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Poll: Do you use the term Central Europe?
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View Poll Results: which one?
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Poland
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11 |
35.48% |
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Czech Republic
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19 |
61.29% |
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Slovakia
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16 |
51.61% |
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Austria
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25 |
80.65% |
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Hungary
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15 |
48.39% |
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Germany
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16 |
51.61% |
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Switzerland
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17 |
54.84% |
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Slovenia
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17 |
54.84% |
Member Since: 9/1/2013
Posts: 4,003
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Originally posted by Sorbet
That's why we call Portugal and Greece Southern Europe. Anything to divide the less fortunate countries from us.
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Us? 
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Member Since: 11/12/2009
Posts: 13,575
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Originally posted by Jicky
honey but that was 30 years ago. |
so?  why do you want a different name so bad 
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Member Since: 9/1/2013
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Originally posted by KeirGrey
so? why do you want a different name so bad |
I just find the term Eastern Europe outdated for the above countries especially since they do not ally with Russia anymore and they are all part of the NATO and the EU. 
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Quote:
Originally posted by Sorbet
That's why we call Portugal and Greece Southern Europe. Anything to divide the less fortunate countries from us. |
I know you guys have a massive superiority complex over there, but chill. You are better than no one 
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Member Since: 8/6/2012
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Yes, a lot ..
Slovakia, Czech, Slovenia, Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Switzerland
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Member Since: 4/16/2011
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Have y'all ever heard of standard of living? Everything east of Germany and around the Mediterranean Sea doesn't compare with how we're living here in the 'West' and 'North'.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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I went to almost all the countries listed and throughout the whole tour it was referred to as Eastern Europe. 
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Member Since: 9/1/2013
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Originally posted by Sorbet
Have y'all ever heard of standard of living? Everything east of Germany and around the Mediterranean Sea doesn't compare with how we're living here in the 'West' and 'North'. |
Yes we did.
dark blue is very high HDI. All the above states have very high HDI just like their western neighbors.
HDI measures Human development in 187 around the globe in 2013
Country rankings:
Germany 5
Austria 18
Slovenia: 21
Czech Republic:28
Slovakia 35
Hungary 37
Poland 39
in comparison
on the west
The Netherlands 4
UK 26
Luxemburg 26
France 20
Portugal 43
outside EU bordering Russia
Belarus 50
Russia 55
Ukraine 78
Moldova 113
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Member Since: 9/1/2013
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Originally posted by holyground
I went to almost all the countries listed and throughout the whole tour it was referred to as Eastern Europe. |
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Member Since: 2/15/2010
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Quote:
Originally posted by Sorbet
That's why we call Portugal and Greece Southern Europe. Anything to divide the less fortunate countries from us.
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Scalp ha
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Member Since: 9/8/2011
Posts: 25,869
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Im from Slovakia and everybody here says we're the central Europe or even the middle of Europe. Also even though Ukraine is our neighbor country, we don't have many relations with Russia nowadays (except for gas) so no Eastern europe
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Member Since: 4/12/2011
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Yes, we also use southern Europe.
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Originally posted by -brian
I know you guys have a massive superiority complex over there, but chill. You are better than no one |
Ikr? So rude.
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Member Since: 2/28/2012
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We're taught this division, based on geographical, historical and cultural elements:
North E.
East E.
Southeast E.
South E.
Central E.
West E.
So yes. The east/west is a bit too strict division, considering all the crap that happened during the whole history.
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Member Since: 9/1/2013
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Originally posted by Komet blu
We're taught this division, based on geographical, historical and cultural elements:
North E.
East E.
Southeast E.
South E.
Central E.
West E.
So yes. The east/west is a bit too strict division, considering all the crap that happened during the whole history. |
In hindsight I should have added Croatia too... sorry
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Member Since: 8/7/2012
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Central european countries ( Croatia included ) are catholic , have similar history and tradition ( like Habsburg monarchy - Austria, Hungary, Croatia , Slovakia, Slovenia , Czech Republic .. ) , they use latin alphabet , their economy are good just like human rights . Big german influence
Eastern europe use cyrilic albhabet, are orthodox , they have issues with human rights and their economys are not stable . Big russian influence .
But i guess that world don't know that differences and still use old communist West/east
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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austria, germany and switzerland.
the rest are eastern europe or the balkans to me.
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Member Since: 9/1/2013
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Originally posted by hummingbird12
Central european countries ( Croatia included ) are catholic , have similar history and tradition ( like Habsburg monarchy - Austria, Hungary, Croatia , Slovakia, Slovenia , Czech Republic .. ) , they use latin alphabet , their economy are good just like human rights . Big german influence
Eastern europe use cyrilic albhabet, are orthodox , they have issues with human rights and their economys are not stable . Big russian influence .
But i guess that world don't know that differences and still use old communist West/east
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Thanks for confirming my points I was trying to make mostly in vain and yes Croatia should have been up there.
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Member Since: 9/1/2013
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Whenever I hear "Central Europe" I immediately think of Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
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Member Since: 1/2/2014
Posts: 3,830
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I don't but I probably should since I am from Poland and we are so much different than actual Eastern Europe. We are more like Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia.. etc. Poland is really like a bridge between Western and Eastern Europe, it's weird to classify it. To put those countries I mentioned above (culturally) with countries like Ukraine etc is really ignorant so I guess the term "Central Europe" does apply here.
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Member Since: 9/1/2013
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Originally posted by Kali.
I don't but I probably should since I am from Poland and we are so much different than actual Eastern Europe. We are more like Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia.. etc. Poland is really like a bridge between Western and Eastern Europe, it's weird to classify it. To put those countries I mentioned above (culturally) with countries like Ukraine etc is really ignorant so I guess the term "Central Europe" does apply here.
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that's it sis you betta start stanning. 
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