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It’s crazy seeing this on the front page of HN! I grew up in Stanstead. I have fond memories of story time as a child in the library, borrowing movies and comi
by fwilliams 4y ago
It’s crazy seeing this on the front page of HN!
I grew up in Stanstead. I have fond memories of story time as a child in the library, borrowing movies and comic books, and playing age of empires 2 with my best friend on the two shared computers in the front room.
There’s also a street in the town (aptly named Canusa st.) which is half in the US and half in Canada. Interestingly, the houses on one side have flags reminding you where you are, while there are no flags on the other. Figuring out which side is left as an exersize to the reader ;)
- dtgriscom 4y agoIs it that the US residents are chauvinistic, or that the Canadians are embarrassed?
- TravHatesMe 4y agoA little bit of both.
- joshlemer 4y agoAlso people identify less with Canadian iconography in Quebec.
- cobb 4y agoWhat’s the most Canadian-flag-waving part of the country (if any)?
- joshlemer 4y agoI would say likely Ontario, and specifically the Ottawa capital region. Though, since the Convoy, waving a Canadian Flag has taken on a Conservative/right wing/populist connotation that I think is still around today, so it may be shifting in the direction of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
- andyferris 4y agoLol. (Also note that in Quebec provence flying a Canadian flag can be a bit of a political statement… it seemed easier to me to be carefully neutral on such things).
- andyferris 4y agoYes! My mother-in-law grew up in Stanstead, and we’ve spent a lot of time there with her side of the family (and lived and worked in Sherbrooke for a couple years, though we are Australian and are in Australia now). The flags on Canusa St are amusing :)