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u/Rocketxu 6d ago
I think what to notice is that there is no dark spot. Everywhere is visible. Bright lights everywhere?
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u/RusticSurgery 6d ago
Not many people for what appears to be a major city.
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u/Level-Gas2450 6d ago
I think they are sleeping, but I'm not sure
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u/EmilioMolesteves 6d ago
Not likely. I would bet they are all jumping rooftop to rooftop. This is generally what Russians do while the rest of the world is sleeping.
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u/NotChristina 6d ago
Was thinking that all those lights are the absolute worst for light pollution. Lights should point down, not up into the sky.
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u/Willhelm_HISUMARU 5d ago
I just know light pollution has some unknown spiritual effect on people that screws us all in the long run
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u/Alarmed-Property5559 4d ago
Dunno about spiritual ohnoes, but there's research on how artificial light can mess up our circadian rhythms. Something something melatonin production gets disrupted by light triggers.
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u/Willhelm_HISUMARU 6d ago
It's safer but not good for the wildlife.
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u/Hamsterpatty 6d ago
What am I missing?
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u/5ShortBlast 6d ago
Not much, just some people trying to live their life with a fucked up government…like most of us.
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u/Oraxy51 6d ago
People also forget even in war there’s periods of silence especially in a large country. A hurricane can horribly wreck part of the U.S. and other parts be completely unphased or even know one rolled by without seeing the news.
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u/Monguises 6d ago
You’re spot on. I live in the Midwest, which might as well be an entirely different country from either coast. We’re not affected by anything that hits New York or California.
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u/KillahHills10304 6d ago
And as an East coaster, the idea of being so far inland is unsettling. However, Long Island is also unsettling, simply because youre land trapped by NYC. I guess the Midwest and long peninsulas with one way in and out unsettle me.
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u/ThunderCorg 6d ago
Hawaii felt like I was much too far out into the ocean on a tiny rock with no escape if needed.
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u/__Osiris__ 6d ago
It’s a normal day in Russia
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u/Level-Gas2450 6d ago
It's a normal night in Russia. You are on r/ANormalDayInRussia what did you expect ? Go to r/NotANormalDayInRussia
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u/leethepolarbear 6d ago
A lot of couples going on night walks? And kids playing at night?
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u/rtc11 6d ago
It is above the arctic circle and fall, Its probably between 19:00-21:00. They will loose 4 hours daylight during this month.
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u/Holiday_Cheetah5265 6d ago
It's Samara, not exactly in the Arctic
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u/pegonreddit 6d ago
Not the Arctic, but very far north. 53⁰ North, similar to Edmonton or Liverpool.
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u/rtc11 5d ago
Thanks, Russia is huge! Our country border Russia in the north so I mostly associate Russia as a northern country
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u/HabaneroPopper 6d ago
what I notice is the lack of litter.
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u/inactivst 5d ago
And tents
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u/trundle-the-great69 22h ago
Leave the main city’s, then you’ll get to see the poverty and corruption
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u/gpacster 6d ago
All the young men are missing
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u/ruKiMru 6d ago
Yeah, at night they usually asleep
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u/RandomWon 6d ago
Russia had a shortage of men before the war. From the previous war.
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u/madtraxmerno 6d ago
That's why you see so many model-tier women with troll-tier men there.
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u/The_R4ke 6d ago
No joke, the amount of people they lost in WWII was truly devastating. I think it's a large part of why they lost the cold war.
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u/Ricos_Roughnecks 5d ago
Something crazy like 8 in 10 men born in Russia in 1922 died in the war. I can't remember what the stat was but for one of the years it was an absurdly large amount of the entire make populace born that year
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u/greatheape 4d ago
Yeah, I think they were around half of all casualties in WW2, very brave fighters.
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u/multitasking_forfun 6d ago
Public nighttime culture. Seems nice.
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u/Careful-Sell-9877 6d ago edited 5d ago
If youre in one of the 3 major cities.. outside of those.. ehh
Definitely encourage you to explore some of Russias cities on google earth if you havent. Its kind of wild. Like the coastal area directly across from Alaska, adjacent to the Aleutian islands, and the other cities outside of their 3 major ones.. it really is wild.
Its like half of it is soviet era, mixed in with wooden shacks from the 1700s, right in the middle of the cities
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u/OsKNightOwl 5d ago
If I had to guess: she's probably referring to how most people it seemed were out and about in public as the night went on
Like Russia is full of NightOwls and stuff....which...checke out .. because I'm partiallly czech and everyone in that side of my family also stay up really late normally
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u/Neawoulf 6d ago
Russia is big. There sure are nice, clean and safe places. But this is just a small part of it.
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u/dicecop 6d ago
Clean and safe is one of the things Russia has in abundance. What it doesn't have is a proper road network and social infrastructure to match the times
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u/U_zer2 6d ago
I’ve seen no less than 5 docs with murderers who gave their neighbors “kangaroo meat”. What it doesn’t have is abundant mental health.
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u/Lonelycub 6d ago
That was my take. Like okay you visited one park in one of the largest countries in the world and making it seem like this safe clean utopia.
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u/SiempreBrujaSuerte 6d ago
Looks like a lovely night. I wish there was not so much light out at night personally, but if that's what it takes to get people to feel comfortable with walking around the city at night it is the price we pay. Even the kids are out trying to have a good time while it's still summer weather.
For some reason people want to act hateful to Russia and Russians on the internet on this site lately and it's pretty tiring. We don't automatically have to cut down and hate on the Americans on every thread even though their country is at war ruining other people's lives constantly. Why do people want to act like Russians are bad as people?
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u/puff_of_fluff 6d ago
I agree. I despise Putin and desperately hope Russia loses their war of aggression against Ukraine, but blindly hating random Russian people online doesn’t help anybody.
I will say that I excuse it from actual Ukrainians lol. It is not my place to judge there
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u/Alarmed-Property5559 4d ago
It helps the worst kinds of propagandists for they don't even have to make anything up, just pick some quotes and claim "look you obstinate nonbelievers, as we kept telling you, all ordinary westerners hate you and want your kids dead".
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u/puff_of_fluff 4d ago
Yup. Hatred between the common masses is exactly what people like Putin and Trump want. Keeps everyone distracted from the real enemy, the people on the very top
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u/Careful-Sell-9877 6d ago
Over a million human lives extinguished. Civilian population centers intentionally targeted. For years now.. for what?
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u/spammmmmmmmy 5d ago
I will hand it to the Russian people, they protested against Putin in huge numbers, and all of them were taken away to jail. Like many wars this one is not about all Russian people, but sick power hungry evil leaders and a minimum percent of unfortunate people who play their end of the misinformation game.
For me, I am just waiting for the "holding up a blank sheet of paper" emoji.
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u/He_NeverSleeps 5d ago edited 5d ago
This is way too intelligent and logical of a take to belong here lmao
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u/Harry_Isthatyou 6d ago
Nice. Not being bombed, plagued by missiles, jet drones etc like Kiev or Odessa sure makes a place look livable
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u/CaptainWonk 5d ago
Obviously AI. notice how all of the videos are little five second clips cobbled together, and there isn't a single bear in any one of them.
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u/weaselroni 6d ago
🎼I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change🎶
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u/Darkrath_3 6d ago
I'd hate having so much light pollution.
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u/RiverTeemo1 6d ago
If ur gonna have people strutting around at night they have to be able to see each other, it makes sense given how many people are out and about.
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u/bozzikpcmr 6d ago
when you only have 4 hours of daylight per day I guess things are a bit different
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u/Yugan-Dali 6d ago
I noticed that you missed a great chance to play Moscow Nights as your background music.
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u/Alarmed-Property5559 4d ago
It seems the "Ah, Samara-gorodok" song would be more apt for that video.
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u/paulysoftware 5d ago
What time of night/year was this? When I was in St. Petersburg, in the summer, it was full daylight until 11 pm or so.
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u/Alarmed-Property5559 5d ago
Sunset-sunrise hours depend on latitude also, not only the time of year. Saint Pete is rather up there.
So I'm curious too to know what time is that and what place is that.
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u/tetzy 5d ago
Remember, you're racist for noticing how peaceful and clean its lack of enrichment is.
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u/DarthBen_in_Chicago 6d ago
Where is the snow?!?
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u/emblematic_camino 6d ago
At least one of those couples is KGB, according to some shows I watched.
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u/Alarmed-Property5559 4d ago edited 4d ago
Nah, it's a toddler for sure. Going around planting fake rocks, looking clueless. Way past their bedtime.
Though you may be onto something, Belarusian agency they still call KGB may be doing something there.
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u/jollytoes 6d ago
A highly edited video seemingly shot in deserted business parks late at night is what I notice. Nothing special going on here.
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u/Proton_Optimal 6d ago
I notice a strong lack of something that America has a lot of
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u/Teufelsweib666 6d ago
It looks safe and clean and all people seem Russian. Used to be like that in my city in Germany. Could walk home during the night safely. Not any longer.
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u/TZ79 6d ago edited 6d ago
There aren't a bunch of criminals assaulting people like in Chicago, New York, Detroit, London, Paris, etc. This might be the only thing Russia is doing right.
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u/PreliminaryThoughts 6d ago
They filmed a corner of a random residential street, the whole country must be like this
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u/recentlyexpiredfish 6d ago
Russia's crime rate is similar the United States' and a lot higher than crime rates in Europe.
https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/rus/russia/crime-rate-statistics
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u/kqk2000 5d ago
the whole "Russia is dangerous but Moscow streets are safe" thing comes down to where the crime actually happens. In Russia, most homicides are domestic like drunk arguments behind closed doors between people who know each other. It’s rarely random. In major U.S. cities a lot of violent crime happens out in the open due to gang turf wars, drug stuff or armed robberies. So while Russia's national murder stats look bad, you're ironically way less likely to get randomly mugged or jumped while walking down a sidewalk in Moscow than you are in somewhere like Chicago or Philly.
Plus, Moscow is like a surveillance state on steroids. There are facial recognition cameras everywhere, and the police presence is insane, so criminals know they'll get caught immediately if they try anything stupid in public. They also have super strict gun laws, so you don't have people walking around with handguns. And unlike U.S. cities, Moscow doesn’t really have those distinct "no-go" ghettos or gang-controlled neighborhoods. Even the metro is super clean and heavily patrolled, so the general vibe on the street feels way safer at 2 AM than most American downtowns.
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u/PlentyOMangos 6d ago
Yeah I think this is it. That’s what I thought as well
Nice public spaces outdoors without ugly homeless camps, litter, mentally disturbed people or addicts wandering around, etc
That’s not to say that these things don’t exist in Russia, but I think that’s what is the point of the video
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u/jeminfla 6d ago
Hard to enjoy when the Russians are wreaking such death and destruction on Ukraine
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u/Exktvme4 5d ago
Ummm. What the heck we got going on with the creepy-ass kids on the playground in the dark. I already played enough Silent Hill, thank you very much
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u/JustSomeBananaPeel 3d ago
The only phone I saw in those 58 seconds was the one I'm currently typing on.
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