> One thing I really like about Russian culture is that people don't segregate
> themselves into age- or success-based groups. In the US, where everybody is
> supposed to follow a specific life plan (go to college, get a job, get a
> promotion, get married, work on career, have children, retire), people tend
> only to associate with other people in their specific age/success bracket.
> In Russia, at discotheques, you will see groups of friends hanging out with
> age ranges of 16 to 60. <snip>
>
> It's just a much more humen culture.
Do you suppose that's a Russian thing, a Soviet thing, or a little of both?
Jacob Conrad