Did you have to choose? Or did you have the option? I would wager to bet that a significant amount of people in the US cant afford to move to another state.

Can you distinguish option and needing to choose here? Having an option would necessarily cause a need to choose.

I can confidently say yes. Choosing between working in two different countries separated by an entire ocean is an option. Moving to a different state is expensive for many, but moving to another continent is only afforded to a privileged minority.

Why is it relevant, though?

That is my underlying question, by trying to find out what the difference is in the posters mind.

Interestingly, Germany is the third, and California the fourth, largest economies in the world.