Pros & Cons of Living in Surgut 

There are different opinions as to why the most people believe that life in Surgut is easy and comfortable. To begin with, one must mention that Surgut has the unofficial name of “oil capital of Russia”, because the production of oil is well developed. Economy of Surgut is linked with oil extraction and gas processing. The largest enterprises of the city are “Surgutneftegaz” and “Gazprom”. In other words many people move to Surgut because of its high salary. Moreover, many people in Surgut have more than one car. It is a fantastic place to start a new business. On the other hand, Surgut is a fast-developing city with a variety of choices for work, recreation and lifestyles. There are a lot of beautiful parks, theatres, playgrounds, shops and other places of interest. Surgut is not a large city that is why you can see the sights and interact with others daily. There is hardly a city in the world where such a variety of scenery can be found. The citizens are friendly, cheerful and highly educated which makes Surgut an interesting place to live.

In spite of these good points, there is the reverse of the medal. First of all, if you look to a map of the World and put your finger on Surgut, then to trace the latitude along the rest of the globe, you will see that Surgut is located on the northern part of the country. The climate of the area is a sharp continental type. The average temperature in January is 25 C below zero and average temperature in July is 17 C above zero. Frosts can reach 40 C below zero. What is more interesting, Surgut has different reasons for traffic jams. One of them is the frosty winter and that is why transportation roads cannot work well because of black ice. The other is high quantity of life and, as a result, possession of many vehicles’ and apparently, some streets must be reconstructed and broadened. Furthermore, Surgut is rather an expensive city than Moscow. All the facts influence on people’s health. Most of people work on harmful production and that is why they more often have diseases, but they also have a high salary. But this looks more like a hard working city than a city of happiness. So if you want to earn a lot of money, you will sacrifice your health. Air pollution is not reduced and a lot of rivers and lakes are polluted.

By statistics on oil supplies in Siberia it will last for another 50 years and no longer. The fact of the matter is that you may believe of it or not, because that is your own business. So, Surgut has some pros and cons in living there. We understand it is hard to make up our minds about choosing a place to live. But all of us have a choice in the life and not only one. Moreover, the longer we stay here, the more we like the city. ©