I think, on the contrary, it makes it harder. Americans are far more connected with each other than Canadians, even in the so-called flyover states. It's easier

I think, on the contrary, it makes it harder. Americans are far more connected with each other than Canadians, even in the so-called flyover states. It's easier and cheaper for someone in LA to visit literally anywhere in the US or vice versa than it is for me in Alberta to go to Toronto. Hell, it's easier and cheaper for me to go to the US than it is to go to most of Canada. For that reason and a bunch more our own perspective of our own country is often coloured by being seen through an American lens. Our distance is very real and very practical and we are, imo, less closely knit than the US is in terms of cultural experiences, interpersonal relationships, and expectations of each other.