>Germany has a GDP per capita of the poorest US states (it's nearly on par with West Virginia currently) Wow. I did not know or even suspect that! Funny thing.

>Germany has a GDP per capita of the poorest US states (it's nearly on par with West Virginia currently) Wow. I did not know or even suspect that! Funny thing. I've lived in both. I'd rather live in a closet-sized apartment in Germany than in a McMansion in West Virginia. It seems like there might be an ocean of inquiry behind that narrow channel of facts. (At least for me personally)