I think the idea of emmigrating to Russia is nuts. They way Putin is going things could get very bad. Then there is the climate. If you are not from the upper midwest, you cannot even begin to imagine how unpleasant summer and winter can be. Four years in Iowa was enough for me.
Probably. But things could get bad here, too. Everything in Russia would be harsher and more inefficient but they have so much more room than we do. Whole small towns nearly empty. Guess we have some of that, too. Their people are resilient.
Yes, winter is bad in the midwest and probably worse in Russia. Further north and it is even worse here, I mean awful. We at least get some sun and thaws now and then. I'm stubbornly resisting all appeals to go to CA w/family and/or FL. No way, doesn't appeal to me. I refuse to go anywhere where you have to have ac to survive the summers w/o it. Also CA I had my fill of that when I was young, and it has changed since then.
If I were younger and adverturesome like I once was with skills I now have, I'd like to at least visit off the beaten path places there if they allowed it.