"If the Internet is anything to go by, Moscow seems to be increasingly disliked by the rest of Russia (some people going as far as half-jokingly proposing to split the country into two parts - Moscow and everything else, or "get rid of Moscow", or something like that). The main cause appears to be the perceived arrogance of the city's inhabitants, their supposed ignorance regarding the rest of the country and rudeness towards any visitors to the city, as depicted in the jokes about "Ponaekhali" (which translates roughly to the disapproving "so many of you came here" - the supposedly typical answer of a Muscovite to people asking for directions, regardless of how polite and sensible that asking may have been). Whether this dislike actually has foundation is up for debate - and indeed, numerous debates ensue. Many people in regions believe, that money made by selling resources from other regions are mostly accumulated in Moscow and many people in Moscow believe that other regions are just populated by lazy idiots"
wow... sounds familiar, like the way bloody London and the rest of Britain coexist in a state of mutual disdain bordering on hatred... they robbed us blind, are too greedy for their own good at our expense, and think of the English regions as useless appendages populated by bone-idle troglodytes! The Russian answer to Britain Is Only London
Male, early sixties, Cranky old fart, at least two decades behind. So you have been warned. Functionally illiterate in several languages.
"If the Internet is anything to go by, Moscow seems to be increasingly disliked by the rest of Russia (some people going as far as half-jokingly proposing to split the country into two parts - Moscow and everything else, or "get rid of Moscow", or something like that). The main cause appears to be the perceived arrogance of the city's inhabitants, their supposed ignorance regarding the rest of the country and rudeness towards any visitors to the city, as depicted in the jokes about "Ponaekhali" (which translates roughly to the disapproving "so many of you came here" - the supposedly typical answer of a Muscovite to people asking for directions, regardless of how polite and sensible that asking may have been). Whether this dislike actually has foundation is up for debate - and indeed, numerous debates ensue. Many people in regions believe, that money made by selling resources from other regions are mostly accumulated in Moscow and many people in Moscow believe that other regions are just populated by lazy idiots"
wow... sounds familiar, like the way bloody London and the rest of Britain coexist in a state of mutual disdain bordering on hatred... they robbed us blind, are too greedy for their own good at our expense, and think of the English regions as useless appendages populated by bone-idle troglodytes! The Russian answer to Britain Is Only London
Male, early sixties, Cranky old fart, at least two decades behind. So you have been warned. Functionally illiterate in several languages.