I'M JUST BACK FROM THE UKRAINE...AND THAT PLACE IS BOOMING... THE SKYLINE IS FILLED WITH CONSTRUCTION CRANES... IT'S SORT OF LIKE CHICAGO IN APPEARANCE AND POPULATION DENSITY....6 MILLION IN THE METRO REGION.
THE TRAFFIC IS HORRID...ALL NEW CARS MOSTLY...CHEVYS, TOYOTAS, VW...ETC.... OCCASIONALLY AN OLD LADA OUT IN THE SUBURBS...BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR THEM... OLD LADAS ARE BECOMING A COLLECTORS ITEM I THINK...
AND EVERYONE IS STILL SHOPPING.
IN UKRAINE .... CRIME IS VERY VERY LOW...THE SUPPPOSED...HIGH CRIME IN UKRAINE IS JUST A WESTERN MYTH...TOTALLY BULLSHIT...
CENTRAL KIEV AS SAFE AS ANY SUBURB IN AMERICA...ANYTIME.
BUT OF COURSE YOU DO HAVE TO USE A LITTLE COMMON SENSE...AND MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS...
AFTER ALL IN KIEV WALKING AROUND WITH A BOTTLE OF OBOLON IS SORT OF TRADITION DOWNTOWN...THINK FRENCH QUARTER IN OLD NEW ORLEANS AND YOU'LL HAVE IT ABOUT RIGHT....
BUT IT'S ALL FOR FUN. NEVER THREATENING IN THE LEAST...
BUT STILL YOU NEVER EVEN SEE ANY POLICE! GENERALLY THE POLICE WILL LEAVE PEOPLE ALONE AND MOST PEOPLE IN KIEV "KNOW HOW" TO BEHAVE SO POLICE AREN'T REALLY NECESSARY.
NOW OUT IN THE OLDER MORE RUN DOWN SUBURBAN "PROJECTS" ....? YOU COULD PROBABLY FIND SOME TROUBLE, IF YOU WERE REALLY LOOKING HARD ENOUGH... BUT FEW OUTSIDERS OR FOREIGNERS.... GO THERE... AND EVEN THOSE PLACES MAY LOOK WORSE THAN THEY REALLY ARE.
NO BEGGERS NO BUMS...IN UKRAINE...A VERY RARE BABUSKA...BUT THEY ARE SORT OF A NATIONAL SYMBOL MORE THAN REALLY BEGGERS...
UKRAINIANS SOMETIMES WILL ASK ABOUT THE BANKS IN AMERICA...BUT THAT SEEMS VERY VERY FAR AWAY TO THEM...
LIKEWISE... CHINA IS NOT GOING TO STOP GROWING...
SO, THIS SO CALLED..."COMMODITIES DEFLATION" SCENARIO JUST DOES NOT SEEM CORRECT... IT DOES NOT RING TRUE TO ME...
YES, THE AMERICAN ECONOMY HAS BEEN LOOTED TO THE BONE...AND CONSUMER DEBT IS BECOMING VERY TOXIC HERE...
BUT NOT OVERSEAS....IN THE DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
SO THE US ECONOMY IS RELATIVELY ALONE IN THAT REGARD...
