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Re:Ask HN: Thinking of moving to Europe from USA by tormeh on Saturday December 31, 2016 @04:45PM (#13293341)
Ireland is richer than the US. Bulgaria is poorer than China. That's the gap.
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Re:Ask HN: Thinking of moving to Europe from USA by jaqque on Sunday January 01, 2017 @12:48PM (#13296486)
Per capita, Delaware is richer than Ireland (#37 in GDP), Mississippi is poorer than Bahrain (#98). Bahrain is behind Bulgaria (#81). China (#2) is in a class of its own, because of its enormous population.

This sidesteps the question of cultural differences state to state / country to country, or even between urban/rural regions.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_between_U.S._states... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...

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Re:Ask HN: Thinking of moving to Europe from USA by tormeh on Sunday January 01, 2017 @05:50PM (#13297871)
That's absolute GDP you're linking to.

Bulgaria: 6,843 USD per capita; Mississippi: 24,062 USD per capita

Bulgaria is a member of the EU. If you look outside the EU (but still in Europe) you find countries that are poorer than Iraq and Vietnam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...

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