>is just like the difference between the fancy parts of Stockholm and rural eastern Europe It's really not - in the EU the difference between median net income

>is just like the difference between the fancy parts of Stockholm and rural eastern Europe It's really not - in the EU the difference between median net income in say Norway 41 483€ or Denmark 28 364€ and Romania 2 315€ and Bulgaria 3 332€ - that is over 10x differences between poorest and richest countries. US doesn't have that level of disparity between states even if you count Puerto Rico. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gdp-and-beyond/quality-of-life/median-income http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gdp-and-beyond/quality-of-l...