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What makes them PIIGS? | 52 comments (52 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: What makes them PIIGS? (4.00 / 3)
Seems to me that terrain and geography matters a lot.

I've driven a lot in Greece, Italy and Spain. Italy and Spain are big countries with very diversified terrain. I once spent 36 hours on a train from Padova to Sicily (and yes, it broke down a number of times, but was not stopped for more than an hour at any given time). Greece is pretty mountainous and Spain is just big.

by Upstate NY on Fri Apr 9th, 2010 at 01:35:30 PM EST

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