Comment by _xnmw

Moscow or Saint Petersburg. I'm ethnically Sri Lankan, born and educated in Toronto and I've spent quite a bit of time in the Bay Area, but I've become disillusioned with the West. It just amazes my friends that you can live a comfortable middle-class life in Russia on $800 per month. But aside from being cheap, I just feel like it's a place of great opportunity and future power. There's that immense energy of Russian patriotism, determined to "stick it" to a world that has sanctioned them. The vibe I get in Russia now is what I imagine it must've been like to strike it out in America in the 60s. There's definitely a place for the young, broke, lonely and bold. And unlike China or other rising Asian economies, it has that strictly European lifestyle that I love - a baroque Old World appreciation of the fine arts that is now lost on the West.