How do Greece's neighbours deal with Greece being much richer?

[brennus dux gallorum]

Greece GDP PPP: 30,000.
Bulgaria GDP PPP: 24,000.

That's one of their neighbours. And as you see, they are not that far apart.

Turkey is also one of Greece's neighbours, and Turkey has a GDP PPP of 28,000 which is even closer.

our richest neighbor after Italy you mean, and it's not even close

[brennus dux gallorum]

It really got me wondering... How did Greece ever manage to have such a high standard of living compared to its neighbours. Western European countries are more homogenous in terms of income. In Greece's case, it is often portrayed as some sort of oasis in the middle of the Balkans.

We could say Greek economic miracle was a lie and that it relied heavily on debt or...? The Balkans are so far behind in terms of income compared to Western European countries. Countries like Albania and Kosovo have a really low GDP per capita (PPP).

No pun intended.

there are many historical differences behind that, but most of all the fact that Greece has been part of the west for 150 years longer than any of its neighbors (and some of them can not be, like Turkey which belongs to the islamic world)

anyway, the most civilized and advanced out of all neighbors in my opinion is Bulgaria, which i visit more than 2 times per year (except for this one due to Coronavirus crisis)

[wvwvw]

Greece :324,128 GDP
(millions of current Int$) coming 55th in gdp list of the countries.

Bulgarian: 171,185 coming 74th in the list

Serbia: 129,298 coming 77th in the list

North Macedonia : 34,267 coming 123th in the list

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...s_by_GDP_(PPP)

Bulgaria's GDP was much lower than than a few years back.

Greece needlessly lost a massive 26% of its GDP more than any other country on the planet in peacetime to the delight of Bulgarians who forget they would have joined the EU at least a decade later without the help of Greeks.

[Vojnik]

Greece is richer DESPITE the fact it spends more than any other country in Europe for its defence, to defend itself from the mafia-eastern cuntry called Turkcuntistan.

Skopjans and Albanians don't spend a penny for their defence, and in fact get economic aid from Turkey being satellites of Turkey. If faced no threat from the Turkcunts Greece would have been much richer.

Now Albania agreed with Turkey to take 30,000 Afgans and Idilb terrorists and place them among the Greek minority of Northern Epirus. Nothing can stop those Afgans from storming into Greece when Turkey signals them to.

Anyway I have faith in Greece. It is going to get a lot richer in the not so distant future, as the country sits on massive natural gas reserves worth 30 trillion, of which 20% will go to the Greek state.

Satellites of Turkey? Last time i checked Macedonia was on it's way in NATO, and it's sky's being patrolled by the likes of the Greek air force. Easy on with your weird thoughts going on in your head.

Macedonia's defence budget was 108 million dollars in 2019. Not the biggest budget, but to say "not a penny" is far from the truth.

You are such a typical Greek liar.

[Renekton]

Bulgaria's GDP was much lower than than a few years back.

Greece needlessly lost a massive 26% of its GDP more than any other country on the planet in peacetime.

Yes but still Greece is far beyond than their neighbors.

This chart is from 2017

[Vojnik]

Yes but still Greece is far beyond than their neighbors.

This chart is from 2017

Sho prajsh?

[Renekton]

Sho prajsh?

Fala mu na Boga, dobro sum

[Lioncourt]

Greece didn't have communism. Until 1970s there used to be almost no difference between Bulgaria and Greece. Then Greece joined EU and everything changed drastically in the course of two decades.

Also before that, Greeks used to be very closed-minded people, very much like Muslims and their brother Southern Italians. Bulgarians were much more Western European-like in culture and behavior.

[Renekton]

Greece didn't have communism. Until 1970s there used to be almost no difference between Bulgaria and Greece. Then Greece joined EU and everything changed drastically in the course of two decades.

Also before that, Greeks used to be very closed-minded people, very much like Muslims and their brother Southern Italians. Bulgarians were much more Western European-like in culture and behavior.

I think Communism was the destruction of the Balkans. What a pathetic ideology

[Vojnik]

Fala mu na Boga, dobro sum

Neka si ziv i zdrav.