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Until California, Texas, New York, etc become independent countries, the comparison will always be made against the US. I'm sure some folks in Texas are itchin
by finid 10y ago
Until California, Texas, New York, etc become independent countries, the comparison will always be made against the US.
I'm sure some folks in Texas are itching to secede, but until that happens, we compare other countries with the US, not California, Texas, or New York.
- maxerickson 10y agoWhat are you gonna do about it if someone makes a comparison of the economies of US states to the economies of countries? Like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_between_U.S._states_and_countries_by_GDP_(nominal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_between_U.S._states... for instance. Your phrasing is as if the popularity of the per country comparison makes it impossible to discuss any other comparison. But that's not the case.
- bmm6o 10y agoStating that it's what will always be done really dodges the question of it's what should be done.
- vidarh 10y agoComparing European countries to California is actually fairly common. We like comparing ourselves to California in particular, apparently - it's rarer to see comparisons to other states.