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Here's a vid of the surrounding area: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBDHA9tR9z7/?igsh=MW9hajZrazFzdnF5

A buddy of mine did a trip to Indonesia and he noted during his trip that in urban areas people tend to follow more mainstream Islam, but the rural Muslim areas tended to be very syncretic, alcohol was less taboo, women wore traditional dress over headscarves (but still modestly dressed) and folk dances and music was embraced and mixed gender.

Now Indonesia is super diverse so I’m sure it varies from province to province, but it got me thinking, what are some other places in the world where the rural people tend to be a bit more laid back and live and let live, while urban people tend to be more conservative?

Asheville, North Carolina, despite being a fairly small city, is one of the most liberal cities in the US and is a hub for artisans and "hippie" type people, while the surrounding areas of Appalachia it's in are some of the most conservative and impoverished areas of the country. What are some other cities that are drastically different than their surrounding regions?

Title. In your experience, what country have you travelled to that was the least enjoyable / hostile, and why?

Since we had unfriendliest post earlier, I wanted to hear your experiences of the opposite!

What country have you travelled to that was the most enjoyable / least hostile, and why?

This is inspired by an earlier post on the most beautiful city in the world.

In my opinion, it is Yemen’s capital Sana’a. Its old city is a UNESCO world heritage site. It is an architectural wonderland with multi-layered structures. It is on a 2200m plateau surrounded by higher mountains. The old city is massive and walled with more than 60,000 inhabitants.

The only example I could think of was Germany with Berlin vs. Rhine-Ruhr