> Also, the West-East divide is far bigger than the North-South divide still. There's not a single state in the former East Germany with higher per-capita GDP t

> Also, the West-East divide is far bigger than the North-South divide still. There's not a single state in the former East Germany with higher per-capita GDP than any of the former West German ones. Interesting. It's amazing that even after 25 years of reunification, east germany still lags behind west germany. Also, isn't east germany in northern germany as well. It does seem like the author cherrypicked data just to write an article.