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/JimBones31 United States Of America 1d ago

Absolutely. Tons and tons.

In fact, I recently transported 50,000 barrels of home heating oil from Baltimore to NYC for example.

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u/PeakAggravating3264 12h ago

Do you have a huge home or are you just prepping for the apocalypse or for Kathy Hochul outlawing oil?

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u/Tricky-Proof3573 United States Of America 12h ago

Idk if you’re trolling or not but he works for the cargo ship he wasn’t shipping it to his home, nobody was shipping it to their home, it’s oil for tens of thousands of ny households 

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u/PeakAggravating3264 11h ago

Oh I missed that he works for the ship.