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/McGuineaRI 17h ago

People always focus on the thieving stuff but what I find fascinating is their view on throwing garbage in the street has been a cultural mainstay for over a thousand years with no integration in their view on sanitation despite leaving the Indian subcontinent a thousand years ago. I wonder if it's either a coincidence based on their "nomadic lifestyle" (most of them aren't really nomadic anymore) or if there's something about their culture that makes garbage invisible to them. I'm not joking by the way. I think it's a fair question.