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brandalpayne11 Talk Show Host Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 245 Location: NC, US	Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 11:34 pm    Post subject: Moscow Overpriced? A few people have said on this site that i should avoid Moscow, and concentrate on st. pete, & other places because Moscow is overpriced. Please explain, is it food,clubs, lodging. And expensive compared to what. I would appreciate any & all input
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AliceFromMoscow WayToRussified Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Posts: 411	Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:01 am    Post subject: thats funny, to avoid a great city just cuz its expensive?... sounds very odd. :-/
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tuller Talk Show Host Joined: 24 Oct 2004 Posts: 234	Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:16 am    Post subject: I agree with Alice...I couldn't imagine going to Russia without visting Moscow...I would think that expensive is as expensive as you want to make any city. I live in a town of 5000 people, I could make it, for my self, more expensive than Moscow if I had a hankering to. Tuller Just my worthless $.2 cents worth
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brandalpayne11 Talk Show Host Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 245 Location: NC, US	Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:17 am    Post subject: not expensive, just overpriced in other words the quality to price ratio is out whack badly
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Atomcat Lounge Lizard Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 187	Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:27 am    Post subject: My view Last edited by Atomcat on Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:43 am; edited 2 times in total
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bryanboy Lounge Lizard Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Posts: 90	Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:22 am    Post subject: i agree with what people have said here. personally though, yes, i find moscow a bit expensive... but then again: 1) i'm staying at a hotel (sheraton palace) 2) i'm using their $30 a day wi-fi internet access and not internet cafes 3) i either call a car... get my friends who have a car to drive me around... or only go out with my friends and they get a cab/car.... i have never taken the metro/never seen the metro station ; i am still scared 4) i've been to great places 5) cigarettes in russia is cheap but in the philippines it's much cheaper but yeah, money really is the last thing on my mind right now because i am having SO much fun with my newfound friends. i'm supposed to fly to st. petersburg earlier this afternoon (3PM, but 12noon departure from the hotel)... and i got back like 8AM - no sleep, drunk, haven't packed etc... so i'm flying tomorrow. moscow is one great city. in the past week i've been here, i've made lots of new friends, seen how some muscovites live (elitny... and commoner...), een some great architechture, almost got killed in tverskaya because of the EXTRA wide roads (which i am not supposed to cross because there are underground walkways... but i chose to cross to avoid govnyiki/gobnyiki people) etc i LOVE LOVE MOSCOW!!!!!
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tuller Talk Show Host Joined: 24 Oct 2004 Posts: 234	Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:37 am    Post subject: WHEW!
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AliceFromMoscow WayToRussified Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Posts: 411	Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:08 am    Post subject: bryanboy wrote: almost got killed in tverskaya because of the EXTRA wide roads (which i am not supposed to cross because there are underground walkways... im in biggest shock Last edited by AliceFromMoscow on Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:23 am; edited 1 time in total
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AliceFromMoscow WayToRussified Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Posts: 411	Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:15 am    Post subject: If you have crossed tverskaya and still alive ... Still cant imagine how a person being in right mind can try to cross tverskaya on surface!!!!! do you imagine what a situation you cause on road?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?! cars going 60-100 km\per hour and suddenly some crazy man runs in front of them!!!!!!!!!!!!! this may cause a huge HUGE accident, involving very many cars and deaths!!!!!! Just cuz you are scared of underground walks!!!!!!! damn, if you dont care about your own life ok, but do you ever think what risk you put other people into???????????????? ???????????????
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AliceFromMoscow WayToRussified Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Posts: 411	Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:19 am    Post subject: damn.. i just just fail words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! USE UNDERGROUND WALKS OK???????????????????????????? if you dont care about your own life, its your business, but acting like that you put in danger lives of DOZENS of people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Last edited by AliceFromMoscow on Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:24 am; edited 1 time in total
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wu687 Lounge Lizard Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 199 Location: Victoria BC, Canada	Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:24 am    Post subject: Scared of the metro, yet you walk across tverskaya ul, you are a brave man, but somewhat stupid. If you are scared of the metro, wait until you have your flight to St Petersburg, hold on tight.
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tuller Talk Show Host Joined: 24 Oct 2004 Posts: 234	Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:53 am    Post subject: The first time I came-up out of the metro with my fiance and saw Tverskaya. I thought..nooooo way is this girl gonna ask me to walk across THAT!... I think she might have seen the terror in my eyes and on my face and started laughing...she then took my arm and moved me to the underground walk way...whew!...I liked those underground walk ways...!! For some unknown reason, when I've been to Russia, I seemed to not have encountered all the problems I read about on this forum and a couple others... Am I ugly or something, do I smell bad, do I look to mean to fuss with? Just my worthless $.2 cents worth Tuller
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bryanboy Lounge Lizard Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Posts: 90	Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 6:50 am    Post subject: lol i'm staying at the sheraton palace i have always walked thru tverskaya (tverskaya-yamskaya) i just can't use the underground walkways. i can't. i am scared. the 'trick' in crossing tverskaya is to wait for the stop light on one side then run for your life then stand in the middle of the road (if you're lucky, you can go straight to the opposit side) if not, wait for the stop light to turn red again and cross. i've done this like hmmm 4 or 5 times.
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tuller Talk Show Host Joined: 24 Oct 2004 Posts: 234	Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 7:42 am    Post subject: Ummmmm.,reckon what color flowers he would like on his greasy spot in the crossing...and, even or odd numbers ???? lol Tuller
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AliceFromMoscow WayToRussified Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Posts: 411	Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:30 pm    Post subject: ok, dont tell me i didnt warn you if one day i find you under my car
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