Zardnaar
Deity
Intellectually I know things are different around the world but sometimes basic things surprise me.
For example I gave an American friend who lives in Oklahoma. She has never seen the ocean. I've never seen a desert as I don't really travel much.
Living on an island I also think in north and south terms. The bigger cities are north and might drive 5 or six hours to get to one or I might fly to Auckland. I haven't traveled two hourswest for close to two decades though partly because of tourism hell and price inflation.
Apart from small nations like Fiji our nearest neighbors are Australia which is further away than you think. It's similar to the distance between California and NYC.
Ifi drive north to south all through NZ in distance it's similar to Bordeux in France to the top of Denmark. Could cover several languages here at best you get some slight variations between the provinces. Or maybe Polynesian areas of Auckland that you probably pass through from the airport to where you want to go.
Weather wise it's very temperate here but my island has 4 climate zones, several micro climates and parts of NZ have a Mediterranean climate. Only the alpine areas have anything even resembling a northern European/American winter.
I know some of you have visited NZ and idk if you saw NZers walking around in bare feet but we take it for granted here. Climate, no snakes and not much broken glass so why not?
Apparently we're friendly in some ways insular and naive in other ways due to relative isolation. Geography has effected culture eg sport and leisure activities like tramping/hiking and swimming. I've never used our town pool but do jump in a river/lake/ocean.
Anyway how does geography affect your worldview? Or have you never really thought about it?
For example I gave an American friend who lives in Oklahoma. She has never seen the ocean. I've never seen a desert as I don't really travel much.
Living on an island I also think in north and south terms. The bigger cities are north and might drive 5 or six hours to get to one or I might fly to Auckland. I haven't traveled two hourswest for close to two decades though partly because of tourism hell and price inflation.
Apart from small nations like Fiji our nearest neighbors are Australia which is further away than you think. It's similar to the distance between California and NYC.
Ifi drive north to south all through NZ in distance it's similar to Bordeux in France to the top of Denmark. Could cover several languages here at best you get some slight variations between the provinces. Or maybe Polynesian areas of Auckland that you probably pass through from the airport to where you want to go.
Weather wise it's very temperate here but my island has 4 climate zones, several micro climates and parts of NZ have a Mediterranean climate. Only the alpine areas have anything even resembling a northern European/American winter.
I know some of you have visited NZ and idk if you saw NZers walking around in bare feet but we take it for granted here. Climate, no snakes and not much broken glass so why not?
Apparently we're friendly in some ways insular and naive in other ways due to relative isolation. Geography has effected culture eg sport and leisure activities like tramping/hiking and swimming. I've never used our town pool but do jump in a river/lake/ocean.
Anyway how does geography affect your worldview? Or have you never really thought about it?