My Experience After More than 1 Month living in Yerevan.
My Experience after 1 Month Living in the Capital of Armenia YEREVAN.
I Will Make a short Resume of the Life in Yerevan after more than 1 month if to Compare with a similar Life in Moscow (RUSSIA)
ADMINISTRATION :
The Administrative Offices are Working Better in Yerevan than in Moscow.
Some offices are not working properly, but if you need to get a Document or submit an application you will be able to find a place where to do this in Yerevan.
That is much complicated in Moscow, where some administrations are delocalized to suburbs of Moscow.
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LIVING COST :
The living cost is quite similar, the manufactured goods are more expensive in Yerevan than in Moscow..
The transpoty cost is only 0,25EUR (100 AMD) for my trips inside the city, while taxi with Yandex Taxi is Cheaper or equal to Moscow Prices.
You can Live in Yerevan for 7000 AMD per day if you are staying in some Hostel or 10 000 AMD per Day in a Cheap Hotel, if you rent an accomodation you need to budget 15 000 AMD per Day minimum (all included)
Minimum Budget for 1 month of Living in Yerevan is 210 000 AMD (Around 500 EUR), But this it is not for renting premises, if to rent living premises the total cost will be 450 000 AMD per Month (Around 1 030 EUR) That is Very Similar to Moscow.
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RESTAURANTS IN YEREVAN :
There are plenty of Restaurants in Yerevan, the cost of Restaurants are 20 or 30% more expensive than in Moscow.
You Will find the Same Brands as in Moscow KFC (Rostics), Dominos Pizza and others brands have their franchises There)
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BEST DISTRICTS :
-The Best District regarding Quality/Price, distance from the center of the city is ARABKIR District.
There are Plenty of Guest Houses, Hotels and Hostels in this District.
This District is close to the center.
-The Second Best District is Kentron (central district) where the most Luxurious Hostels are located and with the majority of commercial activity of the city.
-The Third Best District is Erebuni, this is a big District located near the central Kentron District with Housing Facilities and many Building's.
It is Mostly a Residential Building.
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WORK IN YEREVAN :
The Working Situation in Yerevan or Armenia is Worsen than in Russia with higher Unemployment Rate and Smaller Wages.
Typical Wage for a Worker as Manager or Seller in Yerevan is about 200 000 / 250 000 AMD that is about 500/550 EUR and in Moscow is around twice that about 900 to 1200 EUR ( 90 000 to 120 000 RUB)
This result as in Yerevan the Single worker have 2 times less money to cover the same expenses as ihe will have in Moscow, and result as exode population of Armenia to Foreign Countries.
RESUME :
The rating will be 7.7/10 for Living quality Price in Moscow and 7/10 for Living Quality/Price in Yerevan (Mostly due to local economic situation)
If you are working for a Foreign Company in Armenia or your Main source of income is outside Armenia then it will be a rating of 8.5 or 8.5/10 for your personal situation.
MOSCOW : 7.7/10
YEREVAN : 7/10
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