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.
“Yes, winter is bad in the midwest and probably worse in Russia.”
Yes, and the summers from what I saw in Iowa can be bad too. My first summer there we had a solid week of 106 to 107 daytime temps, with nightime lows of 93. No AC or fan either. Have son in Miami, after several one and two week trips there my husband and my reactions after about 4 days was always “Ho, hum another perfect, sunny BORING day in paradise.” I find the mid Atlantic area about right. Mostly not too hot or cold, and plenty of Spring and Fall.