Here's a good image detailing the wage differences between East-West. Similar charts can be found for GDP, quality of life, and other assorted economic measures

Here's a good image detailing the wage differences between East-West. Similar charts can be found for GDP, quality of life, and other assorted economic measures. As well as many cultural differentiators like religion. The wall fell decades ago, but the impacts remain, therefore sometimes it makes sense to distinguish between the two. https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fvoxeu.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fimage%2FFromMay2014%2Fporzio29febfig1.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fvoxeu.org%2Farticle%2Fwhy-east-germans-are-not-taking-advantage-large-wage-gap-between-east-and-west-germany&tbnid=-QhRRmYqpLtr3M&vet=12ahUKEwi4g7n0vLvzAhUrqXIEHVsEDHsQMygGegUIARC6AQ..i&docid=Oq3_jZ9VStARpM&w=437&h=549&itg=1&q=economic%20divide%20east%20west%20germany&ved=2ahUKEwi4g7n0vLvzAhUrqXIEHVsEDHsQMygGegUIARC6AQ https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fvoxeu.org...