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We are looking at some of the small cities outside of Moscow, but riding the electrichka to work everyday will get to be a drag in a very short time. And LA prices have gone throught the roof this...

Hubby is in Moscow selling the flat and looking for new, I am in LA visiting family and checking out the housing market. Unfortunately both are VERY expensive and we are not having any luck. We may...

Thank God it isn't a communal apartment. I would have jumped out the window (we're on the 22 floor) long ago. We still live there but put it up for sale and are looking for a new flat to buy. I think...

I would love to find an affordable "old home" in Moscow! We live in a 1980's jumbo-plex with bad pipes and thin walls. Every morning we hear the neighbors arguments, howling dogs, and closet doors...

I will "evade" the topic of wall thickness for eternity bad manners because discussing anyhing with you rapidly degenerates into a boring contest of you trying to "prove" that you are the only...

How do you know so much about Moscow housing bad manners? Do you live there? Work there? Build houses there? (darn, I wish I could get a neuron transplant!)

Nope, I went to the neurosurgeon and he said the only problem with my brain was that I was lacking the neuro receptors necessary to avoid internet conversations with fools.

Maybe we could take a load of TNT and place a few sticks in the strongest houses in 25 different countries and prove once and for all that nobody can build a house that is indestructable! 8)

On your reccomendation I had my vision checked, and was certified by the doctor as definately able to tell the difference between a house for year round use and a summer dacha. But I'm still looking...

Well bad manners why don't you come on over to my Moscow neighborhood and tell all those guys putting up wood frames that they don't know how to build a house in Russia. I'm sure they'll be glad to...

bad manners, you need to build a few houses before you start asking dumb questions about sheetrock and plaster. What exactly is a "thick" wooden wall? Logs? Layers of boards? And the wood framing on...

The framing on the new ones under construction is wood, some are using cement block and/or brick for outside walls. Those that are completed on the outside but not the interiors have workers covered...

When were you last in California (and what is your experience in home construction)?
A fire storm will consume everything in it's path and melt solid steel into a puddle. But a lot of houses in last...

Please explain what these materials are that are "hardly distinguishable from paper". If you could tell us exactly where in the US (city, state) these can be found and what exactly do you mean by "a...

bad manners, in answer to your questions;
places in USA with a "chilly" winter are Alaska, Montana, North Dakota, etc,etc
"paper houses" may be found somewhere in the US (perhaps as part of an...

VM, don't you live in St. Petersburg? How do you know so much about Moscow housing? As for apts for $150/month, there are lots of advertisements for these but they are just a scam. You call the...

The apts and dachas you saw on TV are probably not typical of the average income Russian family. I checked into new apt buildings at the end of various metro lines (maybe a 10-20 min marshutka ride...