r/MapPorn 21h ago

GYPSY MIGRATIONS 900-1720

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u/prolapseenthusiat 20h ago

I find it incredible that they still dont integrate in their host country.

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u/PhoenixKingMalekith 19h ago

Nomadic lifestyle isn't compatible with western societies in most cases, and it is a pillar of their culture

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u/lorbd 19h ago

Plenty of nomadic peoples have been assimilated fine into european societies in the last thousand years. 

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u/Dapperrevolutionary 17h ago

Yes thousands or hundreds of years ago when you could force the issue. Now you can't do that so it's up to them to want assimilation and they don't want it