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Have the same issue with Poland. We need this damn Central Europe category so we can escape the dreaded "Eastern Europe" badge... And since we are in no way Wes

• zalew 16y ago
  No, we don't need any new categories http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_subregion_map_UN_geoschme.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_subregion_map_UN_ge... Unless we speak colloquially, then there's an infinite number of groups to qualify. The OP should use some reference to choose categories ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2147290 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2147290 ), his are a bit strange and subjective.
  • leon_ 16y ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe
    • zalew 16y ago
      It has no official significance, just a common term, and your link proves my point. I'm from Poland and by Larousse we're not central, by Brittanica we are.
      • leon_ 16y ago
        For this survey it would be nice if we had a finer granularity. It would be interesting to see where the most HN users sit in Europe. Western, eastern and "other" Europe for a population of 700+ million people is rather sub optimal. Compare that to the amount of options for the US with its 220 mio population. I'd propose a schema like this: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_subregion_map_world_factbook.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_subregion_map_...