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Yeah of course it was a political border but it absolutely had cultural consequences.

You can literally see the difference in Berlin on either side of the wall. The Eastern side is similar but still different to the Western, culturally.

Even the architecture is still quite different between the two sides.



You can see stronger cultural differences within western Germany (or any country, really), e.g. between Bavaria and North Germany.




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