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Grappling With Climate Change and Overtourism, Italy Is Betting Big on Train Travel
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I had a discussion some time ago in Reddit with someone who argued that Spain is not western Europe, but Germany is. They even provided links and it seems that geopolitically it is considered like that, but having lived in Spain and Germany and in between I think barely anyone raised there would say so
An interesting thing to consider is that the difference between north and south Italy both culturally and economically is so massive they might as well be different countries.
The EU literally defines Italy as part of South Europe.
The UN literally defines Italy as part of South Europe.
Please tell me how I'm wrong here?
Yeah, reddit is crazy with these non senses. There are people who think Spanish aren't "white", whatever they mean by that.
But they are just kid that read some 4chan level blog, and have never learned history. They don't know that western and eastern Europe are historical definitions (not based on fictional races, as they like to frame it).
I wouldn't care about them