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"The point" of Canada is that it's a separate country that doesn't have US politics. That being said, the general lockdown of the boarder after 9-11 has driven
by gwbas1c 2y ago
"The point" of Canada is that it's a separate country that doesn't have US politics.
That being said, the general lockdown of the boarder after 9-11 has driven a lot of people who live close to the boarder nuts. Crossing the boarder used to be like crossing a state/province boarder. If you look at satellite photos of the boarder around Maine, NH, and VT, it's full of little country roads where you could cross unimpeded until 9-11, and private properties that go right up to the boarder.
There's even a golf course that's in Canada, but the driveway is on a US street. You're allowed to enter from the US, but they follow Canadian laws (specifically, the Canadian drinking age.)
Personally, I wish we could figure out how to resolve our (relatively minor) differences so we could keep an open boarder.
- richiebful1 2y agoI'd love to see free movement of people and goods between US and Canada, EU-style. That's unlikely to happen anytime soon though
- wvenable 2y agoAt that point, Canada would just be a state. NAFTA went a long way to improving the movement and people between US and Canada.
- iknowstuff 2y agoYou spelled it this way so many times it reminded me of this scene https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6hrjWC3YLIA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6hrjWC3YLIA
- bombcar 2y agoMaybe it’s only the online ones, but Canadians seem to have more fun discussing American politics than they do their own. Perhaps because it’s like the weather; something massive and powerful that could crush you at any time but you can’t change it.
- gwbas1c 2y agoI'm American. It's harder to cross into the US, than Canada, for reasons I don't want to discuss here. I'll just leave it at this: It's really frustrating to have a long wait into your own country than any other country I've traveled to.