Located two metro stops from Red Square, the Ozerkovskaya Hotel offers (relative) value for money.

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Its gay epicentre status is made obvious by the open glorieta (square) outside the metro station, which is dotted with gay couples whispering and playfully wrestling.

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The explosive growth of the Atlanta metro area, which encompasses more than 6, 000 square miles of land in more than 25 counties, effectively masked two decades of population losses within the city's traditional limits.

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