Thanks for the nice anecdote. The next sentences might be offensive to some people living in these places, so excuse me for phrasing it this simple and subjecti

Thanks for the nice anecdote. The next sentences might be offensive to some people living in these places, so excuse me for phrasing it this simple and subjective: Nobody wants to move to a provincial place like Alabama. They have no political centers, they have no media, they are not a loud voice. If you live in a richer, more urban state, you are okay with financing them to catch up. I am a big fan of the infrastructure investments, the EU does in Eastern Europe. I hope their budgets can survive the current anti-EU sentiments. In Germany, there are places like this, too, but Berlin is the exact opposite. Here it is actually the province that finances the culturally rich political center with a high quality of living. Financing them feels not like an investment at all, it feels more like a luxury. Added to that there is the outright provocation and contradiction of the radical left in Berlin (a few Berliners, not all of them of course): On every 1st of May in Berlin, radical leftist will throw stones at police forces, to protest against the bad state.