the problems are systemic and lead to massive crisis. In the case of political empires (not little regular countries) like the USA or Russia, the crisis is worse. Thanks for this type of video that seek to inform and not trash things. Saludos para ti y Ksenia.
Thanks for the video, but it hardly scratches the surface as far as comparing the two countries. Nice to see Svetina becoming more confident in front of the camera!
Russia is much more humane comparing to America , America looks very artificial , Lifestyle is definitely better in Russia . I can compare because I lived in country very similar to Russia and I lived in America too .
Hahahahaha , Daniel I like the way you described houses in America . Copy-Paste . This is sooo true . Houses don't have a character . Architecture is not nice at all .
@WildSiberian 100 Agree. I live in america. My dad calls it chicken nest houses or (скваречьники) 😅 no hate tho just a comparison. can't wait to come thru! Always enjoy your guys content.
Про медицину скажу ,в России она отличная ,что бы не говорили ,знакомые в сша были на отдыхе и у мужа лопнул апендикс им выставили счет после операции около 100 тысячи долларов , и продержали после операции только сутки ...у нас эта операция бесплатная и даже если ты иностранец возможно придется заплатить 50 долларов от силы .У меня отец 1 группы инвалид и каждые 4 месяца к нам домой приходит участковый терапевт и интересуется здоровьем отца,раз в год назначает лечение ,приходят на дом берут анализы,делают экг ,приходит медсестра ставит систему и уколы и это все бесплатно ,почти все лекарства получаем бесплатно ,через мфц выписывали бесплатно ортопедический матрас,две инвалидные коляски домашняя и уличная ,санитарный стул итд .Как инвалид ему положено едк ,часть оплаты за электричество и газ возвращается как доплата к пенсии ...Я незнаю ,что бы мы делали без государственной поддержки.Поэтому когда вижу как ноют люди ,как плохо живут ,охото стукнуть по голове и сказать,радуйтесь ,что здоровы .
Proper translation would be "Government paid scholarship", which is automatically awarded to a high grade high school students. And it is applicable to any University in the country, however, the number of "seats" available for this scholarships may vary from Uni to Uni and therefore, the students with highest possible grade are accepted for free first, those, whose grades are above passing grade, but below the scholarship grades have to pay for education.
@@Wild-Siberia Doesn't Ksenia know about budget places at universities?My nephew is entering this year, there are 130 budget and 8 paid places at his faculty
@@Elen-a Nope. Budget place - literary means "A low cost physical location". Like, for example, "Пятёрочка" store could be called a "budget place". When Ksenia said "budget places" I first thought, she was talking about some cheap, low quality colleges, it took me some time to realize, she's talking about "бюджетные места". Which is "Government paid scholarship", or "State budget scholarship".
There is a reason that in the US all the medicines/healthcare/universities, etc are so out control is that there is only one goal. All industries, companies/corporations/universities are totally profit oriented.
I have to say the Russian town. I just can't help see the nature and you can almost see the fresh air. Individuality, personality makes a city alive. I think the American city looks lifeless (sorry Daniel) with the straight streets and the houses one after another looking almost the same. But all places has their pros and cons don't they. I guess I would sigh over the dirtroads during spring and autumn. Overall I think Russia seems to be more humanfriendly, if I can say so.
This nature around my town here in Russia is unique and the only one in the world of its kind. You can only be next to the largest lake in the world here :D
I like both both of you and your videos but : Keep in mind that houses and streets depend on the climate. Take the heat away from your hometown and all your roads will crack, and your houses will move apart and be covered with different roofs, at a minimum. Slyudyanka should be compared with Alaska or at least with the outback of Montana or Canada.
Oh we understand this we understand it very well but we have fun comparing directly because we live these lives in these two places. You can compare oranges with apples between people who ate only those things if that makes any sense.
it s sort of mentioned at the start to be honest a lot of these things we all know including the viewer we didn’t go into things too deeply because when im in America and ksenia is in Russia we will do comparisons during winter and explain these things
Better is in the eyes of the beholders.❤ i will not leave the two rivers which i was borne. Even if things are better else where. Not one person who came to live in kansas city from other countries all say they love in here. kansas city. But love the country which they came. Most dont say im an american. They say im from kansas city❤.
Happy I found your channel, I'm an American and you are providing great information. I know very little about Russia and this is great. I would like you to touch on Ukraine and how Russian locals view this issue. Why did Russians leave for Ukraine in the first place. I'll keep watching; you two are really fun to listen to. I'm not a big fan of socialized medicine and schooling, but interesting to consider both sides. You two make an awesome couple. Bill in Keller, Texas.
Ksenia the houses look nice in the States but you will be bored to death, if you lived here. Everybody is locked up in their houses all day. Nobody sits on their porch and most of the neighbours don’t know each other. You have to have a car to get food or anything else you might need. Can you imagine what is like for older people who don’t have a car or cannot drive anymore? Most of the doctors here work for large corporations and are not free to practice as they should. They are told how to practice medicine and that is bad news for the patients. A visit to the doctor is most of the time 5 minutes. I have been to doctors offices in Greece where it takes from 1 hour, 30- 20 minutes for just one patient according to their needs.
In Russia we have this thing, (when I was little I thought it's universal, but I guess it's not), where doctor come to your home and examine you there when you get sick. And I don't mean here the ambulance when it's serious. But just when you get sick with a cold for example and have high temperature (it was even more shocking that people sometimes in some countries just keep going to work and school when that happen apparently), you call to clinic and doctor come to your home. All of it is free too. And then when you get better and not in bed resting state anymore you go to them to clinic yourself so they give you document for your school or workplace that you were sick during that time period
I would say, Russian villages are nice not standardized . Dan , compare also with an American village. Cities like Moscow vs American cities like San Francisco. In Russia there are no homeless people on the street. I prefer Russia, if I were as young as you. Now I am already settled in Asia.
"In Russia there are no homeless people on the street." - well, you can find homeless people on the streets even here, especially in big cities... I've recently tried to count them on purpose, during 50-minutes tram ride. Departure point / end station of the tram route: 1 (sleeping on the bench in the park), middle of the journey: 1 more (sleeping next to the ventilation of the underground parking), end of the tram route - a place called "three railways stations" (три вокзала): 2 groups x 4 persons each (drinking already, at 08:20 on Sunday morning...). But the "tri vokzala" is an area that is really famous for that type of creatures, I must say... Total: 10 homeless in 50 minutes.
If i could i would live in outback Australia, where the nearest neighbor is like 2hrs away... By plane. people dont really know how big Australia is. Anna Creek Station has an area of 23,677 km2 (9,142 sq mi; 5,851,000 acres) which is slightly larger than Israel. It is over seven times the size of the United States' biggest ranch, King Ranch in Texas, which is 3,340 km2 (830,000 acres; 1,290 sq mi). Yes its a big place, not quite as large as Russia.
Good morning. My name is Seydou Kone. I like your comparisons between the two city&town or village. I think both cities are beautiful. Lake Bailkal is just a blessing. I am originally from Mali (W. Africa). Thank you all for your videos:-))
In the vicinity of Los Angeles, the advantage is the climate and a lot of economic opportunities, because it is a big city. The purchasing power is greater, for example, for food and technical things, but the other things equal one minus one plus. You can beautify many things even without spending money, all you need is the will. It depends on what a person wants more in life. In the US, you can also go to areas with cheap houses, but property taxes are almost like rent. From my observations and monitoring. Let's not forget to mention that in the USA you have a wide variety of women to choose from, which makes the view even more colorful.
Dude I live in LA and there isn't that many good women around. Life is expensive in LA too. A lot of women are still cute but are tatted up and partially gay too. Your forgetting to add that.
You are doing a very GOOD thing in your channel! I wish you good luck! I never was in US, so for me such comparisons are very interesting! from Moscow with love.
Большинство российских студентов учится бесплатно, то есть учёбу оплачивает государство. Главное, чтобы было нормальное количество баллов за экзамены. Есть много бюджетных мест в университетах. Также есть специальности, где абсолютно все места бюджетные. Студент будет платить в том случае, если у него недостаточно баллов для поступления на эту специальность, либо если все бюджетные места уже заняты (вся бюджетная группа набрана). Но также есть и более престижные специальности и университеты (чаще - частные), где обучение только платное. В государственный университет всегда есть шанс поступить на бюджетное место, особенно если человек имеет высокие баллы за экзамены.
Hello to both of you, this was very cool and interesting! Thank you both for the great videos and information you guys provide my wife and I always watch. God bless you both take care
Nice video! The cost for universities in the US can be inexpensive. Although the "regular" tuition runs something like $50,000 USD a year, but if you attend one that is in State, public, then you will get lots of help to bring it down to $12,000 per year, which is about US$ 1,000 per month. If you use Community College for the first two years, then transfer to a state school, then the cost will come down even more. (I'm not talking about private colleges, which could still be cheap, if you have good grades. I got 4 year full scholarship through good grades.)
In Russia in one of the best(or may be the best one) Uneversity MGU(Moscow Government University) which is really high level and where very very talented people learning and teaching and so on, price is about 435 000 rubls (about 5000$ per year) And you could even get there for free if your exams after school would be close to perfect.
I am really enjoying your channel, I just found it a couple of weeks ago, and I started back on some of your older videos and catching up. The medical system here in the United States really sucks. Like you suggested, it’s more about the money than anything else.
I live in the San Joaquin Valley, which is North of Sylmar. The area that I live has agriculture, and a more unique look in housing. Everywhere in the World has its own unique beauty. What matters most is that you have each other, and that you will be accepted no matter where you live. I hope the two of you come to California - you make wherever you go, a better place 🫶Todd
I do like the concept of socialized medicine. Also, the cost of education, and access to it in Russia is better than in the U.S. The U.S. does have very respectable Universities, particularly in The University of California system. However, I am paying for my daughter’s education (veterinary medical school) at a cost of $60,000 a semester (USD). That will put a hole in your pocket. Again, the only thing that matters - happiness lives where the heart feels Love ❤️
honestly we already pay for bad roads even in America.. why not pay a little for at least a basic doctors check up. Sylmar has gotten better since I was young thanks a lot for the input and for watching
@@Wild-Siberia You’re doing a great job. I’ve been watching you for a while now. Like you, I’m a veteran, but I was lucky. My service didn’t require combat duty. There are pluses and minuses to living in the U.S. and living in Russia. Yes, the roads are better here, and the healthcare system seems better there. It boils down to what fits ‘both’ of you the best. The political system is a mess here, and it’s a mess there. We can shut a government out of our daily lives. You went to Russia for a reason, whatever it was, and Love found you. Do whatever makes Ksenia happy. I promise, you’ll be happy wherever you are! 🫶 Your Friend, Todd
There are problems in any country as there is good in almost any country. I have extra affinity for Russians. I have never met a more peaceful and kind hearted people! Germans and many other people are also very nice, but Russians and many other Slavic people have an extra sweet gene or something. Also the Russian accent to me is the most cute in the world! The Russian language is musical to me as well. My grandparents were from Russia. When I was very young they kind of raised me in Russian cultural ways and tried to teach me Russian language, but living in two cultures (western and Russian) and being so young I could not tackle it as well. I did get to see the Bolshoi Ballet twice in full glory and got to try a tiny bit of Russian cuisine, but my grandparents did not give us kids much of it because they did not think we would like and they felt it was not that healthy. I remember trying Blintzes, but my grandmother would make them plain for us kids and not traditional. I remember trying Borsht and not liking it at all, sorry. I also remember a sandwich my grand mother used to make that I loved. Over time I had forgotten I was even part Russian and all. Later, actually about 8 years ago I met my best, closest and only friend who happens to be Russian, who was living in Russia, but now lives in Armenia due to the war. We met mysteriously through a blog which turned into prolific emails and 9 months later we switched to phone calls. Our first phone conversation was very emotional, we cried a lot, but managed a two and half hour conversation and it was magic. Every phone conversation since has been magic. Without my mentioning it or anything she said I am part Russian or all Russian. That made me remember growing up with my grandparents and she made me dig into that. Upon receiving documents and everything and telling her she said "see, I knew it, you are part Russian"! She said "Even if that was not the case it would change nothing about our friendship". It was a little challenging for me at first because she taught me what real friendship was, something I had never experienced. All my past "friendships" were superficial by comparison. We grew and continue to grow closer and closer with every conversation and message. We are so close now that people would mistake us for being married or related. She is fairly younger than I am and an ex-model, she is now a teacher. She was just coming out of modeling when we met. That is part of what pains me about the war in Ukraine. Russians and Ukrainians lived in peace. I know most Russians still do not hate Ukrainians in their hearts despite all the propaganda. We are all Slavs. About 7 years ago she told me that "Russians friendships are forever". My best friend has taught me so much and she says I have also taught her through our mutual deep interests, which are many. We are soulmates in true form and feel each other all the time despite being thousands of miles apart. We have even had the same dreams at the same time! I also had other Russians acquaintances at the same time, but changes were made o their end in communications that I can't get in the states and we lost touch. I have also met Russians in person from time to time in the states and the kind-heartedness, genuine demeaner and everything that is good are the common thread. I even remember going to my grandparent's friends house and being instructed to be on best behavior, which I always was. I remember one time I was admiring a lamp and my grandparents friends tried to give it to me. Russian generosity and kindness is world renowned. The thing I also love is the Russian mentality. I am of similar, but it is not easy living in the west like that. Whenever I see videos showing everyday Russians in blogs and such I just want to go there and have hugs and have more friends and everything. Of course, it takes a while to get to friendship as Russians are a shy people (I know I am) and they are careful. If one is patient though, there is no greater reward than friendship with a Russian. Mt best friend is very smart as well, she speaks three languages fluently, Russian of course, English and Spanish, which she learned in 5 weeks! I also love the sincerity of Russians, they are genuine and expect others to be honest and genuine as well. My best friend and I have no secrets. We are always honest with each other and everything is said and done with love, you can just feel it! I will never find that in the states, it just isn't part of the culture. It is really different knowing one can be completely open and honest and won't be harshly judged, but rather supported. (Unless you are doing something you shouldn't of course). I have learned a lot about Russia as well and there are many things I am almost envious of and some I am not. Overall though, I think Russia has a leg up on the west in some important areas. Culture is a big one. Russia is overwhelmingly rich with culture. It is one of the music capitals of the world. For me the thing that mostly makes a country beautiful are the people. I'm not a fan of my own country where I live because of the mentality. I worry about Russians wanting to live here especially now. it is a rather hostile environment and Russians deserve love and peace, not hostility. It is also far too expensive even by economies of scale, many people here struggle.
Странно это читать. Ты так всё описываешь, словно ты живёшь где-то в Японии, где всё очень сложно с социальным взаимодействием. Или это становится уже глобальной проблемой?) В России на самом деле нет такой проблемы, друг в России - это что-то ближе к брату.
Referring about Russia talking about "deserve love and peace, not hostility" is quite weird in these days. First I was angry, but now it is somehow funny to me, how all these Russia-is-nice-clips including the comment section ignore the war. Russia is turning into the opposite of love, peace and friendship, they even re-wrote the history books and made new classes to teach little kids how to become the perfect soldiers for the Csar. but okay...everyone has an own choice
@@DmitriyNeizvestniy Privet Dmitriy. I wish I could reply in Russian, but I can't. I'm in the US, but all my friends and acquaintances are in Russia. What you described to Japan is the way it is in t the US. There are no real friendships in the US. Friendship in the US is merely superficial and not lasting. My best and extremely close friend for the last 8 years and counting is Russian. Even though we are thousands of miles apart, we are so close people think we are married or related. She made me realize that I had never had a real friend in my life until she came along. About a year into our friendship she gave me the Russian blessing of stating that we are friends forever. She also recently told me that her family has already accepted me a while ago. She and I have no secrets. So I do understand you and I am familiar with Russian culture as I also happen to be part Russian myself. My babushka i dedushka were from Russia. They raised me in some of the Russian ways and my parents raised me in some American ways. I much prefer the Russian ways and I try to live my life accordingly. No, it is not easy living in America, at least for me.
@@jerrylee4485 You misunderstand me. I'm talking about the everyday people, not the government and such. The story you hear from them in public in front of cameras is quite different then what you hear in private. You would know this if you got to know some Russians on a personal level.
@@A-fo4sc what isn’t real about that that? It isn’t whining just stating the fact that Putler behaves in Ukraine just like Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Pol Poht, Idi Amin and all the other slaughterers the world had to endure.
Random thoughts: Our backgrounds are fairly similar. My parents were Blue Collar and couldn't help with my college so I decided to join the military and get the GI bill. Are you going to be able to use your GI Bill? I was going to get out after 4 - hah! Used the GI Bill 20 years later. Medical - I've done free and paid medical care in Russia. Paid medical care in Russia is MUCH better. I needed to have my gall bladder out in Russia. I went and looked at a non-pay clinic (no way in hell!). I looked at a for pay Russian hospital in Moscow. I got a tour of the rooms (to include operating) and met with my potential surgeon. I was VERY impressed. If I wanted to pay cash, it would have only cost me $1500! I also liked the Doctor's professionalism. However, I ended up going to the European Medical Center in Moscow, which is very high end. It cost $15,000 for the operation. TRICARE paid 90%, so it evened out. Roads are MUCH better in the States. If you drive out of the Moscow Region into the Tula Region, you DEFINITELY know when you've crossed into Tula (bump, bump "Hey, watch out for that hole!"). Housing - 13 years in Russia in 6 different cities, I never lived in a house. It was all apartment living. When my wife first moved to the States (Tampa), she wanted a condo, and to have stores, restaurants, laundry etc close by. Now that we're out in California,living in a house and she's driving - I can't see us returning to the Condo life. At the end of the day, there's no comparison between Russia and America for equality. While there are SOME similarities, there's so much that's different. I think the true beauty of Russia is in those differences. Just because something is different, doesn't mean it's better or worse, it's just different. I think you and Ksenia did a nice job of explaining that point. Also, she has really blossomed from the early videos! Your teamwork dual-sharing is awesome! Thank you for the great content and putting it out there.
Please compare the average home property taxes of your home town to hers. I moved out of a "taxed to death" central northern state to NW Tennessee. I have 3 acres , next to Kentucky lake a. modular home and two out buildings. My property taxes last year, $248.00 Also, TN has no state income tax.
@@СимонВизенталь-ы7ь Would they be different in, say Moscow as compared to other areas in Russia? For example taxes in Nashville TN are much higher than the county where I live.
@@subiesojourner777 Tax rates are the same in all regions. The only difference is whether the property is for residential or commercial use. For private land purchases, the rate is 0.3%. For farming, the rate is 1.5%.
Дэн, а кто занимается организаторской деятельностью с домами в США? Фирма или администрация? Просто у нас старые деревни в России, которые отстроились так, как хотят их владельцы. И вот только недавно начали появляться подобные частные проекты с "одинаковыми домами"))
usually the government sells plots of land and allows building companies to build the houses. I like personal built homes with unique looks like in Russia and Mexico
Обычно Совет комьюнити. В России он бы назывался Поселковая администрация. Совет определяет места застройки и общий дизайн микрорайона, от фасадов домов до ландшафта. Изменение и первого и второго только через письменное разрешение Совета.
улицы или парки выглядят в зависимости от кол-ва людей проживающих там, плюс стоимость обслуживания парков, чисто для примера сравните старый Детройт и когда он "развалился". То есть зависит от денег, сколько может позволить себе город. Конечно ещё облицовка зданий, домов, они тоже добавляют к красоте города.
Ещё заметил в видео, что рядом с домами нет общественного пространства (не парк), там где бы соседи общались и дети возле дома играли, не только свои, но и чужие.
The suburbs and small towns of America and Russia are really different in most cases, as far as i've seen. Many American suburbs are quite nice in general, but they look like the developers were just going Ctrl+C/Ctrl-V on them. It's not a bad thing per se, if the general design is good, on the contrary - it gives a place a nice uniform look; but as a little nitpick, to my Russian eye, whenever i see the footage of American suburbs, especially given their usual size, i kinda feel lost already just by looking at them through my computer screen. Like, the cameraman can turn on the other street, and it feels completely identical to the one he was at before. It gives me a feeling of being trapped in like an infinite maze or something. Russian suburbs, on the other hand, are mostly pure primal chaos, where it's normal to see a shabby wooden izba being next to a glorious 3-story mansion with a garage for 4 cars or something. It's really jarring most of the time, but on the other hand, hey, at least you could buy property according to your income - these old izbas sell basically for the price of the land itself, which is quite cheap in Russia, so even low-income people can afford them. Like, even as low as 2-10k$ cheap, and for that price you'd usually get 600-1000m2 piece of land and even some copium shabby house with it. And if/when their financial situation improves, they just demolish the old building and start building a new one on this piece of land they own. The cool part about it is that there's little to no government regulation in that regard, so everyone just builds whatever they want, can afford, and to their tastes and needs. Also, i think that the whole philosophy of suburbs and villages is vastly different in our countries, when it comes to how middle-class families see it. As far as i can tell, in USA, if you're middle class, it's normal to only have one property per family, and it's either an apartment in the downtown, or a house in suburbs. Like, you have to choose and compromise, mainly because property is extremely expensive in the US. Russian middle-class families can often afford to have both. They live in their apartment most of the time, and use their private suburban house as more of a recreational facility that's closer to nature (the so-called "dacha"); so they can have the best of both worlds - convenience of living in the big city and the ability to take a break from that and just chill on the quiet ourskirts. Ofcourse, property is still expensive af compared to the income of the most people in Russia, i'm not trying to say that it's all sunshine and rainbows here, and if you want not just the land, but an actually good house built on it, it's gonna be hella expensive. But still, it's much more manageable to have more than one property per family, and it's quite common even for low-income families to have a dacha as well as their own apartments. So, to sum it up, American suburbs are more like a place to live all the time. Russian suburbs are for many families the same, but also for many it's more of a place they visit occasionally to get away from the hustle of big cities.
В России если вы заболели, то вы идёте в поликлинику. В поликлинике врач вам открывает больничный лист. Номер больничного листа отправляете работодателю через мессенджер. Когда вы выздоравливаете вам больничный лист закрывают и вы на следующий день выходите на работу. За больничный вы получаете деньги от работодателя - первые три дня больничного. Все последующие дни больничного вам оплачивает ФСС. Работодатель сам подаёт документы на выплату в ФСС, вам ничего делать не нужно. Выплата приходит вам на зарплатный счёт.
The houses in USA in the valley is changing the Armenians are buying up van Nuys and the houses are all looking different now! Only the new houses and neighborhoods are basically the same
I paid, when I was in Florida visiting my bro there, 100 per 12 miles of ambulance ride. I paid for my bro's ex wife, she didn't have insurance herself that would cover that. If Americans paid more taxes they could have a similar system. Here in Denmark I pay 39 % taxes, and we have free education and university and free healthcare, all covered by our taxes, except for the dentist bills. I like our system, and the Russian system better than the US system. I've traveled a lot to the US. Visiting friends and family. The most important thing for a foreigner when traveling to the US is a good travel and legal insurance. That's very important. When my bro's ex was in the hospital for a week with her broken leg, that cost the insurance about 100.000 $😖 Thank you Ksenia and Daniel for making and sharing this video, please keep sharing videos like this and of the nature and city🙏🤗🤠 Greetings from Denmark 🇩🇰
какая-то неподъемная сумма, 100000$... как-то несправедливо. Я извиняюсь, но мне кажется, что переплачивают за воздух. Это грабеж на официальном уровне.
again you guys , great video !! ..... i love both your countries actually , but both for different reasons ! But if they asked me where do you want to go to live .... i'd choose Russia !
@@Wild-Siberia yeah well i'm from Belgium , actually here in Belgium we have almost no homeless people because as like in Russia if you are sick you get help , every citizen has health insurance. university is between 7000 $ and 16000 $ /year depending on what classes you follow.
I have the VA too, sometimes if you get a good primary assigned doctor they can be really helpful, but it still takes months to get things done. I’m currently in Idaho and need cardio care and the nearest VA is 4 hours away so they have set me up with local community care. The problem is that I’ve been waiting one month to even get scheduled. Also, I’ll be going back to Ventura CA in a couple months and will need to transfer to a cardiologist there. That may be a whole other series of months before I can get seen by them.
Waiting queue to doctors for several months is very common in Russia. My mother lives in Kaliningrad and she require periodical testing. Its always a painful long wait to see the specialist doctor. Maybe not so in Moscow, but Moscow isn't exactly Russia as people around me are used to say.
@@za_ozerowow that’s interesting ! When Ksenias father was sick he was able to go the same day to seek help not months. The same with ksenia when she broke her leg it was immediately. I can’t imagine having to wait months in Russia I’ve seen people get help on the same day if they have any issues!
@@Wild-Siberia and you haven't heard that through government medical reform hundreds of hospitals are being shut down? Have you heard of 2 week maximum term of patient being in hospital after which one is dismissed whether healed or not? Russian medical system is a bleak shadow of soviet one and being cut and shut drastically.
1 I really liked the form of streets in Sylmar and the general 'neatness', but everything seemed like huge residential areas with no schools, kindergardens, or convenience stores, or even pharmacies. Personally, I feel that people should be able to walk to places like that, not drive all the time. At the same time I didn't like that many house owners in Russia remove interesting wood carving and cover the houses with plastic. Our architecture is our unique feature, and this is what people from big cities come to see and enjoy in small places. 2 All children study approximately the same 12-13 subjects at high school: Russian, Foreign Language, Native Language (in ethnic republics), Literature, Algebra, Geometry, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, History, Economics and Law, P.E. There are just specialized classes in many schools who do more humanities or more maths and science, and children should pass exams after 5th or 7th year to get there. But if you go to a vocational school after 9th grade, you have to study a profession PLUS all those academic subjects😱. Because everybody should have the right to go to uni. BTW 45% of university students in Russia don't pay for their education, and even more vocational school students study for free. If you pass exams after 9th or 11th grade well, you don't pay for further studies. 3 I don't always have very positive experiences about our medicine, but it's good. This autumn I did a regular medical checkup: blood, ECG, fluorography, mammography, visits to GP, ophtalmologist and some other doctors. I just went to the nurse dealing with these checkups, got appointments to all doctors and analyses and left. I visited all doctors during one week and got all necessary advice and prescriptions. Now I'm having some problems with my teeth, and I'll get treatment for free. Yes, dental care for free. But there is one thing: doctors at public dental clinics are usually quite young, and we don't come to them with very serious problems. If you need to have your tooth pulled out, you usually go to an experienced private surgeon and pay, or you'll be a laboratory mouse for a young one)))
My friend, everyone can be sure about this matter. Ksenia lives in Russia. Obviously, this is an irreplaceable advantage in the competition between Russia and the USA. Russia leads. Baikal and its region are just an encore.
@@Wild-Siberia "bobibobi" wrote mindful comment . I have a question for you Daniel . Would you stay for good in Slyudyanka if you wouldn't have Ksenija next to you ?
From the air, the town your wife grew up in looks like the East Bay area in Northern California, Contra Costa County. The town of Sylmar was still under development in the late 1980's. Your beautiful wife's hometown, during the time of Peter the Great or before. I remember when Sylmar was still all desert land. Streets in communities and neighborhoods look so much more organized in the Western US, because we are a car culture, and have been since the 1950's. Russia/Siberia, not so much. People there depended mostly on public transportation or beasts of burden to get from one place to another. Look at the local streets and roads in Rural Western Europe and you will see what I mean, a hodge podge of twists and turns, cobblestone streets and such. That is why British/European cars are so compact. Try driving an American pickup truck on the roads there. When it comes to housing, it boils down to central planning vs commercial development, apples and oranges. Go to any big city in Russia, Ukraine, or any of the Eastern Bloc Countries and you will see a mixture of beautiful pre-Bolshevik, and Lego block type industrial high rise post Bolshevik architecture. We tried this in United States cities during LBS's "Great Society", but they were bulldozed after failure in the early 2000's to double down on "Better looking" public housing that will fail. But I digress. Funny you compare rural Siberia's colorful homes to Mexico. Probably from traditional Christian culture. The Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox and Catholics mixed with an agrarian people love their bright pastel colors for some reason. BTW, I love the Mexican Culture. Traditional, hardworking and family oriented people. My suegra and her family are the most loving people I know. My mother's side of the family are Russian, not so much. More like tough love. My grandma Koverchenko's favorite saying was, "Sympathy comes between💩and Syphilis in the dictionary kid!" 💩
Daniel your home town is much different than mine. But infrastructure does make a difference. But her home is nice. Midwest I call home. Yes my sons went to college on grant's. And my nieces and nephews.
Hi guys. This is a lovely video. On housing, at least in Siberia they often live in houses. I have experienced Moscow flats and I don't think I could live like that. The suburbs in America have nice clean streets. I am with you Daniel about it being way too cookie cutter. I could live in either place. I think I prefer American suburbs. University education is better in Russia I think. Many people can pass tests and get a free education. You can get financial assistance in America but the cost is so damn high that any assistance may not go far. My parents paid for my education. However, back in my day, the government subsidized higher education. So, I typically paid less than $2,000 per year for my education. My mother and I paid to educate my 3 children. Fortunately, they chose to live at home so we only paid tuition and books and that was about $20,000 per year per child. It wasn't easy and we drove old cars and kept our expenses down Don't get me started on medical care in America. We truly suck. We are the only major industrial economy with no government health care for most people. Funny story but I actually had to get stitches at a Moscow hospital. I had the same fear as Daniel and my Russian friend could not understand. Finally, she insisted and gave me the address of the closest hospital. It was totally free and then my drugs cost less than $5.00 USD. Still, I hear that things are declining there and it sometimes pays to have money to go to Europe for healthcare. С Новым Годом to both of you.
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I prefer the videos on Russia. That is my interest. Still like to watch you guys though ❤
Oh shit brother you’re from Sylmar ca? I’m in Santa Clarita! Don Los Angeles California
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I am a Filipino working here in Moscow . When my wife needs medical attention, we call an ambulance, check her, and bring her to the emergency make a major operation , she stay 5 days in hospital. We pay nothing.
That's unreal I am happy for you and your ability to seek help thanks so much for sharing this!
@@Wild-Siberia it's true. And it's Free not only for Russians only
Wow!
Is free indeed .@@Wild-Siberia
Here, in Russia, we have so called ' budget places ' at our Universities. My son graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology ( MIPT) in 2014. He studied 6 years free of charge ! And a lot of his friends - the same. If you pass school exams with good marks - the way to the Universities in Russia is opened !
Yes, Ksenia probably studied before current standard exam system where you can just apply to different universities with your results. It was new thing back then. And it was much more difficult to get free places and you needed, after passing all school exams, pass all exams that university requires AGAIN in EACH university
Thats absolutely brilliant!
I would say in U.S. for my experience, both my son and I took out student and parent loans for him to attend. I know in some families parents did not help at all. I like the houses in Russia, but streets in U.S. I think Russia has better medical system. Yes. I like comparing countries but I listen occasionally to another Russian who talks negatively about Russian economy, and that it is going back to U.S.S.R times of control. I see conflicting views from him and other Russian you tubers I watch which is just opposite. Yours I hope will be a balanced approach.
@@Wild-Siberia about 30% of pupils(all over the Russia) after school as far as I know goes to the University for free. Of course if you want to go to the top Universities like МГУ or MFTI and many others high level of those, you should get a really good points on ЕГЭ(Universal exam after 11th class school) but for those who reaaly want it and study a lot it is more than real i believe(just patience and hard work on learning ) so the better university is the harder it get to there.
But there are a lot of not so popular and famous ones in which you also get a good education more or less so more ways open for everybody and of course if you get enough money you could go to the famous ones as well(not even close in terms of money compare to the US) like to get an education in МГУ (one of the most famous one in Russia) you pay about 435 000 rubles/year. Of course even if you want to get your education there you still needs some level on exams(not high but not awful) and it is understandable. Cause what s the point in learning high math with a huge pressure in learning when you don't know the basic.
@@JIUNnF изучать астрономию при наличии интереса к ней никто не мешает и самостоятельно. Ну а что касается добычи ископаемых из астероидов - это дело очень далекого будущего (и то если это вообще когда-то состоится). Себестоимость такой добычи и доставки этого сырья на Землю будет такая, что проще уж откуда-нибудь со дна океана их добывать. Даже если это будет Марианская впадина. Проблема на самом деле не столько в нехватке ресурсов на Земле, сколько в их распределении и бессмысленном расходовании (потребл@дское общество, извиняюсь за свой французский). Капитализм победил социалистическую идеологию, но при этом загнал в тупик сам себя - товаров фактически уже давно производится больше, чем реально нужно, но прервать этот процесс невозможно, так как сразу же рухнет вся система. Поэтому, например, автомобили уже давно производятся не так, чтобы служили как можно дольше, а наоборот - сознательно делаются с расчетом на то, чтобы откатать определенный километраж и сдохнуть, вынуждая хозяина покупать новую машину.
In Russian schools (the remnant of the USSR's education sytem) you do not choose subjects, you study everything. Because you are *not* a particular set of functions, you are a *human being.* And as a human being, you need to be well-versed in all sides of human life.
Это уже не совсем верное утверждение. Сейчас во многих школах после 9 класса есть выбор специализации. У моей дочери в школе подразделение на гуманитарный класс и математический. У них отличается учебная программа и отличаются требования к экзаменам.
@@alekseyg5171 Вот докатились... "Зачем программистам понимать поэзию?" "Зачем поэтам физика?" У обслуги есть только функция. Печально. Но ничего. Когда-нибудь нас и наших детей вновь будут считать людьми, Человеком с большой буквы.
@@dorothydepth000 их не лишают общей программы, просто в учебном плане на математику и физику больше часов. У гуманитарщиков наоборот
@@dorothydepth000 вам бы только поныть, раньше было лучше, мороженное без гмо и колбаса из экологичной бумаги. В итоге эти "люди" СССР и просрали, поэты хреновы
@@alekseyg5171 реформа образования началась аж с Хрущёва. Так что СССР развалили уже другие люди, не советские. Ещё не функции, но уже не творцы. Это так, к сведению.
Я высказала своё отношение к античеловеческому подходу в образовании и надежду на возрождение нашего народа. А ноете здесь вы: вас так задел мой ответ, что вы написали аж два сообщения, умудрившись перейти на личности и пожаловаться на "неправильные комментарии в интернете". Помогло хоть?
Thank you both, such a Cool Video! I worked in healthcare for 25yrs. I have seen it from both sides and I agree with Daniel, healthcare is a business in the US. Raising 4 children I can personally attest to the financial hardship that medical care creates, and that is WITH insurance. Russia definitely wins on that!
It's so sad how obviously business it is in america!
Russian healthcare is a non existent joke.
@@Wild-Siberiaпотому что Америкой управляют бизнесмены из форбса, такие как кланы Рокфеллеры, Родшильды и другие, как вы думаете, почему до сих пор Байден на посту президента, который не может читать даже из суфлера, теряется на сцене, потому что это выгодно кланам управляющей Америкой...
Про медицину - любой гражданин России имеет право на лечение любой сложности. Мою маму вылечили от рака, моему отцу восстановили слух поставив ушные имплантаты ( правда в очереди почти год стоял на операцию - а это дорого, если за деньги).
Как отец троих детей - ипотека в рублях под 0% . И детей кормили в школе бесплатно, как и бесплатно они ездили на транспорте.
Мой налог, как предпринимателя - 1% с оборота (ленинградская область).
И много чего ещё.
На взгляд западных стран, в России низкие зарплаты... Но... Сравнив доходы и расходы - россияне вполне богатые люди.
Я полмира обьездил - не хочу нигде жить, кроме России.
god bless you and your family I’m glad that there’s so many chances 🙏🏻
Ну, я лично не предприниматель и не могу сказать, что зарабатываю много (обычно это 90-100 тысяч рублей в месяц, то есть, грубо говоря, в районе тысячи долларов - меньше, чем зарплата дворника в США).
Но. Я являюсь владельцем жилья, в котором живу, и на нем нет каких-либо обременений. У меня нет активных кредитов и я не должен ни одного рубля или доллара ни одному банку. Денег, которые я зарабатываю, мне гарантированно хватает на удовлетворение всех базовых потребностей (коммунальные услуги, еда, одежда и т.д.), я не нуждаюсь в чем-то типа американских food stamps. Еще и остается - у меня всегда есть свободная сумма (обычно не меньше 250-300 тысяч) и я без проблем могу себе позволить какое-нибудь баловство - например, купить навороченный игровой компьютер. Причем не в кредит, а просто снять с карты сколько нужно денег, пойти в магазин, заплатить и забрать.
Так что, думаю, в США есть немало людей, которые хотя и зарабатывают (на бумаге) больше меня, но фактически их материальное положение хуже моего.
В США все равно придется стоять в очереди на операцию по пол года минимум, и это при том, что ты платишь
@@rusmorpeh3314you are correct in this
Что это за бред, какой ещё 1%? Всё граждане платят налог с зарплаты размером 13%, НДС называется. Даже те кто получает МРОТ (ниже 150$). Средняя ипотека 6,7%.
Зачем врать то так и придумывать цирфы из головы?
Thanks guys!! Ksenia's hair looked great today! You are a lucky man Daniel
she’s gonna love reading this Zenith 🤣☝🏻
Like the video. When I first moved to Russia, even with a temporary staying permit, I got the free healthcare as everyone else. The only difference with Russian citizenship is that now my healthcare insurance doesn't have an expiration date anymore.
Wow thats insane!
@WildSiberian so normally, if you go to a Russian insurance company you will get also free healthcare.
Yes, even if you don't work and don't pay any taxes.
Keep this GIRL..marry her,I'm Polish living in USA 35 plus..you cant get any better,..she is great.
🙏🏻
Both countries are beautiful with truly stunning nature. Hello from Moscow.
Without a doubt! Hello! from Siberia !
🇺🇸 is better like 95% has streets not dirt road and mostly beautiful and clean
@@oscargalindo7920 I’ll see when I go home later this year 😅
@@Wild-Siberia communist California and few other democrat states have many part's looking horrible bc of the homless addicts🤣 come to Kentucky Tennessee and other republican states they look very nice not saying all of Russia is poor and bad looks nice to get a wife 🤣 only couple good things about Russia is that women are extremely different from 🇺🇸
@@oscargalindo7920and really kind wonderful nice people like you, most importantly 🥰👍
Шутка из 90-x: Американский университет это где русский профессор учит китайцев математике
🤣☝🏻
Ето не шутка ето реальност
@@Wild-Siberiapls pls show us the tent cities, clean streets tell us how they smell, show us American paid stubs from pay checks working hrs etc American Beauties puhahahahahaha the Truth will set you free!
@@udififkfkfck it will be done
Почему-то в реальности, больная часть профессоров и лауреатов премии по математике - это американцы.
I would love to see a video comparing life in Siberia to life in Moscow.
I can do that when im back in Russia
Baikal, mountains, interesting roads circling houses... I love it. Different houses give individual unique expression and personality. American homes seem, on the surface, to be good because everything's the same. Take it from someone who was raised in that kind of neighborhood. It gets to your brain. Everyone tries to be uniform while hiding their natural selves under the veneer of systematic, unnatural, "we are the sameness" (at least, in my neighborhood, it was). By the time I was a teenager, I felt crushed by the fact that I didn't fit in that uniformity. And now, my old neighborhood is changing bc everyone wants to add their own expression to their homes. People are building up and out; repainting, adding spaces, gardens, etc. Or, some have let their homes fall apart. To each his own, I guess. I now live in a place where all the homes are different even in the same neighborhood. We are surrounded by forests and are located near the ocean. Many people have redwood trees in their yards! It's very beautiful and consequently, people here are friendly without being too much in their neighbors' business. I hope to visit Russia one day, especially near Lake Baikal, but definitely St. Petersburg and Moscow as well. (And a train trip to Mongolia)
Health care in Russia is far better, for sure. When you get older in the US and don't work anymore, forget it. You really have to pay attention to eating smart and exercising just to avoid having to go to a doctor. Most elderly can't afford medication. They have to choose between medication and eating and many of our elderly are now living on the streets after working all their lives in the system. Their retirement income isn't enough to pay rent. It's definitely time for major transformation in the US.
I love this town as well a good place to raise kids!
Both have beauty but Lake Baikal is absolutely the winner in that contest!
I agree 🤣
Most of 🇷🇺 looks similar to 🇲🇽 but 🇷🇺 don't have extreme poverty like MX
Did you see Lake Tahoe?
Very nice video, I loved the honest comparison.
Just FYI,
I attended a good US state university (NC State University) via the GI Bill. I joined the US Navy in 1984 specifically to be able to get the GI Bill.
The US government paid about 75% of my tuition and fees. My family was working class and without the GI Bill I would not have been able to afford to attend University. And apparently it is even better now, the current GI Bill covers 100% of the tuition and fees at a public university and also covers most of the price of living expenses.
Life in both countries have pros and cons. I've never been to the US, but I'm sure there are many beautiful places where life is comfortable and safe, especially if you have a good income. I'm curious to visit the US some day as a tourist. Also I love my homeland - Russia, and I've been in many places here. I definitely choose my land to live because of it's nature, people and their mentality
There’s absolutely tons of beautiful places that I love in America 🙏🏻
В сша безопасно? При наличии у маргинального слоя населения огнестрельного оружия... Конечно, конечно, я верю вам. 😂😅😂😅
@@artem_tot я написала, что там есть безопасные места, думаете это не так?
@@blumentales да я смотрю вы знаток сша, давно там живете?
@@artem_tot мне кажется, я всё понятно написала в первом комментарии, даже если он с ошибками. Проблемы с огнестрельным оружием в США известны, но это не отменяет того факта, что там тоже есть много безопасных мест для жизни, в хороших районах. Вы же решили прицепиться к словам. Можете не отвечать)
Right now Russians economy I would say is in a way better future even though wages are not great for what I understand but on the flip side food and transportation and electricity and gas etc. is way cheaper than the west and they look like they have a better future ahead where as in the west it’s not looking to rosy anytime soon the way our politicians are acting… especially the Canadian ones!! Why the hell are they standing up and applauding a Ukrainian nazi? Twice!! You can’t tell me that each one of those politicians didn’t think… wait just a minute? Did the speaker say the 98 year was fighting Russia in the WW2?? It was disgusting watching it on TH-cam and I still don’t read it in my local news paper here in NZ ?? Booooooo👎
Kiaora bro, they wont show that mate. Only how russia is being wiped out every day. LOL NOT!
I am censored here in Australia mate, IP address is banned by META, Cant comment on RT News. Censored across the board, bordering on isolating me. I'm actually surprised i can comment on here. I've already been warned by TH-cam cos someone complained about my comments.. 'Apparently' Take care over the ditch. Kia kaha.
@@Lex-Hawthorn hi my friend from across the ditch! Well damn I feel really sorry for you that sounds terrible! They still don’t print it in the media except the nzherald? Nobody reads that that I know of? Had to google search that article… and that’s about it? But they still print stories about Russian commander 'killed in Crimea missile strike' appears to be alive in Kremlin video, reach I’m surprised they have a little objectivity? Not much, but they have moved away from UKRAINE WINNING!!! which I had to read just about every other day for the past year and a half?? really? When were they ever winning?I could see the lies from the beginning. As for META (Facebook) that’s just toxic and I avoid discussions on that completely, that’s maybe why they targeted you, it does seem to have a lot of influence targeting people and taking them off other platforms. I’ve argued tons on TH-cam but yet haven’t come at me? ( knock on wood😅 ) It just seems to be one big clown show from the western media and governments I can’t believe how stupid they are with sanctioning Russia and yet they still do it and we suffer for it with high oil prices and food?
American wages are same as Russian wages soon Russian wages will be higher than American pay checks!
Hi Dan.
Homeboy, the Old World always wins hands down. Respect, stay real.
always try to be 🫡
Both of you are really great. And by the way, your girl is a priceless treasure.
Thank you so much
Interesting. Much Love from the Philippines.❤
Thank you my friend! By the way should I put subtitles for you in your language or you can understand? I put a lot of different languages
@@Wild-Siberia it would be great if you could put subtitles for other non English speaking countries specific to theirs so you can have more reach and advise viewers that they can use the CC button at the start of the videos, though most Filipinos are adept to the English language. We appreciate you being considerate to others. Good luck on your medical procedures, I am sure my fellow Filipino Nurses in the US will give you the best service they can. keep safe both of you. Bless both your Hearts.
@@kennethtan6403 yes I have already a few languages added 🫡🙏🏻
I love the way Russia takes care of its people...
Good video-maybe continue series like this
Thanks for the positive review!
Hes right
I feel that American life is overrated when they say we have it good and are spoiled. American life isnt cheap man. Alot of us dont have parents paying for our education. So Daniel is right. Usa is overrated at spoiled we work hard because America life is expensive.
Compare the Tent City's and drug problems for both
that’s coming in a future video when I’m in America
Bottom line, the message is both countries got amazing things and their problems. The sad thing is when the problems are systemic and lead to massive crisis. In the case of political empires (not little regular countries) like the USA or Russia, the crisis is worse. Thanks for this type of video that seek to inform and not trash things. Saludos para ti y Ksenia.
Gracias hermano! LA verdad es que cada uno de nosotros tenemos que decidir a que país le vamos aguantar su desmadre..
@@Wild-Siberia Saludos desde España suerte crack!!!!
@@RocketStryfe joder tío que gusto ver comentarios en español MOLA 😆
What are the amazing things in USA besides the cheap garbage cocaine?
Is Russia a political empire?
Good video Daniel, thanks for sharing, God bless brother !
Thanks, you too!
Thanks for the video, but it hardly scratches the surface as far as comparing the two countries. Nice to see Svetina becoming more confident in front of the camera!
Не Светина, а Ксения (Ksenia) XD
Ksenia :D is coming more and more on the camera :D But we didnt scratch the surface yet because we will do that when im in the United States :D
This will be interesting🤔
Russia is much more humane comparing to America , America looks very artificial , Lifestyle is definitely better in Russia . I can compare because I lived in country very similar to Russia and I lived in America too .
This is what I say too!
Hahahahaha , Daniel I like the way you described houses in America . Copy-Paste . This is sooo true . Houses don't have a character . Architecture is not nice at all .
I love when houses are unique like Mexican ones and Russians ones 😅
@WildSiberian 100 Agree. I live in america. My dad calls it chicken nest houses or (скваречьники) 😅 no hate tho just a comparison. can't wait to come thru! Always enjoy your guys content.
Great comparison video Daniel. Nice to see Ksenia with you more. I hope you will make more of these vids and anything else you wish to create.
That's the plan! Thanks a lot!
Про медицину скажу ,в России она отличная ,что бы не говорили ,знакомые в сша были на отдыхе и у мужа лопнул апендикс им выставили счет после операции около 100 тысячи долларов , и продержали после операции только сутки ...у нас эта операция бесплатная и даже если ты иностранец возможно придется заплатить 50 долларов от силы .У меня отец 1 группы инвалид и каждые 4 месяца к нам домой приходит участковый терапевт и интересуется здоровьем отца,раз в год назначает лечение ,приходят на дом берут анализы,делают экг ,приходит медсестра ставит систему и уколы и это все бесплатно ,почти все лекарства получаем бесплатно ,через мфц выписывали бесплатно ортопедический матрас,две инвалидные коляски домашняя и уличная ,санитарный стул итд .Как инвалид ему положено едк ,часть оплаты за электричество и газ возвращается как доплата к пенсии ...Я незнаю ,что бы мы делали без государственной поддержки.Поэтому когда вижу как ноют люди ,как плохо живут ,охото стукнуть по голове и сказать,радуйтесь ,что здоровы .
imho, when your family happy, it doesnt matter
of course that’s a fact. if you’re happy then it doesn’t matter. but what gives happiness s
many of us, after school, go to budget places at the university, and they do not pay anything for tuition!!!
WOW! unreal!
Proper translation would be "Government paid scholarship", which is automatically awarded to a high grade high school students. And it is applicable to any University in the country, however, the number of "seats" available for this scholarships may vary from Uni to Uni and therefore, the students with highest possible grade are accepted for free first, those, whose grades are above passing grade, but below the scholarship grades have to pay for education.
@@Wild-Siberia Doesn't Ksenia know about budget places at universities?My nephew is entering this year, there are 130 budget and 8 paid places at his faculty
@@SQSNSQ , it is not a scholarship. Budget places - that's true.
@@Elen-a Nope. Budget place - literary means "A low cost physical location". Like, for example, "Пятёрочка" store could be called a "budget place". When Ksenia said "budget places" I first thought, she was talking about some cheap, low quality colleges, it took me some time to realize, she's talking about "бюджетные места". Which is "Government paid scholarship", or "State budget scholarship".
There is a reason that in the US all the medicines/healthcare/universities, etc are so out control is that there is only one goal. All industries, companies/corporations/universities are totally profit oriented.
It's a sad truth!
Well it's the Rockwells or Rothchilds too that went and changed medicine and education. I do believe Putin threw those people out of his country.
At this time Sylmar hills are green too.
Yes
I have to say the Russian town. I just can't help see the nature and you can almost see the fresh air. Individuality, personality makes a city alive. I think the American city looks lifeless (sorry Daniel) with the straight streets and the houses one after another looking almost the same. But all places has their pros and cons don't they. I guess I would sigh over the dirtroads during spring and autumn. Overall I think Russia seems to be more humanfriendly, if I can say so.
This nature around my town here in Russia is unique and the only one in the world of its kind. You can only be next to the largest lake in the world here :D
I like both both of you and your videos but :
Keep in mind that houses and streets depend on the climate. Take the heat away from your hometown and all your roads will crack, and your houses will move apart and be covered with different roofs, at a minimum.
Slyudyanka should be compared with Alaska or at least with the outback of Montana or Canada.
Oh we understand this we understand it very well but we have fun comparing directly because we live these lives in these two places. You can compare oranges with apples between people who ate only those things if that makes any sense.
@@Wild-Siberia Got it)) but better at least once mention it while comparing the locations.
it s sort of mentioned at the start to be honest a lot of these things we all know including the viewer we didn’t go into things too deeply because when im in America and ksenia is in Russia we will do comparisons during winter and explain these things
Better is in the eyes of the beholders.❤ i will not leave the two rivers which i was borne. Even if things are better else where. Not one person who came to live in kansas city from other countries all say they love in here. kansas city. But love the country which they came. Most dont say im an american. They say im from kansas city❤.
I think we can all agree on things, it's not really the opinion of one person it should be for the better good of all.
Happy I found your channel, I'm an American and you are providing great information. I know very little about Russia and this is great. I would like you to touch on Ukraine and how Russian locals view this issue. Why did Russians leave for Ukraine in the first place. I'll keep watching; you two are really fun to listen to. I'm not a big fan of socialized medicine and schooling, but interesting to consider both sides. You two make an awesome couple. Bill in Keller, Texas.
My friend thanks for the support feel free to ask any questions I do answer most comments
Really nice video and very cool to see both of your perspectives. You hit the nail on the head when talking about healthcare in America.
it hurts me knowing how big of a business it is
И не только медицина, учеба, детский сад, университет
I can beautify my own house. From the colors to the design.
Ksenia the houses look nice in the States but you will be bored to death, if you lived here. Everybody is locked up in their houses all day. Nobody sits on their porch and most of the neighbours don’t know each other. You have to have a car to get food or anything else you might need. Can you imagine what is like for older people who don’t have a car or cannot drive anymore?
Most of the doctors here work for large corporations and are not free to practice as they should. They are told how to practice medicine and that is bad news for the patients. A visit to the doctor is most of the time 5 minutes. I have been to doctors offices in Greece where it takes from 1 hour, 30- 20 minutes for just one patient according to their needs.
Yea I don't like it in America how it's set up! You need a car for everything and its all copy paste
In Russia we have this thing, (when I was little I thought it's universal, but I guess it's not), where doctor come to your home and examine you there when you get sick. And I don't mean here the ambulance when it's serious. But just when you get sick with a cold for example and have high temperature (it was even more shocking that people sometimes in some countries just keep going to work and school when that happen apparently), you call to clinic and doctor come to your home. All of it is free too. And then when you get better and not in bed resting state anymore you go to them to clinic yourself so they give you document for your school or workplace that you were sick during that time period
Man Ksenia, that was one badly broken leg! Certainly looked very painful! 😬😱🤕 Amazing how the body can heal! Cool video thanks guys! 😎
She still gets pain in it unfortunately because things really never fully heal. I’m glad she had immediate help thank you so much for watching
Ксюша, тебе очень подходит такая прическа, волосы назад в хвостик. Выглядишь и правда на 17, как тут справедливо заметили в комментариях 👍
Спасибо☺️
🥲 i look 50
@@Wild-Siberia It is not true🫠
I choose Russia
Yea in this Video theres a lot more perks on the Russian Side for sure
hi expat!!
@@bobibobi896 hello Bobby!
I would say, Russian villages are nice not standardized . Dan , compare also with an American village. Cities like Moscow vs American cities like San Francisco. In Russia there are no homeless people on the street. I prefer Russia, if I were as young as you. Now I am already settled in Asia.
My brother went across Canada and Rockies , then America by greyhound bus, during the years ~1980- 1985, a great safe journey at that time.
Russian Villages compared to American ones Russian buildings are still more beautiful in my opinion
"In Russia there are no homeless people on the street." - well, you can find homeless people on the streets even here, especially in big cities... I've recently tried to count them on purpose, during 50-minutes tram ride. Departure point / end station of the tram route: 1 (sleeping on the bench in the park), middle of the journey: 1 more (sleeping next to the ventilation of the underground parking), end of the tram route - a place called "three railways stations" (три вокзала): 2 groups x 4 persons each (drinking already, at 08:20 on Sunday morning...). But the "tri vokzala" is an area that is really famous for that type of creatures, I must say... Total: 10 homeless in 50 minutes.
@@M_mOuSe_ I’ve never met a homeless person yet 😈 but I’m sure I will in Moscow
@@Wild-Siberia Well, if you'll hang around railway stations at night - you'll surely spot (or smell...) a couple of homeless persons...
Wow! I think there is no easy answer. I firmly believe that it will depend on the circumstances of person you ask and their context.
Not really, to me it's the better thing for the masses. Thinking selfishly is why societies are failures.
@@Wild-Siberia 👍
Yes kansas City.has problems but I bet Dan's new home has problems also. If not someone lied
Daniel ❤ like a son❤ you just never look back always forward🎉
@@allenhill1223 facts
If i could i would live in outback Australia, where the nearest neighbor is like 2hrs away... By plane.
people dont really know how big Australia is. Anna Creek Station has an area of 23,677 km2 (9,142 sq mi; 5,851,000 acres) which is slightly larger than Israel. It is over seven times the size of the United States' biggest ranch, King Ranch in Texas, which is 3,340 km2 (830,000 acres; 1,290 sq mi). Yes its a big place, not quite as large as Russia.
HAHAHAHA That was a brilliant comment I love it! I would love the same but next to Baikal!
@@Wild-Siberia Seems you have fallen in love twice there Daniel. Kzenia & Baikal. 😉
Good morning. My name is Seydou Kone. I like your comparisons between the two city&town or village. I think both cities are beautiful. Lake Bailkal is just a blessing. I am originally from Mali (W. Africa). Thank you all for your videos:-))
Ksenia looks like a 17-year-old schoolgirl on the preview. Only missing the blackboard behind her. 😆
interestingly enough she’s 2x17 that’s her age 🤣
@@Wild-SiberiaNo way! She usually looks like a beautiful 23-year-old.
Thank you ☺️
@@KittyinBaikal Now it makes sense why you want a baby soon... I was thinking before, "You can relax. There are ten more years still for this." 🌶️😹🐈
In the vicinity of Los Angeles, the advantage is the climate and a lot of economic opportunities, because it is a big city. The purchasing power is greater, for example, for food and technical things, but the other things equal one minus one plus. You can beautify many things even without spending money, all you need is the will.
It depends on what a person wants more in life. In the US, you can also go to areas with cheap houses, but property taxes are almost like rent. From my observations and monitoring. Let's not forget to mention that in the USA you have a wide variety of women to choose from, which makes the view even more colorful.
I just think that theres opportunities in Russia too that are obtainable easier.
Dude I live in LA and there isn't that many good women around. Life is expensive in LA too. A lot of women are still cute but are tatted up and partially gay too. Your forgetting to add that.
@@brianticas7671 Even in the villages of Europe, fewer and fewer women and men are able to judge what is right and what is wrong.
I am so happy I am subscribed to this channel. We need brains like you to drive the world out of obscurantism. God bless you:-))
Thanks so much for the kind words 🙏🏻🙏🏻
You are doing a very GOOD thing in your channel! I wish you good luck!
I never was in US, so for me such comparisons are very interesting!
from Moscow with love.
Thanks my dear friend I appreciate it! I’ll be in Moscow next month 🙏🏻
Большинство российских студентов учится бесплатно, то есть учёбу оплачивает государство. Главное, чтобы было нормальное количество баллов за экзамены. Есть много бюджетных мест в университетах. Также есть специальности, где абсолютно все места бюджетные. Студент будет платить в том случае, если у него недостаточно баллов для поступления на эту специальность, либо если все бюджетные места уже заняты (вся бюджетная группа набрана).
Но также есть и более престижные специальности и университеты (чаще - частные), где обучение только платное. В государственный университет всегда есть шанс поступить на бюджетное место, особенно если человек имеет высокие баллы за экзамены.
That’s a good way to get the kids ahead in life by making education easier it’s a maze in America
It rains every weekend in Southern California now.
very interesting video, I really like it. Please do more videos in similar theme
Thank you, I will
Really enjoy the comparisons.
thanks for watching
Hello to both of you, this was very cool and interesting! Thank you both for the great videos and information you guys provide my wife and I always watch. God bless you both take care
Hello to you both! thanks so much for tuning in the support means the world 🙏🏻
Nice video! The cost for universities in the US can be inexpensive. Although the "regular" tuition runs something like $50,000 USD a year, but if you attend one that is in State, public, then you will get lots of help to bring it down to $12,000 per year, which is about US$ 1,000 per month. If you use Community College for the first two years, then transfer to a state school, then the cost will come down even more. (I'm not talking about private colleges, which could still be cheap, if you have good grades. I got 4 year full scholarship through good grades.)
В России можно в университете учиться бесплатно, если имеешь проходной балл с ЕГЭ. Или отлично сдашь вступительные экзамены. 😊
In Russia in one of the best(or may be the best one) Uneversity MGU(Moscow Government University) which is really high level and where very very talented people learning and teaching and so on, price is about 435 000 rubls (about 5000$ per year) And you could even get there for free if your exams after school would be close to perfect.
Such a lovely video 🎉❤ You are both precious 😊 Thank you 💯 I pick Russia 🇷🇺 I am an American 🇺🇸 living in south Florida 🩵🩷😀
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Dan, I liked your city, a small beautiful town, I like these, I don't like big cities!!!👍
I agree this is why I like my town too
So true about the medical in the US. Dan, you need to get your 100% SC from the VA. You deserve it.
We veterans are screwed bro >_< If I don't get some help this time around Ill just get helped in Russia can you believe it 😂😅
I have never been to the USA but have been to Irkutsk and lake Baikal. I live in New Zealand and its sooo different.
Amazing so happy you got to see baikal and irkutsk!
I am really enjoying your channel, I just found it a couple of weeks ago, and I started back on some of your older videos and catching up. The medical system here in the United States really sucks. Like you suggested, it’s more about the money than anything else.
So cool when people watch the classics I truly appreciate it 🙏🏻
I live in the San Joaquin Valley, which is North of Sylmar. The area that I live has agriculture, and a more unique look in housing. Everywhere in the World has its own unique beauty. What matters most is that you have each other, and that you will be accepted no matter where you live. I hope the two of you come to California - you make wherever you go, a better place 🫶Todd
I do like the concept of socialized medicine. Also, the cost of education, and access to it in Russia is better than in the U.S. The U.S. does have very respectable Universities, particularly in The University of California system. However, I am paying for my daughter’s education (veterinary medical school) at a cost of $60,000 a semester (USD). That will put a hole in your pocket. Again, the only thing that matters - happiness lives where the heart feels Love ❤️
honestly we already pay for bad roads even in America.. why not pay a little for at least a basic doctors check up.
Sylmar has gotten better since I was young thanks a lot for the input and for watching
@@Wild-Siberia You’re doing a great job. I’ve been watching you for a while now. Like you, I’m a veteran, but I was lucky. My service didn’t require combat duty.
There are pluses and minuses to living in the U.S. and living in Russia. Yes, the roads are better here, and the healthcare system seems better there. It boils down to what fits ‘both’ of you the best.
The political system is a mess here, and it’s a mess there. We can shut a government out of our daily lives. You went to Russia for a reason, whatever it was, and Love found you. Do whatever makes Ksenia happy. I promise, you’ll be happy wherever you are! 🫶 Your Friend, Todd
Don't forget to mention who live in PLYWOOD SHEDS while calling it FINE HOMES 😅
Russia is mostly poverty
There are problems in any country as there is good in almost any country. I have extra affinity for Russians. I have never met a more peaceful and kind hearted people! Germans and many other people are also very nice, but Russians and many other Slavic people have an extra sweet gene or something. Also the Russian accent to me is the most cute in the world! The Russian language is musical to me as well.
My grandparents were from Russia. When I was very young they kind of raised me in Russian cultural ways and tried to teach me Russian language, but living in two cultures (western and Russian) and being so young I could not tackle it as well. I did get to see the Bolshoi Ballet twice in full glory and got to try a tiny bit of Russian cuisine, but my grandparents did not give us kids much of it because they did not think we would like and they felt it was not that healthy. I remember trying Blintzes, but my grandmother would make them plain for us kids and not traditional. I remember trying Borsht and not liking it at all, sorry. I also remember a sandwich my grand mother used to make that I loved.
Over time I had forgotten I was even part Russian and all. Later, actually about 8 years ago I met my best, closest and only friend who happens to be Russian, who was living in Russia, but now lives in Armenia due to the war. We met mysteriously through a blog which turned into prolific emails and 9 months later we switched to phone calls. Our first phone conversation was very emotional, we cried a lot, but managed a two and half hour conversation and it was magic. Every phone conversation since has been magic. Without my mentioning it or anything she said I am part Russian or all Russian. That made me remember growing up with my grandparents and she made me dig into that. Upon receiving documents and everything and telling her she said "see, I knew it, you are part Russian"! She said "Even if that was not the case it would change nothing about our friendship".
It was a little challenging for me at first because she taught me what real friendship was, something I had never experienced. All my past "friendships" were superficial by comparison. We grew and continue to grow closer and closer with every conversation and message. We are so close now that people would mistake us for being married or related. She is fairly younger than I am and an ex-model, she is now a teacher. She was just coming out of modeling when we met. That is part of what pains me about the war in Ukraine. Russians and Ukrainians lived in peace. I know most Russians still do not hate Ukrainians in their hearts despite all the propaganda. We are all Slavs.
About 7 years ago she told me that "Russians friendships are forever".
My best friend has taught me so much and she says I have also taught her through our mutual deep interests, which are many. We are soulmates in true form and feel each other all the time despite being thousands of miles apart. We have even had the same dreams at the same time! I also had other Russians acquaintances at the same time, but changes were made o their end in communications that I can't get in the states and we lost touch. I have also met Russians in person from time to time in the states and the kind-heartedness, genuine demeaner and everything that is good are the common thread. I even remember going to my grandparent's friends house and being instructed to be on best behavior, which I always was. I remember one time I was admiring a lamp and my grandparents friends tried to give it to me. Russian generosity and kindness is world renowned.
The thing I also love is the Russian mentality. I am of similar, but it is not easy living in the west like that.
Whenever I see videos showing everyday Russians in blogs and such I just want to go there and have hugs and have more friends and everything. Of course, it takes a while to get to friendship as Russians are a shy people (I know I am) and they are careful. If one is patient though, there is no greater reward than friendship with a Russian.
Mt best friend is very smart as well, she speaks three languages fluently, Russian of course, English and Spanish, which she learned in 5 weeks!
I also love the sincerity of Russians, they are genuine and expect others to be honest and genuine as well. My best friend and I have no secrets. We are always honest with each other and everything is said and done with love, you can just feel it! I will never find that in the states, it just isn't part of the culture. It is really different knowing one can be completely open and honest and won't be harshly judged, but rather supported. (Unless you are doing something you shouldn't of course).
I have learned a lot about Russia as well and there are many things I am almost envious of and some I am not. Overall though, I think Russia has a leg up on the west in some important areas. Culture is a big one. Russia is overwhelmingly rich with culture. It is one of the music capitals of the world.
For me the thing that mostly makes a country beautiful are the people. I'm not a fan of my own country where I live because of the mentality. I worry about Russians wanting to live here especially now. it is a rather hostile environment and Russians deserve love and peace, not hostility. It is also far too expensive even by economies of scale, many people here struggle.
Странно это читать. Ты так всё описываешь, словно ты живёшь где-то в Японии, где всё очень сложно с социальным взаимодействием. Или это становится уже глобальной проблемой?) В России на самом деле нет такой проблемы, друг в России - это что-то ближе к брату.
Referring about Russia talking about "deserve love and peace, not hostility" is quite weird in these days.
First I was angry, but now it is somehow funny to me, how all these Russia-is-nice-clips including the comment section ignore the war. Russia is turning into the opposite of love, peace and friendship, they even re-wrote the history books and made new classes to teach little kids how to become the perfect soldiers for the Csar.
but okay...everyone has an own choice
I agree with this
@@DmitriyNeizvestniy Privet Dmitriy. I wish I could reply in Russian, but I can't. I'm in the US, but all my friends and acquaintances are in Russia. What you described to Japan is the way it is in t the US. There are no real friendships in the US. Friendship in the US is merely superficial and not lasting.
My best and extremely close friend for the last 8 years and counting is Russian. Even though we are thousands of miles apart, we are so close people think we are married or related. She made me realize that I had never had a real friend in my life until she came along. About a year into our friendship she gave me the Russian blessing of stating that we are friends forever. She also recently told me that her family has already accepted me a while ago. She and I have no secrets. So I do understand you and I am familiar with Russian culture as I also happen to be part Russian myself. My babushka i dedushka were from Russia. They raised me in some of the Russian ways and my parents raised me in some American ways. I much prefer the Russian ways and I try to live my life accordingly.
No, it is not easy living in America, at least for me.
@@jerrylee4485 You misunderstand me. I'm talking about the everyday people, not the government and such. The story you hear from them in public in front of cameras is quite different then what you hear in private. You would know this if you got to know some Russians on a personal level.
I'd pick the state where things are real, where there's not just show and thin air, but good living and rich history.
If you mean the US there isn’t just only show and it is a real country with very nice people.
@@svensulzmann4282you mean ”real”, like you, on a payroll to come here write about "Putler" and whine about ”Ukraine”? :) Good to know 👍
@@svensulzmann4282 Sure, but the official US is just, on a global scale, embarrassing and loud. Laughable, for old continent ears.
@@A-fo4sc what isn’t real about that that? It isn’t whining just stating the fact that Putler behaves in Ukraine just like Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Pol Poht, Idi Amin and all the other slaughterers the world had to endure.
More marketing and fashion style is USA.
Nature , souls relax - 100% Sludanka
I love Slyudyanka
Tell everyone about property taxes in USA
IT IS OUTRAGEOUS
Yes idk what they are there but I know the ones here and they are incredible
Estoy impresionado, me encanta la exposición y veo muchas mejoras en Rusia.
ya quiero que este acá
Random thoughts: Our backgrounds are fairly similar. My parents were Blue Collar and couldn't help with my college so I decided to join the military and get the GI bill. Are you going to be able to use your GI Bill? I was going to get out after 4 - hah! Used the GI Bill 20 years later. Medical - I've done free and paid medical care in Russia. Paid medical care in Russia is MUCH better. I needed to have my gall bladder out in Russia. I went and looked at a non-pay clinic (no way in hell!). I looked at a for pay Russian hospital in Moscow. I got a tour of the rooms (to include operating) and met with my potential surgeon. I was VERY impressed. If I wanted to pay cash, it would have only cost me $1500! I also liked the Doctor's professionalism. However, I ended up going to the European Medical Center in Moscow, which is very high end. It cost $15,000 for the operation. TRICARE paid 90%, so it evened out. Roads are MUCH better in the States. If you drive out of the Moscow Region into the Tula Region, you DEFINITELY know when you've crossed into Tula (bump, bump "Hey, watch out for that hole!"). Housing - 13 years in Russia in 6 different cities, I never lived in a house. It was all apartment living. When my wife first moved to the States (Tampa), she wanted a condo, and to have stores, restaurants, laundry etc close by. Now that we're out in California,living in a house and she's driving - I can't see us returning to the Condo life. At the end of the day, there's no comparison between Russia and America for equality. While there are SOME similarities, there's so much that's different. I think the true beauty of Russia is in those differences. Just because something is different, doesn't mean it's better or worse, it's just different. I think you and Ksenia did a nice job of explaining that point. Also, she has really blossomed from the early videos! Your teamwork dual-sharing is awesome! Thank you for the great content and putting it out there.
I doubt I’ll get to use it as long as I live in Russia obviously
You can always take a "Time out" together and go back. :) :)@@Wild-Siberia
Please compare the average home property taxes of your home town to hers. I moved out of a "taxed to death" central northern state to NW Tennessee. I have 3 acres , next to Kentucky lake a. modular home and two out buildings. My property taxes last year, $248.00 Also, TN has no state income tax.
Real estate and land taxes in Russia are based on the value of the property. For real estate, the tax rate is 0.1% per year. Land tax 0.3% per year.
@@СимонВизенталь-ы7ь Would they be different in, say Moscow as compared to other areas in Russia? For example taxes in Nashville TN are much higher than the county where I live.
@@subiesojourner777 Tax rates are the same in all regions. The only difference is whether the property is for residential or commercial use. For private land purchases, the rate is 0.3%. For farming, the rate is 1.5%.
Im not in the know of those things but it looks like you got a good reply!
@@subiesojourner777 Moscow property tax in 2023: for 41,5 square meter apartment - 26,3 USD per year.
Дэн, а кто занимается организаторской деятельностью с домами в США? Фирма или администрация? Просто у нас старые деревни в России, которые отстроились так, как хотят их владельцы. И вот только недавно начали появляться подобные частные проекты с "одинаковыми домами"))
usually the government sells plots of land and allows building companies to build the houses. I like personal built homes with unique looks like in Russia and Mexico
Обычно Совет комьюнити. В России он бы назывался Поселковая администрация. Совет определяет места застройки и общий дизайн микрорайона, от фасадов домов до ландшафта. Изменение и первого и второго только через письменное разрешение Совета.
улицы или парки выглядят в зависимости от кол-ва людей проживающих там, плюс стоимость обслуживания парков, чисто для примера сравните старый Детройт и когда он "развалился". То есть зависит от денег, сколько может позволить себе город. Конечно ещё облицовка зданий, домов, они тоже добавляют к красоте города.
Ещё заметил в видео, что рядом с домами нет общественного пространства (не парк), там где бы соседи общались и дети возле дома играли, не только свои, но и чужие.
Я знаю почему девушка отвечает, что ей там больше нравится, есть поговорка - хорошо там где нас нет
In big cities in Russia you can choose so called specialized school or classes. For instances my son goes to the school with engineering profile.
yea I like that
Thank you ❤👍👍👍👍🌻🌻🌻
SLUIUUDAAAAANKA ! ❤
In America, in the medical world, patents are just a number, not a human being. Life doesn’t matter as much as money to many doctors.
this is a fact I dislike ;(
The suburbs and small towns of America and Russia are really different in most cases, as far as i've seen. Many American suburbs are quite nice in general, but they look like the developers were just going Ctrl+C/Ctrl-V on them. It's not a bad thing per se, if the general design is good, on the contrary - it gives a place a nice uniform look; but as a little nitpick, to my Russian eye, whenever i see the footage of American suburbs, especially given their usual size, i kinda feel lost already just by looking at them through my computer screen. Like, the cameraman can turn on the other street, and it feels completely identical to the one he was at before. It gives me a feeling of being trapped in like an infinite maze or something.
Russian suburbs, on the other hand, are mostly pure primal chaos, where it's normal to see a shabby wooden izba being next to a glorious 3-story mansion with a garage for 4 cars or something. It's really jarring most of the time, but on the other hand, hey, at least you could buy property according to your income - these old izbas sell basically for the price of the land itself, which is quite cheap in Russia, so even low-income people can afford them. Like, even as low as 2-10k$ cheap, and for that price you'd usually get 600-1000m2 piece of land and even some copium shabby house with it. And if/when their financial situation improves, they just demolish the old building and start building a new one on this piece of land they own. The cool part about it is that there's little to no government regulation in that regard, so everyone just builds whatever they want, can afford, and to their tastes and needs.
Also, i think that the whole philosophy of suburbs and villages is vastly different in our countries, when it comes to how middle-class families see it. As far as i can tell, in USA, if you're middle class, it's normal to only have one property per family, and it's either an apartment in the downtown, or a house in suburbs. Like, you have to choose and compromise, mainly because property is extremely expensive in the US. Russian middle-class families can often afford to have both. They live in their apartment most of the time, and use their private suburban house as more of a recreational facility that's closer to nature (the so-called "dacha"); so they can have the best of both worlds - convenience of living in the big city and the ability to take a break from that and just chill on the quiet ourskirts. Ofcourse, property is still expensive af compared to the income of the most people in Russia, i'm not trying to say that it's all sunshine and rainbows here, and if you want not just the land, but an actually good house built on it, it's gonna be hella expensive. But still, it's much more manageable to have more than one property per family, and it's quite common even for low-income families to have a dacha as well as their own apartments.
So, to sum it up, American suburbs are more like a place to live all the time. Russian suburbs are for many families the same, but also for many it's more of a place they visit occasionally to get away from the hustle of big cities.
В России если вы заболели, то вы идёте в поликлинику. В поликлинике врач вам открывает больничный лист. Номер больничного листа отправляете работодателю через мессенджер. Когда вы выздоравливаете вам больничный лист закрывают и вы на следующий день выходите на работу. За больничный вы получаете деньги от работодателя - первые три дня больничного. Все последующие дни больничного вам оплачивает ФСС. Работодатель сам подаёт документы на выплату в ФСС, вам ничего делать не нужно. Выплата приходит вам на зарплатный счёт.
this is brilliant thanks for the explanation on how things work🙏🏻
They all look beautiful ❤️ and nature is awesome
The houses in USA in the valley is changing the Armenians are buying up van Nuys and the houses are all looking different now! Only the new houses and neighborhoods are basically the same
I paid, when I was in Florida visiting my bro there, 100 per 12 miles of ambulance ride. I paid for my bro's ex wife, she didn't have insurance herself that would cover that. If Americans paid more taxes they could have a similar system. Here in Denmark I pay 39 % taxes, and we have free education and university and free healthcare, all covered by our taxes, except for the dentist bills. I like our system, and the Russian system better than the US system. I've traveled a lot to the US. Visiting friends and family. The most important thing for a foreigner when traveling to the US is a good travel and legal insurance. That's very important. When my bro's ex was in the hospital for a week with her broken leg, that cost the insurance about 100.000 $😖
Thank you Ksenia and Daniel for making and sharing this video, please keep sharing videos like this and of the nature and city🙏🤗🤠
Greetings from Denmark 🇩🇰
какая-то неподъемная сумма, 100000$... как-то несправедливо. Я извиняюсь, но мне кажется, что переплачивают за воздух. Это грабеж на официальном уровне.
IM telling you I was scared to know how much id have to pay for the ambulance ride because in the west it's very expensive.
Lol I knew you were from the valley when I heard you speak. Long distance fist pump from north Hollywood
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Oh hell yea 🙏🏻🤣 I love it when I have people from home watching because they solidify my legit accent
Russia town you can see life. In America it’s like no life everything is brown or gray
🙏🏻Thanks for tuning in, it’s for sure very dry and hot in my town 🥲
Mui bien ❤❤❤ Gracias
again you guys , great video !! ..... i love both your countries actually , but both for different reasons !
But if they asked me where do you want to go to live .... i'd choose Russia !
Я бы хотел что-то среднее между США и Россией xD
Социальное обеспечение и культура чтоб была как в России, а покупательская способность как в США)))
Yes for many reasons I think if we had kids they would have a brighter future in Russia at least for an education at first
@@Wild-Siberia yeah well i'm from Belgium , actually here in Belgium we have almost no homeless people because as like in Russia if you are sick you get help , every citizen has health insurance. university is between 7000 $ and 16000 $ /year depending on what classes you follow.
I have the VA too, sometimes if you get a good primary assigned doctor they can be really helpful, but it still takes months to get things done. I’m currently in Idaho and need cardio care and the nearest VA is 4 hours away so they have set me up with local community care. The problem is that I’ve been waiting one month to even get scheduled. Also, I’ll be going back to Ventura CA in a couple months and will need to transfer to a cardiologist there. That may be a whole other series of months before I can get seen by them.
It takes months every time... they always plan things months ahead theres no such thing as it being done asap
Waiting queue to doctors for several months is very common in Russia. My mother lives in Kaliningrad and she require periodical testing. Its always a painful long wait to see the specialist doctor. Maybe not so in Moscow, but Moscow isn't exactly Russia as people around me are used to say.
@@za_ozerowow that’s interesting ! When Ksenias father was sick he was able to go the same day to seek help not months. The same with ksenia when she broke her leg it was immediately. I can’t imagine having to wait months in Russia I’ve seen people get help on the same day if they have any issues!
@@Wild-Siberia and you haven't heard that through government medical reform hundreds of hospitals are being shut down? Have you heard of 2 week maximum term of patient being in hospital after which one is dismissed whether healed or not? Russian medical system is a bleak shadow of soviet one and being cut and shut drastically.
@@JIUNnF Спасибо
1 I really liked the form of streets in Sylmar and the general 'neatness', but everything seemed like huge residential areas with no schools, kindergardens, or convenience stores, or even pharmacies. Personally, I feel that people should be able to walk to places like that, not drive all the time. At the same time I didn't like that many house owners in Russia remove interesting wood carving and cover the houses with plastic. Our architecture is our unique feature, and this is what people from big cities come to see and enjoy in small places.
2 All children study approximately the same 12-13 subjects at high school: Russian, Foreign Language, Native Language (in ethnic republics), Literature, Algebra, Geometry, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, History, Economics and Law, P.E. There are just specialized classes in many schools who do more humanities or more maths and science, and children should pass exams after 5th or 7th year to get there. But if you go to a vocational school after 9th grade, you have to study a profession PLUS all those academic subjects😱. Because everybody should have the right to go to uni. BTW 45% of university students in Russia don't pay for their education, and even more vocational school students study for free. If you pass exams after 9th or 11th grade well, you don't pay for further studies.
3 I don't always have very positive experiences about our medicine, but it's good. This autumn I did a regular medical checkup: blood, ECG, fluorography, mammography, visits to GP, ophtalmologist and some other doctors. I just went to the nurse dealing with these checkups, got appointments to all doctors and analyses and left. I visited all doctors during one week and got all necessary advice and prescriptions. Now I'm having some problems with my teeth, and I'll get treatment for free. Yes, dental care for free. But there is one thing: doctors at public dental clinics are usually quite young, and we don't come to them with very serious problems. If you need to have your tooth pulled out, you usually go to an experienced private surgeon and pay, or you'll be a laboratory mouse for a young one)))
My friend, everyone can be sure about this matter. Ksenia lives in Russia. Obviously, this is an irreplaceable advantage in the competition between Russia and the USA. Russia leads. Baikal and its region are just an encore.
this is all facts
@@Wild-Siberia
"bobibobi" wrote mindful comment . I have a question for you Daniel . Would you stay for good in Slyudyanka if you wouldn't have Ksenija next to you ?
Compare the debt between both nations.
Thank you so much.
debt of a person or
US debt compared to Russia's. US is in bad shape.@@Wild-Siberia
From the air, the town your wife grew up in looks like the East Bay area in Northern California, Contra Costa County. The town of Sylmar was still under development in the late 1980's. Your beautiful wife's hometown, during the time of Peter the Great or before. I remember when Sylmar was still all desert land. Streets in communities and neighborhoods look so much more organized in the Western US, because we are a car culture, and have been since the 1950's. Russia/Siberia, not so much. People there depended mostly on public transportation or beasts of burden to get from one place to another. Look at the local streets and roads in Rural Western Europe and you will see what I mean, a hodge podge of twists and turns, cobblestone streets and such. That is why British/European cars are so compact. Try driving an American pickup truck on the roads there. When it comes to housing, it boils down to central planning vs commercial development, apples and oranges. Go to any big city in Russia, Ukraine, or any of the Eastern Bloc Countries and you will see a mixture of beautiful pre-Bolshevik, and Lego block type industrial high rise post Bolshevik architecture. We tried this in United States cities during LBS's "Great Society", but they were bulldozed after failure in the early 2000's to double down on "Better looking" public housing that will fail. But I digress.
Funny you compare rural Siberia's colorful homes to Mexico. Probably from traditional Christian culture. The Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox and Catholics mixed with an agrarian people love their bright pastel colors for some reason. BTW, I love the Mexican Culture. Traditional, hardworking and family oriented people. My suegra and her family are the most loving people I know. My mother's side of the family are Russian, not so much. More like tough love. My grandma Koverchenko's favorite saying was, "Sympathy comes between💩and Syphilis in the dictionary kid!"
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what a treat to read such insightful comment thanks a lot for it
@@Wild-Siberia Got your back Marine!
I would prefer to live in Russia..it is the statement after living in USA for 35 years,,lol
Daniel your home town is much different than mine. But infrastructure does make a difference. But her home is nice. Midwest I call home. Yes my sons went to college on grant's. And my nieces and nephews.
I will be doing live streams from there later this year I can't wait to produce videos from Los Angeles :D
VA has program's that works with local hospitals. VA slow. Ask about this program Daniel.
LA is getting bad
Love you guys 😘👍
thanks so much for your support it means a lot remember this 🫡🙏🏻
my opinion
freedom: America (depends where you live)
cost of living: Russia
opportunity: America
people: Russia
overall: both of them
nice yes its a very similar ending in the end but for me at my age its Russia >_
Try to vote for a pro-China government, you're going to learn a lots of new and curious things about freedom and democracy. 😆
@@СимонВизенталь-ы7ь i know, biden is just stupid
Both are good, I think it depends on the person and what they're looking for, "one man's trash, is another man's treasure" 🙂💯
Hi guys. This is a lovely video. On housing, at least in Siberia they often live in houses. I have experienced Moscow flats and I don't think I could live like that. The suburbs in America have nice clean streets. I am with you Daniel about it being way too cookie cutter. I could live in either place. I think I prefer American suburbs.
University education is better in Russia I think. Many people can pass tests and get a free education. You can get financial assistance in America but the cost is so damn high that any assistance may not go far. My parents paid for my education. However, back in my day, the government subsidized higher education. So, I typically paid less than $2,000 per year for my education. My mother and I paid to educate my 3 children. Fortunately, they chose to live at home so we only paid tuition and books and that was about $20,000 per year per child. It wasn't easy and we drove old cars and kept our expenses down
Don't get me started on medical care in America. We truly suck. We are the only major industrial economy with no government health care for most people. Funny story but I actually had to get stitches at a Moscow hospital. I had the same fear as Daniel and my Russian friend could not understand. Finally, she insisted and gave me the address of the closest hospital. It was totally free and then my drugs cost less than $5.00 USD. Still, I hear that things are declining there and it sometimes pays to have money to go to Europe for healthcare.
С Новым Годом to both of you.
Yes all fair valid points, by the way happy new year!
Daniel you don't have to paid for tuition, you have the backing of the GI bill.
Yea but I said if I went to school (and not the military of course ) I’d have to pay myself 🫡