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on par with some of the poorer US states
I think that's pretty accurate, a premier European city felt about on-par with a 3rd tier Rustbelt city, just with better baseline food at 3x the cost and window dressed with ornate (old) architecture.
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Maybe so, but now even the mirage can’t be maintained now.
When you were there the gap would still have been pretty wide but Germany would at least have been on par with some of the poorer US states.