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Also true :)
Comes from a problem that most of the people in Russia travel by public transportation and the roads are also quite dirty
Considering that many houses in the US have carpet flooring I...

Yes, Russian men shake hands as a greeting also it would be weird to shake women's hands (hello to feminists :) ). Americans say "good morning" every day. I so got used to it that haven't even...

I feel you :)

Actually that reminds me of another cultural difference
Russian parents (as well as other Eastern European and Oriental parents) feel more responsibility for their kids. That's good...

I guess the joke didn't work :)



That was precisely my point
Not every kid can get a J-1, so the Russian kids you see are probably above average. Don't underestimate American kids and don't...

Yes, you are correct about visa types but I still think that "granted" is the key word here :)

Two things
1. If you see a Russian student in the US on J-1 then most likely that student stands out from the crowd. He/she either really smart and got scholarship to go to the US or his/her parents...

I hope IRS and DHS are not watching :-D

Americans are more patriotic which is a good thing, I think
But sometimes "too patriotic" when patriotism is used as a cover up for something else

Agree
I have been living in Russia almost my whole life and almost 6 years in North America (5 in the US) and I will stand on what I said before - Russians are more bound to their parents and...

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Russians don't know how to relax/spend weekends, mostly because there are not a lot of places to go out in Russia and most of them are expensive. At the same time Americans(I'm going to...