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Originally Posted by klinton
it doesnt change the fact that they are ridiculously expensive shitholes, and yes, in Angola and, lets say Nigeria, many western companies invest, they send expats to work in there, and their goverments just steal from average citizens 
so the logic of thinking = if city is expensive, country must to be rich like its citizens - it is simply not valid and it doesnt work |
His logic is much better then comparing countries you used to prove your point. Countries you used as example are expensive form different reasons ,and not because of market and services. (these are undeveloped countries with uneducated population and probably not market based economies)
Of course companies are investing everywhere, they will always do that even on Mars or swamp if there is profit, but comparing Nigeria with Russia is completely wrong. Even with 168 millions of people Nigeria (that lots of oil ) have GDP of 262 billion while Russia have: $2.118 trillion with 20 millions people less.