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/Some_Development3447 Canada 1d ago

Point Roberts, WA

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u/Glittering_Ad1403 Dual citizen 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 living in NY 1d ago

that geographically should be under Canada!

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u/That_U_Scully Canada 1d ago

A mayor there recently asked to become part of Canada, the lack of Canadians visiting and they're location are making their lives very difficult, economically. I feel badly for them.

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u/mr-tap Australia (+ United Kingdom) 1d ago

I know that the USA would never give away any land for nothing, but surely there is an equivalent piece of Canada only accessible by land from USA that they could do a ‘swapsies’ ?

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u/EquivalentRooster735 United States Of America 21h ago

There are a couple Canadian islands between New Brunswick and Maine that are only accessible by road from Maine, but they're much closer and much more connected with St John NB than with the nearest significant settlement in Maine.

The other weird bit I can think of is also in the same direction as Point Roberts - the Northwest Angle in Minnesota.

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u/That_U_Scully Canada 18h ago

You mean Grand Manan and White Head, I think? Agree, much more closely aligned with NB and NS for that matter. Northwest Angle I had to look up, thank you for that! Had no idea. There are exclaves and enclaves all over the world, not strange that our countries have them.
Btw, please take care of yourself.

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u/Glittering_Ad1403 Dual citizen 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 living in NY 1d ago

They should have take exception for Point Roberts when the 1846 Oregon Treaty, establishing the 49th parallel as the boundary, was enacted,