To this day I don't ever remember seeing a pet inside Moscow, I never saw anyone carrying a dog, or leading a dog. Err I finally saw a, a pet some years later in Kiev, so I thought that life must have been, different.
This quote offers a unique glimpse into the daily life and cultural differences observed by the speaker, Ralph Boston, between Moscow and Kiev. It reflects how the presence or absence of something as ordinary as pets in public can strongly influence one’s perception of life in different places. The absence of dogs or pets visibly accompanying people in Moscow might point toward cultural norms or societal attitudes at that time towards...