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I presume you have never been to Warsaw, have you?DonQui said:I would think the East.
Warsaw
Well, Poland IS still developing now isn't it.Slodi said:I presume you have never been to Warsaw, have you?
Although there is poverty in cities like Moscow and Istanbul there's also shit loads of money. Moscow rivals London and New York as the city with the most billionaires. Both cities are stuffed with glamourous clubs, bars, restauants etc. Their GDP per capita is actually pretty high these days. Warsaw is also pretty prosperous these days and has even less poverty than Moscow or Istanbul. As with many ex-communist countries there are many still living in crumbling communist housing blocks but even they are well educated and have good opportunities to improve their lot. There's nothing "Third World" about their situation. Belgrade is the only one that your list that is poor on the world stage.DonQui said:I would think the East.
Moscow, Warsaw, Belgrade come to mind. Also Istanbul.
DonQui said:I would think the East.
Moscow, Warsaw, Belgrade come to mind. Also Istanbul.
Well, I would care more about how the general populace lives versus the few rich in a city.Monkey said:Although there is poverty in cities like Moscow and Istanbul there's also shit loads of money. Moscow rivals London and New York as the city with the most billionaires. Both cities are stuffed with glamourous clubs, bars, restauants etc. Their GDP per capita is actually pretty high these days. Warsaw is also pretty prosperous these days and has even less poverty than Moscow or Istanbul. As with many ex-communist countries there are many still living in crumbling communist housing blocks but even they are well educated and have good opportunities to improve their lot. There's nothing "Third World" about their situation. Belgrade is the only one that your list that is poor on the world stage.
Not common in France, Switzerland or Northern Italy, but Southern Italy or rural Greece, Spain and Portugal does have plenty of poor neighbourhoods.Kuesel said:Sure there are a lot of poor regions and I know several people from development or transition countries outside Europe that are surprised to see condintions like that here - it's not only about cities, it's also areas, neighbourhoods and whole countries - even we in Switzerland, a very rich country in avarage have big regional and social differences and our Gini coefficient (distribution of wealth) is worse than some EE countries. Don't generalize Europe as one big money bag! :lol: