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  • @magista222
    @magista222 5 років тому +2547

    they should just give them dual citizenship lmao it’s only a handful of people

    • @parempoolsed
      @parempoolsed 5 років тому +40

      How this may help them with crossing a border?

    • @raeya39
      @raeya39 5 років тому +414

      Paavo Ulmanis They can send their kids to Canadian schools and use stores in Canada and go to Canadian hospitals etc.?

    • @parempoolsed
      @parempoolsed 5 років тому +136

      @@raeya39 only normal solution is border control free union with Canada (like European Schengen area).

    • @slikdude12592
      @slikdude12592 5 років тому +113

      @@parempoolsed Nah, we'll just annex Canada

    • @tenzackyogi1742
      @tenzackyogi1742 5 років тому +3

      Idiot..

  • @cmndrkool321
    @cmndrkool321 6 років тому +5304

    Seven girls and one boy? That boy has probably never seen the bathroom in his house...

    • @quinnkids177
      @quinnkids177 5 років тому +52

      Ikr lol 😂

    • @timomastosalo
      @timomastosalo 5 років тому +110

      Why you need that? There are bushes, and you can wash up in the lake. In winter you just make hole in the ice. Hope they know the sauna though.

    • @joeyhdz3435
      @joeyhdz3435 5 років тому +5

      cmndrkool321 😂😂😂😂

    • @mineralwater4914
      @mineralwater4914 5 років тому +4

      Why?

    • @giovanagarcia2451
      @giovanagarcia2451 5 років тому +3

      Wolfman

  • @nmda9578
    @nmda9578 5 років тому +1598

    Northwest Angle: "Top of the Nation!"
    Alaska: "Am I a joke to you?"

    • @airsoftalgerie3302
      @airsoftalgerie3302 5 років тому +80

      "Top of the Contiguous United States" doesnt have the same ring to it

    • @Wickedonezz
      @Wickedonezz 5 років тому +14

      Yeah, I say we let Minnesota anex all of Canada it's their clay

    • @RickysRabbits
      @RickysRabbits 5 років тому +5

      Also Maine lol

    • @airsoftalgerie3302
      @airsoftalgerie3302 5 років тому +12

      @@ethannicolls3939Maine is just canada with slightly more guns.

    • @knightyt6380
      @knightyt6380 5 років тому +12

      @@ethannicolls3939 Maine is further south

  • @bubbabluehorn
    @bubbabluehorn 5 років тому +2756

    Everyone: bruh imagine having to drive through Canada to get to the other side of your nation
    Alaska: am I a joke to you?

    • @frxsty2585
      @frxsty2585 5 років тому +160

      Bubbabluehorn
      What about Hawaii, you literally have to use a plane or a boat to get to the mainland U.S

    • @hajimesenpai7996
      @hajimesenpai7996 5 років тому +5

      😂😂😂

    • @BeastPigSweg
      @BeastPigSweg 5 років тому +107

      Unlike alaska, they have to cross the border everyday to go to school.

    • @bubbabluehorn
      @bubbabluehorn 5 років тому +6

      BeastPigSweg r/whoooosh

    • @Circenn
      @Circenn 5 років тому +22

      @@bubbabluehorn that's the one you're going to woooosh? Not The first to comment? Woooosh correctly. Smh my head

  • @cadenrolland5250
    @cadenrolland5250 8 років тому +3132

    So basically just like Alaska but way smaller.

    • @maxroman1198
      @maxroman1198 8 років тому +161

      Yes but they don't elect stupid governors the way Alaska does.

    • @joshuaquinn5220
      @joshuaquinn5220 8 років тому +137

      They don't elect anybody, mainland Minnesota does they only have 60 residents and by the look of things half are kids.

    • @b_a_c_k_s_t_a_y2685
      @b_a_c_k_s_t_a_y2685 8 років тому +19

      Max Roman, Can you say Jesse Ventura.

    • @donjuan69420
      @donjuan69420 7 років тому +11

      Caden Rolland yes but instead Alaska was bought.

    • @cbale2000
      @cbale2000 7 років тому +41

      @Joshua Quinn Mainland Minnesota doesn't even elect anyone, it's just Minneapolis and St Paul that determine the outcome of any state-wide election.

  • @Vincent2wice
    @Vincent2wice 7 років тому +554

    That lady looks INCREDIBLE for a mother of 8......

    • @jgmgreen01
      @jgmgreen01 6 років тому +44

      Lol, doesn't matter how many kids they have. It has everything to do with how well they take care of themselves. Diet, exercise, etc..

    • @juniormja27
      @juniormja27 6 років тому +21

      She doesn't watch Fox News

    • @ArcolaBridge
      @ArcolaBridge 6 років тому +10

      Not watching fox diarrhea definitely prevents wrinkles and senility. But some of them could be adopted. My grandparents had nine.

    • @ra2378
      @ra2378 6 років тому +12

      Kevin K "That's not a family photo,,,, it's an environmental disaster and you framed it!"

    • @WirableCrown1
      @WirableCrown1 6 років тому +3

      @@ShutTheMuckUp That's not how that works. They go back to normal.

  • @timmy-dnumber1990
    @timmy-dnumber1990 5 років тому +1185

    Typical Minnesota fisherman, ready to secede and renounce citizenship for a walleye. LMAO

    • @ryanlusby569
      @ryanlusby569 5 років тому +9

      DMB fan dude for real

    • @naziklerffeter3058
      @naziklerffeter3058 5 років тому +5

      Lol you made a Sota sorta funny

    • @thebeststooge
      @thebeststooge 5 років тому +35

      My late wife had a lot of those fishermen as customers and let me tell you they are a different breed altogether and damn nicest people you would ever meet. I wouldn't want to live like that as all of that checking in and out etc... is too much like a penitentiary to me.

    • @OldBroGaming
      @OldBroGaming 5 років тому +8

      Fish is life lol

    • @CocoTaveras8975
      @CocoTaveras8975 5 років тому +2

      DMB fan It's really not just about a walleye, that's his source of income and how he survives.

  • @davidcanizares4626
    @davidcanizares4626 5 років тому +609

    It wasn’t a mistake. The founding fathers were like “( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) let’s mess up this map and get a piece of Canada.”

    • @kwamedavis7634
      @kwamedavis7634 4 роки тому +6

      lmfao

    • @Hur1caneAaron
      @Hur1caneAaron 4 роки тому +7

      David Canizares I mean that would be big brain of them to do so 😭

    • @1curiouswolf
      @1curiouswolf 4 роки тому +1

      LOL! 🤣

    • @Dj0287
      @Dj0287 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah one of the founding fathers was playing a trick and bumped the arm while the other was drawing the map and since they used quill pens he couldn't erase it and said "look what you made me do...oh well"

    • @zyplixx1415
      @zyplixx1415 3 роки тому +11

      @@LadywatchingByrd Alaska was bought from Russia, it wasn't stolen. And plus Russia didn't really want Alaska anymore because They didn't really need it, so the US bought it fair and square.

  • @larryfitzgeraldjr
    @larryfitzgeraldjr 8 років тому +1340

    That'd be a shit place to miss your school bus...

    • @wisdomtime4708
      @wisdomtime4708 7 років тому +117

      Shane Denney I bet the high schoolers miss a lot of days

    • @Viktor16161616
      @Viktor16161616 7 років тому +62

      On the contrary. I lived 1.5 hours away from my school for 3 years. I can count on one hand how many times I missed the bus. And I was never late. In contrast, those that used the city buses that went ever 30 minutes where constantly late because to them missing 30 minutes was not a big deal, if I missed mine I missed 4 hours of school.

    • @bequiet4636
      @bequiet4636 7 років тому +21

      I wonder what the emergency services situation is like there?

    • @aronph1
      @aronph1 7 років тому +25

      You mean miss the school boat?

    • @shaerose2869
      @shaerose2869 7 років тому +25

      I have a feeling these kids doesn't miss school alot or atleast because they are late. these kids are most likely more disciplined when it comes to getting ready and being punctual because they understand their situation. people who live five mins away from where they are going tend to be much later than people who live an hour away.

  • @Network126
    @Network126 5 років тому +1477

    I could never live here. I wouldn't respect that stupid border check-in. Id blow past the phone box without stopping.

    • @__aceofspades
      @__aceofspades 5 років тому +168

      Most people probably do. Youve already gone through border patrol once, neither country is going to care about that little shack, besides officially saying its their and people use it. Its not like border patrol works there, and if they did visit, all they would catch is locals or vacationers, which would drive both away

    • @Gearsturfs
      @Gearsturfs 5 років тому +22

      @Sasuke Uchiha it's the right thing to do, there's no moral judgment to make here. Morality is not based off rules. Parents who disobey the border are doing whats best for the children. Makes their lives easier.

    • @MrEljefe0000
      @MrEljefe0000 5 років тому +26

      @NinetyOne Foxtrot there arent enough phones to go around

    • @FBIAGENT725
      @FBIAGENT725 5 років тому +16

      Thats called illegal entry

    • @freddybanuelos6132
      @freddybanuelos6132 5 років тому +26

      It’s pretty much pointless. Absolutely no crime at all. Go directly south into the southern border and you’ll greet AK47s and bundles of drugs lol

  • @garretts5416
    @garretts5416 6 років тому +3884

    Dude just wanted a boy but it took him 8 tries

    • @MrSilentsmoker713
      @MrSilentsmoker713 6 років тому +417

      Imagine if the boy turned out gay...well then 🙃

    • @Daniel-ke1bn
      @Daniel-ke1bn 6 років тому +58

      There is a correlation with Alphas primarily having daughters & betas having boys. Maybe its natures way balancing out, but yeah i don't that's a bad thing at all. Cudos to him.

    • @KahnuKahnPlay
      @KahnuKahnPlay 6 років тому +397

      @@Daniel-ke1bn please show me data proving your ''correlation''

    • @rae8457
      @rae8457 6 років тому +29

      @@MrSilentsmoker713 😂 I had the exact same thought

    • @greenspan11111
      @greenspan11111 6 років тому +29

      Some ladies' womb is too acidic or some men's sperm is too weak for the zygote to evolve into the male gender form which happens in a later stage of the pregnancy!..

  • @ezgo11
    @ezgo11 4 роки тому +266

    I'd get sick of checking in the 2 governments just to get groceries. What a joke.

    • @digital_gadget
      @digital_gadget 4 роки тому +4

      You would think they'd take rotations with their neighbors or something

    • @thecurrentmoment
      @thecurrentmoment 4 роки тому +17

      You'd have to be organised enough to never forget anything on your trip too

    • @thomastargia6331
      @thomastargia6331 4 роки тому +7

      Digital Gadget yeah set up like a community store of or something. Or buy your groceries in Canada 🇨🇦

    • @Aladin19bad
      @Aladin19bad 4 роки тому +4

      Wonder how they buy their groceries now with COVID haha

    • @Duricas
      @Duricas 4 роки тому

      Patriots would care.

  • @454ffv
    @454ffv 5 років тому +868

    When our parents talk about back in their days they had to trek crazy distance to go to school, lmao these kids are doing it now

    • @itsthejacka213
      @itsthejacka213 5 років тому +29

      these kids have the bus driver get off to report everyone on the bus at customs lmfao

    • @evelina.amazonAtGmail
      @evelina.amazonAtGmail 5 років тому +15

      I was on a vacation on a small Swedish island eons ago, and got a sweet tooth. There was a small store on the closest island but you had to row there in a small boat. We did, in a storm! Haha.

    • @leighsutherland6222
      @leighsutherland6222 5 років тому +11

      It is not uncommon for high schoolers to board buses before dawn.

    • @divinemotherisevernear2880
      @divinemotherisevernear2880 5 років тому +4

      @@evelina.amazonAtGmail lol what an adventure!

    • @jacobthompson9936
      @jacobthompson9936 4 роки тому +2

      No shoes on in the snow eight miles to school up hill lmmfao

  • @babyedits-
    @babyedits- 6 років тому +3172

    Why can’t they just give them dual citizenship

    • @davegrabowski6123
      @davegrabowski6123 6 років тому +55

      Idk.BABY

    • @soytomas
      @soytomas 6 років тому +1163

      It would just make too much sense

    • @badcornflakes6374
      @badcornflakes6374 6 років тому +122

      @Stanley Dougé The part of the lake belongs to the US

    • @petersmedley5707
      @petersmedley5707 6 років тому +146

      Too easy...and Trump would say that the Mexicans could arrive illegally

    • @DesertDigger1
      @DesertDigger1 6 років тому +96

      And he would be right.

  • @Rajnoma
    @Rajnoma 6 років тому +736

    At 71 years of age, I just learned about this! I noticed the small square on US maps, but I never stopped to give it any thought until I watched this video today,. August 25, 2018!

    • @shannonplusstyle
      @shannonplusstyle 6 років тому +63

      This is the best comment I've read in a long time. The internet is an amazing place!

    • @tambakoverlanders
      @tambakoverlanders 6 років тому +10

      U have to go there if you have a chance.

    • @cooperpatterson3066
      @cooperpatterson3066 6 років тому +17

      get off the sight old man thereis some weird stuff you don't want to see

    • @porkfied
      @porkfied 6 років тому +4

      A little younger than you never knew about this either.

    • @MinecraftSMGbros
      @MinecraftSMGbros 5 років тому +1

      Nice.

  • @RadioGaGago
    @RadioGaGago 5 років тому +403

    This seem like a whole lot of trouble for basically nothing but a mistake

    • @Kevin-bt4wb
      @Kevin-bt4wb 4 роки тому +25

      Exactly. Cool story, but really, what a waste of time and money.

    • @timmmahhhh
      @timmmahhhh 4 роки тому +7

      Yes it is give it to Canada and let the people who live there pick which country they want to live in.

    • @dhowe1001
      @dhowe1001 4 роки тому +7

      I agree. Here in Washington we have another accident of history called point Roberts that is disconnected and stuck to Canada. US taxpayers get to fund a fully functioning border and customs station for the benefit of a couple thousand tax evaders who work in Canada but don’t want to pay Canadian taxes

    • @americanalligator1284
      @americanalligator1284 3 роки тому

      @@dhowe1001 Geography is so complicated, isn't it?

  • @Zoomer30
    @Zoomer30 8 років тому +1584

    Wow, pain in the arse to need your passport just to get a pizza.

    • @Patchuchan
      @Patchuchan 8 років тому +51

      They should say Thanks Bush as one was not needed until January 1st 2009 when the final parts of U.S. Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 went in to effect.

    • @carbonking53
      @carbonking53 8 років тому +47

      Patchuchan And those thousands of illegals crossing our southern border unabated each day per the current President's directive should say "Thanks Obama".

    • @MrJohnnyDistortion
      @MrJohnnyDistortion 8 років тому +10

      + Zoomer30..... I hope they tip the delivery boy well for his 2 hour round trip.

    • @treytroy190
      @treytroy190 8 років тому +3

      Zoomer30 lol, I'd do a 2month shop in one go

    • @shanmike11
      @shanmike11 7 років тому +9

      AquaticBoardwalkEngineer Yeah, I bet you can get back into the U.S. without a passport. Oh, wait, you can't? Hmm, those kids probably want to get back into the U.S. after their slumber party is over but what do I know?

  • @thraxxboy1993
    @thraxxboy1993 7 років тому +2724

    id have 8 kids to if the closest store to buy condoms was a hour away

  • @tom110111
    @tom110111 8 років тому +402

    Wow, you really do learn something new everyday.

  • @mattsmocs3281
    @mattsmocs3281 5 років тому +307

    I’d open a general store up there. And a ferry service across the lake.

    • @obamaslastname7518
      @obamaslastname7518 5 років тому +25

      Matt`s Mocs it ain’t much, but it’s honest work

    • @mattsmocs3281
      @mattsmocs3281 5 років тому

      MazterMonkey Oof aye, so would you be a ferry captain for that service. All you do is ride around in a boat in open waters.

    • @alexeyvlasenko6622
      @alexeyvlasenko6622 5 років тому +12

      Best destination for the ferry would be Warroad, MN, on the south side of the lake, population about a thousand. Not sure if that's enough of a market to cover the operating costs. But the general store is probably a good idea: just get a bunch of stuff at whatever Canadian version of Walmart is nearest, and sell it locally for double the price.

    • @mattsmocs3281
      @mattsmocs3281 5 років тому +3

      Alexey Vlasenko yes the store can too be located near the largest population center on in the northwest. For the ferry it would not need to cross Canada and can move at good speed the only down side is the first infrastructure needed. But the cost would pay in fuel savings and country crossing

    • @sarasaari9241
      @sarasaari9241 5 років тому +9

      Good luck with a ferry service in the winter up here 😂😂

  • @zoot40n
    @zoot40n 8 років тому +1416

    I smell a new TLC reality show

    • @jabber1990
      @jabber1990 8 років тому +61

      unless there is a Mormon who lives in that town they won't do it

    • @alexh3726
      @alexh3726 7 років тому +4

      I'm actually mormon XD I'm everywhere!

    • @alexh3726
      @alexh3726 7 років тому

      noooope

    • @Utonian21
      @Utonian21 7 років тому +7

      Think Mormons are everywhere? Try living in Salt Lake City lol

    • @jennhoff03
      @jennhoff03 7 років тому +3

      Why wouldn't there be a reality show if they were Mormon? That doesn't make any sense.

  • @dandreevans5020
    @dandreevans5020 5 років тому +305

    Imagine waking up that early for school everyday 💔

    • @annhofland7232
      @annhofland7232 5 років тому +10

      Just think in the winter when it gets -20 to -40 below😱🐧❄⛄📚🇺🇸

    • @dandreevans5020
      @dandreevans5020 5 років тому +6

      Ayylmao it’s not the same time tho because they gotta take a boat and go on an hour long bus ride

    • @leighsutherland6222
      @leighsutherland6222 5 років тому +1

      I do not live in an isolated area, but many high school students here get up and board buses before dawn.

    • @ctwoscan
      @ctwoscan 5 років тому

      @@annhofland7232 yea. That's the part I don't like.

    • @optimisticnihlist9705
      @optimisticnihlist9705 5 років тому +1

      @Ayylmao that's not how it works at all, and also the video says the bus has to go to "mainland" Minnesota via two border crossings, that's why they gotta get up early for school

  • @EqualsThreeable
    @EqualsThreeable 8 років тому +79

    Wouldn't it be easier if the Northwest Angle residents got special permission to come to and from the country without having to stop. It's not as if an officer is actively checking vehicles or passengers. If they were smuggling anything it wouldn't change much, seems like a waste of their time really. Give them some diplomatic traveling permissions or something for that stretch. Surely their must be a loophole to cut some of bureaucracy of going to the grocery store.

    • @nola1439
      @nola1439 6 років тому +2

      EqualsThreeable I think they do in most cases, not sure why they don’t here. Maybe it was just for part of the news segment.

    • @redneckwheelman2
      @redneckwheelman2 6 років тому

      They go threw a more legitimate border between Minnesota and canada then need to check in within x amount of time at the angle

  • @nightigal
    @nightigal 5 років тому +673

    On today’s game of why is this in my recommendations…

    • @roberthernandez3407
      @roberthernandez3407 5 років тому +3

      Deadass

    • @dreek89
      @dreek89 5 років тому

      Right

    • @phia._.
      @phia._. 5 років тому +1

      Ikr

    • @jeffhopper6393
      @jeffhopper6393 5 років тому +3

      On today's game of people who complain about their recommendations yet they still click the video

    • @nightigal
      @nightigal 5 років тому +2

      Jeff Hopper, it's not a complaint it's a joke about the UA-cam algorithm

  • @moosefactory133
    @moosefactory133 8 років тому +826

    I bet there are no traffic jams in the angle

    • @moosefactory133
      @moosefactory133 8 років тому +21

      Thanks for the heads up

    • @barneyr1294
      @barneyr1294 8 років тому

      Michael Lawson

    • @tamu7243
      @tamu7243 7 років тому +19

      Traffic Jam and Peanut Butter! Mmmm! Tasty.

    • @jamespalmer5407
      @jamespalmer5407 7 років тому +5

      moosefactory133 ill bet there are no black superpreditors carjacking folks

    • @jayritchie1222
      @jayritchie1222 6 років тому

      moosefactory133 i

  • @markofexcellence5209
    @markofexcellence5209 6 років тому +125

    This is what real journalism is.

  • @zachzahn2567
    @zachzahn2567 6 років тому +782

    It’s funny how I was born and raised in Minnesota and I have never heard of this. School has failed me😂

    • @bwanamann872
      @bwanamann872 6 років тому +37

      Not studying Your American History, and You failed Yourself.

    • @eamartig
      @eamartig 5 років тому +30

      Zach Zahn it’s just a tiny fact that barely matters. Will this help educate you on who to vote for, or what our rights are? I think not

    • @musicsuxnowadays
      @musicsuxnowadays 5 років тому +3

      NO, school taught you what you needed to know.

    • @noahackerman8143
      @noahackerman8143 5 років тому +11

      Zach Zahn everyone who is saying school didn’t fail him it’s a 50/50 fight because you all seemed to have skipped the part where he said he was born and raised in Minnesota

    • @Bsty211
      @Bsty211 5 років тому

      Same tho

  • @jordanmungo917
    @jordanmungo917 2 роки тому +71

    "I realize it's only 150 miles round trip, but"
    Super interesting how much different their perspective on life is from most of us. 150 miles is a long way

    • @RahLeone
      @RahLeone Рік тому +2

      There are many people who live in country areas right here in the contingent us who may say the same type of thing about 150 miles not being that much

  • @aramondehasashi3324
    @aramondehasashi3324 5 років тому +723

    Someone should setup a ferry crossing business so they don't have to cross thru Canada all the time.

    • @nickk4296
      @nickk4296 5 років тому +81

      It's a long boat ride... they do have a ice road in the winter.

    • @syrthdr09sybr34
      @syrthdr09sybr34 5 років тому +119

      @Johnson Adam Thanks for spelling out for us buddy. You sure came thru with that good grammar.

    • @aramondehasashi3324
      @aramondehasashi3324 5 років тому +56

      @Johnson Adam Lmao damn you're gonna leave a comment just for one word? I could see if I had three or four but for using the shorthand of through? You really need to get out of the house more 😂

    • @rogerzimet
      @rogerzimet 5 років тому +54

      @Johnson Adam "Proberbly" Wow...some English you've got there, dude!

    • @vanillabean7832
      @vanillabean7832 5 років тому +45

      Johnson Adam Dude... It’s not “laziness,” it’s just practicality! While our English language is beautiful, it is also useful to have shortcuts for words which almost everyone can understand and I think those should be equally appreciated. There are times when correct grammar is needed and other times when efficiency takes priority. This is UA-cam, not an English class!

  • @nex6939
    @nex6939 8 років тому +797

    They should just get a Ferry.

    • @Peng_Pong
      @Peng_Pong 8 років тому +40

      Or make some bridge

    • @krisfehr13
      @krisfehr13 8 років тому +32

      Too far for a bridge. Ice road would be nice in winter.

    • @nex6939
      @nex6939 8 років тому +42

      krisfehr13 There's been bridges that are much longer.

    • @foodisgoodyesiam1
      @foodisgoodyesiam1 8 років тому +91

      Those bridges serve a lot more people though

    • @DaltonHBrown
      @DaltonHBrown 8 років тому +11

      Or build a land bridge, which would effectively draw the border on the lake.

  • @CoastalKite
    @CoastalKite 8 років тому +416

    Learned something new that wasn't a completely useless fact. Thank you CBS.

    • @MrWhite-pn7ui
      @MrWhite-pn7ui 8 років тому +20

      How is this fact useful to you?

    • @philiphugoofficial
      @philiphugoofficial 8 років тому +3

      maybe kay likes fishing

    • @dragon32210
      @dragon32210 8 років тому +1

      Look up Point Roberts, Washington

    • @dragon32210
      @dragon32210 8 років тому +1

      Look up Point Roberts, Washington

    • @CoastalKite
      @CoastalKite 8 років тому +15

      +Mr. White because it wasn't your typical UA-cam clickbait nonsense like "10 Things you didn't know about XYZ" wherein the content has little to do with the thumbnail. Also, I do like fishing.

  • @zacharycraft2129
    @zacharycraft2129 5 років тому +801

    Stranger: so where do you live in America or Canada
    Me: Yes

    • @zacharycraft2129
      @zacharycraft2129 5 років тому +19

      Hernando Malinche it was a joke lmao

    • @inkblot5497
      @inkblot5497 5 років тому +8

      HAHA YOU SHOULD HAVE A COMEDY SPECIAL

    • @zacharycraft2129
      @zacharycraft2129 5 років тому +2

      Hannibal's Brother lol thanks

    • @Wickedonezz
      @Wickedonezz 5 років тому +6

      @@zacharycraft2129
      Americans:Are you autistic or just gay
      Zachary craft: *yes*

    • @edak82
      @edak82 5 років тому +4

      Why does this have 142 likes? This isn’t funny.

  • @LogsMaggot
    @LogsMaggot 8 років тому +1021

    I live in Italy 40 mins to the border with Switzerland (which is not part of the EU, mind you) and, as strict as Swiss people are known to be, sometimes nobody is at the customs to check who and what's entering or leaving the state, and even if there is somebody he would just ask for your ID, nod at you and let you go most of the time. There are even some people from my place that go to Switzerland every morning to work (as the salaries are way better there, especially considering the value change) and then come back in Italy in the evening to live the rest of the day here. On Saturday there is a market in the city center in my place and it's plenty of Swiss people coming with the train from Switzerland (1 hour ride one way) just to chill here as if they're going to the mall. And even the most remote places across both of the borders have at least a grocery, a school, a pharmacy and a postal office for the few people living in the area so that nobody has to waste hours of their time every week for the basic needs.
    That situation at "The Angle" is insane.

    • @ChristopherSobieniak
      @ChristopherSobieniak 7 років тому +80

      Unlike Europe, we haven't became that enlightened yet. You people should be proud to have the "Schengen Agreement" that allows that to be the norm. That's why Switzerland doesn't mind at all as long as you remember to leave when you're done!
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area

    • @LogsMaggot
      @LogsMaggot 7 років тому +46

      Christopher Sobieniak and that's why I'm deeply europeist! We need Europe, otherwise we'd just be a bunch of irrilevant countries...

    • @ChristopherSobieniak
      @ChristopherSobieniak 7 років тому +15

      ***** True. My sis did marry a German immigrant herself. Though I don't suppose that would get her EU citizenship if her husband wanted to move back to Germany. They are teaching their son German so he can talk to his grandparents when they come over.

    • @bojohnson5675
      @bojohnson5675 7 років тому +43

      That's all because you are part of the EU. We are not so we don't have the same regulations. Also you have to understand if we built a store, a school, and a pharmacy for ever rural place in America we would be in much more debt. America is large, it is considered normal in rural America to travel long distances for regular activities. You have to remember Switzerland is much smaller then the US.

    • @Maurazio
      @Maurazio 7 років тому +28

      No, switzerland is not part of the EU.
      Regarding shops, if they are so many people they could just open their own cooperative shop, which is how many supermarket chains in europe were born anyway.

  • @Kingbird66
    @Kingbird66 7 років тому +774

    That bus driver must hate his life..

    • @michaelhorgan9525
      @michaelhorgan9525 7 років тому +78

      He actually enjoys his job and in an article on a school transportation site he starts at 4 AM which is a split shift. However, he does work a few hours at a post office to pass the time before his 2nd shift starts.

    • @michaelhorgan9525
      @michaelhorgan9525 7 років тому +20

      BornToRunBarefoot he enjoys seeing the wildlife and likes being a morning person.

    • @Frank_Cohen
      @Frank_Cohen 6 років тому +1

      LOL

    • @carrrexx7190
      @carrrexx7190 6 років тому

      All Minnesotans, proably not.

    • @martinj9647
      @martinj9647 6 років тому +16

      I'd hate to be those kids. At that age I hated waking up at 5:30 and standing outside for 10 minutes during winter waiting for the bus. Forget spending like 14 hours a day commuting to and from school plus actual school

  • @kylekruse8618
    @kylekruse8618 7 років тому +182

    5-6 hours to get groceries? Still better than L.A. traffic.

    • @RGE_Music
      @RGE_Music 6 років тому +3

      Lol

    • @lopezfan24
      @lopezfan24 6 років тому +1

      Miami Sports Network sometimes you can walk down the street to get groceries in LA, you can’t walk anywhere here.

    • @USAFJUNKIE
      @USAFJUNKIE 6 років тому +2

      At least these guys aren't in bumper to bumper traffic. I'd take this in a heartbeat over LA or any other major city.

    • @zuni3768
      @zuni3768 6 років тому

      USAFJUNKIE it don’t have to be bumper to bumper if u walk in the city or take the subway

    • @AmazingJayB51
      @AmazingJayB51 6 років тому

      Miami Sports Network I’m sure they eat a lot of fish 🎣

  • @mult-tea6107
    @mult-tea6107 4 роки тому +81

    Broooo they’re doing too much just give them dual citizenship, it’s a waste of time. Also the father is a whole Canadian man with that accent.

    • @joemiller7082
      @joemiller7082 4 роки тому +3

      You’d still have to check in at the border. It’s not like if you were an American, in Canada, trying to go back in you can just go “It’s ok, I’m American” and they just let you in...

    • @tonybumgarner5971
      @tonybumgarner5971 3 роки тому

      There is no dual citizenship in the U.S. I believe

    • @curtisburner6203
      @curtisburner6203 3 роки тому

      @@tonybumgarner5971 there is

    • @meslahhh9896
      @meslahhh9896 3 роки тому

      @@tonybumgarner5971 theres an island both us and canada claim and you can have dual citzenship if you are born there

  • @GwenApMannanan
    @GwenApMannanan 8 років тому +994

    Ok, I can understand the school thing and the need to do some things in the U.S. side exclusively. But why the eff can't they go grocery shopping in Canada?!

    • @nahuelma97
      @nahuelma97 8 років тому +402

      I think it's because they would be importing goods from Canada, in legal terms, and that would require a huge load of paperwork and taxes to be payed and it would simply be more expensive. I could be wrong, but it's the first thing that comes to my mind

    • @GwenApMannanan
      @GwenApMannanan 8 років тому +97

      Nahuel Martínez That's actually a very good idea that comes to mind. I didn't think of that.

    • @nahuelma97
      @nahuelma97 8 років тому +22

      Gwen Ap Mannanan lol thanks :)

    • @donmak0427
      @donmak0427 8 років тому +222

      I visited the NWA back in 2009 on a cycling tour, and there's really nothing closer. The NWA is bounded on three sides (North, East and South) by water and thousands of square miles of nothing. To the West, there's Canada, but it's all wilderness. Literally, the nearest shopping is South, but you can't go directly South (due to the aforementioned water); you have to go West, first, skirt the water, and then South to the U.S./Canada border. The Customs agents that you voluntarily contact by satellite phone at Jim's Corner had a bit of trouble with me, because they wanted a vehicle license plate number, which I didn't have (being on a pedal-powered touring tricycle).

    • @GwenApMannanan
      @GwenApMannanan 8 років тому +25

      Don Saito This is super helpful. Thank you so much for that!

  • @rickyjackson1258
    @rickyjackson1258 5 років тому +189

    Everything about this place seems fantastic, except for all that passport silliness.

    • @shawngillogly6873
      @shawngillogly6873 5 років тому +3

      As a northern Minnesotan, the border crossing would not be nearly as bad as the winter. That stack of firewood is no joke.

    • @TheWinterShadow
      @TheWinterShadow 5 років тому +3

      Passport silliness? A passport is your id to the world and your home. Nothing silly about respecting yours and other people's home dude.

    • @rickyjackson1258
      @rickyjackson1258 5 років тому +6

      TheWinterShadow resident agreements can be made between bordering nations that allow for dual citizenship. At the very least travel trusts can be established to mitigate the hassle of that ridiculous call box that isn’t even manned by customs and border patrol. A US passport is hardly an ID to the world lol. It’s like 6th or 7th on the list in terms of travel freedom.

    • @TheWinterShadow
      @TheWinterShadow 5 років тому +1

      @@rickyjackson1258 Sure they can, if possible but that's not the nature of this video. It's about the life of the people living there..based on "their" choice...it's about the unique and interesting situation they are living. Seems to me like they love their life and probably wouldn't change a thing. And I am willing to bet they are not calling their life "silly". So, they have to call the Canadian government for permission to cross their border. I think that's pretty cool to show respect to Canada and Canada is pretty cool for letting them. That's all it is respect. There are millions of people who don't call to ask for permission. That's a disgusting fact.

    • @Duglum666
      @Duglum666 5 років тому +1

      Yeah.. it's crazy. We have some geographical oddities like that in Central Europe, where it's just faster to travel through a neighboring country for a few kilometers. Luckily we have the Schengen agreement, so there's no border control or passport checks. Guess the US should just arrange a similar agreement with Canada, would make life much easier for these and other people along the border.

  • @kurtklimbs
    @kurtklimbs 5 років тому +156

    List of things to do in the angle: #1 fishing, #2 make babies.

    • @mnvikings1973
      @mnvikings1973 5 років тому +6

      Drinking beer is #2 or 3...just depends ;)

    • @KamalasNotLikeUs
      @KamalasNotLikeUs 4 роки тому

      Bad Cattitude They let you use a personal device to watch UA-cam while locked up in the mental ward now? Must be a very special privilege. Good for you, dear.

    • @TheGodYouWishYouKnew
      @TheGodYouWishYouKnew 4 роки тому

      Kurt Chamberlain # 3 pull out

    • @tiffanykuo4256
      @tiffanykuo4256 4 роки тому

      I would Like this but then there wouldn’t be a perfect 💯 likes!

    • @kurtklimbs
      @kurtklimbs 4 роки тому

      @@tiffanykuo4256 LOL

  • @RK-ve4xp
    @RK-ve4xp 4 роки тому +68

    8 kids. Amazing. Kudos to both. Having and raising 8 kids is indeed a great venture. It needs lot of character and patience and blend of everything.

    • @mitchyoung93
      @mitchyoung93 3 роки тому +5

      Kept trying for a boy and got one!

    • @rexhill5096
      @rexhill5096 2 роки тому +1

      In the 70's my best friend in California has 2 brothers,and 10 sisters..Simi Valley,Ca...13 children total..thank God dad was a ticket agent for Grey Hound bus service😱

    • @jonathanrowland9963
      @jonathanrowland9963 2 роки тому +3

      Also a good payday on tax returns I swear that's why some people do it

    • @DONTZZLE
      @DONTZZLE 2 роки тому +4

      @@mitchyoung93 he’s actually one of the oldest, the third or fourth oldest. So mean all the others were by choice

    • @mitchyoung93
      @mitchyoung93 2 роки тому +2

      @@rexhill5096 back when a working man could support a family on one income.

  • @carlofamilara7170
    @carlofamilara7170 8 років тому +49

    I can actually smell the dirt road, the morning dew on all those greens and the clean air all the way from my tiny apartment in this overcrowded city I live in. To experience this place would be a priceless gift for me. :(

    • @GUITARTIME2024
      @GUITARTIME2024 6 років тому +3

      Carlo Familara jesus. Take a trip.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 2 роки тому +1

      Winter might REALLY suck. Tho.

    • @rabm1483
      @rabm1483 2 роки тому +1

      @@GUITARTIME2024 😂😂😂

    • @KevinKenna-j6o
      @KevinKenna-j6o 11 місяців тому

      I live on the peninsula of Florida some of the cleanest air in the nation lodged between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean

  • @Roadstar1602
    @Roadstar1602 6 років тому +203

    I miss the days when I didn't need a passport to travel from the US to Canada or Mexico.

    • @dougn2350
      @dougn2350 6 років тому +30

      Roadstar1602...
      I do too. That all ended with Bush/Cheney.
      I visited Niagara Falls in 1998. I don't even recall that I was asked for an ID.

    • @X-Factor-by2kz
      @X-Factor-by2kz 6 років тому +12

      You don't need a passport if your driving to Canada and live in the states along the border. Those states issue enhanced driver's licenses that you can use. They do cost more than a regular license, at least in Michigan. Had to visit a Secretary of State office with my birth certificate and social security card and was interviewed to verify my identity. This license acts as a form of appropriate ID for border crossings between Canada and Mexico by land. Of course you can still use a passport or the newer passport card.

    • @Roadstar1602
      @Roadstar1602 6 років тому +3

      Well I live in Ohio, which is a border state. The border being the middle of Lake Erie. I wonder if I can get that here.

    • @jeremy1069fm
      @jeremy1069fm 6 років тому +3

      Roadstar1602 Closest thing is a Passport Card will set you back about $75. For land and water between the U.S., Canada, Mexico and some islands you would stop at on a cruise, they do the job. Won’t work on a plane. I got one specifically to spend some time in Canada. NEXUS would probably be better for frequent travelers. I’m almost considering it.

    • @cherylcarpenter4698
      @cherylcarpenter4698 5 років тому +1

      I miss those days to

  • @APRIL2862
    @APRIL2862 8 років тому +440

    Great opportunity for someone to set up a small grocery store!

    • @hamsterama
      @hamsterama 8 років тому +35

      Yeah, it's amazing that nobody thought of that! Someone could simply get a large truck, buy lots of groceries in mainland Minnesota, and sell them for a big markup back in the Northwest Corner.

    • @farticlesofconflatulation
      @farticlesofconflatulation 8 років тому +33

      R Hamlet they can be transported on a boat through US waters without having to cross a border.

    • @kwokmanchung
      @kwokmanchung 8 років тому +70

      Yeah, right. You'll have all of the 60 customers, mostly kids, to yourself. Hahaha!

    • @hamsterama
      @hamsterama 8 років тому +10

      ***** I saw a UA-cam video on Port Roberts, Washington, and someone there runs a grocery store. The owner has to drive to mainland Washington to buy groceries and bring everything back to Port Roberts. Customs makes it difficult to import from Canada, but apparently they don't have a problem when the food is brought in from the USA. So, it seems that as long as the food is brought in from mainland USA, I imagine it shouldn't be a problem.

    • @backman9615
      @backman9615 8 років тому +1

      XD haha

  • @willieneckbone5035
    @willieneckbone5035 5 років тому +55

    Two kinds of weather there.winters coming and winter's here.

  • @mattm1982
    @mattm1982 8 років тому +314

    Not available to watch in Canada lol.

  • @seamus1956
    @seamus1956 8 років тому +178

    While those 60 or so intrepid US citizens are really cool, there's another place where you have to travel through Canada to get to the United States, but it's also a little more involved. It's Point Roberts in Washington state. Established in 1846, Point Roberts is a town of over 1300 residents, situated on a small peninsula south of the 49th parallel, which constitutes the US-Canadian border. They have a small primary school, but every student 4th grade or higher is bussed through Canada, around Boundary Bay (approximately 26 miles) to Blaine, Washington to attend school. They have their own zip code and post office. Currently, Glen Hanlon, retired hockey player and Kekuta Manneh, soccer player for the Vancouver Whitecaps are notable residents of Point Roberts - Manneh (a Gambian who was adopted by an American couple) in order to maintain US residency in order to become a citizen.
    These two American oddity places are rather interesting.

    • @Arctichamer
      @Arctichamer 8 років тому +2

      I should have read through the comments and found this one before making my own comment about Point Roberts.

    • @JohnC546
      @JohnC546 7 років тому +1

      While school is a bit complex because of funding and what not, at the very least they can do their grocery shopping a lot closer by in Canada.

    • @shammydammy2610
      @shammydammy2610 7 років тому +9

      Looking at the Google map of this area, no, they really can't do their grocery shopping closer in Canada. There's....nothing....there.

    • @erikcortez1611
      @erikcortez1611 7 років тому +2

      And apparently; Point Roberts used to use British Columbia's area code (604) for many years, how PR's finally linked to a Wash St code.

    • @ab7886
      @ab7886 6 років тому +1

      Why didn't Canada obtain it then? It would make more sense them to have it instead of making americans go thru canada to get to part of the us.

  • @andrewgerstner8893
    @andrewgerstner8893 7 років тому +245

    I'm dying one family takes up 1/3 of a whole school 😂

    • @chupacabra9357
      @chupacabra9357 6 років тому +12

      There's probably lots of cases like this in the Deep South in rural towns in Alabama or Louisiana.

    • @peterdades5321
      @peterdades5321 6 років тому

      C.A.N.D.A.

    • @lauraswan8647
      @lauraswan8647 6 років тому +2

      Who are they going to marry?

    • @lauraswan8647
      @lauraswan8647 6 років тому

      @Rabbi Mamzer ben Amalek you're as old as Santa Claus 🎅

    • @zard1214
      @zard1214 6 років тому

      @@chupacabra9357 is it bad that i understood this in a second?

  • @annaneedshelp7729
    @annaneedshelp7729 5 років тому +25

    them crossing the lake just to go to high-school reminds me of when parents tell you that it took three mountains, five rivers, and fighting one tiger just to reach school

  • @gravityking
    @gravityking 8 років тому +106

    Hi, this is Sasquatch I'm at Jim's Corner.

  • @bubbamoosecat
    @bubbamoosecat 7 років тому +328

    Point Roberts, Washington.

    • @maxelldenomie667
      @maxelldenomie667 7 років тому +10

      bubbamoosecat
      yeah! that's the one I was thinkin' about... BC, right?

    • @BrandonSeattle
      @BrandonSeattle 6 років тому +8

      I forgot about that oddity. That's weird. Vancouver is good enough.

    • @Fayecolavecchio
      @Fayecolavecchio 6 років тому +2

      i went there once its werid but nice there

    • @ABSolom39
      @ABSolom39 6 років тому +10

      Alburgh, Vermont

    • @zacc.7206
      @zacc.7206 6 років тому +6

      I live in Olympia.

  • @woah455
    @woah455 6 років тому +414

    Two words: Amazon Prime.

    • @ShangZilla
      @ShangZilla 6 років тому +91

      Two words: no Internet

    • @woah455
      @woah455 6 років тому +15

      @@ShangZilla ever heard of unlimited data?

    • @ShangZilla
      @ShangZilla 5 років тому +106

      @@woah455 Unlimited mobile internet in middle of nowhere with no infrastructure. Cool story bro.

    • @woah455
      @woah455 5 років тому +4

      @@ShangZilla it could happen.

    • @heya4405
      @heya4405 5 років тому +23

      Two words: Shut Up

  • @EscapetheFan
    @EscapetheFan 5 років тому +8

    My grandparents have been going fishing here at least once a year for the last 30 years. I’ve gone twice with them and it’s a beautiful area. I know that my grandmas spirit rests here as this was her home away from home.

  • @lorenzo1660
    @lorenzo1660 5 років тому +260

    What if you have a medical emergency and you don't have time to check-in at the border?

    • @sharkboi6164
      @sharkboi6164 5 років тому +48

      Pretty sure it’s the same procedure as an island off the coast of a state like Georgia. Helicopter pickup and then taken to the mainland for transportation to the nearest hospital.

    • @JustinTopp
      @JustinTopp 5 років тому +18

      Sharkboi correct. I have a cabin up there and I’ve seen a medical heli once. I think they would fly them to the “mainland” Minnesota probably warroad than they’d get on a plane and fly to a bigger city to be treated

    • @sharkboi6164
      @sharkboi6164 5 років тому +18

      OkayOstrich You’re not gonna get it, you’d just be deported

    • @Jack3md
      @Jack3md 5 років тому +21

      @@trooperguy715 Lol "Free" ah man, where did you ever learn things were free in life.

    • @__aceofspades
      @__aceofspades 5 років тому +13

      There likely isnt any issue with going to Canada or back to the US for medical care. While there are parts of the Northern border that are strict, 99% of it is based in goodwill. Neither country is going to deny medical services at a hospital (though an ambulance may not come), and youll never get in trouble for it.

  • @BRANnun
    @BRANnun 6 років тому +389

    Damn shoutsout to that guy for having a hotass wife in a town with no one in it

  • @SubPablum
    @SubPablum 7 років тому +128

    So the lake in in both the US and Canada but you couldn't bring fish across the border? Fish that could swim across that border all day long in the lake. Glad they fixed that stupidity.

    • @brynnkohler4084
      @brynnkohler4084 6 років тому

      Stupidity = Canada. The fish rule was Canada's.

    • @dennismckeown5863
      @dennismckeown5863 6 років тому +5

      @@brynnkohler4084 ..Really are you going to arrest a fish.?

    • @Think-About-It
      @Think-About-It 6 років тому

      I don't get it! So now you can take the fish you catched on that North West Minesota and drive across Canada back down to South Minesota, or you can't?

    • @timomastosalo
      @timomastosalo 5 років тому

      Shh... don't reveal that to them.
      Besides, it culd have been contamined in the other country, when the filthy Americans/Canadians touched it.

    • @itzfusionplex4266
      @itzfusionplex4266 5 років тому

      Robert Huffman We have illegal fish migrants crossing our northern border we should build a wall

  • @10kirneh
    @10kirneh 5 років тому +216

    1 second into this video and there's already a gunshot, it's definitely America.

  • @justinvasko3577
    @justinvasko3577 8 років тому +40

    Dating in that school is going to be horrible!

  • @huetuber1204
    @huetuber1204 8 років тому +144

    I live in the rat race of Los Angeles California. There is something strangely appealing about watching this video and imagining myself living a simpler lifestyle.

    • @TrekEveryday
      @TrekEveryday 8 років тому +30

      I left LA for Minnesota last year, we are just north of Minneapolis and it is a much better way of life. Living in LA is not healthy... haha

    • @goldengod5915
      @goldengod5915 7 років тому +4

      Max Wilson Stay away from North Minneapolis though lol

    • @mackanarcon8460
      @mackanarcon8460 7 років тому +4

      Leave everything and move out :)

    • @GUITARTIME2024
      @GUITARTIME2024 6 років тому +5

      HueTubeR do it. Most of america is rural.

    • @dougn2350
      @dougn2350 6 років тому +5

      Visit in January and see if you feel the same.

  • @Yewon2001
    @Yewon2001 8 років тому +40

    This video made me smile. Thank you :)

  • @graham9345
    @graham9345 5 років тому +55

    Why does the us not just buy the road or Canada and the us agree to make it neutral land

  • @CaptainHightop
    @CaptainHightop 8 років тому +34

    This isn't the only town like that. There is a town in WA called Point Roberts that is surrounded by Canada that is only accessable by boat or by going through Canada, it doesn't have any land connections with the rest of the US.

    • @algrayson8965
      @algrayson8965 6 років тому +2

      Caleb Boerner, The US has quite a few such places. Alaska for one. Hawai'i. Puerto Rico. Virgin Islands Guam.

  • @pottergirl287
    @pottergirl287 7 років тому +32

    I knew a couple who owned a summer resort up there. They'd use boats to get to and from the rest of Minnesota. In the winter, Lake of the Woods becomes a popular snowmobile road for travelers looking to get to and from. Definitely a cool place!

  • @CheefKO
    @CheefKO 8 років тому +219

    If this poor kid doesnt move away, he has a very strong possibility of having to marry his sister.

    • @Emmatriaaa
      @Emmatriaaa 6 років тому +15

      I choked.

    • @revolvingworld2676
      @revolvingworld2676 6 років тому +1

      Cheef KO
      Wincest

    • @harryeddington7493
      @harryeddington7493 6 років тому +33

      Looking at his sisters, that might not be a bad thing

    • @Noone12279
      @Noone12279 6 років тому +7

      Southerners taken to a new whole level

    • @MegaC3600
      @MegaC3600 6 років тому +9

      southerners taken to the next level
      get it? because the next level is up and up of the south is north and minnesota is northern

  • @maddie7414
    @maddie7414 5 років тому +66

    I've lived in Minnesota my whole life and didn't know this. Crazy

    • @davidventer5060
      @davidventer5060 4 роки тому +5

      I live in Cape Town in South Africa and we know about this.

    • @LEK-we2hh
      @LEK-we2hh 4 роки тому

      Maddie G Now. you do 😀

    • @leronflames2429
      @leronflames2429 4 роки тому +2

      I'm from North Carolina and I knew about this .but no one cares..because it's stupid

    • @thommysides4616
      @thommysides4616 3 роки тому +3

      Blame your corrupt liberal democrat run Teachers Union. They would rather teach all your children PC Culture then to teach them actually knowledge about your state etc.

    • @parispc
      @parispc 3 роки тому

      @@thommysides4616 ???????????

  • @ameliorated
    @ameliorated 7 років тому +148

    nothing to do there apart from make kids.

    • @onomatopoeia162003
      @onomatopoeia162003 7 років тому +1

      aha

    • @coolguy02536
      @coolguy02536 6 років тому +6

      and fish

    • @ChromeTecNina
      @ChromeTecNina 6 років тому +16

      Sounds fun actually. Not trying to sound perverted, but I mean imagine being financially stable enough to just be up there living a simple life and have really nothing to do but lay down and make life with your lady.

    • @duglife2230
      @duglife2230 6 років тому +8

      I just wonder how it is when it is time for the kids to be born. What with there not being a hospital and all.

    • @michaelbauers8800
      @michaelbauers8800 6 років тому

      you forgot about quilts and ice fishing houses; did you watch the video? ( just kidding :)

  • @racerd3801
    @racerd3801 5 років тому +7

    I don,t think I have ever smiled sooo much thru one video, I love the Minnesota spirit. Them are some special people for sure.

  • @Nstone53
    @Nstone53 8 років тому +47

    Why don't these people just take a boat to the main US? The water between the two areas is still US territory. No passport needed and it's only like 10 miles instead of all that. That whole trip could be shortened if they built a border road around the bottom with a ferry dock.

    • @99wolvesracing17
      @99wolvesracing17 8 років тому

      Ikr

    • @Amber-zg4zo
      @Amber-zg4zo 8 років тому +20

      The water is probably frozen for more of the year than it's thawed, making boat travel difficult or impossible. Plus they'd need to find transportation to the store and back once they got to the other side.

    • @MrJeb123
      @MrJeb123 8 років тому +5

      Someone would have to run and charge the appropriate fee for a ferry, it will either be way too expensive for daily use from the family or won't generate enough profit to keep it running.

    • @Nstone53
      @Nstone53 8 років тому +14

      Those are good points. I should have thought about the frozen lake. I mean I live in MN LOL

    • @ThaViralRabbit
      @ThaViralRabbit 8 років тому +2

      Nstone53 ice skate across lol

  • @PeacefulAlli28
    @PeacefulAlli28 4 роки тому +33

    Teacher "We need more school age kids" that couple, " we will be right back!"

  • @DerekKGray
    @DerekKGray 7 років тому +42

    Call me crazy, but i'd love to live there!

    • @ThePicesgurl
      @ThePicesgurl 5 років тому

      Me too! I already have to drive an hour to get to a real store so why would that be different?

    • @gulabsinghsingh7248
      @gulabsinghsingh7248 5 років тому +3

      Why call you crazy
      I have been already living there

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 2 роки тому

      I'm waiting on winter weather report...already have lots of snow and cold now.

  • @thedonaldtrump5087
    @thedonaldtrump5087 5 років тому +38

    This boy is thinking I need another brother to help with the shed building and yard work!!

  • @cquebral3441
    @cquebral3441 5 років тому +17

    Reminds me of Point Roberts, WA. Washington state but only accessible way to drive there is through Canada.

    • @livingmybelovedlife8447
      @livingmybelovedlife8447 5 років тому +3

      I thought the same thing. Kids there have to ride the bus through Canada to Blaine, WA.

    • @Leon-zu1wp
      @Leon-zu1wp 5 років тому

      Yeah but that's not comparable to this because it's pretty urban and well maintained. I don't get why anyone would live in The Angle tho.

  • @joedellinger9437
    @joedellinger9437 5 років тому +10

    The fish dispute was settled when the US threatened to stop allowing Canadian trains through in retaliation. The main East-West Canadian railroad line cuts through a corner of the USA. You let us fish, we let your trains use the short cut! Tracks skirt the South edge of the lake, Baudette to Warroad. North of the lake there are just so many little lakes there is no easy East West path for a train.
    Canadian Campobello island has a bridge to the US but only a ferry to Canada.

    • @jimmcdiarmid7308
      @jimmcdiarmid7308 4 роки тому

      Joe Dellinger that’s not the CNR mainline across Canada

  • @Network126
    @Network126 5 років тому +69

    I have an overwhelming urge to go here just to drive through without stopping for the stupid call box.

    • @leighsutherland6222
      @leighsutherland6222 5 років тому +10

      The only thing stupid about the situation is you pretending to be a badass.

    • @Network126
      @Network126 5 років тому +6

      @@leighsutherland6222 You don't even know me.

    • @leighsutherland6222
      @leighsutherland6222 5 років тому +4

      I never stated otherwise.

    • @rosemariehogan1262
      @rosemariehogan1262 3 роки тому

      Do it so we find out what happens to folks who don't stop at Jim's callbox.

  • @tunafishjoe
    @tunafishjoe 8 років тому +424

    Fucking bureaucracy! Hours a week wasted checking into the government.

    • @adalaza
      @adalaza 8 років тому +10

      secure borders though...

    • @TheMegalusDoomslayer
      @TheMegalusDoomslayer 8 років тому +32

      Does that look secure to you? There's not even a security camera to be able to review any illegal crossing after-the-fact.

    • @adalaza
      @adalaza 8 років тому +8

      Megalus Doomslayer
      Travelers are legally required to check in with the USBP and CBSA when they go. If caught, they can be denied entry into Canada, which would wreck their livelihood. CBSA rules on who can cross the border are incredibly strict.
      Do you want secure borders with big gov't or insecure borders with small gov't?

    • @TheMegalusDoomslayer
      @TheMegalusDoomslayer 8 років тому +21

      adalaza Words are going to stop border crossings? There's absolutely nothing forcing them to pullover. They can drive right past the damn shed.

    • @adalaza
      @adalaza 8 років тому +4

      Megalus Doomslayer
      I don't think you understand. If they do not inform the border patrol agencies on both sides and are caught, they can be deported from Canada and barred from reentry. The reason they check in is so that they can continue to live where they are.
      If you have a better suggestion of a system here, I am all ears.

  • @JohnAK72
    @JohnAK72 8 років тому +207

    Imagine some parts of Arizona were in Mexico,

    • @TheSmartGuy1234
      @TheSmartGuy1234 8 років тому +17

      Imagine if this town seceded to Mexico.

    • @sugreev2001
      @sugreev2001 8 років тому +116

      Nobody wants to be a part of Mexico. Not even Mexicans.

    • @JohnAK72
      @JohnAK72 8 років тому +17

      ***** ¿Por Que?

    • @liamjmbtaandrailfan2791
      @liamjmbtaandrailfan2791 8 років тому +1

      John AK72 no thank you

    • @InuMiroLover
      @InuMiroLover 7 років тому +10

      Trump: ARIZONA NEEDS TO BE WALLED

  • @SSingh-wq9fs
    @SSingh-wq9fs 5 років тому +65

    Why cant they shop for groceries in canada itself somewhere nearby??

    • @MaulJade
      @MaulJade 5 років тому +60

      S. Singh the closest Canadian town is Steinbach which is over 100 miles. Warroad, MN is the closest town at around 60 miles. Pretty remote around here- plus Canadian prices are crazy expensive 😂

    • @jorgedacosta8957
      @jorgedacosta8957 5 років тому +7

      Canadian Food is also expensive, double I've lived there.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 2 роки тому

      Just make like a co-op, so one person or a family goes once a week and does almost the errands in town. Instead of an array of people doing that.
      They said it's 60 people? Ish. Yeah, you could set it up.
      I'm.wondering about logistics. Like day to day life and winter in particular.
      I like the idea of little to no crime and not being assh*les to elbows with everyone ALL. THE. TIME. Rush, rush, rush. Yuck.
      I wish Willoughby irl wasn't a crime infested cesspool and more like Twilight Zone. 1960.

  • @horchatax3
    @horchatax3 8 років тому +35

    Recommended videos are always interesting

  • @Jack-ln5ug
    @Jack-ln5ug 7 років тому +71

    Do you... have to pause... after a few words..?

    • @TheTallMan50
      @TheTallMan50 7 років тому +5

      Mckay Plummer No one complains when William Shatner does it.

    • @daniferris980
      @daniferris980 5 років тому +1

      Lol William.... shatner.....

    • @spookygirl7761
      @spookygirl7761 5 років тому

      Lol.mckay Plummer

    • @brooksmc
      @brooksmc 5 років тому +1

      Yes they do... It makes it... more dramatic

  • @unclemayhem6696
    @unclemayhem6696 5 років тому +35

    Just like Point Roberts, Washington.

    • @walterdeuel2026
      @walterdeuel2026 5 років тому +2

      That''s right. I would like to see that piece of ground deeded to Canada.

  • @MerkinMuffly
    @MerkinMuffly 3 роки тому +4

    I remember they had to air lift in supplies to lift the Canadian blockade of The Angles, it didn't work too well at the time because all the supplies were airlifted on passenger pigeons.

  • @lindsey0806
    @lindsey0806 8 років тому +47

    An hour and 15 mins for food shopping? The ice cream would have melted by the time you get home!

    • @Peng_Pong
      @Peng_Pong 8 років тому +21

      Isn't it cold there?
      So it'll be fine.

    • @tpbforlife3323
      @tpbforlife3323 8 років тому +2

      lindsey0806 I grew up not as remote as this but 45 min from the nearest town with a real grocery store and half an hour from my school so when I rode the bus id get on at 6am and get off at 7:50 on a good day with out snow

    • @rovertyerffej3090
      @rovertyerffej3090 8 років тому

      Radiant P3nguin Not year round 😂 believe it or not things do thaw out for a few months

    • @Peng_Pong
      @Peng_Pong 8 років тому +2

      I now that because summer happens there, but if you're buying ben and jerrys during the winter it won't thaw as fast

    • @Thumbsupurbum
      @Thumbsupurbum 8 років тому +5

      Easy enough to fix with a cooler, buy a bag of ice at the store. I've lived in remote areas and there's a way around just about everything.

  • @tomm2812
    @tomm2812 8 років тому +7

    Hyder, Alaska is surrounded by Canada as well. Small town on Misty fjord. Best

    • @lostinkansasonasunnyday305
      @lostinkansasonasunnyday305 6 років тому

      Not quite, it's totally in Alaska. But the only way to get there is by Canadian roads.

  • @hikaru-live
    @hikaru-live 6 років тому +10

    I kind of wish there is border buffer zones between US and Canada for towns and villages within a certain distance from the border. Buffer zone residents can be issued special ID cards or driver licenses that allows them to travel within the buffer zone without a passport or reporting to border checks.
    There are established buffer zones with residents along the China-Myanmar border, with villages even buildings split straight by the border. Neither Chinese or Myanmar’s border guards or custom officials will bother people with the correct border buffer zone resident ID, even though that border is the one of the heaviest guarded one in the world.

    • @Longlius
      @Longlius 6 років тому

      People move around too much in the US and Canada for that to be feasible.

    • @harpskid
      @harpskid 6 років тому +1

      @@Longlius Actually, this is a thing. You can get a special drivers license if you frequently travel across the border.

    • @ladynightstrike
      @ladynightstrike 6 років тому

      陈北宗 mm

    • @brenna5316
      @brenna5316 6 років тому

      Considering they have basically revoked half of the rights from natives to North America in this situation I doubt they would create it for Americans

    • @jamesahern9864
      @jamesahern9864 5 років тому

      That's what an enhanced license is, available in border states

  • @seanczapiga137
    @seanczapiga137 5 років тому +34

    Do you live in America?
    Well yes, but actually no

    • @eavn9684
      @eavn9684 4 роки тому

      Well, yes but actually yes.

  • @ExperiencedGhost
    @ExperiencedGhost 6 років тому +250

    1:26 What if you don't check in and just ride into Canada?

    • @chewbaccadog9840
      @chewbaccadog9840 6 років тому +129

      Then you have illegally entered Canada and will likely get arrested.

    • @robertb1802
      @robertb1802 6 років тому +164

      That town is more gross than anything. Canada needs to put a wall up to keep those weird Americans, with their pretend school and lack of medicine, out.

    • @RealityMFiction
      @RealityMFiction 6 років тому +42

      @@robertb1802 I see what you did there.

    • @wolvenar
      @wolvenar 6 років тому +41

      Actually, leaving the USA to Canada is not the problem. The problem comes if you are pulled over in Canada for something unrelated, or when entering the USA and encounter border patrols who have no record of you leaving the USA. Also, some difficulties may arise when crossing over the waters at times. If you're legal, have a passport and such though, it used to be that normally just causes a bit of inconvenience and delay. Today however it's hard to tell what new state/federal laws pop in and out of existence almost daily.

    • @bongofury5924
      @bongofury5924 6 років тому +42

      You will be forced to drink Molson’s and listen to Rush.
      Then receive a radioactive suppository.

  • @Josh61516
    @Josh61516 5 років тому +40

    Can I order something from Amazon to ship to there?

    • @nicholasr79
      @nicholasr79 5 років тому +4

      Yes, you can.

    • @samhouston1288
      @samhouston1288 5 років тому

      They have a post office, so sure.

    • @EAV0131
      @EAV0131 5 років тому

      Yes but have to pay international shipping

  • @juliusbernotas
    @juliusbernotas 7 років тому +13

    I really admire that family.

  • @saleen367
    @saleen367 5 років тому +5

    They show it in the summer .... could you imagine what that grocery commute is like in Jan?

  • @jskwk2424
    @jskwk2424 8 років тому +155

    Why there isnt just freedom to go, no need to report passport. Just like between Finland and Sweden and Norway.

    • @jordanwalter6570
      @jordanwalter6570 8 років тому +58

      eetu53 because it wouldn't be America without stupid laws. I think that the people who live there should have an exception, the fact that the school bus driver has to list evey student's name before he can leave is just insane.

    • @SteelKatanas
      @SteelKatanas 8 років тому +32

      Politicians who have no clue on how it affects these people in their day to day lives that's why.

    • @user-bm4di5ns4g
      @user-bm4di5ns4g 8 років тому +31

      Because most of us are xenophobic, isolationist nationalists.

    • @stoutyyyy
      @stoutyyyy 8 років тому +35

      Because we like our sovereignty, thanks.

    • @stoutyyyy
      @stoutyyyy 8 років тому +21

      A minor inconvenience for a town of sixty people is less important than national security.

  • @dumdum7786
    @dumdum7786 5 років тому +45

    I hope that bus driver gets a BIG paycheck. You would think that the guy on the other side of the phone after a while would just know. Like, the bus driver starts talking, Driver: "Ok here's who I got on my bu-" Guard: "I already know..."

    • @emeltea33
      @emeltea33 5 років тому +2

      Was thinking it'd be easier to give him a list of whose not there. Or shoot an email from his phone if there's reception/service.

  • @lowbudgetprepperyoulootish8365
    @lowbudgetprepperyoulootish8365 6 років тому +12

    minnesota woods is a good place to go camping get away from noise from the city life

  • @VasileIuga
    @VasileIuga 5 років тому +54

    So why they don't take the boat to US?

    • @promontorium
      @promontorium 3 роки тому +5

      @dragon The water between the two is entirely in the U.S.

    • @trep53
      @trep53 3 роки тому +2

      Not sure but that would be about a 15 mile open water boat ride, that’s a tough commute. I’d rather deal with the boarder phone thing.

    • @KevinHMN
      @KevinHMN 3 роки тому +6

      I’ve been to lake of the woods and it’s huge and when the wind blows the waves get really big so probably better to play it safe instead of risking lives on the water

    • @adamporter3402
      @adamporter3402 3 роки тому

      Good luck doing that during winter

    • @VasileIuga
      @VasileIuga 3 роки тому

      Ferry boats can help.

  • @shagwellington
    @shagwellington 5 років тому +5

    I'm an American but it seems just common sense to give the kids who have to travel so far to high school a break and just sign over the angle to Canada. I have relatives in both countries and except for Quebec I don't see much difference. Dual citizenship does make sense.

    • @danielbenitez4120
      @danielbenitez4120 5 років тому

      But what if the TERRORISTS try to get dual citizenship?

  • @Xenu2177
    @Xenu2177 8 років тому +50

    What about Point Roberts WA? You have to go through Canada to get there as well.

    • @KPruchE99
      @KPruchE99 8 років тому +2

      Point Roberts is a little bigger and not as far North. But you are correct.

    • @JohnC546
      @JohnC546 7 років тому +1

      Also it's not as "secluded" per se because besides school finding and what not, pretty much everything else is close by in Canada because it's Greater Vancouver

    • @ColTravis
      @ColTravis 7 років тому

      There are places like Hyder, AK in the Alaska panhandle that have the same problem.

    • @321thach
      @321thach 7 років тому

      Skankhunt42 yeah you have to go through Canada to get to Alaska too😉

    • @algrayson8965
      @algrayson8965 6 років тому

      321thach, There are ferries that go up the coast from Washington to Alaska.

  • @robertpaskewitz8553
    @robertpaskewitz8553 5 років тому +9

    My mother, Doris L Carlson/ Doris L Paskewitz, was a teacher at Angle Inlet School. This must about have been in the 1940's.

  • @neilpuckett359
    @neilpuckett359 5 років тому +3

    So that's what a town without diversity looks like simply beautiful and crime free.

  • @villalight5
    @villalight5 8 років тому +30

    Looks relaxing there

  • @aaron71
    @aaron71 5 років тому +7

    Nicely done. Enjoyed learning about this place!

  • @daveturner3776
    @daveturner3776 6 років тому +10

    I drove in to America while coming back from a trip to Winnipeg back in 2000. There was a small building next to the border, identified by a small sign. A lone man came out and asked me three questions, and I passed. Getting in to Canada was more difficult (scrutinized) than getting into America. Mind you this was pre-911, but it alarmed me all the same.

    • @MrBeankillsatblckops
      @MrBeankillsatblckops 6 років тому

      Oh yeah. I went to British Columbia for an ACDC concert and the border patrol were real rude asking me every question imaginable. When I came back through, the U.S. border patrol agents asked me where I was coming from and when I said ACDC concert they were all smiles and asked me how it was.

    • @dikeledimatlawa4641
      @dikeledimatlawa4641 5 років тому

      Dave Turner

    • @heya4405
      @heya4405 5 років тому

      Wtf is a Winnipeg

    • @terrypennington2519
      @terrypennington2519 5 років тому

      @@heya4405 lmao

    • @stephenkammerling9479
      @stephenkammerling9479 2 роки тому

      I think the Canadian agents are enforcing tax laws with, with returning Canadians, specifically the GST tax which is basically a national sales tax. They say that's how Canada's health care system is funded. The US started the passport requirement as a result of 9/11. As an American crossing the border a handful of times, Canadian agents seemed more ornery than American agents. I've encountered A******s both ways though. Last time entering Canada at Niagara Falls a few months before the pandemic, the agent seemed to have an issue with me driving a rental car. He sent me to secondary inspection.

  • @taylorcoley6329
    @taylorcoley6329 5 років тому +106

    Man, you just know those ppl have seen Bigfoot.

    • @bunny_0288
      @bunny_0288 5 років тому +2

      Big Foot generally resides in the Pacific Northwest, so they may be a little to far east to see one.

    • @DrLavitz
      @DrLavitz 5 років тому +1

      @@bunny_0288 Bigfoot doesn't exist. If he did we'd have footage by now. The world is nothing but cameras. Same for the Loch Ness monster.

    • @amc401nash6
      @amc401nash6 5 років тому +1

      Bigfoot has been sighted in New Zealand, it's more than a thousand miles across some of the deepest ocean in the world from anywhere. Did he bum a ride with the polynesians, or could it be some folks are predepossed to believe they see big hairy wild people running around?

    • @alexeyvlasenko6622
      @alexeyvlasenko6622 5 років тому +1

      @@DrLavitz Well, then, obviously Bigfoot and Loch Ness monster doesn't show up on camera, just like vampires. How else do you explain that there are no pictures of vampires?

    • @bunny_0288
      @bunny_0288 5 років тому +2

      @@DrLavitz I was making a joke! lol We really need a sarcasm font haha