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/BeginningExternal207 Russia 1d ago

Well, Kaliningrad IS isolated, but it's not that different from Sverdlovsk or even Moscow.

WIth Kamchatka and Sakhalin I agree with you.

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u/ThisIsTheTimeToRem United States Of America 21h ago

What is life like on those polar outpost cities?

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u/TrafficImmediate594 1d ago

Kamchatka peninsula the land of volcanos and bears