Thanks for the nice anecdote. The next sentences might be offensive to some people living in these places, so excuse me for phrasing it this simple and subjective:
Nobody wants to move to a provincial place like Alabama. They have no political centers, they have no media, they are not a loud voice. If you live in a richer, more urban state, you are okay with financing them to catch up. I am a big fan of the infrastructure investments, the EU does in Eastern Europe. I hope their budgets can survive the current anti-EU sentiments.
In Germany, there are places like this, too, but Berlin is the exact opposite. Here it is actually the province that finances the culturally rich political center with a high quality of living. Financing them feels not like an investment at all, it feels more like a luxury.
Added to that there is the outright provocation and contradiction of the radical left in Berlin (a few Berliners, not all of them of course): On every 1st of May in Berlin, radical leftist will throw stones at police forces, to protest against the bad state.
Nobody wants to move to a provincial place like Alabama. They have no political centers, they have no media, they are not a loud voice. If you live in a richer, more urban state, you are okay with financing them to catch up. I am a big fan of the infrastructure investments, the EU does in Eastern Europe. I hope their budgets can survive the current anti-EU sentiments.
In Germany, there are places like this, too, but Berlin is the exact opposite. Here it is actually the province that finances the culturally rich political center with a high quality of living. Financing them feels not like an investment at all, it feels more like a luxury.
Added to that there is the outright provocation and contradiction of the radical left in Berlin (a few Berliners, not all of them of course): On every 1st of May in Berlin, radical leftist will throw stones at police forces, to protest against the bad state.