Way to Russia Community and Forum

If you have a question or want to help someone, please, go to
Way to Russia Forum on our Facebook page.
 
We also invite you to join our Facebook community, where you can meet other travelers and read interesting news on topics ranging from visa regulations to culture and music.
 

 

We are currently moving the old forum to Facebook, so what you see below functions as an archive.

If you have a question, please, post it on
Way to Russia Facebook Discussions Page

FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Chat   Log in

Chelyabinsk the Russian "Chicago"

Way to Russia Talk Lounge Forum Index -> The Rest of Russia

Author	Message
PhillipFromTexas Frequent Guest Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 49	Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:00 pm    Post subject: Chelyabinsk the Russian "Chicago" I lived in Chicago for 15 years and know it pretty well. It has bad neighborhoods and very nice ones. The reference described Chelyabinsk as a town you do not go out in at night. Where the hosts at a restaurant (Titanic 2000 I think is what it is called) where pistols to protect guests. Any comments? Thanks. Phillip
Back to top
CHeburashka Talk Show Host Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 218	Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:50 pm    Post subject: I think this is grossly exaggerated, and there might be plenty good places in Chelyabinsk still. A friend called it the one of the most polluted cities in Russia, and it is famous because there were (and probably still are) quite some nuclear weapons factories in the area. What would you think is the resemblance with Chicago? I didn't get that part.
Back to top
PhillipFromTexas Frequent Guest Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 49	Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:43 pm    Post subject: Yeah...the resemblance has to do with the "toughness" of the city or frequency of violent crime. Chicago used to have the reputation of being a very violent city. And I suppose it was. Nowadays it is less violent. This makes wonder how different the violence is in USA cities versus Russian cities. I do not have statistics. I would not be surprised if USA was much more violent.
Back to top
wsenglish Frequent Guest Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 17	Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:54 pm    Post subject: us cities ARE more violent.
Back to top
Rust Frequent Guest Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 46 Location: Mostly in Moscow	Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:45 am    Post subject: Chelyabinsk the Russian "Chicago" It's not true! I have been to Chel. many times. This is ordinary Siberian city, like Ekaterin/ Tyumen/ Novosib. The same behavior of people. The same ekology. Nowadays you can see there normal roads, you will find were you can have a good time (different ways). But very bad policy on the roads.
Back to top
Ender WayToRussified Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 498 Location: Urals	Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 1:33 am    Post subject: Re: Chelyabinsk the Russian "Chicago" PhillipFromTexas wrote: I lived in Chicago for 15 years and know it pretty well. It has bad neighborhoods and very nice ones. The reference described Chelyabinsk as a town you do not go out in at night. Where the hosts at a restaurant (Titanic 2000 I think is what it is called) where pistols to protect guests. Any comments? Thanks. Phillip I live in Chelyabinsk. Nothing even close. Never seen any problems with criminals in restaurant. In other aspects it is same as other Russian cities of same size (example Ekaterinburgh) - big dirty industrial city.
Back to top
Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First

	Way to Russia Talk Lounge Forum Index -> The Rest of Russia	All times are GMT + 3 Hours
Page 1 of 1