Originally published on Medium on Jan 7, 2019. A note — I was born in Russia and moved to Canada in 2005, and have many relatives in both places. When we moved, I remember it being a significant culture shock, and throughout the years I’ve been able to more accurately pinpoint exactly what the fundamental differences in culture are. The observations made here are from my own experience and conversations with people. Take everything I say with a grain of salt — some of these assertions might be a result of my personal biases. That being said, I hope that delving into this issue can be in some way insightful.
Hope you are OK Sav....your blog was silent for a while