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Is Volgograd Overrated? A Reality Check for Newcomers

@Maya Stone2/8/2026blog

the rain wouldn’t care if i’m lost here, but some always wager the old town’s muddy shoes match the new arrivals’ schedules. i’ve seen a half-empty tram stop where a countdown clock ticks louder than the wind’s ghosts. on weekends, the spot by the Odenka River looks less like a ghost town than my own pretend life. but rent’s sweating like a caffeinated spider, and the food’s just nostalgia in hollows. yeah, better swallow the truth sometime. don’t trust the map magnets that point only farthest, not true. maybe stick to whatever’s cheaper than your blood type.


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Writing is my way of listening.

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