The US-Canada border splits this road down the middle
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2018
- Rue Canusa (or Canusa Avenue) is a street that's split in two by a border: the northern part is in Stanstead, Canada, and the southern part is in Derby Line, USA - and border crossings here aren't as easy as they used to be.
Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin)
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I cannot thank Mayor Dutil enough -- he spent two hours giving me a tour of Stanstead and the border, and this video wouldn't look half as good without all his help. He also talked to border control when they arrived and asked why I was filming...!
I week ago? :O
And I thought the border around that island bit near Vancouver was weird. Just also goes to show that Canadian officials are actually quite cool.
I guess it was just Dutil's duty.
wait... 1 week ago...
?
WAT?
Alek - I believe Tom is still travelling and uploading when he gets the chance so he can upload and postpone videos as and when.
Just imagine playing ball with ur friends and you accidentally throw it to another damn country
😂
"today i played ball with my friend from another country"
😂😂😂
“Goddamnit Kyle, not again”
That's a hell of an arm. Should join a baseball team
When they changed the laws so you couldn’t cross the line. Imagine how many kids friendships were ruined
..now Imagine how many kids started to intentionally cross that political line
They all become the areas border control and stop enforcing the rules in tbe city.
Leave it to ol gov
Better yet what they didn't mention. Many kids were born to either American or Canadians who were dating. That's when you could easily cross.
eric 100 I think It’s too bad we don’t make national policy based on how many kids have friends in villages on borders. What a much more mature way to deal with one another. Oh, but you are surely right Eric, governments have done sooo much better job of it.
As someone living in the Schengen Area, this is so wild...
Enjoy it while it lasts.
@@Hrcbzvz cope. Schengen is never ending it benefits all European economies one way or another. Look at the effects of its end with Brexit.
@@Hrcbzvz I guess that you love living in a country with closed off borders?
@sasauluk7359 sorry for my english.
However, free movement in Schengen area was de facto repealed during the COVID crisis. I am European and I totally agree with Hrcbzvz (Enjoy it while it lasts.)
The EU is extremely weak at the start of the 21st century. And I don't think that the Schengen agreements will last the century. (hello frightening Russian crisis...)
@@automation7295omg are you David Copperfield or just see his Ukrainian flag on the avatar?😂
I remember two countries being so proud of the world's longest uncontrolled border. That was cool.
I remember back in high school in the late 90s. Our Freshmen class trip was to Montreal. No passport was needed.
I'm guessing they tightened things up after 9/11
Yes @@RunstarHomer
@@RunstarHomer Safety is the perfect excuse to reduce our freedom, privacy etc.
Canadians don’t bring drugs, terrorists, and gangs into our country so we focus on that border and not the one where drugs, terrorists, and gangs come through.
“GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY!”
“Okay”
Walks across the street
idk y this made my day
How every white supremacy thinks of Mexicans.
It's a joke. Deal with it
Thanks!
@@charlescunningham5275 Mexican's to White supremacists, hop back on the ships back to New England. It's a joke deal with it!
@@AdrianGodoy3054 nice comeback 🤣🤣👍🏾
*swerves to avoid car accident*
*arrested for crossing border*
Socky Noob this actually could happen lmao
damn furry
@@Infomaniac_Moment no u
This is just plain goofy. What's next.......build a wall? 😵
@@dougoverhoff7568 naa I prefer to bring the military in and protect the border.
when i was a kid we went to canada often, guards just smiled and waved us through. we used to be friends, long ago.
how old are you now?
This is ridiculous to me as an European who lives in the Schengen zone.
Same, I'm even a little disappointed not more people think this is grade-A nonsense.
A* European
Open internal borders were a disaster for national boundaries during the migrants crisis and covid
The eu is like the united states, so I don't see your point
Customs Agent: What’s your business in Canada
Resident: I need to ask my neighbor if I can borrow a cup of milk to make my cake
Brent Kappler you will be arrested for importing food to the US
Andreas Bartel certified bruh moment
@@andreasbartel3449 Is it really importing if you have for personal use?
NorwegianNightmare as I understand it „it’s the law“ as the US says. You even will be in trouble with a sealed water bottle that you take from the plane you came from. But I don’t have any information if there is an exception for Canadians traveling from Canada. I would assume there is none.
@@andreasbartel3449 water is always ok
This situation sounds borderline insane.
Stop it! Your joke has crossed the line!
GET OUT. BOTH OF YOU.You're pushing me over the border with your puns!
you guys are really pushing the boundries with these ones
Such divisive comments!
*looks at audience* How can I break the fourth wall when there isn’t one?
There's a city in Alaska that has this similar situation except there are houses where the kitchen is in Canada and the living room is in the United States
That's interesting
Now that would be a serious problem. Folks got to eat 3 times a day not counting snacks.
This the best illustration of the fundamental absurdity of nations and borders I've ever seen.
No, it's not that absurd. There are also several streets between Germany and Denmark where the houses are Danish on one side and German on the other. But there are no problems with not being allowed to cross the street. Both countries belong to the EU and there are no longer any border controls due to the Schengen Agreement. Something similar also exists between Germany and the Netherlands. And there are even three German exclaves (land islands) that are completely surrounded by Switzerland or Belgium. There is also a former Belgian railway line (now a hiking and cycling path) that runs completely through Germany. It is still Belgian territory, 125 km long but only 10 m wide.
And don't forget the US village separated from land by water. So in order to go to school, kids have to take a boat or cross the border twice.
@@qwertyboguss Yes, there are more oddities about the borders between countries than most people know. There is also a very funny story on the Caribbean island of St. Martin. When French and Dutch prisoners of war overwhelmed and imprisoned the Spanish guards there, the island was to be divided between France and the Netherlands. They made it sporty, by having two runners run around the island in opposite directions. Then you drew a line on the map between the starting point and the point where the runners met, and the boundary was ready.
NO WORRIES!!! After Trump gets re-elected later this year he's got plans to build a wall where that street is located.
@@callsigndd9ls897 it is absurd.
They should just give locals a special permit to cross over as long as they stay within city limits. This is bureaucracy gone wrong.
@Henri D You talkin about TRUmp or TRUdeau? That's 2 different kinds of TRUth right there. They sure both can't be right and probably neither of them 100%
aftonline
illuminati
These are 2 different countries. It is not that easy.
Henri D snow Mexicans wtf lmaoo
@@edwardguillen4381 They all suck
I'd crack a joke but, that would be crossing the line..
meh..
🙃
i don't get it 😐
@@redisanuber crossing the line, crossing the border
kkk.
I've performed twice in the Opera House in Stanstead. I'm on stage on the Canadian side and the audience is sitting in America. Probably the coolest stage I've performed on in my +20yr career.
No way!!! Really??
100%
*Watches neighbor have a heart attack in his front yard as i eat a sandwich across the street*
Would be a nightmare to get in an accident and have your car thrown across the line. Imagine dealing with your insurance on that one
This one deserves 100👍🏻
"Hello, State Farm? the american police need you to explain your slogan to them."
"Alright, are you in the USA for business or pleasure?"
Actually State Farm is one insurance company that operates in Canada. I had a car stolen in Toronto, and everything was handled fine. However there are no deductibles for stolen cars in Canada, so that worked to my advantage.
Some insurance cover up to 10 miles across the border
"How many times have you travelled internationally?"
"Well at this point , around 1367"
and how 1366 times was just jumping around it?
Hey Big Tuna
@@thatguyalex2835 I feel like being dishonest and stereotyping a vast number of people like that is a sign of immaturity
1.Canada takes it's border security just as seriously as the US does. Neither country is going to be happy with someone just waltzing across the line without going through the proper channels. That's unlikely to change.
2. The idea that Canadians are polite and harmless is a stereotype, and doesn't really have any basis in reality. They are just as nice and harmless as most people in most countries. That is, you have nice people mixed in with a lot of assholes. Canada is no different in this regard.
3. I don't know where you got that 40% of Americans are somehow dangerous, but they're not. Like Canadians, almost all Americans just want to go about their lives and try not to cause too many problems.
Just to increase that number, I would workout everyday (Ab crunches, biceps curls, etc).. in such a way that parts of my body crossed the border, at every repetition.
Come to Europe
So do they pay import duty tax when they borrow a cup of sugar from next door neighbour
How does someone BORROW a cup of sugar? Once they use it it's gone & unable to be returned.
@@_MjG_ but when they buy sugar for themselves they can return that cup of sugar :)
@@avneetsidhu802 True, but do they ever?
There should be a special bilateral program in place for residents living in border towns to get some kind of "preclearance" from both countries that get renewed every 30 days. They would then get a special permit that would allow them to just walk across any many times as they want without going for the formal customs/immigration process at the official border crossing. This is as long as after crossing the border they don't go past the town limits of the town on the other side. There can be periodic spot checks where officers would ask to see the permit.
Or you know, allow freedom of movement between both countries like EU does.
@@miachmyou see, we Americans like doing things the hard way
@@miachm or don't develop on the border like a bunch of drunk city planners. It's not a new border, so how did a library ever get okayed to be built such that half was on the wrong side of a border.
Or, just do customs at the edge of the town, not inside it.
They'd make great mules.
This is a large scale version of that imaginary line you'd have with your desk partner in elementary school.
to be fair there was alot of blood spilt for the freedoms americans have today, canadians had no part in that
@@moonjimunji7916 r/shitamericanssay
All those freedoms, yet we can't cross the street to see our neighbors. As old as war is - it has not grown wiser.
Imaginary?! I drew that fkr on!
moonji Munji wheres your free health care though.. you dont have that do you
“Where’s the bathroom?”
*”Canada”*
Where is the Restroom?
"USA"
@@sayedbahari8837 by restroom do you mean bedroom
They meant bathroom. Americans call it a bathroom.
The bathroom is actually in the USA
Stanstead is Quebec, not Canadian
You can't cross our imaginary line unless you show us little sheets of dead trees that says you're allowed to cross our imaginary line.
I remember kids playing hopscotch in the streets as a kid. but playing hopscotch on that street would be an international event...
"Just a couple centimeters, or... couple of inches over there."
I like your humor
Humour over here, humor over there
Andrew Frobel-Eisner non't
also, it would be 'centimetres' in Canada, not centimeters ;-)
I missed that! Thanks for pointing it out.
Did not get it until now. But i am tired...
Imagine smoking a joint on the Canadian side and laughing at the cops parked on the american side of the road
Well, now I know what I’m doing this summer!
Or even drinking. Canadians can drink when they're 19 (maybe even 18 here), yet it's 21 in the USA. I guess the Americans could wave their guns at Canadians though.
You could smuggle pot onto the states with a slingshot .
Weed is legal in the american side, cause it is Vermont
Then crying when you have to go back to the american side after getting high with some canooks
Here in the Netherlands, in the place called Dinxperlo is the same situation, the north side of the street is The Netherlands, the other side is Germany, where the place is called Südewick. Luckily, you could pass the border without any control.
Dam I would love to live there, I would stand on the edge and jump back and forth.
Canada, USA,Canada, USA ,Canada,USA.
Here in America, we don't tolerate that kind of crap, sir!
@@leonardpriestley6822 That's not what those fine folks waltzing at the southern border are saying. 🤣🤣
@@Luton-Mickthis is a yellow folks reference
Someone jumping Mexicali Border wall: 🤪😜
I think i would do the same tbf 😂
I don't think I'd have enough self control to visit this town. I'd be so tempted to run from one side and back to the other just for the thrill of it.
Also the temptation to have one foot on American ground & the other on Canadian ground
Yes. Crossing borders of states or counties or countries is so fascinating to me
I know right
Me too.
There's a spot here in the Netherlands where you can be in 3 countries at once. And ofc no border control since we don't need it
Someone getting murdered across the street
Passerby: sorry cant help you
Rollo Fenrir lmao
@@thegamingcashew4304 cops : sorry . cant help you ..
They would cross and save somebodys life then get arrested cuz of the stupid government
😂😂😂
as silly as it sounds, but its true...smdh😕
This is insane
Life as we know it is literally a joke.. we make unnecessary rules and laws for what??
This in particular is ridiculous. If there are clearly defined borders, without roads and neighborhoods running through the border, it's not unnecessary to have to get permission to enter another country. That goes for any country in the world.
"Officer, I swear, I tripped!"
I guess that was a real line ender
That's what they all say
deported to gimo
*SAO Alicization flashbacks*
Donaven if you drop on the Canadian side we will just end up dusting you off and sending you on your way.
**Trips on shoelace and lands in Canada**
Over the whole road?
Do the Canadians swarm you guns blazing like the USA side does?
they do
@@KandiKlover yes, but they apologize while doing so
@@deathero No you beat them with walruses
I did a canoe trip in Boundary Waters a few years ago. We were told ahead of time to bring a Passport Card along with us. We had 3 crews, each went in a different direction, this helps keep large groups from overuse of campsites. The second lake my crew was on was divided in the middle just like the street in this story. We had lunch on the Canadian side. If we were spotted by rangers we had our Passports with us in a form that was okay to get wet. One of the crews spent a couple of days in Canada and had to fill out a customs form when they got back to where we started.
“I’m not allow to cross this road”
0:01 Just crossed
Huh?
1:32
1:14 He directly addresses this. Did you watch the whole video?
"mum, a kid from america just threw american rocks at me"
NATO will know about that
"Well Billy those rocks belongs to us now so basically we got free rocks. Now don't you feel better?"
Canada and the USA are both in america
Go pee in his country
Tell your kids to stay off my damn rocks
Do the people who enforce this, realize how much of a waste of time and resources it is.
The people who work there? Certainly. The people who cracked down on it? No, of course not. Incredibly strict border control was what the American people ostensibly voted for.
Vanessa Magick At least our tax payer money isn’t being wasted. : D. I could see how this system would be abused as you can pretend to be a citizen of the city and just cross the border if you allowed citizens to mingle in between. How much would do you think it would be to allocate the town into its own thing?
You say it's a waste of time, but imagine what an easy avenue something like that is for human or drug trafficking. More control is always better
let me introduce you to: every national border in the world
Tbh, I was deported from Canada back to the US a few years ago. If they weren't vigilant about this area I would 100% take advantage of that fact.
Imagine if you have to go to school but it is on the other side 💀💀😭😭
A "wide load" vehicle could be in 2 countries at once - the driver in one, passenger in the other.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To evade customs agents
Good one.
To get health insurance.
HOLY SHIZ-
😂😂😂😂
I would think that a chicken crossing the road would be attracting the agents instead.
Army officer: We’re gonna start drafting
Everyone: *_crosses the road_*
Then both countries starts drafting
Canada gets free recruits
@@sweipe well atleast canada care about their mens
Canada:where announcing if those cross our land we will send them back or draft them in our army to fight by side with US together
US ppl lolol i might aswell cross to mexico bitches
Mexico:we are announced you will fight with us against drug lord you wont send back but forced you in our army fight drug cartel
Fun Fact: 30,000 Canadians volunteered to fight in the Vietnam War.
Ridiculous. We used to go to Huntington Quebec for lunch the head back to school in Chateaux, NY. No damn passport needed.
0:00 “I’m not allowed to cross this road.” *Motorcycles casually crossing the road
Underrated comment
He does later explain that passing vehicle traffic is tolerated on both sides of the street so long as it doesn't stop and loiter.
75 IQ comment
You don't understand a joke, do you?@@jetsanchez8846
He states later that the police showed up to tell them to move
I probably wouldn't last a day living in that place. The temptation to cross the line would be too much to resist. 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
People probably do it and dont get caught
I imagine people do it a lot. There's a punishment if they catch you though.
@@korytoombs886 Like being deported back to the other side of the street? 😂
@@mrdasilver omg hahaha
I love how only the Canadian side has a sidewalk on the road
“Sidewalks are for communists, I’ll drive my big ass SUV to the McDonald’s 3 blocks away”-every American ever.
@@Burritosuupreme don’t forget the maga hat which identifies Americans as traitors to their own country.
@@Burritosuupreme *Truck
@@jakespur6094 you do know trump has was acquitted right?
So what?
I've been there a few times. Lovely town, friendly locals. Love it 👍
Great Tom Scott video, wish it was longer
0:24 *on the U.S side* "DO NOT ENTER YOU MAY NOT ENTER THE US 5000$ FINE FOR CROSSING"
0:33 *on the Canadian side* "Important notice access prohibited. Turn back and report back to border crossing"
Ha wow
Capitalism baby.
eurosonly Both are capitalist nations. It’s just that the US is more paranoid for obvious reasons
So I can't go to the US unless I pay $5000.
but I can go to Canada... As long as I report entry..
... Or I can go to France with no restrictions..
Ok kool 🇪🇺 :)
@@kacywatson6314 Huh? You only need to pay $5000 if you cross illegally. Just report your entry just like you would for Canada.
Local areas should govern themselves.
It has eased up a bit since this video was made.
imagine how trippy this would be if canada drove on the left side
I think the road has 4 lanes total tho
Wafflecop123455 nope, two lanes
(In total)
That would be a problem. Is there any place in the world like this town but the two countries drive on different side of the road?
Wouldn't that simply make it a one way road?
This is one of those edge-cases that shows how one-size-fits-all laws can be hugely inconvenient to communities they weren't designed to accommodate. At a macro level these laws make sense, but for towns like this, and territories like guam, they don't work at all. There really should be some sort of special bylaw that lets residents cross freely within town limits using a pass, or something.
Nice to see you here, sir
A pass, and for residents only, would be silly. That would stop a visitor to the town from using the sidewalk on the other side of the road.
Guam already has some exceptions to the law, including some countries allowed to visit Guam visa free that would require a visa for anywhere else in the US (like Russia). That is why flights from Guam to the US are required to clear customs before entry to the US. Along with some other exceptions to US laws.
Mother's Basement it’s very reminiscent of what a hard Irish border looked like, and what it might look like again, only the Irish border is even more ridiculous, crossing over roads multiple times in a short stretch.
You mean something like, uhhh... I dunno.... the Schengen treaty?
You should do a video of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, it has a US and Canada border running down in the middle of the building.
Two cities being built right across two countries respective borders is honestly quite common. Haparanda and Tornio being a good example between Sweden and Finland. Biggest difference of course being that the border is completely open.
Right by the border on the Swedish side, there's multiple tobacco shops. Since the popular Swedish tobacco Snus is illegal to sell in Finland, everyone from Finland just crosses the border on their way home from work to Sweden in order to buy their snus.
I remember living near the Swiss-German border. On one side were the girly magazines, on the other side were the girlies
A ball rolls over to the US side.
America : *This ball is now in custody of the US Customs and Border Protection.*
“Hiya stranger can you throw my ball back as I can’t cross this road”
America: What? Did they said something? I think not . Lmao 😂
I can see it now..3 youths arrested in involvement with terrorism against the US....
Parents..they threw a baseball?
@@mlee6050 hey Canada you want this back or can we keep it
@@Spartan_767 I like that island in a river/lake every so often it changes country and sometimes in no country depending on time of year (island not move but border does)
Imagine tryna get a book for your research paper and the librarian says “oh it’s on the US Side”
Throw the book out of of the window.
The mayor addressed this: you are allowed to cross within the library, but you have to exit the building on the side you entered.
@@Roccondil Couples years back guns where smuggle exactly that way. US dude would get in with back pack full of pistol (heavily restricted in Canada) and CAN dude would walk in with the same empty back pack. They would switch back pack and get out in their respective country. They got caught but they had that going for a while.
@@Roccondil bruh the comment was mainly a joke not to be taken seriously
They prolly built a wall. . . lmao
netherlands and belgium: we have a town where our border zigzags madly through streets and buildings-it’s not uncommon for someone to cross the international border without leaving their house. of course, we have open borders, so it’s a non-issue.
us and canada: if you cross this particular road without showing your passport, you are a border hopper and will be dealt with accordingly.
You think the US/Canada border is nuts, you wouldn’t believe what the US/Mexico border is like
"Honey I can't go to work today."
"Why not?"
"I lost my passport."
Can you imagine having to get another passport because it was lost, stolen or damaged in a fire? It would take months to get another one.
@@shannoninalaska imagine if there was a way citizens could get from Canada to the US freely without border control.
It's insane to me that you can't just cross the street to visit your neighbor. They need a special system for residents of the area.
Yep. I feel that the locals should be allowed to cross the line without issue as long as they’re in the city limits. It’s stupid that kids who live across the street from each other on the border, can’t play ball or whatever with each other.
Borrowing a cup of sugar now involves import duty tax.
@@alanrogs3990 Nope, we have NAFTA or I guess now USMCA to cover that 😄
Or we can open the northern border...
@@alanrogs3990 bro imagine if that was a thing 💀
2 years and no one gonna mentioned the perfect timing at 1:35 when Tom said "police turned up" and a police car passed by?
Facts
I’ve been scrolling until I found someone make this comment.
YEA I NOTICED THAT AND I THOUGHT THEY DID IT ON PURPOUS
more 1:33
@@bellamckinnon8655 it’s actually more 1:34
You should also make a video about the Peace Arch and the Park near Vancouver where Canadians and Americans can meet.
This is crazy! 😮
My brother and I accidentally invaded the USA from Canada when we took a boat out near Ganonoque on the Thousand Islands region the US/Canada border cuts through. The US coast guard showed up and didn't really care, I'm sure it happens a lot. They just asked us to turn around and guided us back to Canadian waters. They didn't ask to see ID or anything. They obviously knew it was a genuine mistake and didn't give us any hassle.
Should of brought out the cannons
your family are white?
should've brought the Canadian naval fleet
Good thing they didn't notice the hundred kilos of "sugar" under the seats ☺️
Hopefully you didn't have Kinder Surprise, else they might have put you in jail for smuggling illegal contraband. They love catching Kinder Surprise smugglers (and certainly we all love hearing about it in the news)
They should play dodge ball. Where the border is the half line.
Jacob Torris that would definitely be interesting... imagine falling over, then being taken by the police for tripping.
Finally those annoying kids will get arrested for crossing the line
Sunset Stars nah. It’s US/Canada you’d get a warning and if you did a lot, a fine
They’ve actually done this on the US Mexico border in Arizona before, they played volleyball though
That would get you 53 counts of illegally smuggling dodgeballs into and out of the country
And to think the Southern boarder is wide open but this town the residents can't even cross the street. How messed up this whole thing is.
I need to add driving down this road and swerving on it a few times to my bucket list. 😂
This gives a whole new meaning to "Hello From the Other Side"
*HELLO FROM AMERICAAAAA!!!*
Coldpepper 100 like
Hello i see you ....
Imagine accidentally throwing your frisbee over the border...
Or someone on the other side steals it and you can't do anything about it.
call Interpol
Airspace infringement! That's gotta be prison time at least.
Just go to the custom, show your passport and get it. It’s a super fast custom
it'd be a military incident. the launching of a short-range unguided non-powered unmanned aerial object.
That purple duster that passed was awesome
The man is a dual citizen it shouldn’t matter if he crosses the street or not. It’s pathetic the way they will arrest someone like him but let an illegal person cross the Mexican border without any repercussions.
It’s been at least 10 years since I’ve crossed into Canada at a border crossing. Last time, the Canadian border control barely made us even stop “what are you coming into Canada for?” “Vacation” they just waved us in. Didn’t ask to see passports or even any identification. Coming back into the US was quite the opposite.
"Why are you coming to America?" "I live here, xxx dreary lane here's my passport" "hmmmmm sorry you're gonna have to go to the glove room for four hours because your car is blue"
@@aff77141 😂
It's actually the exact opposite for me. Took 3 min to get into USA for vacation and 45 for Canada
Canada went through my car and everything I had on me and asked me a million questions. The US just waved me in with no questions
@@iplayvideogames69420 I've always heard it's harder to get back into your own country. Did a lot of Canada runs never an issue US to Canada, but issues Canada to US.
I get that borders are important, but slicing a town in half is just messed up.
Yes, as a norwegian (who can cross into Sweden no questions asked, this is absurd)
Berlin had a damn wall going through it and you could get your head shot off trying to go over it.
Borders aren't actually important. They're unnatural, arbitrary demands of control.
Harry BuddhaPalm yeah well many people didn't really like the wall so apparently it wasn't maintained very well...
It’s kind of cool. In the library, there’s a line that indicates the border so you can just cross it over and over without a problem.
In situations like this, a law of free passage should be applied within the territory of the town.
Wow now if only we had that kind of policy at the southern border
1:32
"When i was setting my camera, the police turned up"
"Police car passing by in that very moment*
*Coincidence? I Think Not*
1:35
It would be nice if the inhabitants of Stanstead and Derby Line could have a special visa that allows them to cross the border within city limits without any hastle. Seems a shame to split up a community.
Azivegu the problem with that being how to enforce it for tourists and non resident visitors (family members of residents etc). Unfortunately, you either have strict border controls or you dont, there really is no inbetween. Personally I would do away with border checks between such closely allied neighbours but then I think borders are stupid arbitrary nonsense anyway.
I agree with you when it comes to borders. I have difficulty comprehending the fact that we judge our respect of someone based off of something they had zero influence over in their life, namely their birth. But it is kind of how the world is and I dont see it changing soon. But for the two towns and other ones like it you could set up the border security on the outskirts of town. Within the town residents can move freely, but if they are stopped they have to be able to show there visa.
It isn't something new. There is a town in Alaska where the only service road goes through Canada. The inhabitants of that town get a special waiver when passing through Canada, as long as they don't stray to far from the road. Also their hospital is in Canada as well, which they can access without any special permissions. Its just when they want to do something other than what is necessary, then they need to go to the borderguards. For these two towns it is a little different, but nothing that I dont think a bilateral agreement couldn't resolve.
Honestly if the U.S and Canada had open borders, what’s the worst that could happen?
Cheaper prescription drugs in the US?
Wait, that's a good thing
The same should apply to El Paso and Juarez. It's a shame how crazily paranoid the US is of the fellow humans living close by.
It took me embarrassingly long to realize Canusa was just Can(ada) and USA
I know a house built on the border of New York and Connecticut. They get to choose which taxes to pay and which schools to send their kids. Location, location, location
my cat goes to America just to poop. everyday
Your cat is illegally crossing. Im going to call the border patrol
FBI OPEN UP
So ur cat poops in ur neighbors lawn.......
*IN AMERICA*
So your cat fertilizes American soil
Every day.
“Where’s the nearest bathroom?”
“USA”
“Ugh. So far away?”
“No, just cross the street”
evil moment
I think you mean "washroom" ;)
*sneaks back and forth across the border and learns how to do it professionally*
🤣😂🤣😂
😅😂😄👏
This is awesome. Imagine how different you would feel feom your neighbours. Right across the street, and yet completely different worlds.
Much like NY-120 in the village of Rye Brook where the road is (west side) in New York, and the east side in Greenwich, Connecticut, though the entire length of 120 is under NYSDOT jurisdiction, even segments which the road is entirely in CT state limits. Given the road straddles across states, an arguement could be made that could have traffic violations as federal offenses.
K mom I'll be back from canada by 11.
One thing that's annoying for people who live near a border is the cellphone companies charging you roaming fees despite you not leaving your country... They'll also send you text messages from time to time saying "Welcome to the USA" despite you not being in the USA... I know of people who have had this problem, and you don't even need to live anywhere near THIS close to the border to have it happen... It must be a nightmare for these people...
Turn off roaming
My grandparents live on the Detroit river and the opposite side is Canada- I have to put my phone in airplane mode when I visit them
Manual network selection. Problem solved
We have the same problem with Ireland and N. Ireland. 20 years ago we took down all the board checks (even the signposts and borderlines on the roads. Tourists wouldn't know where the crossing were) it's like one country again except for damm roaming charges. The EU brought down the costs substantially over the years, but after Brexit, they are way up again.
If you think that's annoying, try traveling near two time zones. I was driving in Indiana on my way to Chicago (my grandmother, at the time, lived in Indiana, so I visited her). I was just a couple of miles from the Illinois border. You should have seen the time clock on my cell phone...it would keep switching between Eastern time and Central Time as I was driving, depending on which tower it was picking up.
If you're ever out in British Columbia, you can check out an 18 mile stretch of Highway 0, that runs from the Peace Arch park, right beside the US/Canada border, going east. The entire stretch is on the Canadian side, but as you drive, you'll see the US/Canada border markers, just off the side of the asphalt on the south side of the road. The - often unfenced - backyards of homes north of Blaine Washington - on the south side, and homes and farms east of Vancouver in Canada.
There's also Point Roberts (Washington) south of Delta BC, where Americans have to go into Canada and drive about 25 miles to get to a border crossing into Washington State near the Peace Arch as it's essentially "land locked". (Or take a boat I suppose.)
Great example of government bureaucracy..
It used to be a statement of pride, when I was young, that the US-Canada border was the "world's longest undefended border." Sad that those days are long gone.
:(
Blame the 9/11 attacks for that, not to mention the constant movement of drugs and/or gang members across the border day in, day out for many decades now. MS-13 members like to come to Canada to 'cool off' after moving merchandise. We now have our very own little MS-13 gang right here in Canada eh! It's rather adorable :)
Still undefended, militarily. Civilian law enforcement is present on both sides, and it always has been.
@@devilsoffspring5519 Ok boomer.
@@Horny_Fruit_Flies Boomer? I'm not a Boomer, come up with something new.
So if you argue with your neighbor across the street, that can be deemed an international affair??? FOH!!
UMOPHH!!!
😂 indead.
how do u deal with all the drinking water, drainage, internet services, delivery?
my family has deep roots there, cool to see it on youtube!
When I was a kid, living about an hour's drive away from there, Stanstead and Derby Line were functionally a single community and border enforcement was very lax when it came to the locals (as the older guys said, the border guards knew the locals). Things changed most dramatically after 9/11, when the US got a lot stricter about the border and started rotating in border guards who weren't part of the community.
Canada responded in kind with border enforcement as well.
Which town i work there
We need so those Canadian border guards to report to Texas ASAP.
All for an event the US government knew about beforehand, and had chosen not to stop.
@@springerworks002 All because the govt wanted more power, amirite?
Imagine you're getting your mail, and the wind blows it onto the other side of the road.
You can get it back, but you now you need to pay for international postage.
My city is very close to the USA. And it's small.
"Could you toss it back to me!?"
"No! I don't want to get arrested for international smuggling!"
Then it becomes INTERNATIONAL MAIL!
Or your dog's leash breaks.
That area is so interesting. I've been to the Haskell Library. Its wild to see the border go right through the building. When I was there, there was a US Customs officer stationed to make sure no one ran into the US. No one was manning the Canadian side.
Thank you for making this video! I was literally about to cross the border but you made this video, I could’ve got arrested.
Friend: When was the last time you traveled?
Me: Just a minute ago
Take a single step no matter where you are and you travelled
Travel doesn't mean visit another country.
imagine if Canadians drove on the other side of the road
Omg
FBI OPEN UP
Like they should being British!
Some Provinces used to, but Ontario and Québec never did, AFAIK.
GREEVZ
A warthog sweeps down and riddles the car with bullets.
Wow that looks....really secure.
I actually live the next town over. (Yes i know i’m 4 years late) you might’ve gone through our town to get here. Newport. Its cool that you have reviewed an area i live in.