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I imagine your friend is genuine. During undergrad/before 2014 I attended a summer school (https://www.jass.school https://www.jass.school) in St. Peterburg. I
by ludwigschubert 2y ago
I imagine your friend is genuine. During undergrad/before 2014 I attended a summer school (https://www.jass.school https://www.jass.school) in St. Peterburg. I found the city to be welcoming, almost European in ambiance, with friendly university students. It never felt too foreign or unsafe. In my experience, St. Peterburg is as distinct from how I imagine Moscow as San Francisco is from Dallas, Texas.
(edit: I have no idea how it’d feel nowadays, and won’t visit Russia atm either.)
- throwaway2037 2y ago> almost European in ambiance It should. SPB is in the European part of Russia.
- dragonwriter 2y agoSo is Moscow. So is the vast majority of the population of Russia.
- imp0cat 2y agoI'd skip Russia and Ukraine right now for obvious reasons. But I have a friend who managed to visit St. Peterburg before the current war and was quite impressed.