I am agree with you Chiara, I am italian expat, but I can tell that in the place I live, there are a lot of foreigners who live here. Most of them, bought apartments and live their life....
Best regards, Massimo On 24.11.2010 14:01, Chiara P wrote: > I don't really think that the number of expats in Moscow is > decreasing. Probably you just go to the wrong places. > The number of registered people at the embassies is increasing > and Moscow is full of non resident/registered expats. > Maybe because I'm Italian and Italians are everywhere here or probably > because I deal with clubs and restaurants and 50%, or more, of the > guests are expats but I definitely disagree. > > Best regards, > Chiara > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:19:48 +0300 > Subject: Re: Expat List waning of the expat > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > CC: > > Interesting - I've wondered the same. However expat meetup groups like > Internations.org are growing by the month. > > It maybe that the expats are becoming more assimilated - not hanging > round in the usual expats spots but adopting a more integrated and > low-profile position. > > Another factor maybe that US/UK companies are trying to hire locally > rather than import expats. There's a whole group of Russian execs who > have now taken over these roles. Maybe this group isn't so keen on > hiring foreigners, having been under them for so long. > > One Russian exec gave me this impression, constantly referring to > 'them' and 'us' - and the 'need to do things for themselves' - a > curious outlook for an international organisation. It's an > understandable reaction but that trend might hurt them in the long term. > > BR > > Nick > > Personal Blog: http://NickWilsdon.com <http://nickwilsdon.com/> > http://www.RussianMarketer.com <http://www.russianmarketer.com/> > > > 2010/11/23 Human Resources <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Interesting, it seems that there may have been a demographic > change. The expat as a social class may have largely disappeared. > I don't mean the been there, done that, read the book, bought the > T-shirt kind of expat like Nick Rees and others who have been > around since god used to have to go to May 1 and Nov. 7 rallies. > > But, the you know, the ugh... this phrase ages me, the young > expat, the 25 to 35 year old. The ones who used to fill the > clubs, talk loud in Coffeemania, explain to the guards at Soho > that the guards are idiots for not letting them in. > > My impression is that this demographic has collapsed. If they are > the ones who would look for a job (possibly) through the Moscow > Times the laughable (on one count 85% of ads from iMedia itself) > help wanted pages on Wed and Fri would seem to indicate that there > are no jobs. > > Had an occasion to be at the, ugh... just gets worse... > ophmatologist, at the American Medical Center (well... at least > the building is clean, though I can't otherwise recommend it), and > well... it's no longer the "American" Center (it's Medsi) and > there are no expats. Asked the doctor, she said, well... there > are guys your age (40+), but no, no younger ones. > > Why do I bring it up? Well... thoughts of Turkey Day, I > distinctly remember when there was some place near 1905 Metro > station, Navarro's? And well the food wasn't terribly good, but 3 > years ago they needed 2 full sittings to fit everyone in, last > year a couple of large tables at Correa's and it's all dynosaur > expats (40+) and in a few cases, their wives. This year... a > hearty handshake and sandwich? > > Seriously, not that I care, but it's weird to be part of a dying > demographic. As Kurt Vonnegut wrote, "and so it goes". > > Perhaps, though, the most relevant Vonnegut quote was: Bad guys > turned informer. Good guys didn't no matter when, no matter > what. Not that it's relevant to anything in Russia. > > > > _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list > [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/
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