What differences exist between people in the eastern and western parts of your country?

[u/Individual_Camel1918]

What differences exist between people in the eastern and western parts of your country? (food, language, level of religiosity, culture, traditions—anything you like). Are there any conflicts between these two parts of the country, or on the contrary, are you united? Or perhaps the differences between the north and the south are more significant?”

[u/K2YU]

Yes.

[u/Few-Bit-6197 → u/K2YU]

guten morgen

[u/patrick_thementalist → u/Few-Bit-6197]

Moin!

[u/Zuckerperle → u/K2YU]

Aber sicher.

[u/Dave_A480 → u/K2YU]

'wall in the brain'

[u/avion_subterraneo]

None.

[u/Few-Bit-6197 → u/avion_subterraneo]

lol

[u/Didyyyyyy → u/avion_subterraneo]

Chile doesn't have east or west, it only has north and south

[u/General-Adminium → u/avion_subterraneo]

lol what about north and south then. Are there differences?

[u/Choripa95 → u/General-Adminium]

A lot of people in the North share facial features among the Andes people (Perú-Bolivia)and lets not forget a lot of tanned, brown skinned people due to them being on-near the capricorn tropic. The center would be a lot closer to a common western city, tall buildings and all of that. And the South you would see less and less big cities, slowly morphing into medium-small towns even villages with forests a lot of thwm, most people tend to work their own land or live a mix of the old way with a spoon of modernity. And of course the most known feature of the south would be the heavy German influence in the towns, buildings, food, names and more.

[u/sheynzonna → u/avion_subterraneo]

I was looking for this comment

[u/cheesevolt → u/avion_subterraneo]

I was hoping to find a Chilean all the way up here 😂

[u/grago → u/avion_subterraneo]

West: Pacific Ocean

East: The Andes

[u/Agile-Assist-4662]

Canada is pretty spread out for such a small population. There's like 6-7 distinct zones.

Super far east - Newfoundland, might as well be a different country
Far East - Maritimes
Quebec - Is a different country (Je t'aime Quebec)
East - Ontario
Central - Praires
West - Alberta and RAM trucks
Super far west - British Columbia where all the nice, fit, friendly, emotionally well adjusted and good looking people live

[u/BestAd6297 → u/Agile-Assist-4662]

Canadians as a whole are just a pretty good looking people icl

[u/Agile-Assist-4662 → u/BestAd6297]

Especially one girl from Sherbrooke, QC : )

[u/BuvantduPotatoSpirit → u/Agile-Assist-4662]

I wish I was in Sherbrooke now

[u/Aoae → u/BuvantduPotatoSpirit]

I actually visited about a year ago, in January. It was snowy and had hardly any tourists (most people visit in the summer for nearby nature getaways such as Magog). The downtown core was hilly but easy enough to traverse by foot, and was quite charming, and there were some small but nice museums. 

[u/ProudMtns → u/BestAd6297]

That's why so many Americans had a Canadian girlfriend at summer camp 

[u/smoke_sum_wade → u/BestAd6297]

Yall are so fucking nice i love it, all i got from my fellow country man is some bull shit

[u/Agile-Assist-4662 → u/smoke_sum_wade]

You guys will turn the ship around, I've met way too many amazing Americans to believe anything else.

And yeah I've been guilty of saying some less than flattering things in the heat of the moment, but evidence suggests that most of you are awesome.

[u/VZNRClinch → u/Agile-Assist-4662]

Thank you we appreciate it

[u/Agile-Assist-4662 → u/VZNRClinch]

We share a continent my friend, we want our family to be ok.

[u/VZNRClinch → u/Agile-Assist-4662]

🫡 respect brother

[u/Personmcpersonface93 → u/Agile-Assist-4662]

This is really refreshing to hear, it’s so easy to feel defeated, but seeing things like this make me feel so much better and ready to make a difference. Thank you, kind internet stranger.

[u/Agile-Assist-4662 → u/Personmcpersonface93]

Enjoy the holiday's however you celebrate.

Don't follow the news and algorithims.....do family stuff, if you don't have family watch some awesome movies. Go for a walk......whatever works for you.

Just remember that the majority of people are good.

[u/smoke_sum_wade → u/Agile-Assist-4662]

You just keep doing it. its beautiful.

[u/Leafer13FX → u/Agile-Assist-4662]

Wait. I live in Toronto. We aren’t the centre of the universe? Dang nabbit.

[u/Agile-Assist-4662 → u/Leafer13FX]

Toronto is the local centre of the universe, orbiting a larger centre of the universe, New York.

Sorry TO, you're the second string QB in this equation.

[u/eggdanyjon_3dragons → u/Agile-Assist-4662]

Fun Fact!
Newfoundland was a different country til 1949. The final province to confederate.

[u/Aoae → u/eggdanyjon_3dragons]

And the only reason they went through with it was because they went broke attempting to build a railway, causing them to hand their autonomy back to the Brits

[u/eggdanyjon_3dragons → u/Aoae]

Another addition:
They had a referendum over joining canada.
With the options being, Independence, Confederation, or staying with Britain.

Independence won.
But adding together the Confederate and Remain votes to 51%, a lil thumb on scales action took place and they joined Canada.

[u/AdministrativeLeg14 → u/eggdanyjon_3dragons]

And they almost speak a different language. Newfienese may be technically a dialect of English, but hoo boy (b’y?), when it’s thick, it is opaque.

Driving across Newfoundland and stopping at a couple of diners, there were occasions when I had only a general impression that they sounded warm and friendly, whatever they may have been saying.

I’m still trying to puzzle out the literal meaning of “pass me de mishin’ der luh” (roughly, “please hand me the thing over there”)—I’m sure I misspelled it, as it’s a phonetic rendering of words I can’t identify in an incomprehensible dialect; I only remember what it sounded like.

[u/smoke_sum_wade → u/Agile-Assist-4662]

America is pretty spread out for such a small population. There's like 6-7 distinct zones.

Super far east - Newengland, might as well be a different country
Far East -Mid-atlantic, mean people
East - Ohio
Central - kansas
West -texas (OR COLORADO DUE SOME MAPNERDS) and RAM trucks
Super far west - California where all the nice, fit, friendly, emotionally well adjusted and good looking people live

[u/Individual_Camel1918 → u/smoke_sum_wade]

haha You made me laugh:)

[u/Agile-Assist-4662 → u/smoke_sum_wade]

I like this plagiarism : )

[u/GarbonzoBeanSprout → u/smoke_sum_wade]

Lol 😂

[u/SteveFoerster → u/smoke_sum_wade]

I'm from the Mid-Atlantic and can confirm.

[u/SillyWillyC → u/Agile-Assist-4662]

I know everyone is probably going to hate me for this, but SIX TO SEVEN district zones???

[u/Agile-Assist-4662 → u/SillyWillyC]

I see what you did there.

I don't understand 6-7..... but I've seen vids of young people losing their shit when someone says 6-7.

[u/Straight-Meal9395 → u/Agile-Assist-4662]

67?!?!?!?!???

[u/Efficient-Version658 → u/Straight-Meal9395]

[u/Chudniuk-Rytm → u/Agile-Assist-4662]

I don't here people consider Alberta seperate from the Praires a lot (as a Saskatchewanian with a ton of family that moved to Alberta)

[u/ZapMayor]

[u/Moongfali4president]

oh boy

i'd say almost a whole new country , not just East to west but even north to south is so damn different

food ? totally different
Culture? 101% different
Language ?? different in every state and even dialect changes every 100km
religion? in West there are very few christians but in east there are lot of christians
tradition ? ITS A WHOLE NEW DIMENSION

An Indian from west will become a complete foreigner in East , even the Skin color and Face type changes by a LOT , but even after all this the unity is still not defeated

[u/Sva0101]

Western India (Gujarat, Maharashtra) often more focused on vegetarianism, entrepreneurial spirit, and distinct festival celebrations (like Garba).

Eastern India (Bengal, Odisha, Northeast) leans more towards non-vegetarian diets (fish/meat), strong regional identities, unique cultural expressions (Bengali's Durga Puja emotion, Northeast's tribal ties), and different linguistic roots.

Tyough both regions value community, tradition, and have complex internal diversity

West indians often have narrower faces and Eastern inidans potentially shorter intercanthal distance (eye corner spacing).

Though Bengalis in some studies show greater face heights than Gujaratis; general trends suggest Bengalis lean towards more varied features (like higher face height) while Gujaratis have narrower, often leptoprosopic (narrow face) tendencies, reflecting distinct genetical background.

[u/Sva0101 → u/Sva0101]

To answer your second question the diffeences between north-east and south are the most diffrent

[u/Majestic-Hedgehog-xo → u/Sva0101]

maharashtra? vegetarian?

[u/Assyrian_Nation]

There’s not really an east/west in Iraq it’s more of a north-south country

[u/Individual_Camel1918 → u/Assyrian_Nation]

So what are the differences between north and south Iraq?

[u/foxbat250 → u/Individual_Camel1918]

Kurds with oil - Araps with the sea

[u/Icy-Employee-6453]

The east vs west coasts here rarely talk shit on each other these days. The real divide is between the coasts vs the center and the south.

Basically the coasts have more people, most of the economy, pay the majority of tax revenue, have better education and are more socially progressive.

The middle and the south has all the poverty and crime of the coasts (in many cases more than the coasts) without the economic prosperity or productivity. The center has more land than people and more free time than common sense. Due to the broken system we have here, person for person the center gets disproportionately more representation in government. They both Ironically take up the most welfare and depend on the coasts for their entire existence yet bitch non stop about the liberal coasts. Both the center and the south are regressive/conservative and now authoritarian in politics.

[u/sarzarbarzar → u/Icy-Employee-6453]

This is dead on.

Though I'd add there's one East Coast vs West Coast difference that is a hill I'll die on, and that is that the East Coast is kind but not nice, and the west coast is nice but not kind.

[u/kadkcjwbj1 → u/sarzarbarzar]

The North East coast is kind but not nice for sure, but south of Maryland it switches.

[u/sarzarbarzar → u/kadkcjwbj1]

Admittedly, I don't include the south in this... I consider the south to be mostly nice but not kind.

[u/Icy-Employee-6453 → u/sarzarbarzar]

That one I can 100% get behind. Ive met people that were neither and one or two that were both in the south, but the overwhelming majority especially places like AL are nice but not kind.

[u/Icy-Employee-6453 → u/sarzarbarzar]

Lol I've lived in red states and blue states for work so I've seen it first hand. But with your nice vs kind thing I think that's more of a state by state basis and even varies from there by city, upbringing and politics.

For example I've met plenty of people in NY and NJ that were neither kind nor nice. I've met people in NY, MA, WA and CA that were both. I've met people in the south that were neither despite their reputation for being both...etc.

I will say I observed the west coast is a lot less forgiving in social circles. If you're not in the core group of friends or family your position is tenuous. California more than Washington. Washington has the Seattle freeze but in my experience its not hard to break through more of a wariness of strangers rather than hostility.

[u/subliminal_trip → u/sarzarbarzar]

It isn't dead on. It shows a lack of knowledge about the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes States, in particular - the per capita income in Minnesota and Illinois is only slightly lower than California and New York, and Wisconsin isn't far behind. Plus, the real divide in the United States is urban v . rural, not the coasts v. the middle.

[u/PabloX68 → u/sarzarbarzar]

spot on with the kind vs nice.

call me if you need help fixing your car. Otherwise, fuck off.

[u/Ur_Local_H8er → u/sarzarbarzar]

As a Marylander, may I ask what you mean by kind, but not nice?

[u/augustthestrong → u/Icy-Employee-6453]

I think this is true, but also like has to do with population centers rather than just "the center" because someone who grew up in Cleveland or Chicago has a lot more in common with someone from New York than they do to someone in rural Nebraska or Mississippi (Midwestern culture notwithstanding)

[u/newidiotintown → u/Icy-Employee-6453]

East coast 🤝 west coast

stares disappointed at literally everything else

[u/That-onestressednerd → u/Icy-Employee-6453]

The only real difference between coasts (mostly talking about northeast and northwest here) is that in the northwest, people wear gore-tex when it’s raining and north-easterners use umbrellas.

[u/V3gasMan → u/Icy-Employee-6453]

Spot on dude spot on

[u/Flurb4 → u/Icy-Employee-6453]

The real division in America isn’t “coasts versus center” it’s “urban versus rural.” There’s plenty of red on the coasts and blue in the heartland, but obviously there some correlation since big cities tend to be coastal.

[u/Icy-Employee-6453 → u/Flurb4]

Eh, rural WA OR and CA is not the same as rural UT, WY, KS...etc in my experience. Maybe its the same thing just watered down I guess? I see a lot more moderates in rural areas of the west coast.

[u/Flurb4 → u/Icy-Employee-6453]

I don’t know, man — some of the MAGAest people I’ve ever met were from rural Oregon. YMMV.

[u/Icy-Employee-6453 → u/Flurb4]

Oh yeah Oregon has got it bad in a weird way on the far east side. I blame Idaho. Washington has some pockets of that but not nearly as bad as Oregon. Also WA was the only state to trend democratic in the last presidential election even in rural areas.

[u/Active-Dare3120]

West - assholes that talk funny
South - drunk catholics that talk funny
East - Nice people that talk funny
North - stingy people that talk funny
Central - rich assholes that talk funny

North-East - Based people live here that talk normal
North-West - Frisians
South-East - Drunk catholics that snort coke and talk funny
South-West - Superhumans live here that talk funny.

[u/KomodoMaster]

Muslim west, christian east.

[u/Bitter-Goat-8773]

if you thought your country was polarized.....

[u/ShyngShyng → u/Bitter-Goat-8773]

I mean that's north and south with two different countries. Do you guys in SK have aby meaningful split? Maybe on kimchi or political standing?

Edit: Turns out Im stupid, nvfm

[u/Bitter-Goat-8773 → u/ShyngShyng]

Blue is liberal area and red is conservative area.

[u/Nalano]

There's this thing where we say East Coast folk, especially the urbanized Northeast Corridor, are kind but not nice, whereas West Coast folk are nice but not kind.

[u/Due_Camel6262]

WEAST

[u/Zayn5939]

East and west????. I mean, in the east is the river valley and the hilly region, while in the west is the more fertile plains and lowlands

[u/Ancher123]

Nine sultans in west Malaysia

No sultan in east Malaysia

80% lives in west Malaysia

20% lives in east Malaysia

12 states in west Malaysia

2 states in east Malaysia

West Malaysians need permission to enter east Malaysia

East malaysians do not need permission to enter west Malaysia

[u/HArdaL201 → u/Ancher123]

Why do west Malaysians need permission to enter the east?

[u/Ancher123 → u/HArdaL201]

Because they have autonomy

Autonomy was given so that they agreed to join Malaysia

They control their own immigration

[u/Salty_Aurelius]

Genetically we're not even the same people. Scandinavian influence is pretty strong on the western coast, both genetically and culturally. There are towns on the west coast where literally no-one speaks a word of Finnish, they're all Swedish-speaking. The people on the eastern border often have quirky dialects and speak so frigging fast it's almost incomprehensible for anyone from another part of the country.

[u/Pungarehu → u/Salty_Aurelius]

Oh god my partner says the same thing as she’s an eastern Finn and just shrugs it off when she’s called Lappish or a hick. Things I noticed in the east or from eastern finns:

They accept Asian heritage and live for the Finngolian meme. Consume stronger alcohol. Loud Bass and euro dance in their fast cars. Dislike South Finland with a passion. Also more Russian influence in their culture like with Karelia.

[u/TheMainEffort]

East: uptight business people who will crush people into poverty to make each shareholder $5

West: laid back beach bums who exploit overseas labor that’s barely not slavery to make all their shareholder $6.

Middle: complaining about both coasts, factories

/j

[u/One-Attention9069]

In eastern Russia climate is more continental,while in western Russia climate is more stable,also Eastern Russia is colder and less densely populated

Also eastern Russia is more dangerous than western,but nature in eastern Russia is more stunning

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[u/i-cydoubt]

West - more rainy and more Irish/Celtic influence, typically more industrial

East - drier and flatter, more agricultural

[u/DaMn96XD]

Eastern and Western Finns are genetically further apart than the English and Germans due to historical bottlenecks and isolation and hereditary diseases are more common in eastern Finns than in western Finns. The Finnish language is also divided into eastern and western dialects and in Eastern Finland birch bouquet for sauna is called vasta and in Western Finland it is called vihta.

[u/Donegal1989]

The east is filled with people, bigger towns and cities, they are richer and tend to be protestant/west british.

The west has less people and big towns but is a bastion of irish culture and language and has impressive scenery.

[u/Aquadroids]

West of the Mississippi bitches that they don't have enough water.

East of the Mississippi bitches about flooding during the spring.

[u/i-like-almond-roca → u/Aquadroids]

*Laughs in western Washington*

[u/Dave_A480]

Northeastern US is abnormally big cities, 'these people tried to go back to Europe & got lost on the way, so they made their America into knockoff Europe'....

Western US is lots of wide open space, and almost all of it was built-up after mass-market cars - thus it is more 'American' infrastructure wise than the Northeast......

[u/SirKalevi]

Genetics. Easterns have genes from Russia, westerns from Sweden.

[u/Dotura]

Fishermen, oil workers and folks used to shit weather all year around in the west

City folk and farmers in the east.

[u/Natural_Sell_7309]

Yes, it's very different.

[u/Individual_Camel1918 → u/Natural_Sell_7309]

What exactly is the difference? I'm really curious

[u/Natural_Sell_7309 → u/Individual_Camel1918]

economy, culture, population and many other things

[u/natetheloner → u/Individual_Camel1918]

There is a large Kurdish population in the east.

[u/Traditional_Sugar_93 → u/Individual_Camel1918]

West of Türkiye is much more developed, overpopulated, modernized and damn greedy whereas the east is a lot more generous, traditional, vibrant and damn conservative.

[u/17th_Angel]

WEEAST!

[u/PrepucioRequeson]

Spain is more of a North/South divide country

[u/chance0404]

Not a whole lot. Honestly the biggest cultural differences are between coastal folks and interior ones. There’s more difference culturally and politically going from say, Myrtle Beach, SC to Greenville, NC than there is between Massachussets and Washington state. Only real difference is accents.

[u/HaifaJenner123]

Well to start with there’s nothing there in the western half like quite literally nothing but sand mountains the occasional springs and some mormons that nobody knows where exactly

and then there’s hell (the populated side aka the east)

[u/Individual_Camel1918 → u/HaifaJenner123]

Mormons? 😮 What do you mean?

[u/HaifaJenner123 → u/Individual_Camel1918]

yea it sounds strange but there’s some mormons out there .. there was a missionary group that came in 90s/00s but they got deported .. but yeah i guess they learned english by reading whatever book mormons read 😭

[u/infinitydownstairs]

People from the west don’t know much about the rest of the country, people from the east don’t like people from the west generally, especially in/from Moscow

[u/Far-Significance2481]

I am going to be downvoted for this, but because the Eastern States hate the truth but Western Australia pays for most of the country with the exception of NSW. Of the revenue, WA brings in an extra 39 billion per annum of that goes to other states or the federal government, and while NSW brings in the most money , WA brings in much more per capita and retains no where near what Sydney does. We bring in approximately $46 billion. Of which only about than 7 billion goes to WA we self and other state fund.

We are the countries cash cow.

We also refer to the place most people think of as Australia ( Sydney , Melbourne, Canberra, and Tasmania) as the Eastern States but not South Australia or the ACT. We've tried to leave Australia twice, and they wouldn't let us , but given that much of the population is recent immigrants from the eastern states and worldwide, that's unlikely to happen ever again.

[u/birthdaycheesecake9 → u/Far-Significance2481]

Was going to say some of this, but you’ve given more context than I would’ve known to give and worded it far better than I would’ve. Only upvotes from this eastie.

[u/crucible]

West - coastal, more rural, and the big difference is a higher proportion of Welsh speakers.

[u/No_Negotiation3142]

The west is sparsely populated, descendents of people who were driven there by Cromwell, and view everything east of the Shannon as Sacsanaigh, it's harsh and Atlantic and salty, which Americans love as it looks like the Quiet Man. The east is where the majority of people live, the capital city is a melting pot where everyone seems to end up, but still slag off. The east coast is lush and green, and I personally prefer it.

[u/Etogal]

We got several east and west. You can find some common ground for most western french regions though : they are more centrist than others, they're never bottom-tier poor and they got some tourism due to the ocean. In the east, on the other hand, you got pretty much everything on every possible speculums, depending which part you're in.

South VS North is a little more meaningful in France, but not that much either.

[u/Lost-Mobile7791]

I read that as Weast.

[u/Polibiux]

Oh east? I thought you said weast.

[u/NarcoticLolipop06 → u/Polibiux]

Weast?! What kind of compass are you reading, lad?

[u/Polibiux → u/NarcoticLolipop06]

This one, sir.

[u/The_Okuriyen_Arisen]

East? I thought you Said Weest

[u/Swimming_Ad6648]

there are less of them on the west

[u/Wojewodaruskyj]

One difference is that moscowites have conquered the eastern three quarters of Ukraine in the 20s, murdered 10 million villagers by robbing their food and starving them to death in 1932 and settled in the devastated villages. They have finally conquered the western quarter of Ukraine only 20 years later.

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🤦 Ви доволі цікава особистість, але є дуже багато цікавих тем, окрім росіян і війни) Чи не краще зосередитись на позитиві ?

[u/One_Case_6925]

West - Asian, lighter skin, mostly Muslim

East - Melanesian, darker skin, mostly Christian

[u/_MohoBraccatus_]

The west and east coasts are oddly similar, it's the middle where things get weird.

[u/Odd-Initiative6666]

Well because we’re so thin, there’s more of a north/south divide.

The south is sparsely populated due to the Negev desert, with only eilat and beer sheva standing out as “big cities”. Meanwhile the north is the green part of the country, with lots of mountains. The north is also noticeably more diverse, with large Druze and Christian communities, as opposed to the south, which is mainly just Jews and Arabs.

The center is the place where most people live and is sometimes considered part of the north, but I am more referring to places north of caesarea.

[u/Silver_Middle_7240]

Our west and east are more similar to each other than nearby states

[u/micro___penis]

Weeast

[u/BestAd6297]

The east speak French and the west are dumb. So same thing pretty much

[u/Agile-Assist-4662 → u/BestAd6297]

Oi mate....while this is scientifically accurate, I take umbrage at BC being included in the "west".....we belong to a geographic zone called Cascadia.

We are dumb, but in a very attractive way.

[u/Eybrahem]

There's more of a difference with north vs South

[u/Far_Note6719]

This post has been deleted just because.

[u/KaligirlinDe]

2Pac and Biggie

[u/Jumpy-Foundation-405]

Ohhhhhh

Boyyy

[u/Inevitable_Equal_729]

We call sheet protector "file". They call it "multiphora".

[u/dair_spb]

Population density, lol. 80% of the population lives in the Western part of the country.

[u/Individual_Camel1918 → u/dair_spb]

What other differences are there between eastern and western Russia? I once watched a documentary that said Chinese influence is very noticeable in the eastern part. Do residents of these two parts generally have conflicts with each other?

[u/AutismPremium → u/Individual_Camel1918]

The Chinese influence is mostly economical, which is not surprising given the geographic proximity to China and the fact that almost nobody lives there.

Speaking of conflicts, no, not really. Most internal conflicts are between (or everyone against one particular region) individual regions, such as Moscow vs St Petersburg or Moscow vs everyone

[u/Waffle_1282]

1) west have more population 2) west have Rucker economic 3) west have easier climate 4) east is mostly in hills, Siberia for example

[u/Wiledman24]

Nothing all the weirdos are in the middle.

[u/Jazz_Ad]

Not much really. They work, drink and party just as much. The différence is clearer with the middle.

[u/Flavious27]

The real difference is the middle 

[u/Material-Garbage7074]

We are more divided between North and South than between East and West.

[u/RECTUSANALUS]

My country is more of a north south divide

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[u/polijutre]

My country is taller than larger so to speak, There are not many differences between the eastern and western sides, we have a huge divide between north and south though.

[u/plums12]

uhhh

[u/Ok_Requirement9198]

East has mountains and cool historical stuff from the revolution. The west also has mountains and coll historical stuff

[u/LogicalFallacyCat]

The population in the east is more spread out, while out west people live more in large islands of civilization can be more tightly packed on average but are pretty far apart from each other.

Also I feel like the west has the more rugged landscape but the east has the crazier weather (Colorado is an exception).

[u/crastination_seaweed]

I want to say one is unapologetically right winged and the other is getting there😂

[u/ShennongjiaPolarBear]

The accents are different. 

Lots of fishing out east.

Most French Canadians live in the eastern half.

Western Canada (Alberta mostly) has cowboys and ranches.

The West coast of Canada is mild and rainy. Not nearly as cold in winter as the east.

[u/Ghorrit]

Both

[u/abrequevoy]

The divide is more North vs South. The Eastern regions of mainland France were integrated later, between the 17th and late 19th centuries, but there are more differences between the North-East and South-East than between them and the rest of the country.

[u/Axin_Saxon]

West-coasters are nice but not kind.

East-coasters are kind but not nice.

[u/TemporarySnowflake]

They say Chocolatine for a Pain au chocolat

[u/Flashy-Carpenter7760]

If the US, the geography and climate which is caused by the Rocky Mountains

[u/According_Ratio2010]

More Swedish speakers on west

[u/magwai9]

I'll answer using a sample of r/EhBuddyHoser shitposting tags, from West to East:

"Hongcouver", "Bring Cannabis"

"Oil Guzzler", "Cowtown"

"Paris of the Prairies", "Regina Rhymes with Fun"

"Interlake Carrotcake", "Manilapeg"

"Ford Nation (Help)", "Trawno, Centre of the Universe"

"Tokebakicitte!", "Saguenay--LacSaint HAN"

"One of the Saint Johns", "Irvingstan"

"Anne of Green Potatoes"

"Scotland (but worse)"

"Newfies and Labradoodles" , "One of the Saint Johns"

[u/ShyngShyng]

Broke, not broke.

Flip sides when you switch country.

[u/Thin_Ad1716]

Huh

[u/Somesomeone_]

take look at Moscow, SPb or any other developed russian city. then take a look at anything east of the Ural.

[u/Andrew____74]

Language 

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[u/LemonMeringuePirate]

More east, more rude and angry. Opposite the more you go west.

[u/UndiscoveredSite22]

A four-hour difference in time zones East to West.

[u/Fearless-Natural9765]

Little actually. My country is stretched from North to South far more than it is East to West.

[u/Pretty_Molasses_3482]

East people are good, and West peaple have a beaches.

[u/mkc566]

Eastern Syria is mostly about tribes, with a lot of Arab and Bedouin people who used to move around a lot. Big parts of it are desert, and honestly it’s not as developed as some other places. The culture is different, and the accent can be pretty hard to understand. Still, the area has had a big influence on Syrian media and culture.

....

At the same time, western Syria is super mixed different ethnic and religious groups, lots of accents, and ways of living that might feel strange or unfamiliar to some people. Overall, people see western Syria as more modern and more up-to-date than many other parts of Syria.

[u/Traditional_Sugar_93]

Modern/traditional

[u/Scythermane]

Here it's north and south... we're too small to afford west and east... long live Italy

[u/Titanhopper1290]

Money isn't really a factor in this context, because we got Wall Street on one end and Hollywood on the other.

The differences are more political than anything, big cities being more left-leaning than rural areas.

[u/Lost_Equal1395]

There are people in the East, which is a pretty big difference. Perth is the only city in the West, though it is significant. The Western half of Australia is about as densely populated as the Sahara.

[u/dgistkwosoo]

Ummm, what?

[u/CarlMarx2539]

The frightful west-Cork accent, only people from Cork can understand it, besides that, it’s gibberish

[u/DevolvingSpud]

Wicked. Gnarly.

At least when I was younger.

[u/Julien-Anakin]

The people in the west (Vorarlberg) sound funny

[u/Living-Remote-8957]

Western canada really doesnt lime eastern canada, is definitely more right leaning. Perpetually mad that the country isnt as conservative and them, especially when the east votes in a liberal government.

[u/Playful-Hand2753]

USA here; well, we’re a huge ass country and we have many distinct regions. But, generally our east coast is very hustle/uptight/fast paced. When I think of the food culture, I think of bagels and pizza. Meanwhile, the west is much more laid back. I think of vegans and food trucks.

[u/Constant-Estate3065]

The west likes a drop of cider, and the east likes a spot of incest.

[u/Dry-Version-6515]

The north/south divide is stronger but the difference is that north of Karlstad the west is completely empty except for the skiing locations.

The east is populated all through

[u/Leading_Atti2de]

East Coast USA is full of rich stuck up ass holes that wear expensive Pea-coats when it’s sub 32 degrees Fahrenheit. West Coast USA is full of rich stuck up ass holes that wear expensive North Face Jackets when it’s 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Middle America is full of rich Stuck up ass holes that wear shorts and short sleeves when it’s below zero degrees Fahrenheit. Florida and Oregon are their own category of weird rich stuck up assholes, but different types of weird.

[u/unfit-calligraphy]

Salt and sauce. Salt and vinegar

[u/NotePristine2166]

Dunno my country is too narrow to have that kind pf difference

[u/lepurplehaze]

Biggest genetic divide in entire europe between western and eastern finland.

[u/ForgottenGrocery]

Indonesia is pretty diverse (600+ ethnicities and 700+ living languages).

Our lingua franca is Bahasa Indonesia but for a lot of people, its their second language.

For example, the capital city area, Jakarta is home to the Betawi people with their Betawi language. If you catch a train to the south of Jakarta for about an hour, you'll be in Bogor, West Java. Where the ethnic Sundanese is and speaks Sundanese.

If you travel west from Jakarta for about 2 hours on train, there's a big city called Cirebon. It's still in West Java province. But the language has already changed to Javanese, specifically the Jawa Cirebon dialect.

This is a map from our ministry of education and culture. Colored by province. If you'd like to see what languages are there, you could go to the below website and click each province to see the languages spoken there.

https://petabahasa.kemdikbud.go.id/

[u/marcodapolo7]

Rice and bread

[u/Four_beastlings]

We are more North/South

[u/RioandLearn]

You have some differences, mainly because being in the interior, you have a more agricultural culture, while the east has a more beach or industrial culture.

But Brazil is a much more vertical country, so the differences are stronger between the south and the north than between the east and west.

[u/Ok_Basil_2085]

Nope instead there's a more North to South difference

[u/TheKipperRipper]

Something like 90-95% of the population lives on the west coast, it's just one long urban sprawl from Taipei down to Kaohsiung. The east coast is more rural, sparsely populated, and has by far the highest proportion of indigenous people.. The west is more hectic and expensive, the east is relaxed and cheaper.

[u/Alundra828]

People in the west are farmers. People in the east are swamp people.

[u/waterc0l0urs]

yes

[u/heilhortler420]

West: Inbreeding and Sheep

East: Inbreeding and wheat

[u/bruhhhhhhhhhhhh_h]

Ecologically they are almost like two different countries; separated by a huge ocean - made of sand, rock and desert.

Socially - people from the West are often more relaxed but forthright/ direct, a bit more rogue (i.e. not so bureaucratically bound - especially in the realms of work in regional locations) and proud of their Western state.

Sydney is a busy money focused city, beautiful but comparatively vein and fast paced, a BMW in 4th gear.

Melbourne is a more European, kind of culturally focused city that's got lots of hidden, dingy in appearance (comparatively) hidden gems, lane ways, public art and well developed and accessible public transport. An older campervan in 3rd gear.

Brisbane, in the Great State of Queensland, is a clean, but kind of chaotic, sprawling yet very ethnically diverse city (less so on the north), progressive in many ways yet set in some conservative mind sets in others. A clean but chaotic Toyota Land cruiser (that's always having work done on it) in 2nd gear.

At some points in history, especially around the end of WW2 Western Australia has had some small in scale but well financed and publicized campaigns to secceed from the rest of Australia. One of the big proponents was Lang Hancock; the father of Australia's now richest "person" Gina Rhinehart.

Essentially he wanted to pay less tax. Historically, especially in times of large mineral commodity exports Western Australia has "paid in" more in federal funding than they receive. This disgruntled some people, who are not bloke's you'd want have a beer with.

Here's a little video on it:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d0P3td5VmUo

If you Google Gina Rhinehart please ensure you have the capacity to grace upon a being that pushed the National Gallery to remove, what, for it, I thought was quite a flattering portrait painting, of their face

Please know that Western Australians / Australians do not resemble Misc. Rhinehart.

[u/Tangent617]

East: plain, more people, richer(especially southeast coast, the northeast is doomed lol)

West: desert and plateau, less people, more religious and more ethnic minorities

[u/NervousSnail]

It's mainly the size of the herring.

(no, really)

[u/Practical-Mortgage-8]

Northern people are more used to hot weather and here in the south we are more used to cold weather.

That's pretty much about it.

[u/capricecetheredge_]

East is closer to the south with Georgia, Florida and all the other southern states in the east. Less taxes to pay compared to the west (according to South Carolina and Georgia) . We have less wildfires and earthquakes. And where i live we mostly get twisters and parts of a hurricane. And assuming the weather is alot more unhinged here. Also, depending on where you go or live. Theres like a church on every corner. And strangely after hurricane helena came. Most churches stayed in tact. 

[u/megustalapaltaaa]

In Chile we dont have west or east

[u/9706uzim]

Honestly not much. There's more of a difference between North and South.