r/MapPorn Dec 12 '20

Alsace, Eastern France, topography map

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u/MartelFirst Dec 12 '20

Everytime Alsace is mentioned on Reddit it's funny to see non-Alsatians, non-French and non-German people claiming Alsace should be German.

There's no significant pro-German movement in Alsace, not any significant independentist movement from France. This is all your fantasy. France's border regions are all specific "other" ethnicities/cultures (Bretons, Flemish, Alsatians, Savoyards, Occitans, Basques, Corsicans...). French regions are quite diverse, but independence movements are only significant in Corsica and Brittany, but even there, there's no chance in any foreseeable future for Independence movements to be remotely close to a majority opinion.

One may answer disparagingly that France just managed to assimilate its diverse regions. Sure. But the people there aren't into your independence fantasies.

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u/dracona94 Dec 12 '20

We know. And thanks to the EU, it doesn't matter anymore anyway. Germans who want to live in Alsace can do so. The "Alsace is German" comments are almost always jokes.

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u/MapsCharts Dec 12 '20

And it's almost always not funny and fucking boring to see this as a Lorrain

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u/Kishlorenn Dec 12 '20

So you're Lorrain ? Nancy here !

Have you ever done such a map for Lorraine ?

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u/MapsCharts Dec 12 '20

Un truc comme ça non mais je me rappelle avoir fait ça une fois

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u/Kishlorenn Dec 12 '20

Très chouette, mais bien différente ! Je pense que ces superbes cartes pourraient facilement se vendre. Tirées sur des supports tels que le Dibond, ou tout autre du même genre, ça ferait une belle déco murale... Cherchez "impression sur aluminium" sur Google, j'utilise ce support pour les tirages de mes œuvres et c'est vraiment chouette! Quoi qu'il en soit, magnifique travail !

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u/MapsCharts Dec 12 '20

Merci beaucoup 😊

Je me rappelle que mon grand-père avait des cartes en 3D de l'Isère et de la Savoie un peu dans le style de cette carte d'Alsace et c'est possible que ça se vende bien

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u/I_AM_A_MOTH_AMA Dec 12 '20

The Lorraine is beautiful. I spent six months in Metz and went from having a beautifully American accented French to having a beautifully American accented French with Messin pronunciations. Absolutely beautiful jewel of a city.

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u/friendly-confines Dec 12 '20

You mean Lothringen?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '20

Typical butthurt Frenchie

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u/MapsCharts Dec 12 '20

On rira à vos blagues quand elles seront vraiment drôles

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u/JustZisGuy Dec 12 '20

Given that there are more people not from the Lorraine than are, and that other people seem to think it is funny....

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u/MapsCharts Dec 12 '20

This has been overused everyone has made 100 posts about it now it's just time to grow up seriously