Disparity between different regions in Poland grow

[Jaga]

Probably the same is in other countries. In Russia this is the most obvious since Russia is the largest country in the world. Moscov and Siberia regions are very differently developed.....

Poland’s economy grew by 46% between 2000 and 2010m but the disparity between the most and least dynamic regions has also increased, Gazeta Wyborcza reported recently. The best off are metropolitan areas of central, northern and western Poland, while the most disadvantaged are the country’s eastern flank (Podlasie, Lublin and Podkarpackie regions) and southeastern Poland’s Œwiêtokrzyskie and Ma³opolska voivodships. The paper expressed opposition to pumping money into depressed areas which it said rarely helped and pointed to the eastern half of untied Germany and America's Appalachia.

from Rob Strybel

[Eric]

It's often said that there are two Russias - Moscow and everything else.

Even in the Soviet days, there were huge differences between the major cities and the rest of the country. But, despite that, things were still more equal than they are today. There were certain services and a quality of life that were guaranteed. Today, however, things are very different, and the countryside, the Far North, and many parts of Siberia are being depopulated very quickly. Whole villages are disappearing en masse.