1. Moscow and a few other big cities are the only locations that offer well-paid jobs. Towns don't have jobs or they are poorly paid. 2. Daily two hours one-way commute on Russian roads with our traffic is a kind of hell. Daily two hours one-way commute in crowded suburban trains is a kind of different type of hell. Not only the transport is crowded, it is also slow. The traffic in the peak hours blocks all the major highways, and you can spend two hours in a car and still be just 30 kilometers away from the ring road. Suburban trains are more reliable in terms of speed, but they only make approximately 50 km/hour anyway. Fast regional expresses like in Germany don't really exist. 3. The social, medical, educational and entertainment infrastructure is a lot poorer even in not-so-distant suburbs.
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1. Moscow and a few other big cities are the only locations that offer well-paid jobs. Towns don't have jobs or they are poorly paid.
2. Daily two hours one-way commute on Russian roads with our traffic is a kind of hell. Daily two hours one-way commute in crowded suburban trains is a kind of different type of hell.
Not only the transport is crowded, it is also slow. The traffic in the peak hours blocks all the major highways, and you can spend two hours in a car and still be just 30 kilometers away from the ring road. Suburban trains are more reliable in terms of speed, but they only make approximately 50 km/hour anyway. Fast regional expresses like in Germany don't really exist.
3. The social, medical, educational and entertainment infrastructure is a lot poorer even in not-so-distant suburbs.