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It's probably just that it doesn't feel like there's much to "get" there. If you go south you get sun and beaches. The coastal regions of Canada will be compa
by saalweachter 8mo ago
It's probably just that it doesn't feel like there's much to "get" there.
If you go south you get sun and beaches. The coastal regions of Canada will be comparable to the coastal regions of New England and the Pacific Northwest, so there's no need to go all the way there if that's the sort of beach you're looking for.
Likewise your outdoors, your cities and restaurants and museums are all going to be about the same as the options available in the US, just further away. It's not really "exotic".
We don't really have the same emigrant relationship with Canada; my grandfather's family spent a couple generations in Canada, but my mother only found out about it after he died. He considered his family to be Irish and to have come from Ireland; that they came to the US via a couple of generations spent in New Brunswick was never a part of the family lore.
So there's no real "visiting the home of my ancestors" sort of feeling you'd otherwise see.
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- badc0ffee 8mo agoMuseums and public art galleries are notably worse in Canada, honestly. But, I think there some unique things worth seeing for an American: The old parts of Montreal/Quebec city, and the Alberta Rockies, especially the corridor between Banff and Jasper.
- saalweachter 8mo agoSure, yeah, but you say "Alberta Rockies" and I think "Ah, yes, because the US is notably lacking good scenic parks in the Rocky Mountains."
- badc0ffee 8mo agoI'm saying this after having seen the Rockies in both countries.
- fakedang 8mo agoBanff is much better than Vail or Jackson Hole though. I would even say better than Tahoe, if not for the lake.
- saalweachter 8mo agoIt's not so much what's better as whether it's different enough to attract a significant tourist group from areas with similar attractions nearby. Like, if you want to see a rain forest or a thousand year old Buddhist temple or a pyramid, there's not really a substitute in the continental US. But if you've two options, where you can go to the pretty good option domestically or drive past it and continue on to the much better option in another country ... most people will be happy with the closer option, even if there's some small number of people who want the best or have seen all the closer options before and want something different or just whimsically like the idea of going to the further-away one none of their friends have been to.
- trogdor 8mo ago> if you want to see a rain forest or a thousand year old Buddhist temple or a pyramid, there's not really a substitute in the continental US Minor nitpick, but there are temperate rain forests in the continental United States. What we don’t have are tropical rain forests.
- danfunk 8mo agoSpent a delightful weekend in Quebec last month. Beautiful city, great culture, friendly people, best damn duck I have ever eaten in the a resteraunt they must having teleported from southern France
- jjav 8mo ago> It's not really "exotic". I don't know about "exotic", but for anyone living in the northeast of the US, the easiest way to visit Europe (sort of) is to drive up to Montreal/Quebec.
- reactordev 8mo agoOr they can go to St Augustine, New Orleans, or mid Manhattan to also get that Euro-Architecture feel (sort of). Having been to Europe, no comparison. Nothing prepares you for walking along a city street then “oh fuck, a castle…” and learning that it is now, the city’s government building. Cool… (Stuttgart, you’re awesome)
- nixon_why69 8mo agoNew Orleans is pretty far from the northeast, and Montreal has the 18yo drinking age if you're in the 18-21 age bracket.
- selimthegrim 8mo agoNew Orleans has had about a 20-30% falloff at least in receipts
- jjav 7mo agoNot the same due to language. Any US city is still US english, so will not feel very international.