Moscow is not rubber

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

This is a sore subject both for the Muscovites themselves and for the "guests of the capital" who, for various reasons, want to stay and live in Moscow forever. They talk a lot about this, they argue to the point of hoarseness. Someone proves that it is possible to live well outside of Moscow, someone cites as an example celebrities who were able to break through only in the capital. And nothing has changed.

There is a problem. Everyone wants to go to Moscow, but Muscovites dislike all of them. It turns out such chauvinism in the capital. If the nationalists shout: "Russia is for Russians!", Then Moscow residents: "Moscow is for Muscovites!" There are even proposals to introduce a visa regime at the entrances to the capital.

Poor Muscovites, do not be afraid of us, we are not scary at all!

They don't reckon with us

Recently I watched another talk show, in which the topic of Moscow and the limiters was raised. One aristocratic-looking lady, looking contemptuously at a girl who by hook or by crook had entrenched herself in Moscow and received a residence permit, said: “We, native Muscovites, have our own way of life, traditions, culture!"

What is she talking about? What do the newcomers not want to reckon with? I have been living in my hometown for almost 25 years, and I just can't figure out what a nonresident person can do to make me, as a native resident, offended? Will he spit me in the face, or say something nasty? And whose dignity will I insult by arriving in Moscow and starting to make attempts to stay in this city? I don’t understand.

On the question of the indigenous people. I am sure that the overwhelming majority of Muscovites, if not parents, then grandparents, once came to conquer the capital and firmly settled in it, realizing that they could not find a better city in the world.

They are taking our work

Every person traveling from the provinces to Moscow understands two things perfectly:

1. In Moscow, he has much more opportunities to get rich and

2. To earn good money and not to return in shame and without pants to your hometown, you have to turn around. Like that frog that fell into milk, which did not want to submit to fate and drown, but began to flounder with all its might and, in the end, whipped up sour cream and got out. Provincials are more active because Moscow is their only chance, for some, to live a full life.

"You can break through and become rich and famous not only in Moscow!" Eh, no. First, family and friendship ties are much stronger in the provinces. Without the acquaintances of aunt-uncle, it is difficult to get a job even at an average-paying job. This is easier in Moscow. My friend, having lived in the capital for less than a month, easily got a job as a secretary at a well-known radio station. Yes, she was also discouraged there: "You have a higher education, you can find a better job for yourself!"

I have no doubt that soon she will really find a better job. In Moscow. She will definitely not return to her native outback.

And secondly and most importantly - wages! Recently, the following statistics were reported on television: the average salary in Moscow is 18,600 rubles, and the average salary in the country is 5,400 rubles. Taking advantage of the fact that I am a provincial, I will reveal two "terrible secrets" to everyone. The first secret: the average salary in the country is not 5400 at all, but much less. In our millionaire city, people are jealous when they find out that you have a salary of 4,000 rubles. And the second secret, the most important one: if every person in his particular city or town were paid an average of 18,600 rubles a month, Moscow would be empty in an instant. And the wind would whistle along the dimly lit streets and avenues, and the traffic cops smoked sadly and nervously tinkled with trifles in their pockets …

They are bandits

Many are beginning to talk about nonresident gangster groups and diasporas that have occupied Moscow markets, and indeed "half of Moscow". About those people who in a criminal way, with the help of money, bypassing all obstacles on the way to registration and organization of companies, settle in the capital. They transport their families there. They are engaged in illegal business. They trade in drugs and weapons. But what does all the provincials have to do with it?

Judge your corrupt officials, with whose help evil and lawlessness seeps into Moscow. Make sure that the police are incorruptible, so that the passport offices do not make a "trick" for big money. As Gleb Zheglov said: "A thief should be in prison," and therefore nothing, except punishment for non-observance of laws, can and should not hinder the development of Moscow by nonresident citizens. Sorry.

They are taking our men away

Oh, how Muscovites are afraid and at the same time despise provincial women! Limiters are taking the men away, guard! These brainless boorish girls in cheap tights, ready to lie under anyone, walking over their heads, in the end, get a job at prestigious jobs, and then even make a career in Moscow! But the main thing is to marry the most worthy men! They themselves are not enough, but they are taking away the best!

Most Muscovites think so, consciously or subconsciously. And these fears are not groundless. Native Muscovites are lazy and lethargic when choosing a marriage partner. For them, especially those who have their own apartment in Moscow, the material security of a potential husband is more than important. I'm not talking about all, but about many.

And girls from other cities are not so picky. They can live in a hostel, and in a shared room, and on the outskirts of the city. They are not afraid of the remoteness of the apartment from the center and the place of work, or pregnancy and childbirth in the absence of their own living space. Therefore, many of them, having become "wives of soldiers" who were rejected by their Moscow friends for their low solvency, turn into "wives of generals" after some 5-10 years, causing acute envy of you know who you are.

Tanya, a 30-year-old Muscovite, is still single. At the age of 27, she had a real chance to connect her destiny with a man who loves her to madness. But in those days she thought like this: "Yes, I understand, it would be necessary to get married, and it is time to have children. And he is so cute, and he loves me, and carries me in his arms. But he is already 35 years old, and he still lives in apartment on the edge of Moscow. Two hours by train. And that's all he has! If only he lived in the center …"

Then they parted on Tanya's initiative. Now she has her own apartment, which her parents bought her. And if then, at the age of 27, she decided differently, then now she could live in a new apartment with her husband and child, and her husband's apartment, which is 3 hours away by train, could be sold or rented out, and spinning, floundering, beat sour cream with paws. Get up on your own feet, and not continue to sit on your parents' neck.

Moscow is not rubber

Not rubber, but why then does it all fit? Yes, because the birth rate is falling every year - this time. For one person born, there are two deaths. So the influx of nonresidents to Moscow is very useful. Muscovites themselves are fleeing their beloved capital - that's two. In whole courses, in groups, after graduating from universities, former students break down and leave to work and live in America and Europe. This is called a "brain drain". So it turns out that Moscow is a tasty morsel for provincials, and abroad for Muscovites. Almost like the water cycle in nature.

I don't want to get into politics. Everyone understands that Moscow is a kind of state within a state in which the standard of living is clearly higher than in most cities in Russia. And since there is such an order of things, and everyone has to put up with this injustice, then it is also time for Muscovites to stop wrinkling their nose contemptuously when talking about newcomers. Every person strives for a better life, wants to secure a future for himself and his children, and according to the law he has every right to be where he is given such an opportunity.