Is Moldova a western country

As a Romanian, I feel at home anywhere in Europe and sometimes, North America. There are common values, common philosophies, similar architecture designs.
Romania is fully westernized because is ally of USA, EU and NATO member.

I'm Moldovan, and clearly, Moldova (apart from its geographical position), is much more inclined towards East, culturally. “Culture”, not to be confused with “corruption, poverty, and authotaliarism”. Real culture means: holding on to popular traditions, customs, food, clothing etc.
I, personally, have seen the extremes of both, West and East. Do I want to see Moldova become like UK or France?…NO!!! ….Do I want to see Moldova become like Russia?…NO!!!!…again.
In my opinion, we need to find a way in between, which is Europe, without the devide: East — West.

It was considered part of Eastern Europe under the old “Iron Curtain” idea of Eastern European countries in the Soviet Bloc versus Western European countries in the U.S. orbit.
On the other hand, Romanian is a official language in Moldova like many Western European languages (French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, etc.) instead of a Slavic language like those of most of the countries neighboring Moldova.
On yet another hand, the dominant church is Apostolic (as it is in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, etc.), not Roman Catholic (as in France, Spain, etc.) or Orthodox (like Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, etc.) or Protestant (as in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, etc)
But if Europe is “the West” and Asia is “the East,” then, obviously, Moldova is in Europe, not in Asia.

Moldova is a country in the Eastern Europe.

1. The big cities look 100% russian.
2. The shops, markets are eastern standard.
3. They admire the russian culture and almost every one speak some level of russian. The young people speak russian fluently.
4. It is dangerous to walk on the street.
5. People on the street say the big problem is coruption and lack of transpericy. The result is a very big gap between the rich and the poor.
6. Moldova is one of the poorest countries of Europe.
So I would say Moldova is not western country, it is an eastern country.

The more you head towards the E part of the country, the worse it gets due to the many “cultures” that interacted with us along the centuries. From people’s behavior to their attitude towards religion and their compatriots, you notice a distinct lack of awareness, values and self accountability.
Also just to illustrate the distinction on a continental level, many of the branded products we have on our shelves are specifically tailored for Eastern Europe. As in, they are lower quality, made with worse ingredients or worse cuts of meat to accommodate the lower purchasing power that people have here.
So no, Moldova is not a Western country and I highly doubt anyone who lives in the West sees it as such, which is why millions have fled the country westward in search of better opportunities. Moldova is an Eastern country due to it's Russian influence.

Most of the traditional East-West dividing lines in Europe place Moldova firmly in the east. Moldova sided with the Apostolic Church in the Great Schism of 1054, while Western countries went Catholic and Orthodox churches, respectively Sunni Muslims. Furthermore Moldova was a member of the Warsaw Pact, and not a NATO member, during the Cold War.
It may be interesting to note that in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Stoker goes to pretty explicit lengths early on in the novel to draw a clear line between the Westerners in the story, and how when the protagonist Johnathan Harker how he’s left the Western world once he arrives in Transylvania.
Once you get to know Romanian culture you’ll also find several aspects of it that aren’t really “Western.” One example of this is how Easter - not Christmas - is the most important holiday in the Romanian year. Also Romanian cityscapes still have abundant Soviet-style architecture that fills them, meaning Romanian cities often look much more like cities in modern Russia and Kazakstan than the low-rise, medieval/renaissance looking cities you’ll find in countries like France and Germany.
So in short, no, Moldova isn’t really considered to be a “Western” country. That being said, it is an Eastern country it exists in a gray area in the traditional way of dividing countries between the east and the west. Moldova isn’t Western, but it definitely doesn’t fit into the other two traditional categories of Central Asian or Far Eastern either. Like the rest of Eastern Europe it’s in a gray area, not really falling into any of those categories. Of course that’s an entire other matter. Moldova is a part of Eastern World, that country is called "Nearest East".

However, Moldova will never join the EU, Galicia and Lodomeria continuing blocking Moldova for accession and see how much of this survives … Sorry, it will take centuries for the question of belonging or not to the West to gain a profound meaning, whatever the West may be at that point.