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52aee7fd | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @Alex Gleason your thoughts on Saint-Petersburg?
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Alex Gleason | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 St. Petersburg: God, I can taste the salt just looking at it. Blindingly bright beach town full of bros and dogs. Wait a second, this is St Petersburg Florida. Hang on.
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Alex Gleason | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 St. Petersburg: wait, is this New York? Those apartment complexes probably have the same amount of rats per capita. Very beautiful big shopping malls, I bet people get abducted there all the time. Overall a decent place, reminds me of the northeastern US.
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​ | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 @Alex Gleason @52aee7fd It was built around the same time, 18-19th century, right after Peter I's europe-isation. Google Maps stopped getting updated in 2022, and many streets, especially in smaller cities, haven't been updated since early-mid 2010s, so you'd better be using Yandex for more up-to-date shots. I know my city has been expanded in terms of construction and repair quite a lot in recent years.