It essentially boils down to: would you want to be near the bottom in a rich country or near the top in a poor country? People hate being poor relative to thei

It essentially boils down to: would you want to be near the bottom in a rich country or near the top in a poor country? People hate being poor relative to their neighbors even if in real terms they are better off than people near but not at the top in poor places. Also, people don't realize that Mexicans are richer then Ukrainians. The Ukraine is poor and but for few urban areas, so is much of Russia.