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muriel_volestrangler

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8. I've heard there's quite an urban-rural divide in the Netherlands

Reply to gay texan (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 9, 2019, 02:44 PM

Jan 2019

The cities - Amsterdam and Rotterdam especially - are liberal, while the rural areas are quite traditional and conservative, even puritanical. My guess is this would be mostly pastors in the countryside and small towns.

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