Tell Americans you’ve just been to “Hicksville” and they will likely imagine a fairly remote, rural place -- probably part of what East and West Coasters often refer to as flyover country, that flat landlocked swath located solidly in the middle. It’s pretty different in Israel, though.
Word of the day / Peripheria פֵּרִיפֶרְיָה
Given that Israel is much longer than it is wide, Israelis don’t blink at summarily dismissing roughly two-thirds of the country as nothing but the outskirts.
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