i wonder why bulgaria isnt as developed as Romania
we had the same starting point since 1990(it was even worse for us), we entered the EU at the same time yet Romania nowadays has actual industry in making cars, weapons, ships and basically anything else, while bulgaria isnt known for making anything
is it because of population, geography or incompetence from the bulgaria politicians?

>>213469377 (OP)
i have never heard of any of these

>>213469377 (OP)
Dutch disease caused by easy money from tourism, Croatia or Greece suffer the same fate.

>>213469425
I recognize dacia and bitdefender

>>213469425
some of these are more known in Europe since we dont trade that much with the US

>>213469486
being reliant on tourism income is so dumb

>>213469377 (OP)
>i wonder why bulgaria isnt as developed as Romania
lol, the difference is negligible, the gdp per capita is 12493$ vs 9732$

>>213469425
>digi(internet company)
>softronic(they make locomotives for trains)
but i dont mean only romanian companies, for example damen(dutch) makes a lot of warships here
Ford makes their cars in Craiova

>>213469377 (OP)
>is it because of population, geography
Yes, Romania has more larger cities, which are economic engines.
Romania
Bucharest about 2.3 million, Cluj, Iasi, Constanta, Timisoara, Brasov, Craiova, Galati about 200-300k
Bulgaria
Sofia about 1.5 million, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas about 200-300k

>>213469650
nowadays its 21k and 18k
in PPP net we roll them lel
and its not just that, their villages look abandoned while ours are alive and look good in comparison, same with the cities
compare for example Cluj Napoca and Plovdiv, the cities have a similar population, Cluj Napoca will also soon have a subway

>>213469873
>metro in a city of 300 thousand people

>>213470136
in time the population will grow so it is needed
the city also has trams and buses but its still not enough

it's all from the 2000s
we'll blow past romania after we join the eurozone
we've been keeping our powder dry, see our national debt

>>213470245
brother, having the euro doesnt mean shit

>>213469873
they are abandoned. there's more than a thousand villages with 0-10 population

>>213469574
In the long run it is but it's really hard to assist this temptation, that's why it's called a "disease".

>>213469377 (OP)
Bulgaria was held back by their local Turks.

>>213470136
This metro will never be built, it's a PR stunt. Romania is now on the verge of bankruptcy because of such idiotic ideas and even the EU is already fed up with them so they imposed austerity on them and Romania has to keep their fiscal policies tight.

>>213469425
Like 90% of those were under the license of western companies. Dacia was always a branch of Renault.

>>213470654
according to the mayor the first phase of digging will be on 11 august
>bankruptcy
2 more weeks, we almost were in fact, a greece 2.0

brukenthal

Don't know but I remember the old Bulgaria from early 2010's. Roads were shitty, train stations were falling apart then EU poured lots of money and fixed things. Bulgaria would have been worse than Georgia if they were not in the EU.

>>213470654
They'll be lucky if this is just PR and they don't build anything. There is no point in a metro unless it is a really huge megalopolis.

>>213469377 (OP)
Bulgaria was the most favored state in the eastern bloc by the USSR, the entire economy was on gibesmedats
Romania by contrast had to develop their own economy and in concert with the unpopularity of Ceausescu, this led to actual innovation that was applied after the fall of communism

>>213472278
ceausescu's era Romania had shitty industry where we made stuff that nobody wanted to buy

>>213472278
peak grass is greener shit

>>213472365
I know, but the entire state apparatus wasn't entirely composed of yes men whose last remaining original thought was formed 30 years prior

>>213469873
>nowadays its 21k and 18k
>romanian math
that means the difference has decreased lol (in relative terms)
before you were 28% ahead, now you're just 17%

>>213470653
>its the 10 zainichi turks that were sabotaging bulgaria through their magicks saar

>>213472429
It was. He only had yes men around him.

>>213469377 (OP)
I see Romanians are developing the Polish disease where you become 2.7% richer than your neighbor and you start acting like you're Switzerland

>>213472278
>Bulgaria was the most favored state in the eastern bloc by the USSR

I thought that was Moldova, because it was one of the few places in the Soviet bloc that had amazing grapevines and they were exporting it to the rest of the Soviet world making crazy money.
Then when all fell apart they lost their main source of income and became today's Moldova

>>213476046
Moldova wasn't a state but simply part of the USSR