Paul Goble
Staunton, March 24 – An informal Snob survey of eight Russians who have chosen to live in Moscow, regional centers or abroad shows that for many Russians, the advantages of the Russian capital as a place to live remain large but are no longer so great that many choose either to remain in smaller cities or to move abroad.
That represents a major change from the past when almost anyone who had the chance chose to live in the capital; and such attitudes help to explain why migration within the Russian Federation has been declining over the last several years, from 4.34 million in 2018 to under four million now (snob.ru/society/gde-luchshe-zhit-v-stolice-ili-v-regionah-vopros-dnya/).
Many still look to Moscow as the best place to live unless they are able to move abroad, but a large number say that its cultural and infrastructure advantages are no longer as great as they used to be and that smaller cities provide not only a better physical environment but almost equal educational and professional opportunities.
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