Which of the capitals (Moscow or St. Petersburg) to choose for moving?

Question

Java

Greetings to all, dear!
To begin with, I will write briefly about myself: I have a higher education (IT), I have a pretty good experience as a Java developer (including I managed to work in a fairly high-loaded web project), back-end specialization. I would like to further develop in this direction, of course there is room for improvement.
Yes, I also have a beloved wife and a very small child (this is also an important condition for the task).
The demand for java-specialists in my city is low (there are only 1C-nicknames in vacancies), prices for everything are very high (including housing), and salaries are relatively low.
Given these circumstances, I decided to leave - and forever.
The only goal is to find a better life for yourself and your family.
Tasks:
1) Find an interesting, well-paid job.
2) Get a mortgage.
3) Provide a better life for the child.
In this regard, the question is where is it better to move to Moscow and St. Petersburg (I don’t consider other options)?

Answer 1

I have been living in St. Petersburg for almost 10 years now. St. Petersburg has all the advantages of a metropolis and all the advantages of a provincial city and vice versa does not have the disadvantages of a provincial city and a metropolis:
- many vacancies
- many it companies (both large and start-ups)
- lower competition
- salaries on average are not much lower than in Moscow. But if you are a really cool specialist, you will also find the Moscow salary in St. Petersburg.
- the cost of housing is lower than in Moscow. In the center you can rent a 2-room apartment for 35 in good condition.
- the prices for many services are lower
- the city is smaller
- the environment is probably better simply because of the number of cars.

Answer 2

There is a demand for IT specialists both there and there.
Let's just say, living in Moscow, I would not advise anyone to move here.
Despite the overheated market and high salaries, in my opinion, there are much more minuses than pluses.
In general, there are no problems finding a good job and getting a mortgage, if you are, of course, a specialist.
Well, on the third point, I'm afraid not in this country.

Answer 3

Bangkok, New York (though not the capital), Singapore.
1) Freelancing is a great solution to get rid of offline.
2) Nonsense, it's easier to live in rented housing and not be in bondage.
3) The child does not really need so much, the society and so that the parents bring up and do not forget about him.

Answer 4

I myself recently moved from Primorye to St. Petersburg, although I am a dotnetchik.
And to be honest, it’s even hard to say whether something has improved or not) The choice of stores has become larger, but it didn’t add much sense, you still use a proven list. There are more places to visit, but more time is spent on the road and not everyone is so easy to get to. It turns out a kind of scaling effect, but in principle it is the same country, with all the sores and problems. Roughly speaking, multiply by N what is now and you will get approximately the result. Sanctions have been introduced - food prices are rising in the same way, because almost everything is imported.
The climate was thought to be about the same as ours, but it turned out to be somewhat worse. All 4 weekends, as well as the rest of the week, were covered with clouds, it was raining, there were always puddles and mud on the street because of this. Then a day of sunshine and again the same thing - dampness, mud and a gray gloomy sky. I read that because of this, a lot of respiratory and pulmonary problems appear (especially for a child). By the way, when I first arrived, it seemed to me that everything was somewhat exaggerated, because every day there was sun and heat. But autumn came and everything fell into place in St. Petersburg)
Personally, I'm not sure that I want to live here all my life. Although, of course, I didn’t feel delighted with Moscow either, I think that in N years I’ll try to live and work there.