I live in Kiev in its old part, one of the residential areas close to the suburbs. I’ve been living here since my childhood, so it’s more than 36 years already. It is a really good old neighborhood without skyscrapers but with ordinary blocks of flats with a lot of playgrounds and different parks. Moreover there are a lot of local shops here which is really good for me being a mama. I don’t need to go somewhere to buy products. Everything is within walking distance from my house. The best scene I like about my place of residence is the fact that it is a really leafy neighborhood. There are a lot of trees here and it feels really fresh especially in summer when the center of Kiev is boiling hot here I can breathe in fresh air and enjoy the shadow of leafy trees. The thing that I don’t like about my neighborhood is maybe that there are some strange neighbors here who are not sometimes adequate and there is one more because of the war unfortunately there are a lot of bombings here as we are closely located to the plants which are under attack.
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I live in Kiev in its old part, one of the residential areas close to the suburbs. I've been living here since my childhood, so it's more than 36 years already. It is a really good old neighborhood without skyscrapers but with ordinary blocks of flats with a lot of playgrounds and different parks. Moreover, there are a lot of local shops here which is really good for me being a mom. I don't need to go somewhere to buy products. Everything is within walking distance from my house. The best thing I like about my place of residence is the fact that it is a really leafy neighborhood. There are a lot of trees here and it feels really fresh, especially in summer when the center of Kiev is boiling hot. Here I can breathe in fresh air and enjoy the shade of leafy trees. The thing that I don't like about my neighborhood is maybe that there are some strange neighbors here who are not sometimes adequate, and there is one more because of the war. Unfortunately, there are a lot of bombings here as we are closely located to the plants which are under attack.
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