How safe is Moscow for Americans?

Robert Orr colkitto at SPRINT.CA
Mon May 29 22:56:43 UTC 2000


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Subject: Re: How safe is Moscow for Americans?


>bailed out of the inner city for the suburbs early on. Those who bought our
>house actually bailed on their mortgage after about a year as they were
>frightened by the declining safety in the neighborhood. All of this
>unfortunately probably awaits Russia as demographic shifts take place.
>
>[Comment]  Why wouldn't esteemed colleagues avoid generalizing and trying
>to fit their specific conditions on everybody? US are not the blueprint of
>the future and I personally don't see what "demographic shifts" could lead
>to the death of Russian inner cities and rise of the suburbs on their
>American scale. Where else did these "shifts" take place?


To some extent, in certain cities in Britain

Robert Orr

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