Countries in history with the most in common

Romania & Moldavia

Spain and Portugal.

North Korea and South Korea.

Originally posted by Halevi ... I still maintain that the most simliarity is likely to be found in the South American countries of Argentina/Uraguay... Ecuador/Peru... etc... or perhaps some of the oceanic island states, although i really cant say for sure...

Well, in certain sense the answer is yes, in other is not at all.
All the countries of South America (except from the Guyanas and Suriname that's other history) share a common Iberian background. However, Brazil was colonized by Portugal and the rest by Spain, so there you find your first difference.
Now, Brazil is a country heavily regionalized. It has a mainly African North East, particularly around Bahia. An Amerindian and Cabloco (Mestizo) Amazonia. And a mainly European south. In the Southern Regions there are similarities with the countries that sourround it.
In Hispanic South America itself, the countries vary a lot. Venezuela is not Colombia. Ecuador is not Peru and this one is not Bolivia. Not only the level of development changes but the ethnic groups as well are different.
For example, Venezuela has a large mulatto minority, but Bolivia is mainly Amerindian. Argentina and Uruguay are similar, but Argentina has a large mestizo and Amerindian minority but not Blacks while Uruguay has a Black minority but not Indians.
Chile is mainly castizo of Iberian extraction, Peru is mainly Mestizo with a Black minority. Colombia is a segregated country where theirs regions have sharp racial constrasts.
In level of development there are huge differences as well. Certain parts of Latin America are at the African level while others are not very different from the U.S. in facilities and development.
Even, the way of life of people and character is quite different from some countries and others. Some dance Salsa all day long; others have a sad and melancolic attitude, some others are Italians in character: like Argentineans.

Similarities between neighbouring regions exist, but South America is a lot less uniform than North America by far. No doubt about it.

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Ontario or Nova Scotia is really quite alot different from New York or Massachusetts. Windsor and Detroit, in spitting distance of each other, are really quite different places.[quote] Well i know Detroit has a majority Black population, so comparing them 2 cities isnt really logical. I always thought Detroit was in the South. [quote]About the only similarities that apply across the length of the border are that Canadians and Americans watch the same TV shows in some cases, most of which are also watched by people all over the world. Oh, and they drive the same kinds of vehicles. After that, the idea starts to run out of steam. Languages are not the same; the ethnic mixture is not the same; the accent is not the same; politics and social values are often very very different; the economy and industries are different; the history is different; the products on the shelves and consumer patterns are different; attitude toward other countries is different; the laws are different, the landscape is different, the weather is different even. What's the same again?

Edgewaters I believe your wrong, due to the fact that im apart of the Anglo crowd, perhaps you are too. The differences between Americans, Canucks, New Zealanders an Australians is nothing more than a cultural thing. Too put it simply there is a common heritage which low an behold is a commonality. Infact even our cultures are not vastly different, jeez man our languages are like different dialects. We look the same, we speak the same language, we all have a common ancestry an we are all colonies.

Edge. Us Anglos were Brothers stop trying to create ridiculous differences between people are pretty much the same.

Whos got more in common an African-American from Detroit, An African from Canada, A whitey from Texas an a Whitey from North Canada


Edited by think - 12-Sep-2007 at 07:43

Originally posted by edgewaters Yes ... BC is a classic example, its a distinct region all to itself, unlike anything else within or without Canada. Same can be said for numerous other hugely signifigant parts of the US or Canada, like the South or Newfoundland or Quebec or New York City or Canada's native north or Texas ... the list goes on and on and on. When neither country is anything even close to being homogenous, and neither shares the same mix of unique cultural regions, how on Earth could the two wind up being at all "the same"? It's like taking an apple, a screwdriver, an alarm clock, and a bit of phone cord, dividing them up into two piles, and then saying both piles are the same thing.

Then what is it then that Americans or Canadians have in common with immigrants or the children of immigrants. I guess i see things a little bit differently because its not uncommon for immigrants or 2nd generation immigrants to call themselves by their heritage rather than by their nationality. I guess Nationality means nothing these days, so in that respect Americans an Canadians dont have anything in common, infact Canadians/Americans/Australians dont really ahve much in common with people living on the same land as them.

Originally posted by Ponce de Leon Spain and Portugal.

Originally posted by think Originally posted by Sparten Who mentioned India and Pakistan? We have little in common with the lads east of Wagha.   How about Austria and Germany. Well there are commonalities between Indians an Pakistanis in my eyes.

I think it is fair to say Australians and New Zealanders are very close. Up until a few years ago, Kiwis (our colloquial name for New Zealanders) were automatically entitled to welfare benefits upon arriving in Australia - not something extended to any other people. In war, the two nations typically combined forces and served side by side (See campaigns in Dardenelles, Palestine, Western Front, South Pacific, New Guinea and Vietnam War).

Originally posted by Sparten Originally posted by think Originally posted by Sparten Who mentioned India and Pakistan? We have little in common with the lads east of Wagha.   How about Austria and Germany. Well there are commonalities between Indians an Pakistanis in my eyes. For instance. Religion, language, culture is not even common within the two countries, how can it be common with each other.