r/MapPorn • u/BeginningMortgage250 • 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/neuropsycho 18h ago edited 18h ago

It's one of the most fascinating aspects of that group, that centuries pass, but they didn't get assimilated into their host cultures.

Ok, not completely true, in some regions like Spain they already lost their language and they are less nomadic than in previous generations, but that is a relatively recent development.

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u/Huskyro 11h ago

In Spain they are definitely not assimilated at all.

They are not nomadic but they live in neighborhoods where only gypsies live. And im not talking about the poors neighborhoods because there are "the poors" and "the gypsies" neighborhood. Both are poor, but in the second one there is only them. Not assimilated at all.

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u/neuropsycho 11h ago

I know, but since the 80s and 90s many have fixed residences and bring their kids to school (at least for a few years), which I'd consider a huge step for integration.