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Re:So You're an American? by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday September 01, 2023 @08:45PM (#37357654)
Per capita consumer spending, Germany 2021: $21,704

Per capita consumer spending, USA 2021: $47915

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Re:So You're an American? by anArbitraryOne on Friday September 01, 2023 @09:06PM (#37357765)
It would be interesting to see the median values of such w/COLA
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Re:So You're an American? by Turing_Machine on Friday September 01, 2023 @09:33PM (#37357882)
Per capita GDP, Germany 2023: $51,383

Per capita GDP, United States 2023: $80,034

If Germany were a US state, it would rank somewhere between Mississippi and West Virginia.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...

(slight edit for formatting)

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Re:So You're an American? by benhurmarcel on Saturday September 02, 2023 @07:24AM (#37360478)
Maybe if what you’re measuring leads to believe that Germany is equivalent to Mississippi, you’re measuring the wrong thing.
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Re:So You're an American? by Turing_Machine on Saturday September 02, 2023 @09:26AM (#37361333)
Or maybe it isn't.
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Re:So You're an American? by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday September 02, 2023 @11:34AM (#37362434)
"When your data doesn't align with the anecdotes, suspect the data" - paraphrase of one of the world's richest people, possibly being correct for once.
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Re:So You're an American? by Turing_Machine on Sunday September 03, 2023 @10:01AM (#37370503)
In 2022, 184,753 German citizens returned to Germany, while 268,167 left.

Departures have outnumbered arrivals every year since 2005.

Source: https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Popula...

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