It is the year 1900. You and your family are in Europe and wish to emigrate to the new world for better opportunities. What signs tell you that going to North America will lead to better outcomes than South America?
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I would say: 1. English is and looks like it will be the lingua Franca 2. Too many countries in South America => too much potential for conflict 3. Argentina is 10th largest economy in the world (gdp per capita), but USA is #1 4. More land in NA 5. Closer to Europe
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Your options ranked in retrospect (imho and from what little history I know): 1. USA 2. Canada 3. Australia 4. New Zealand 5. Brazil/Argentina/Mexico 6. South Africa
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It depends on the ethnicity. My relatives didn’t get American passports quickly enough & their businesses were expropriated during WWI & allegedly handed over to their competitors. So going to Argentina might have been the better option.
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Asian relatives? Where were their businesses expropriated?
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