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'Looks like a horror movie': a Ukrainian woman who moved to New York told how this city surprised her

'06.08.2022'

Olga Derkach

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Daria Sokol, a Ukrainian travel blogger based in New York, told Insiderthat her "terrible first impression" of the city is very different from how she perceives it now.

The Kharkiv resident said that she moved to the United States in 2013 on a study abroad program in Washington, DC. She first saw New York when she flew into JFK and boarded a bus to Washington. The 29-year-old girl hoped that it would be beautiful - as she saw in American films. But some areas on the outskirts of the city turned out to be dirtier than she expected.

However, this did not stop the Ukrainian, and in 2019 Sokol moved to New York.

She currently works as a technical account manager and posts travel content in her spare time for her 20 Instagram followers.

Now she says she loves New York and can't imagine living anywhere else. AT May she got married on the roof of a skyscraper, because she wanted all the cult places of the city to be with her that day.

New York looked like a "horror movie" when Daria first arrived here. She was surprised by the bad weather and piles of rubbish.

“It was like a horror movie,” Sokol said. — It was very rainy, there was a thunderstorm, it was pouring rain. The streets were very dirty, there was rubbish everywhere.”

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She remembered wondering, “Where is all the vaunted beauty of New York?”

Sokol hails from Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine, which is known for its commitment to sustainability. According to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the city joined the EBRD's Green Cities Initiative, which was launched to allow European cities to address environmental issues such as solid waste recycling. The city has about 1,5 million inhabitants.

The Ukrainian returned to New York the following year, and with each visit to new places, such as Central Park, her love for the Big Apple grew in her, and Daria decided to move here.

She was struck by how friendly people are in New York. Sokol said that one of the things she likes about the US is the friendly people.

“They are more smiling,” Daria noted. “When you walk down the street in the United States and smile at someone, about 90% of the time they smile back.”

According to the experience of the Ukrainian, in the United States there is a culture of encouragement and positivity, which is not so common in other countries - at first, Daria even found it difficult to accept compliments from strangers.

“I was walking down the street, and some girl said: “Oh, I like your shoes, they are so beautiful,” she shared her impressions.

“Now I really like this reward culture,” the Kharkiv resident admitted. “There are a lot of positive things about her.”

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