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Greece is a country full of natural borders, so it is natural for it's inahbitants to be split as well. We lived each one in his little city-state for centuries...
Nowdays we are more united than ever, thanks to our loving neighbours. However, current splits are:
North vs. South: There is a difference in dialect with borders actually traceable on a map, splitting the country in half and following roughly the pre-1912 borders.
Athens vs. Thessaloniki : The capital vs. the wannabe. The inhabitants of the last are immensely jealous that we have concentrated all the power and the wealth, they are jealous because our football clubs are stronger. We are jealous because their city is much more beautiful than ours and the food is better. We tend to use different names for the same stuff and argue about the correct term.
Helladics vs. Micrasians: The old inhabitants vs. the refugees that came from Asia Minor in 1922.
Cretans vs. the rest: They believe thay are of a seperate glorious race of people, we believe they are just gun-crazy savages (something like Americans
)
Up-the-channel vs. down-the-channel (or Rumeli vs. Morea): The Corinthian gulf divides two regions that (although they are bundled together in the North vs. South split), have old grudges. Their dialect is different, and the Rumeliotes call the Moreates thieves and crooks, and get the reply that they are vulgar and avaricious.
Inside Athens: North vs. the rest, West vs. the rest, Center vs. Piraeus
Inside Crete: Chania (west) vs. Iraklio (east)
Nowdays we are more united than ever, thanks to our loving neighbours. However, current splits are:
North vs. South: There is a difference in dialect with borders actually traceable on a map, splitting the country in half and following roughly the pre-1912 borders.
Athens vs. Thessaloniki : The capital vs. the wannabe. The inhabitants of the last are immensely jealous that we have concentrated all the power and the wealth, they are jealous because our football clubs are stronger. We are jealous because their city is much more beautiful than ours and the food is better. We tend to use different names for the same stuff and argue about the correct term.
Helladics vs. Micrasians: The old inhabitants vs. the refugees that came from Asia Minor in 1922.
Cretans vs. the rest: They believe thay are of a seperate glorious race of people, we believe they are just gun-crazy savages (something like Americans
)Up-the-channel vs. down-the-channel (or Rumeli vs. Morea): The Corinthian gulf divides two regions that (although they are bundled together in the North vs. South split), have old grudges. Their dialect is different, and the Rumeliotes call the Moreates thieves and crooks, and get the reply that they are vulgar and avaricious.
Inside Athens: North vs. the rest, West vs. the rest, Center vs. Piraeus
Inside Crete: Chania (west) vs. Iraklio (east)
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