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The problem is that its across an international border from the Montreal airport. So you'd need to cross a border twice to fly to a domestic US destination and
by drewg123 1y ago
The problem is that its across an international border from the Montreal airport. So you'd need to cross a border twice to fly to a domestic US destination and twice more on your return. Crossing a border is always an unknown in terms of delays, so I question the practicality. I'd personally feel like I needed to leave way more than 90 minutes to ge to the airport.
FWIW, I've crossed the border at both Cornwall and Ogdensburg when driving to Ottawa, and they were quiet when I crossed. Going from the US side to Canada was fast and easy, but the reverse wasn't true, and that was several years ago when crossing the border was quite a bit less stressful.
- jmb99 1y agoOddly enough, I always spend more time crossing into Canada than the US at Ogdensburg, even though I’m a Canadian citizen and travelling on a Canadian passport. Had my car searched last time. As always, your mileage may vary.
- kotaKat 1y agoSame crossing, different experience: American citizen (with NY Enhanced Drivers License), Canadian First Nations (with Secure Certificate of Indian Status). They look at my native card and just wave me through. The single time I got pulled in to go pay tax on a gift for someone ($150 USD) they looked at my card and went "I'm not dealing with the tax paperwork on that (due to some native exemptions)" and waved me back out. As for local air travel: you'd have to go 30 minutes from Massena anyways for 'proper' air travel - Ogdensburg now has once-a-day service to DC via Breeze. Traveling to Shmoocon was hilarious for only $30 roundtrip.
- xp84 1y agoIndeed, though you could probably do pretty well by getting a NEXUS membership for this use case. At least for now, though obviously US-Canada relations are getting stupider by the week so who knows how many dumb roadblocks will end up being thrown up. I just noticed that Syracuse has an airport with passenger service, only 2 ½ hours away, so that's another option, if the "international flight" hassle plus border crossing actually burns an hour.
- kotaKat 1y agoBegrudgingly, neither the Ogdensburg nor Massena crossings support NEXUS. Closest ones with lanes are up in Plattsburgh or Alexandria Bay, and to get a NEXUS interview you have to travel the 2 or so hours to central NY. OGS-IAD flights are great though.
- tangjurine 1y agoMassena, the place in the article, has an airport. An international airport. Just checked flights from sfo to there, 500 bucks. I don't get how this is different than moving to another state for work.
- permo-w 1y agoalso, if you have a social "thing" like tennis or climbing or drugs or whatever thing you like that tends to have an active and welcoming social community that you're willing to engage with, then the social issue can be dampened somewhat
- troupo 1y ago> if you have a social "thing" like tennis or climbing Then you wouldn't be able to cut down expenses to "nothing"/month. Social thing assumes expenses. Hobbies assume expenses.
- AStonesThrow 1y ago> Social thing assumes expenses. Hobbies assume expenses. Entertainment is a line item in the budget: Library + Fishing = “Free” Libraries can be amazingly social, for eggheads. Lots of groups and events meet there in my town. It’s a full-fledged Third Space. [Neither the library access nor fishing gear is without cost, but at least they already account for taxes.] By the way, anyone who benefits from free stuff, for example installing ad blockers, and earns $17/hr, should seriously consider tithing 5–10% to tax-deductible donations. It’s a matter of economic justice.