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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Yep, US was richest country per capita by 1900 as you point out and as early as 1870 by some accounts. People think this was a post WW2 thing but that's a myth. I'd add that similar ecology is huge. Scandinavians in MN, Dutch near Great Lakes, etc. Later Vietnamese in Gulf Coast
Similar ecology means clannishness? Said another way, people from country X want to live in a US city with a large population from country X?
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I was thinking more a combo of climate and wildlife/agriculture, but your point also makes lots of sense. German influence in Central Texas as an example. One pioneer/colonist led to generations of German emigration to one location.
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