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LOL and generally, St. Peterstburg is built on a giant swamp. And weather there is miserable.

How did you arrive to such a facinating conclusion? :shock:

Well, I will add one more thing - can you find any facts of the 'moderating influence of the sea' for Alaska, Northern Canada, Northern Siberia, Norway, Greenland etc.?

It's Arctic. Sea doesn't...

Well, you're arguing with people who have actually been in St. Petersburg and in Moscow in winter and can compare their experience. There are lies, big lies and statistics...

Come, feel it for...

It's only thanks to the Gulfstream. Tell that to people who live in Murmansk where sea freezes in winter.

Check relative humidity averages. Believe me, you would prefer dry -10 C in Moscow than...

Check it on any map. St. Petersburg is 800 km to the North from Moscow. Damp cold - what could be worse?

What do you mean, "carmer"?[/quote]

I think it's calmer.

Yep, they are a bit zealous about that :)

Things have changed of course, but some rivalry exists even now. Both cities have become more cosmopolitan. In the times when St. Petersburg was the capital, Moscow was considered more provincial (by...