In cases like Ohio-Belgium, Washington-Denmark or Florida-Australia, the populations are more or less equal, so that means the comparison more or less works in terms of GDP per capita as well. Not so for others, like New York-Russia.
Reminds me of those commercials a few years ago about how if TX were still independent it would have the tenth largest economy on Earth; if its GDP is comparable to Brazils it would be seventh now--but its population is only about 1/8th Brazils. I expect Rick Perry to print T-shirts reflecting these facts momentarily....
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A map. Because maps rock. US states renamed to countries with similar GDPs.
15/09/2011 03:28:54 PM
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Mine's Belgium
15/09/2011 03:39:37 PM
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um... is Austria doing well? *NM*
15/09/2011 05:10:20 PM
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I'm back in Russia! This is really cool. Wouldn't have thought that Florida = = Australia.
15/09/2011 08:06:06 PM
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They mean their GDP in absolute numbers is close to the same size?
15/09/2011 08:10:00 PM
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Re: They mean their GDP in absolute numbers is close to the same size?
15/09/2011 11:33:56 PM
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Puts TX in pretty good shape though.
16/09/2011 03:47:19 PM
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Why does Sweden always have to be the place with a crumbling car industry? *NM*
15/09/2011 09:02:45 PM
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Delaware = Bangladesh?!
15/09/2011 09:11:42 PM
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Aren't there about 150 times as many people in bangladesh as in delaware?
15/09/2011 09:19:01 PM
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my backyard is bigger than Delaware and has more people in when I have a barbecue
15/09/2011 09:47:20 PM
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Erm.
15/09/2011 09:55:08 PM
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Yeah, I don't see how those two figures are even similar tbh. *NM*
15/09/2011 10:00:30 PM
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Still a huge enough difference to make you wonder about that map, though...
15/09/2011 10:00:40 PM
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yeah I was looking at the PPP number which is 259B
15/09/2011 10:08:24 PM
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Re: yeah I was looking at the PPP number which is 259B
15/09/2011 10:22:27 PM
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There's a flip side to that, too, though.
16/09/2011 04:31:06 PM
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As Legolas says, that is essentially what PPP GDP is, and why I and others prefer it.
16/09/2011 03:59:41 PM
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Erm, nevermind.
15/09/2011 10:05:13 PM
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Hmm.
15/09/2011 10:10:55 PM
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Yeah, I started out by confusing Delaware with Rhode Island and it went from there.
15/09/2011 10:20:09 PM
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I have been known to call DE "the Black Hole of Calcutta for incorporation."
16/09/2011 03:40:39 PM
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Connecticut being the UAE seems pretty appropriate in my mind for some reason ...
16/09/2011 03:08:23 AM
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Florida?! But that's America's wang! *NM*
16/09/2011 01:42:41 PM
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They prefer "The Sunshine State."
16/09/2011 07:09:21 PM
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