> folks in Moscow live completely different lives than those in a backwoods provincial town Not really. I live in Moscow, and financially I have a very differe

> folks in Moscow live completely different lives than those in a backwoods provincial town Not really. I live in Moscow, and financially I have a very different life from someone in a small town. But in terms of the culture and people around, the difference is not that big. Here's a random youtube vlog about a small russian town: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOwW5wdIt_w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOwW5wdIt_w It's on the opposite edge of the country, and yet, I would only be able to tell it apart from Moscow's residential neighbourhoods by how tall the buildings, built from the same panels, in the same design series, are.