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I think that everybody have to understand that USA is very big country and it's extremely diverse, much more than countries in Europe. USA seems to have spots o
by 8draco8 9y ago
I think that everybody have to understand that USA is very big country and it's extremely diverse, much more than countries in Europe. USA seems to have spots of extreme wealthy like Silicon Valley and most of the West Coast and extreme poverty like Detroit. With very small (in comparison to European countries) support for people in needs it's very easy to fall under poverty line only because of some accident.
- mpweiher 9y agoDetroit has both extreme wealth and extreme poverty in very close proximity. Bloomfield Hills used to be one of the two or three wealthiest cities (townships?) in the country. Drive down Woodward Ave or Telegraph Road and you get a cross-section of America.
- 6t6t6t6 9y agoDiversity is the main "excuse" I hear when speaking about the inequality problems in the US. USA is in no way more diverse than Europe. Are you saying that a guy from Lisboa and a guy from Prague (who, by the way, don't speak the same language) are more similar than a guy from LA and another from Columbus? The root of the inequality in the USA is political, not the diversity.
- pandaman 9y agoAre Lisboa (Lisbon?) and Prague in the same country? The charitable (and common too) way to read "more than countries in Europe" in this context is that it's more diverse than any country in Europe, not than any two countries in Europe. Talking about anything across the USA is as insightful as talking about anything across the whole Europe, the point you have just supported. Do we cry about Europe turning into a developing nation because Moldova is not quite as developed as Monaco?