Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Why Is Southern Spain So Poor?" video.

  1.  @reggie69. I have a sense that the regions that are closer to richer regions are richer for it, so the south of the UK being closer to the rich European mainland, the north of Italy for the same reasons, the west of Germany and so on, and it kinda makes sense that more economic development will happen closer to richer regions.
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  2. True, and it's not just Spain, look at the UK, the south part of it is richer and likely because it's closer to richer regions in Europe, or Italy, the north is richer and again, it's closer to richer regions in Europe. So it does seem like the richer regions are to a given country, the more likely it's going to have a knock on effect, something we are very likely going to see with the eastern EU countries, as they become richer, it will have a knock on effect to other countries further east as well as existing countries to the west in the EU, we also see the same in Germany where the west is richer then the east, but that's for other reasons being divided during the Cold War, it's also likely as the eastern EU countries continue to develop, it will have a knock on effect on Eastern Germany which should boost economic growth. Maybe a rebalancing of wealth is needed when it comes to countries like the UK and Spain because clearly, there's a big advantage to the south of the UK and the north of Italy, which makes it much harder for the other side to compete because of geographic. As for Spain, I never got a sense of the south of Spain being poor, in fact, this is the first I've heard of it and thought all of Spain is quite well off.
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  3. That's what I think and not just with Spain, we also see the same thing with the UK, Italy, Germany and other countries, the regions in those countries that are closer to other rich regions in Europe, seem to do far better economically. Considering this seems to happen in a lot of countries and not just in Europe, it can't be by chance, and it makes sense, more trade, business and growth is usually going to happen in regions that are closer to other rich regions.
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