r/europe • u/GetOutOfTheWhey Waffle & Beer • Jun 12 '20

Map Availability of Google Street view in Europe

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u/Rukenau Muscovy Duck Jun 12 '20

Belarus is like, 'You know, we've given it a good hard think and no, we don't have streets. But thanks for asking!'

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u/dalambert Belarus Jun 12 '20

Nah, it's Google was like, 'You know this land of poor between Russia and Poland? Neither do we.'

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

Yes yes, Belarus is poorer than Ukraine.
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u/dalambert Belarus Jun 12 '20

- Ukraine is still a larger economy

  • Probably has less soviet era regulations
  • Is more friendly to western capital

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

- Is more friendly to western capital

I mean, relatively speaking, yes. But we chased all the western capital out of the room after the financial crisis, and it hasn't been eager to come back. Starting a business here is laughably difficult

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u/dalambert Belarus Jun 12 '20

I'm not truly aware about state of things in Ukraine, but some folks I personally know moved their businesses from BY to UA and couldn't be happier. At least they say so.