But anyone simply crossing a border between states can often find stark differences.
The results found that there is indeed a stark difference between sympathy and personal distress.
There are stark differences between the candidates on these issues.
There is a stark difference in the style of the humour.
Adding to it are stark differences between the two candidates on issues, beginning with the war in Iraq.
On the Palestinian front, stark differences among the parties still remained.
The stark differences underscored the deep class conflict in this country of 25 million people.
Most Heat players point to the crowd's influence or shrug when they are asked to explain the stark difference in results on the road.
Why the stark differences in the treatment of the sexes?
Still perhaps better performance than America, but not the stark difference a superficial glance at the data would suggest.