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Overall, the problem with southern European countries is that for almost some 1,500 years now their superhighway to trade and direct investment has been more or less broken and managed by others, and no repair is in sight.
So faghettaboutit.
Drugs are bad for your health, those fettuccini you ate at papa caz.zo's trattoria in Poke County are bad for your cholesterol.
No offense but read what I said, there are some extremely ghetto poor 3rd world countries like Congo and Philippines. You aren't going to starve to death in Lisbon, no one is saying that. But Lisbon is not as advanced as alot of the 3rd world countries major cities like in China, Brazil, Russia, South Africa, etc.
The rich don't want out but the rich don't want out anywhere
Fair enough but it is not 1st world. No more 1st world than any non super backwards country
Yes China may be advanced in technology, or they may have what you call rocket trains or skyscrapers but I think it is quite hard to rank it high as there is no control in their foods and products. Their milk and other products were discovered to have melamin in 2009 and last year there was a girl who died when she ate a chicken sold from a fried chicken kiosk because the seller put some thing to preserve the chicken as it was already old. These things do not happen in Portugal as there is so much control and inspection in foods and restaurants. Also, people's habbits are to be considered as well. In China, Parents let their toddlers pee anywhere, cheap malls and hospital hallways and waiting areas. Their economy might be boosting but to be called first world, their bad habbits have to go.
Yes China may be advanced in technology, or they may have what you call rocket trains or skyscrapers but I think it is quite hard to rank it high as there is no control in their foods and products. Their milk and other products were discovered to have melamin in 2009 and last year there was a girl who died when she ate a chicken sold from a fried chicken kiosk because the seller put some thing to preserve the chicken as it was already old. These things do not happen in Portugal as there is so much control and inspection in foods and restaurants. Also, people's habbits are to be considered as well. In China, Parents let their toddlers pee anywhere, cheap malls and hospital hallways and waiting areas. Their economy might be boosting but to be called first world, their bad habbits have to go.
Yea, pretty much. East/Southeast Asia as a whole is still a pretty big mess with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and the SARs being the only first world countries. Malaysia might get there soon as well.
The rest of the countries will probably take a while. If it's not industrial food problems like in China then it's stuff like really bad sanitation in the Philippines or general poverty or stupefying religious superstition.
they all fit the criteria for ( first world ) status but some first world countries are of course more developed and wealthier than others , Greece and Portugal would be at the lower end where as sweeden and the likes of the Netherlands would be near the very top
Central and Northern Italy are first world.
Period.
Southern Italy is second/third world... with the exception of some touristic areas.
compared to west London , east Glasgow is is third world yet both are part of the uk , same deal with Vermont in the usa and parts of rural Alabama , as a whole , Italy and the usa are first world
I also don't believe any part of southern Italy is close to third world
compared to west London , east Glasgow is is third world yet both are part of the uk , same deal with Vermont in the usa and parts of rural Alabama , as a whole , Italy and the usa are first world
I also don't believe any part of southern Italy is close to third world
Next time you're in Southern Italy skip the island of Capri and visit Naples' metropolitan area, Calabria and Sicily.
Next time you're in Southern Italy skip the island of Capri and visit Naples' metropolitan area, Calabria and Sicily.
And you should probably visit a country like Kenya to get an idea what a third world country really is like.
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