Life and work in Baikonur and its cosmodrome are also pretty much what they were in the Soviet era. The town of 70,000 - unbearably hot in summer, freezing cold in winter and dusty year round - is isolated by hundreds of miles of scrubland. This statement is equally true if you replace "Baikonur and its cosmodrome" with "Saskatoon."
There are humans at Dartmouth!?!? Who knew?