The famous quote goes that Germany is “too big for Europe and too small for the world”. But 80 million people and their capital has only a few skyscrapers?
My sensible readers are beginning to understand it. Politics = economy. Since Germany was totally defeated in WW2 (unlike during WW1), foreign capital started dominating Germany. They had (and still have) their people there. So West Berlin could have been easily conquered during The Cold War.
Thus, they created financial (political) capital in Frankfurt, deep down in Western Germany. And after the Iron Curtain has fallen down there was no need to create another financial center. So Berlin, you are so short!
Frankfurt
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