I have been in the USA continuously for about 8 months, not counting the wintering in California a couple of years ago. Novice - so my acquaintances happily call me. Indeed, by the standards of immigrants living here for five to seven years, I am that very newcomer. How does it change life ...

Each nation has its own traditions in raising children too. But in the modern world, when people can freely travel around countries, getting acquainted with a foreign culture. We like some traditions, and some are perplexing. Lena Lushakova described in her ...

Many Americans change their place of residence with enviable regularity. The average US resident moves 12 times in his life, according to data from the US Census Bureau. Lena Lukashova talked with people of different ages and professions, as a result of which she identified three reasons for frequent moving ...

Drive to Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood. What pictures pop up in your head? Luxurious houses, azure ocean and palm trees? Yes, that's right. But there is also something else. Suddenly, the usual huge American stores are replaced by small rooms with long-unwashed glass. I hear Russian ...

Surfing the Internet. Suddenly an advertisement pops up: Become foster parent - "become a parent-educator", if literally. I got curious about what this thing was, especially since the advertisement was presented as a potential job. It turns out that these are temporary parents, to whom they give an orphan child for a short time - until ...

A small coffee shop, from the windows of which the Pacific Ocean gleams in the rays of the awakened sun. Tom, a skinny 55-year-old American, carefully puts a piece of apple pie for his wife. Suddenly a bearded man comes in. Greasy blonde hair just begs for a haircut. A soiled windbreaker, badly worn jeans ...

Once I was looking for housing in California and came across an ad: half a house for rent in Irvine for $ 700. Fantastic value for this state. I'm coming. The door is opened by a short guy of 25-27 years old. Beady brown eyes smile affably. Name is Paul. He walks, shows the apartments. The rooms are large and ...

- We then specially rented a two-bedroom apartment for six months: parents came to visit my wife. Who knew that we would get into such a story ... - shares my friend Denis, on whose behalf I will continue the story. The parents stayed for two months, and for the rest ...

“My parents are selling the house, they lived there for 25 years ... They don't want to buy a new one, they will rent it. They plan to live in New York, where my brother moved. Then to Hawaii, where they spent their honeymoon. Well, and then to the state that I choose for life, ...

I am having supper, reaching for a plate of salad ... When suddenly my phone starts literally howling like a siren. This is the first time I have heard such a sound tearing up my ears. I grab my cell phone right there. The screen flashes with the message: ALERT, alarm! The siren's howl is even more unbearable in the hands. I open it - and there is a message about ...