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NYC and LA are culturally far closer than Germany and Greece. For a start, NYC and LA speak the same language.

• william42 15y ago
  More importantly, a New Yorker and an Angeleno pay the same federal taxes.
  • MaysonL 15y ago
    And they can switch places without hassle: labor mobility is a big part of what makes the US currency union work.
    • smunz 15y ago
      Actually there is Labor mobility between the States of the EU.
    • ajtaylor 15y ago
      If you have an EU passport, mobility between EU countries is a piece of cake.
      • paganel 15y ago
        > mobility between EU countries is a piece of cake. The whole "different language" thing stands in the way of this. Plus, the Okies never had to deal with Californian "nationalism" in the 1930s, while, on the other hand, if you're Polish, Romanian or Bulgarian and you've gone to Western Europe in search of a better job you're always looked at as a foreigner, a guy who "has come to steal our jobs and destroy our identity".
      • bergie 15y ago
        On a legal level, yes. But outside of software and some other "internationalized" areas, the lack of common language makes it kind of hard
        • daliusd 15y ago
          Could you explain about 20% population loss to EU in Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia)?
          • bergie 15y ago
            In some professions (especially construction), the workforce is already mobile inside EU. In most others, it isn't. And this is mostly due to language issues.