>>214031711
We had lower wages but the prices were also lower and the west was much richer in comparison so people could work there and that money could afford way more things here.
Now the prices in the west and Croatia are closer and the wages in the west haven't increased which is one of the reasons why more people are coming back but despite having higher wages in Croatia we still can't afford much, even less in some cases like food.
>mafia killings, crime
There were some politicians killings but for the average person we were just as safe if not even safer than today with less asians and arabs
>EU 2013
Croatia was still struggling with recession until 2016. Around that period Croatia fell out of the high income list of countries and then re-entered after a year or two.