towndwarf

Спасибо

Тане М. за этот текст - попытку проанализировать разницу между Western World and Eastern World (сравниваются города в восточной Европе и центральные города России/Украины.)

	WESTERN EUROPE	EASTERN EUROPE	towndwarf´s opinion (mostly about western Europe)
	Structure	Chaos
Driving roads	excellent	holes, possible islands of grass in the middle	Agree
Time	Schedule	chaos	Depends. Mostly it’s correct
Activity for after work	Bar	Walk, park, house work, help friends, projects of any kind	Europe: Bar, walk, guests, house work, hobbies.
Activity for weekend	Bar	Plant potatoes/dig potatoes; visit relatives; hitchhike; botanic garden for summer; snow fights for winter; bajdarki; parachuting; mountain biking; picnic; …	Europe: mountain biking; picnics; shopping, entertainment parks, driving to other cities (but there’re countries where moving out of the city shows that you´re not reliable)
Vacations	Go abroad, mostly sea side or where your interest lies (diving, skiing, cycling etc)	Go to local sea side/local mountains or country side to visit grand parents, older generation: plant/dig potatoes	Europe: I saw some MIX of the items. /And digging potatoes isn´t such fun/
Work	9 to 5	9 to unlimited	Europe: depends on country.
Casual conversation	weather	Experience, feelings	Weather, experience, feelings.
Conversation with friends	Their house, last vacations, next vacations, job, babies (if applicable). THIS IS ALL!!	Meaning of life, searching for advice, support, super deep trust, vision for the future, values, passions	‘meaning of life and all the stuff’ is ONLY between REALLY close friends in Russia/Ukraine. The issue of jealosy is REALLY serious concern there.
Topics for art	Raising current specific issues : i.e. loosing of personality in globalizing world; self realization of wheel-chaired	Did not have access to see. Assumption: artists have no money/time for art. OR, there is no demand for art. style='color: black'>	Don’t know.
Art	Classical, modern, ultra modern, pop art. Photo exhibitions, paintings. Pop stars concerts, modern dance shows.	Archaic religious paintings. Classical ballet.	Partially right
retirement	Predicted, pension, travel	chaos	Right
clothing	Polo, La Costa, Benetton etc.	Local market :-)	Yes
Drink	Beer	Strong drinks	50/50
Drink on the street/park/…	Illegal	Yes, please J	Right
Disappointment of the day	Did not sort the garbage for recycling	No money for breakfast tomorrow
Charity	Yes, a lot. People members of funds, charity events.	Are they giving out free stuff? Where??	Right
Eating/drinking out	4 nice places on each corner	Either not nice or too expensive	Right
Aspirations	Job. To buy a house. To go no vacations.	Meaning of life. Friendship. Future of the country. How can I make a difference.	Partially right
Sport	2-3 times a week everybody.	1ce a month :-), the most dedicated people	Yes
Cycle pads	everywhere	What do you mean?	Yes
Debit/credit cards	everywhere	What do you mean?	Yes
Animals	Zoo only	Forest	How many people going to forests??
Vegetables/fruits	Green houses, chemically impacted. No taste. All year round.	Juicy, real, from the real garden, only in appropriate season.	Yes but you can easily obtain chemically unimpacted vegetables/fruits. And the MOST important: You CAN affort it even in winter.
I think in another way	OK. (as if I give a damn)	NO! lets discuss it!	"No, let´s discuss it" and next some of uss will find a way to a dentist or emergency room.
Something went wrong	No worries. We do better next time.	OH my god! OH my god! OH my god!!!
No, I am not fine	Oh really?? That’s too bad… but its gonna be fine!!!	My god! What happened, how may I help??	About helping – I’m not so sure.
With unknown people	Friendly, smiling, discussing weather	Fight possible, rude words possible	I prefer ‘weather’ conversations.
With well known people	Friendly, smiling, discussing weather	Deep conversations, expressing attitude to personal values.	Depends on country.
Life	Predictable	unpredictable	That’s right
Day-to-day	Boring, same, did I mention bar?	Surprising, fight for the future, friends	It depends on people.
Beer?	Have to check my schedule for next week	Yes, now!!!	50/50
Faces	same	Telling you his life story	50/50
country	Developed. Successful. Boring. Rich.	Juicy, authentic, unique, rich in traditions, full of hopes. Poor.	dunno

Пожалуйста выскажите ч-то вы думаете. /у меня сейчас нет времени написать свои мысли/
Я через 10 мин уезжаю в Донецк, когда у меня будет интернет - не знаю.