Quick someone make a Europoor joke.

https://x.com/msmelchen/status/1757428317425209630?s=46&t=XPJEmaJEWF5ba_k83lIYxA

Measuring things at @spindl.

My FID is lower than all but 52 of you.

The state of Alabama has a higher GDP than that of half the countries in Europe

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Yeah, so why does Mobile, AL feel much, much poorer than Spain or Italy? Not just feels, by every quality of life metric from longevity to crime. 

Also, spare me the bullshit comp: you’d never live in Mobile, you’d have the time of your life in Seville.

Sure, but you're comparing two of the largest economies in Europe, with rich cultural legacies, to the state with the 27th largest economy in the country. That's just silly.

Yeah but people for their life of it do not want to understand that GDP charts do not directly translate into living standards. I‘ve had extended family in Sicily, and on all charts it‘s a „shit hole,“ but quality of life there is extremely high. They are rich of many things no American could ever afford.