“In a sense, being in Visaginas is like being on a campus. Designed and conceived around the shape of a butterfly, its creation feels very much of a time. The lack of new development and the visible deterioration of some of the material aspects of the town are clear to be seen. As are the considerable numbers of leaf sweepers who in the summer become litter pickers and in the winter, snow clearers. More alarming was the discovery that many of them are qualified to post-graduate levels of education but have fallen into manual labour jobs simply because of their lack of language skills.”
