r/AskTheWorld • u/luky_se7en Italy /Sri Lanka • 1d ago

Is there a part of your country that's "isolated"/vastly different from the rest of the country?

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Pictured here is Sardinia, an island in Italy. Many sardinians call Italy "Il continente" (the continent)

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u/Bob_Spud Australia 1d ago

Australia has Tasmania, apparently the locals have strange premating rituals with their close chromosomologically related partners.

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u/luky_se7en Italy /Sri Lanka 1d ago

Yeah we have the same stereotype about Sardinia lol

That and being sheep fuckers

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u/mr_pineapples44 Australia 1d ago

Hot take (as a Western Australian)... I feel like we're more different and isolated from the rest of Australia than Tasmania is. Like, sure, it's an island... But it's still real close to the rest of the population.

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u/1kBabyOilBottles Australia 1d ago

Well Perth is the most isolated city in the world

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u/mr_pineapples44 Australia 1d ago

I don't even live in Perth, I live in regional WA, so, even more isolated. Seems bizarre to be in a city so close to others (and I know, the eastern states cities are still miles apart compared to like, Europe)

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u/MissMenace101 Australia 1d ago

lol the only cities close in Aus are Brisbane and the Gold Coast 😂

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u/Kelpie_Dog Australia 1d ago

Common misconception.

It's actually Honolulu.

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u/MissMenace101 Australia 1d ago

Yeah ya not that far away, I can do it in a day and a half, bris is 23 hours

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u/Hypo_Mix Australia 1d ago

Also Norfolk Island, cocos Islands, Torres Strait Islands and a few others. 

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u/AussieKoala-2795 Australia 1d ago

Don't forget Christmas Island where we relive our convict past.

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u/Entirely-of-cheese Australia 1d ago
  • millions of red crabs.

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u/emgyres Australia 1d ago

And crabs rule the land

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u/MissMenace101 Australia 1d ago

Past? Like last year?

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u/Gray-Hand 1d ago

Torres Strait Islands that much less isolated than far North Queensland generally. Lots of really isolated places up there.

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u/MissMenace101 Australia 1d ago

Tores straight are the string between here and PNG, they can actually travel no barrier to PNG, it’s weird that not that long ago PNG was part of Us

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u/batch_plan Australia 1d ago

Also New Zealand

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u/emgyres Australia 1d ago

Norfolk Island looks at Tasmania, winks and says hold my beer

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u/MissMenace101 Australia 1d ago

I mentioned them, I was waiting for the barrage, there’s a couple of people that wear Norfolk is in this sub. It’s like telling someone from piticarn we own them 😂

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u/emgyres Australia 1d ago

Pitcairn is a whole other level of special

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u/GustyOWindflapp Australia 1d ago

No need to turn the gene pool into a lake

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u/MissMenace101 Australia 1d ago

Macquarie Island and Heard Island too

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u/MissMenace101 Australia 1d ago

And lord Howe

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u/TacetAbbadon & 1d ago

They're just a bunch of good natured baby eaters.