No way. I would much, much prefer to live in New York city circa 1900 than Cameroon today. Read the section of "The Land of the dollar" on New York. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=vsxEAAAAIAAJ&...
And it's not the level of development that's the issue, it's the rate of growth. 1900's New York was getting much richer every year. The African countries are almost all either stagnant or actually getting poorer.
No way. I would much, much prefer to live in New York city circa 1900 than Cameroon today. Read the section of "The Land of the dollar" on New York. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=vsxEAAAAIAAJ&...
And it's not the level of development that's the issue, it's the rate of growth. 1900's New York was getting much richer every year. The African countries are almost all either stagnant or actually getting poorer.