Russian infra doesn’t suck that much, I guess it was overbuilt in soviet times. Armenian, on the oner hand… But they’re “societally prepared” in the sense that repairs are quick usually, and there are even some upgrades recently.

I had a Russian friend tell me that the Soviet mindset was to overbuild.

He said they tended to build “two of everything,” which is why there’s so many sets of two.

If one craps out, the second can be used in its place, or scavenged for parts.

I am in Honolulu right now and the power has gone out twice in the last three days because of high winds.