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> Campobello residents cross into the US regularly for everything from filling up their car with petrol - Campobello has no bank, gas station, or hospital - to
by bpodgursky 7y ago
> Campobello residents cross into the US regularly for everything from filling up their car with petrol - Campobello has no bank, gas station, or hospital - to driving an hour through Maine to New Brunswick for access to government and medical services.
To be blunt... it sounds like an outdated artifact of history that this is even Canadian territory. If it's not able to effectively operate as a Canadian town in a Canadian province, why not just make it part of Maine? (Or, don't complain that you are crossing borders to obtain basic services).
(And yes, I feel the same way about US exclaves in Canada)
- droithomme 7y ago> it sounds like an outdated artifact of history that this is even Canadian territory ... why not just make it part of Maine Likewise it's a historical artifact that Guam, Hawaii and Alaska are part of the US. Should that be ended? Or hundreds of comparable other situations globally involving many nations...
- throwawaycanada 7y agoGood point. Give Alaska to Canada.
- bpodgursky 7y agoNobody in Alaska drives to Canada for services, because the part of Canada bordering Alaska is almost uninhabited.