@@MelissaBrownapt215 It sounds to me more like she MADE a choice. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, and we can take away hope from the fact that there are still good people like Ally Heighton in this world.
My husband & I were in Vancouver, Canada years ago when I spotted this geographical oddity on the map. We just had to visit. Such a beautiful little town. I hope when things can reopen safely they can bounce back.
@@aberdeenhank4038 Has to be Canada. Vancouver, Washington is on the border with Portland, Oregon. Point Roberts is next to the Metro Vancouver (in British Columbia,) city of Delta.
@@RealGalaxyGamers This happens all across CA/USA. It's literally the largest undefended boarder in the world. There are towns and streets across the whole country where people can just walk or drive across. You used to only have to show your drivers license to cross the boarder. It's pathetic how bad crossing has become now.
The state government has engaged in discussions and requests with the Canadian government to address the issues. However, it’s Canada that holds the cards in this case.
Up to and including making it a part of Canada again. This is a crime of stupid bureaucracy, and the residents are suffering needlessly for it. So typical of American problems. What an absolute tragedy.
@@iowasenator It's not a shutdown issue, the businesses there are open, they have no influx of money from Canada or the mainland US because nobody can enter
Well you can thank #45! This is what happens when you elect an incompetent racist sound biter for president. He's out of office but this is the "ripple" effect! If Black people survived for 450 years with the grace of GOD your community will to.
That's not how this works. Non-essential travel is restricted, not all travel. Approach the border and tell them you're moving or you were visiting at the time of border closure and you'd be allowed to pass with no trouble.
@@r.c.miller6161 I agree with your first point, and think it's great that you will personally travel there to help them sell their homes, uprooting everything some of them have known for 30+ years.
Do you think its Canadas responsibility? It was Trumps but he made us the highest covid risk with inaction and breathtaking incompetence. Canada has saved untold thousands from the fate of half a million Americans. They were smart to close the border, our mistakes are for us
What an unneeded shame. Seems like the “laws” could be adjusted due to these very difficult and unexpected times. They’re only hurting their own economy and losing needed, tax paying residents.
I will put a year’s salary down that the chamber of commerce guy we see in this video voted for Trump-twice-who banned Muslims from coming into the USA. Now he knows how it feels to be stuck someplace even when you did nothing wrong. Karma.
@@christinacascadilla4473 You wrote that entirely on pure speculation and zero facts. And shifted your narrative to a completely unrelated topic. In the process you blocked out anything intelligent he had to say. I'm a Bernie Bro leftest who hates trump and I would never think to say anything this stupid.
This reminds me of that scene in Pixar’s “Cars” when the interstate shuts down Radiator Springs. 🙁 The people there seem lovely; I hope things change soon!
@Liquid Ricardo OHHHHH so you think Pixar made a film for kids about talking cars, referencing the lost towns of America struggling when the interstate highways were built, at the expense of the Bush Govt to pre-program you to watch this video about the Trump/Biden govts shutting down borders due to an international health emergency which would happen almost 20 years after the film was originally thought about, because..........why exactly?
This just seems like a ridiculous situation that doesn't need to exist. But I am so sorry that woman is devastated by not being able to visit her vacation home. COVID has been so cruel to some.
It's not COVID. It's poorly planned out restrictions by politicians. Some temporary agreement could have been worked out. It's not like there's COVID raging in that town and we have to lock them in.
Yes, our lack of response put our neighbors at risk. They suffer from the pollution we allow and will have to stave off American immigrants as global warming devastates moderate climates. Covid came to them through uncontrolled borders with us
@@sitechca70 That kind of thought is why we lost half a million people already. You cant stop a virus with here and there laws. Look at every other country in the world doing better- we are wrong, period. Here we dont teach science in 26 states because it contradicts religous superstition. We think opinions are equal so a doctor or viroligist gets less respect than someone who stared at the sun during an eclipse or thinks you can ingest antiseptics
@@jackimiller8511 sorry i missed that, it is amazing how people view this. Many seem only concerned with how a world-wide crisis affects them. Thanks, i feel the same way
At 4:56, did anyone else notice the gas price? This article was posted on March 7, 2021, but even at that time gas price would be higher than $0.66. WOW!
That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 per liter or 4.39 per gallon.
I’m older , but this makes sense ... who would want to have lots of kids in today’s day & age, economy is unstable for many & if you lose your job you lose your healthcare ( if you even have affordable healthcare )
WhereDo the residents of this small town work? Are they retirees? Is it a yuppie town, or is it mixed ages or something? What industry is local to this town to keep it going?
@@Defender78 it's a town that you go to die because you believe life is not worth living. That's what I gathered from video. But you will probably enjoy a good salad before then.
***Gas Prices*** For everyone that keeps asking....the gas prices listed in this story are for liters not gallons. In Point Roberts we easily convert between liters and gallons, kilometers and miles, Celsius and Fahrenheit. All of our businesses also accept American and Canadian currency except for the Post Office.
It’s very safe. Do not lock front doors, leave keys in the cars. But you have to plane everything. Car breaks down you have to order the part. Then there is 1 mechanic. The ones who live here made that choice. I will never move away. You wake up to eagles, deer, raccoons, bunnies, the Fire Chief is amazing. People are starting to buy property and homes here.
@@michaelSugar1966 I’m from an island and for 7 years lived on a peninsula that was hard to get to than plane or fairy so I’m no stranger to planning things in. It was a lovely life, your hometown seems wonderful too
@@bradyblacher414 Brady-thanks.. i wonder if anyone here believes that covid's danger has been greatly exaggerated...that deaths from heart disease,strokes,pneumonia etc have been labeled as covid deaths?
Why should another country make exceptions for Americans? Nobody on earth treats people like we do at our borders. The coast gaurd ignores Canadian rights and abuses their boaters who fear being killed by out of control law enforcement jusr across the horizon. It was interesting the teporyer wasnt concerned enough to interview Canadian officials or anyone else having to deal with our treatment of them. Just holding onto a sliver of what should be theirs while neglecting our own is a view of our attitude
@@erichkorman710 that’s nonsense, but in any case that border crossing was hurting people there and also Canadians who have homes in point Roberts and who normally visit it.
OK, a few things. First of all, the gas prices you all are envious of are posted per litre, not per gallon (a nod to our Canadian customers). Multiply it times 4 approximately. Secondly, during normal times, those of us who have lived here for many years have accepted that crossing the border for medical services, etc. is the price we pay for a safe, quiet, naturally unspoiled place to live. It is not for everybody, as it requires the patience to sit in a line at the border to run the most mundane of errands. There is no Starbucks or McDonalds; there is no such thing as Next Day mail. I have to cross the border if I want to get something dry cleaned! Over the years, we have seen plenty of people move here and after 3 months. they are gone, because they just couldn't stand the inconvenience the border represents. The issue for us is the government's definition of "essential". Clearly, front line workers cross daily as they are needed to do their jobs, but picking up one's latest Amazon purchase or mowing the lawn of your summer home are not considered essential by the TWO federal governments involved. Those who govern both Washington State and British Columbia are in favor of exceptions because they understand our local economy better than their federal counterparts.
I'm formerly a Blaine, WA resident. The Point Roberts children are bused to Blaine daily for school. About 45 mins each way if I remember correctly. Point Roberts is a beautiful place but there are a lot of inconveniences to living that remotely.
Nobody quite knew where the 49th parallel went when the border dispute with British Canada was settled oh so long ago. Maps weren’t accurate enough to show this peninsula was in the way and would be sliced off.
I'm an auto transporter and have been to Point Roberts. Several years ago I picked up a couple of Rolls Royces from the '30s and took them to Los Angeles. One of the cars didn't run and the owner of the cars called the golf course manager who sent over 4 teenagers to help push the car on. Very friendly people. I got a kick out of being on the road with the US on one side and Canada on the other.
No. That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon.
4:56 Interesting to me that the gas is priced in liters even though this is in the US. I guess it’s to make it more attractive for Canadians to fill up on the American side by pricing in liters (making the price seem low) vs gallons which would make the price look real high to Canadians
So Canadians will come to bellingham wa and just stuff their cars full of gas, some will even fill up garbage cans full of gas and will buy up all the milk and dairy products in Costco because its so much cheaper here.
@@StoneyCrow That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon
Clearly a man made problem here. Why can't the state departments of both countries get together and say: for a certain period (until covid ends) Point Roberts residents will be considered Canadian for travel into and out of Canada and good and services can enter from Canada.
Sure, like we do with other countries we border. Maybe we could sieze some Canadian children and hold them from their parents until Canada lets us make the rules
If this place becomes a part of Canada, it would've been a better place for all the residents. Resilience is a good thing but I agree with the police officer, sometimes it makes people forget that you exist just because they think you are too resilient. This applies even to us individuals. When you seem so strong and independent, other people, even your own family, won't bother to even ask you: Are you okay?
The border crossing which serves Point Roberts should be opened up, by special agreement between both governments. Stranding an entire town, is absolutely nuts. Its bureaucracy gone mad.
Hahaha took what I thought was going to be a short cut one time off the AlCan Highway going to Washington and drove & drove and maybe saw 4 pickups and ended up in Stewart B.C.agh dead end turned around and got back on the AlCan Highway quite the adventure nonetheless. Lived in Kenai / Soldotna for 8 years
That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon
I’ve been to Pt Roberts a few times. It is a beautiful location but all of Puget Sound and the surrounding bodies of water are beautiful. That Canadian woman complaining about not being able to visit her summer home needs to get a grip. Calling it “like a death” is disgraceful in light of how many have actually died from covid.
95 percent of the US isnt in lockdown and has not been in lockdown since june of 2020. The only states in lockdowns still are really liberal coastal states and obviously Canada because of how nutty they are. Here in MIssouri, (and almost every other state in the country) has had schools, bars, restaurants, etc. open since last summer. Nothing is in lockdown so the idea that this is the death of small towns. Nope! I do feel bad for people living in Washington state, California, and the North East. Where governors care more about optics than what actually saves lives.
Somebody's grandma That's the UN Agenda 2030, 10 Mega Regions. The Death of the World for the "New World Order" aka "Reset". FEMA CONCENTRATION CAMPS ARE ALREADY BUILT IN AMERICA, THEY HAVE BEEN READY FOR YEARS. Just like the gvt did to the Natives, pushed to on to Reservations. We are Slaves to this Fraud system. WAKE UP WE ARE LIVING THE 1930's OF GERMANY. 99% recovery, 💉👹💉👹. DO NOT CONSENT, your grand children will be living under COMMUNISM.
At similar crossings in New England, people used to cross all the time pre-9/11 but (mostly) stopped after that because Border Patrol basically became militarized and the penalties aren't worth it. Before you'd get a stern look and a "Don't do that again" if you were a local who got caught, but now you're looking at federal prison and losing the right to ever cross again. Environment in border towns totally changed under DHS. I imagine Point Roberts might be the same.
"Sometimes you can be resilient...people forget you are here." I think the Natl Gaurd should set up a clinic and a Ferry/ ship and Postal Delivery ...get these people some help! Washington's Governor doesn't care about these people?
The packages makes sense. I have friends who came to u.s every few months and would return with a suitcase full of items they shipped to their u.s addr
Because the Border Patrol will hunt you down, and may decide to arrest you for doing that. They have cameras and sensors to detect human presence all along that "yellow barrier." Someone recently decided to be "cute" and order Doordash food from Canada to be handed over the barrier, and the driver is now in deep... you know what.
“Jumping” the border changed after 9/11, there’s a piece of the border in Maine that runs down the curb line of a street, the street is in the US, the houses are in Canada, to leave your own house and come back home you need to go to the nearest checkpoints, otherwise you’re illegally entering either nation. The only exemption, the golf course has is parking lot on the wrong side of the line, but you can park and play without using the checkpoint since there’s no other real way off the golf course but back out into the parking lot across the street. There’s also a town in Vermont where the borderline cuts houses and a library in half.
These people need HELP!!! People want to make jokes or say, "I wanna go there post-covid.". But, this is a crisis for them. They need HELP. How can they get the HELP they need? What can be done for them? I cannot help these people, unfortunately. I would if I could. I'm a paralyzed person in a nursing home. But, there has to be someone, somewhere that can HELP these people. They are American citizens as well. What can be done?
No. That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon.
There you go buddy, when all those Canadians come across, hi-jak the first dr. Feed him well of course and let him go at the end of the day. Then, send pigeons down south. We’ll get you supplies airdropped if need be
That lady might have no choice if the operation costs more than the profit , but if raise the price then the customer will not come , but walk across the border to buy grocery !
There is no logical reason why these people shouldn't be able to have some kind of ID card enabling them to travel through Canada not stopping at all until they get back in the US. Another example of how unreasonable this covid-19 restriction stuff can be.
You may have missed it, but there's ferry service between the town and Washington State. Hundreds of thousands of Americans live on islands where that is the only access, covid or no covid . I lived on Catalina for a few years, 26 miles offshore of LA, and the ferry served the people well.
@@maplebones It is "foot ferry" only. Not automobile ferry. Also, it only runs a couple of days/week, and often cancels due to bad sea conditions... leaving passengers stranded.
No. That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon.
So, without hospital 🏥/Drs/Pharmacy, that means everyone is healthy? What about the death toll there? This is very interesting that only one person living there had the virus 🦠. I’m going to read more about this😳🥺🧐
There is an island in the Chesaleake Bay with old time residents but no doctor. He ferries in at designated times during the week along with the mail and supplies. Most live off of fishing and tourism.
@Randall Johnson Wow! You have made many hateful comments on here lol. Is belittling people all you do. Maybe you should try to teach people in a respectful manor. Just because someone doesn’t know something that you do doesn’t make you better.
@@medmark77 'Easily?' Are you kidding, or just lacking in knowledge? The cost is prohibitive, and it's not a quick trip. I own a boat, and depending on whether I want to blow lots of fuel or go the slow trawling route, it's either very costly in fuel or takes a long long time.
@@batpoet1 I didn't say it was cheap, or fast. But it can be done any day that the weather allows it. The question I was answering was about how the reporter got there, not how the residents can move about. I have been an Orcas islander for 30 years. I know what I am saying.
@@juan7559 America, including the United States, is a vast and diverse land. Not every part of it is for everyone. I hated living in the Midwest, but I also support and defend those who do live there.
That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon
Anyone else notice the gas station prices, $0.66 for gas or diesel. I wish I could go there just for that, rest of the US is climbing to $4/gallon for gasoline alone.
No. That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon.
I praise that lady for not closing her grocery store.
She may not have had a choice.
@@MelissaBrownapt215 It sounds to me more like she MADE a choice. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, and we can take away hope from the fact that there are still good people like Ally Heighton in this world.
yes, but how does the store get restocked - from where?
@@ddigiorgio8438 Canada lets truckers cross the border. They just don't let regular people make the 24 mile drive from Pt. Roberts over to Blaine.
She is a hero.
My husband & I were in Vancouver, Canada years ago when I spotted this geographical oddity on the map. We just had to visit. Such a beautiful little town. I hope when things can reopen safely they can bounce back.
Vancouver, Canada or Vancouver, Washington? ;-)
Lived iN Vancouver Wa for 8 years. Should not left.
@@kshuf8426 Yea ok.
@@kshuf8426 I agree
@@aberdeenhank4038 Has to be Canada. Vancouver, Washington is on the border with Portland, Oregon. Point Roberts is next to the Metro Vancouver (in British Columbia,) city of Delta.
Good for the grocery iwner who refused to close. NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT PROFIT. I hope they qualified for stimulus, Shake Shack did :/
Shake Shack had to return their money.
But I agree, I hope they got the money and help they needed.
Where is shake shack?
Seattle area.
@@EvantidePhotographyBellingham thank you
You can't tell me some of those Canadians haven't stepped over that 6" concrete block at night to tend to their cottages
Exactly 😂
I mean I would make an exception for point Roberts I mean the us doesn’t have to worry about it because it’s not connected to the mainland
@@RealGalaxyGamers This happens all across CA/USA. It's literally the largest undefended boarder in the world. There are towns and streets across the whole country where people can just walk or drive across. You used to only have to show your drivers license to cross the boarder. It's pathetic how bad crossing has become now.
@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep
It would be nice if you could get into CA or MX without a passport and all the crap they give you now
I would
I was today years old when I learned about Point Roberts, Washington.
Ditto! Looks beautiful.
Third!
I would love to live there!
Checkout northwest angle, Minnesota
I learned about it in class
I want to know what the state of Washington is doing to help these people.
WA State & Fed seem to have forgotten about them.
The state government has engaged in discussions and requests with the Canadian government to address the issues. However, it’s Canada that holds the cards in this case.
The state could "help" by ending the shutdown. Then, they'll be able to help themselves. These folks should be allowed to be free.
Up to and including making it a part of Canada again. This is a crime of stupid bureaucracy, and the residents are suffering needlessly for it. So typical of American problems. What an absolute tragedy.
@@iowasenator It's not a shutdown issue, the businesses there are open, they have no influx of money from Canada or the mainland US because nobody can enter
This is sad but oddly sounds like a perfect place right now. Get away from all the idiots and joint a community who help and care about each other.
Until u need medical attention
Well you can thank #45! This is what happens when you elect an incompetent racist sound biter for president. He's out of office but this is the "ripple" effect! If Black people survived for 450 years with the grace of GOD your community will to.
You two are getting to deep into this. It just a little comment.
The Koolaid doesn’t work unless everyone drinks it..
Had absolutely no idea this American land existed. Thank you Sunday morning for enlightening me and sharing about their hardships
I’m from Washington state. We have everything here; rain forest, geographical oddities, deserts, etc.
@@kalijasin You have my daughter too who lives in Seattle and who I've recently reconnected with hoping to visit her after covid.
There is another one, Angle Inlet in Minnesota.
Hello beautiful how are you doing
@@miss.conduct thank you, i knew there was another one somewhere.
This is a movie. Someone travels to Point Roberts and then everything is shut down and they can't leave.
That's not how this works. Non-essential travel is restricted, not all travel. Approach the border and tell them you're moving or you were visiting at the time of border closure and you'd be allowed to pass with no trouble.
and then the birds move in .
Kind of was. Called the terminal
Nola Chick hiiiiii. Are you from New Orleans? I'm a NOLA man😊
@@mantis1s1k Oooh...someone doesn't understand the old expression "tongue in cheek."
What about the Northwest Angle of Minnesota which is also completely surrounded by water and Canada and one road out.
They're in the same situation.
One of the great humanitarian crisis of the 21 st century.
I'm on the coast in SE Alaska, I have one road out...it currently ends at 40 mile, the border.
It's in the exact same situation as here.
@@TheChilKat yeah I had read they plowed and ice road over the lake for the winter but once it melts they're back to square one.
Canadians: The town is self sufficient. Nothing to see here.
American resident: We have no doctors, no veterinarians, no pharmacies.
Meanwhile the narrator: they have beautiful view.
First of all, golf is not a necessity of life. Coronavirus is a killer. No one is forcing these folks to live there. Self-suffice....apparently not.
@@r.c.miller6161 I agree with your first point, and think it's great that you will personally travel there to help them sell their homes, uprooting everything some of them have known for 30+ years.
Do you think its Canadas responsibility? It was Trumps but he made us the highest covid risk with inaction and breathtaking incompetence. Canada has saved untold thousands from the fate of half a million Americans. They were smart to close the border, our mistakes are for us
@@erichkorman710 🙄
Very sad that this area is suffering so greatly.
If this is suffering then you yanks and canadians are truly blessed
Yes it is a bit of an inconvenience but if this is “suffering” then you must have not seen the rest of the world.
What an unneeded shame. Seems like the “laws” could be adjusted due to these very difficult and unexpected times. They’re only hurting their own economy and losing needed, tax paying residents.
I will put a year’s salary down that the chamber of commerce guy we see in this video voted for Trump-twice-who banned Muslims from coming into the USA. Now he knows how it feels to be stuck someplace even when you did nothing wrong. Karma.
@@christinacascadilla4473 You wrote that entirely on pure speculation and zero facts. And shifted your narrative to a completely unrelated topic. In the process you blocked out anything intelligent he had to say. I'm a Bernie Bro leftest who hates trump and I would never think to say anything this stupid.
When they realize the power the gov has and it’s imaginary lines are indeed.....imaginary.
Exactly
Cut off from the rest of America...
I'm packing my bags as we speak!
I felt the same till they said no hospitals and no vets. I wonder how things are going to pick up for them after the restrictions are lifted though.
Just don’t go demanding gay parades or George Floyd memorials and accompanying shoot outs
But, how's the diversity there?
@@bonsummers2657 not too much just a few minorities. But people are nice. I used to live there.
@@karlosthejackel69 and some how you think you are intelligent?
This reminds me of that scene in Pixar’s “Cars” when the interstate shuts down Radiator Springs. 🙁 The people there seem lovely; I hope things change soon!
@Liquid Ricardo OHHHHH so you think Pixar made a film for kids about talking cars, referencing the lost towns of America struggling when the interstate highways were built, at the expense of the Bush Govt to pre-program you to watch this video about the Trump/Biden govts shutting down borders due to an international health emergency which would happen almost 20 years after the film was originally thought about, because..........why exactly?
This just seems like a ridiculous situation that doesn't need to exist. But I am so sorry that woman is devastated by not being able to visit her vacation home. COVID has been so cruel to some.
It's not COVID. It's poorly planned out restrictions by politicians. Some temporary agreement could have been worked out. It's not like there's COVID raging in that town and we have to lock them in.
Yes, our lack of response put our neighbors at risk. They suffer from the pollution we allow and will have to stave off American immigrants as global warming devastates moderate climates. Covid came to them through uncontrolled borders with us
@@sitechca70 That kind of thought is why we lost half a million people already. You cant stop a virus with here and there laws. Look at every other country in the world doing better- we are wrong, period. Here we dont teach science in 26 states because it contradicts religous superstition. We think opinions are equal so a doctor or viroligist gets less respect than someone who stared at the sun during an eclipse or thinks you can ingest antiseptics
Okay, my remark about the cruelness of COVID was a sarcastic jab at the woman bemoaning her vacation home when others truly have been devastated.
@@jackimiller8511 sorry i missed that, it is amazing how people view this. Many seem only concerned with how a world-wide crisis affects them. Thanks, i feel the same way
At 4:56, did anyone else notice the gas price? This article was posted on March 7, 2021, but even at that time gas price would be higher than $0.66. WOW!
That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon.
As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 per liter or 4.39 per gallon.
I didn’t even know this place existed I thought it was a part of Canada
I’m older , but this makes sense ... who would want to have lots of kids in today’s day & age, economy is unstable for many & if you lose your job you lose your healthcare ( if you even have affordable healthcare )
Affordable Healthcare in America is only a title not a reality
@@nesq4104 I hear ya “ affordable healthcare “
WhereDo the residents of this small town work? Are they retirees? Is it a yuppie town, or is it mixed ages or something? What industry is local to this town to keep it going?
@@Defender78 it's a town that you go to die because you believe life is not worth living. That's what I gathered from video. But you will probably enjoy a good salad before then.
***Gas Prices*** For everyone that keeps asking....the gas prices listed in this story are for liters not gallons. In Point Roberts we easily convert between liters and gallons, kilometers and miles, Celsius and Fahrenheit. All of our businesses also accept American and Canadian currency except for the Post Office.
Interesting piece.
This pandemic has definitely highlighted our interconnectedness and interdependence.
“Resilient to the point people forget your here” - Chris Carlton (point Roberts force fire chief) sounds like the description of me life
It’s very safe. Do not lock front doors, leave keys in the cars. But you have to plane everything. Car breaks down you have to order the part. Then there is 1 mechanic. The ones who live here made that choice. I will never move away. You wake up to eagles, deer, raccoons, bunnies, the Fire Chief is amazing. People are starting to buy property and homes here.
@@michaelSugar1966 I’m from an island and for 7 years lived on a peninsula that was hard to get to than plane or fairy so I’m no stranger to planning things in. It was a lovely life, your hometown seems wonderful too
@Randall Johnson Ah, you're the one person on technological Earth who has no trouble with a grabby AutoCorrect system. Strut your stuff, big boy!🙄👋
@Randall Johnson sorry about YOU'RE miserable life there buddy
I INTERESTING , I never knew about this part of USA😊
It seems there’s more than one US town oddity on the US-Canadian border.
ciel222-a similar town[cut off from rest of usa] exists in northern minnesota.. although i forgot its name.
@@johnmoran4323 i think its called angle inlet
@@bradyblacher414 Brady-thanks.. i wonder if anyone here believes that covid's danger has been greatly exaggerated...that deaths from heart disease,strokes,pneumonia etc have been labeled as covid deaths?
Me too but i live in Ireland. I was born here in Dublin x
Absolutely horrible! There needs to be an exception made for them!
Why should another country make exceptions for Americans? Nobody on earth treats people like we do at our borders. The coast gaurd ignores Canadian rights and abuses their boaters who fear being killed by out of control law enforcement jusr across the horizon.
It was interesting the teporyer wasnt concerned enough to interview Canadian officials or anyone else having to deal with our treatment of them. Just holding onto a sliver of what should be theirs while neglecting our own is a view of our attitude
@@erichkorman710 you are upset for no reason that is literally not even close to being the same thing lol
@@erichkorman710 because it’s a pandemic and it’s not about punishing people
@@erichkorman710 that’s nonsense, but in any case that border crossing was hurting people there and also Canadians who have homes in point Roberts and who normally visit it.
OK, a few things. First of all, the gas prices you all are envious of are posted per litre, not per gallon (a nod to our Canadian customers). Multiply it times 4 approximately. Secondly, during normal times, those of us who have lived here for many years have accepted that crossing the border for medical services, etc. is the price we pay for a safe, quiet, naturally unspoiled place to live. It is not for everybody, as it requires the patience to sit in a line at the border to run the most mundane of errands. There is no Starbucks or McDonalds; there is no such thing as Next Day mail. I have to cross the border if I want to get something dry cleaned! Over the years, we have seen plenty of people move here and after 3 months. they are gone, because they just couldn't stand the inconvenience the border represents. The issue for us is the government's definition of "essential". Clearly, front line workers cross daily as they are needed to do their jobs, but picking up one's latest Amazon purchase or mowing the lawn of your summer home are not considered essential by the TWO federal governments involved. Those who govern both Washington State and British Columbia are in favor of exceptions because they understand our local economy better than their federal counterparts.
I'm formerly a Blaine, WA resident. The Point Roberts children are bused to Blaine daily for school. About 45 mins each way if I remember correctly. Point Roberts is a beautiful place but there are a lot of inconveniences to living that remotely.
@@johnnelson9691 Your memory serves you well, John. Our local elementary school only goes to the third grade, after that the kids are bused to Blaine.
Hello beautiful
that border line is absurd. If they would just be a part of Canada then problem solved.
I'd like to give Texas to Mexico while we're at it.
@@jackimiller8511 Lol
They don't want to be part of Canada and I can't blame them!!!!
@@jackimiller8511 hahahhaha
Nobody quite knew where the 49th parallel went when the border dispute with British Canada was settled oh so long ago. Maps weren’t accurate enough to show this peninsula was in the way and would be sliced off.
I'm an auto transporter and have been to Point Roberts. Several years ago I picked up a couple of Rolls Royces from the '30s and took them to Los Angeles. One of the cars didn't run and the owner of the cars called the golf course manager who sent over 4 teenagers to help push the car on. Very friendly people. I got a kick out of being on the road with the US on one side and Canada on the other.
Considering the speed at which this country is failing, "cut off" may not be a bad thing.
Looks like an absolutely gorgeous place to both visit and live. Adding it to my list of places to visit post Covid.
There is no post-Covid. This is the "New Normal".
@@armchairquarterback2672 No, this is the "temporary normal."
Doctor James Nope. They’re never gonna reopen, not until we force them to.
@@YOTSUBA_desu "Force them to?" That sounds very unsettling. How do you plan to force them to?
Doctor James The federal government thinks it can tell you what to do and this is how you reply? What a joke.
I'm going there in the near future God willing ....
Don't worry. He never stops anyone from doing anything they want to do. Seriously.
You wont
I am currently in Ethiopia but I will win DV 2022 in May and also love to see that part of US
Jesus Christ is the kings of king!
@@tesstefera6334 John 10:10
@@Brucev7
Abundant life in Jesus’s name
Amen!
The more you know NEVER HEARD OF POINT ROBERTS UNTIL NOW.
I've been watching lots of Twilight Zone episodes lately and this sounds like something taken right from the creative mind of Rod Serling.
I was thinking the thing!
How does the grocery store get its inventory?
61 cents for gas?????
No. That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon.
4:56 Interesting to me that the gas is priced in liters even though this is in the US. I guess it’s to make it more attractive for Canadians to fill up on the American side by pricing in liters (making the price seem low) vs gallons which would make the price look real high to Canadians
So Canadians will come to bellingham wa and just stuff their cars full of gas, some will even fill up garbage cans full of gas and will buy up all the milk and dairy products in Costco because its so much cheaper here.
@@13craj yeah I know that's what I said its cheaper
@@StoneyCrow That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon
My Dad's other house is there. He's stuck in Santa Fe until things clear up.
Clearly a man made problem here. Why can't the state departments of both countries get together and say: for a certain period (until covid ends) Point Roberts residents will be considered Canadian for travel into and out of Canada and good and services can enter from Canada.
they can move between borders now, story is outdated
www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/icymi-canada-makes-border-exemption-point-roberts-residents
Couldn’t they get vaccinated by Canada under certain special circumstance or agreement with US?
Sure, like we do with other countries we border. Maybe we could sieze some Canadian children and hold them from their parents until Canada lets us make the rules
@@biggybiggy84 and I thought you were going to blame contrails.
Ask Trump. He’s the reason the border was closed.
@@biggybiggy84 Be sure you get yours.
If this place becomes a part of Canada, it would've been a better place for all the residents.
Resilience is a good thing but I agree with the police officer, sometimes it makes people forget that you exist just because they think you are too resilient. This applies even to us individuals. When you seem so strong and independent, other people, even your own family, won't bother to even ask you: Are you okay?
It’s the quiet ones you have to worry about.
They only IMAGINED they were independent.
The border crossing which serves Point Roberts should be opened up, by special agreement between both governments. Stranding an entire town, is absolutely nuts.
Its bureaucracy gone mad.
omg make an exception for these people and lets move on...
You're asking a socialist government to be compassionate. I wish :(
They are allowed essential travel as of February 17, hopefully the package delivery service would be able to run their deliveries.
@@Ryan-dc6lj Can you even define “socialist”??? Trump doesn’t care. Said so himself. Biden is far more caring and is like to help them.
ya I promise you missing your house isnt like
missing a dead family member.
And then there are places in Alaska where there was almost no moaning, total isolation, and 0 cases of COVID. That's right. Zero.
Places with zero people have zero diseases. The populated areas of Alaska have had 58,000 cases so far.
@@bernoulli9047 conspiracy theorists hate specifics. Adore generalisations.
when the border opens, I am going there..
If you're a U.S. resident, you may go there now. Charter a boat.
Me too.
Living in Washington I never heard of this place. hope all goes well with the people. Good luck
Knowing what we know now, this is why we the people need to keep our governments in check. This was as bs, totally unnecessary.
One thing this story made me wonder about: schools. Do they have a school?
They have a small school for elementary, but the high schoolers go to school in america
All of them have to have a passport
High school kids gotta get on a bus, cross the border twice and go to school in Blaine,WA.
What a beautiful community. Wishing your residents all the best .
A few thousand
Reminds me of Hyder Alaska and Stewart British Columbia.
N.W. Angle/Angle Inlet, Minnesota too.
Hahaha took what I thought was going to be a short cut one time off the AlCan Highway going to Washington and drove & drove and maybe saw 4 pickups and ended up in Stewart B.C.agh dead end turned around and got back on the AlCan Highway quite the adventure nonetheless. Lived in Kenai / Soldotna for 8 years
I want to visit or move there.
What!?!?! 66 cents for gas? That is marvelous! I am sick of paying between $3-$5 in gas!
priced in liters, so about $2.53 per gallon
It’s going to get a lot worse with Biden in the Whitehouse
That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon
I’ve been to Pt Roberts a few times. It is a beautiful location but all of Puget Sound and the surrounding bodies of water are beautiful.
That Canadian woman complaining about not being able to visit her summer home needs to get a grip. Calling it “like a death” is disgraceful in light of how many have actually died from covid.
SAD ALL BECAUSE 1 PERSON THOUGHT COVID WOULD GO AWAY WHEN THE WEATHER GOT HOT
Governments being stupid.
This place is pretty interesting. Lots of opportunities to build essential businesses and buildings
But maybe the locals don't really want that... with exception of a few
@@aslanjudah33 that's why i mentioned "essential" businesses hehehe ✌🏻
What a beautiful and unique place I truly hope this town gets back on its feet and gets the help they need and rightly deserve.💙❤
This could be the death of many small towns. People are going to have to move. Been there. Sad.
95 percent of the US isnt in lockdown and has not been in lockdown since june of 2020. The only states in lockdowns still are really liberal coastal states and obviously Canada because of how nutty they are. Here in MIssouri, (and almost every other state in the country) has had schools, bars, restaurants, etc. open since last summer. Nothing is in lockdown so the idea that this is the death of small towns. Nope! I do feel bad for people living in Washington state, California, and the North East. Where governors care more about optics than what actually saves lives.
Somebody's grandma
That's the UN Agenda 2030, 10 Mega Regions.
The Death of the World for the "New World Order" aka "Reset".
FEMA CONCENTRATION CAMPS ARE ALREADY BUILT IN AMERICA, THEY HAVE BEEN READY FOR YEARS.
Just like the gvt did to the Natives, pushed to on to Reservations.
We are Slaves to this Fraud system.
WAKE UP WE ARE LIVING THE 1930's OF GERMANY.
99% recovery, 💉👹💉👹.
DO NOT CONSENT, your grand children will be living under COMMUNISM.
You honestly expect me to believe that nobody crosses those yellow stones? That is the most absurd thing I have ever heard......
At similar crossings in New England, people used to cross all the time pre-9/11 but (mostly) stopped after that because Border Patrol basically became militarized and the penalties aren't worth it. Before you'd get a stern look and a "Don't do that again" if you were a local who got caught, but now you're looking at federal prison and losing the right to ever cross again. Environment in border towns totally changed under DHS. I imagine Point Roberts might be the same.
@@SweetSirenia i still don't believe it. They're letting illegals cross all the time now........
"Sometimes you can be resilient...people forget you are here." I think the Natl Gaurd should set up a clinic and a Ferry/ ship and Postal Delivery ...get these people some help! Washington's Governor doesn't care about these people?
The packages makes sense.
I have friends who came to u.s every few months and would return with a suitcase full of items they shipped to their u.s addr
I was thinking they should go to that yellow barrier and pass them over to the recipients.
I don't understand why she doesn't throw them over the yellow bricks in the dead of night.
Because the Border Patrol will hunt you down, and may decide to arrest you for doing that. They have cameras and sensors to detect human presence all along that "yellow barrier." Someone recently decided to be "cute" and order Doordash food from Canada to be handed over the barrier, and the driver is now in deep... you know what.
@@Sir_Reality you are correct they even have cameras in the middle of no where, hard to physically access areas
“Jumping” the border changed after 9/11, there’s a piece of the border in Maine that runs down the curb line of a street, the street is in the US, the houses are in Canada, to leave your own house and come back home you need to go to the nearest checkpoints, otherwise you’re illegally entering either nation. The only exemption, the golf course has is parking lot on the wrong side of the line, but you can park and play without using the checkpoint since there’s no other real way off the golf course but back out into the parking lot across the street.
There’s also a town in Vermont where the borderline cuts houses and a library in half.
Had a family member lived there for a while. It was a very cool place to go and swim
Take your wet suit!
Sending Prayers and Hope for Point Robert's 🙏 may you thrive and be productive again soon...
Man, that Bridge to nowhere that was built in Alaska could’ve been built right here
It’s quite a long way from there to the rest of the state, even over the water.
It's obvious that special accommodations could be made for them since their situation is so unusual.
These people need HELP!!! People want to make jokes or say, "I wanna go there post-covid.". But, this is a crisis for them. They need HELP. How can they get the HELP they need? What can be done for them? I cannot help these people, unfortunately. I would if I could. I'm a paralyzed person in a nursing home. But, there has to be someone, somewhere that can HELP these people. They are American citizens as well. What can be done?
SAY WHAT !?!? At 4:55 the gas sign is showing LESS THAN A DOLLAR for gas !?!? Is there something wrong with the sign !?!?
No. That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon.
As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon.
There you go buddy, when all those Canadians come across, hi-jak the first dr. Feed him well of course and let him go at the end of the day. Then, send pigeons down south. We’ll get you supplies airdropped if need be
How is the grocery store getting it's fresh produce and meat and all that stuff?
Amazon. They'll find ya.
So if everything is so cut off, how are the stores shelves stocked? How are they getting food and other supplies?
Let's crowdsource for a floating boat market.
Omg Jane is still alive? And she is as awesome as ever. Love that voice
This is why we need a Universal Basic Income.
We don't need UBI. We need to chloroform the FEDERAL RESERVE ACT and purge the corruption out of our governments.
That lady might have no choice if the operation costs more than the profit , but if raise the price then the customer will not come , but walk across the border to buy grocery !
There is no logical reason why these people shouldn't be able to have some kind of ID card enabling them to travel through Canada not stopping at all until they get back in the US. Another example of how unreasonable this covid-19 restriction stuff can be.
You may have missed it, but there's ferry service between the town and Washington State. Hundreds of thousands of Americans live on islands where that is the only access, covid or no covid . I lived on Catalina for a few years, 26 miles offshore of LA, and the ferry served the people well.
@@maplebones It is "foot ferry" only. Not automobile ferry. Also, it only runs a couple of days/week, and often cancels due to bad sea conditions... leaving passengers stranded.
4:56 why gas prices so low? .66 cents a gallon?
That is probably the price per liter.
@@billnorswether3720 thanks
No. That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon.
Wow I didn't even know this place was there,prayers for a end to this pandemic and a return of people to their town.
There's a level of bureaucratic idiocy here that is difficult to fathom.
I'm totally going there.
In this case, if I was a Canadian or American customs officer, I would turn a blind eye and let things return to normal.
Oh wow I’m moving here 👌
There is also the Northwest Angle which is a part of MN in Canada
3:44..never realized there are palm trees that far north
How do they get food for the grocery store if they can't travel?
So, without hospital 🏥/Drs/Pharmacy, that means everyone is healthy? What about the death toll there? This is very interesting that only one person living there had the virus 🦠. I’m going to read more about this😳🥺🧐
There is an island in the Chesaleake Bay with old time residents but no doctor. He ferries in at designated times during the week along with the mail and supplies. Most live off of fishing and tourism.
@@user-lu2tb9nc3x I just fine this fascinating.❤️
How did the news crew get there?
Through Canada.
I'm from Washington and didn't even know this place existed 😭
@Randall Johnson hahahah u are too dense
@Randall Johnson Wow! You have made many hateful comments on here lol. Is belittling people all you do. Maybe you should try to teach people in a respectful manor. Just because someone doesn’t know something that you do doesn’t make you better.
The Northwest Angle in Minnesota is in the same boat. Can't get there by land without crossing in and out of Canada.
Big question: How'd the reporter and news team get there? I hope he brought stuff for them.
there is a ferry to the US
@@alexm566 I was wondering how expensive it is to take if the residents can't afford it.
You can easily charter a boat there from the mainland or from the San Juan Islands.
@@medmark77 'Easily?' Are you kidding, or just lacking in knowledge? The cost is prohibitive, and it's not a quick trip. I own a boat, and depending on whether I want to blow lots of fuel or go the slow trawling route, it's either very costly in fuel or takes a long long time.
@@batpoet1 I didn't say it was cheap, or fast. But it can be done any day that the weather allows it. The question I was answering was about how the reporter got there, not how the residents can move about. I have been an Orcas islander for 30 years. I know what I am saying.
Heartbreaking!! Things need to change!!!
Gift the land to Canada and save those folks the hassle.
One year later. I hope that they are doing ok ❤️
Sounds like a miserable place to live. No vets, no doctors,?
Well, to be fair it is gorgeous there.. But that is scary that there isn't medical anything there.
And they’re used to crossing the border for those sorts of needs.
@@juan7559 You have no idea what you are talking about.
@@juan7559 America, including the United States, is a vast and diverse land. Not every part of it is for everyone.
I hated living in the Midwest, but I also support and defend those who do live there.
@@juan7559 Those are three of the most beautiful - and diverse - states in our wonderful country.
What do people do if they have a major health crisis?
My mind exploded when I saw how cheap unleaded fuel costs. Until I realized they sell it in liters lmfao
That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon. As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon
Why doesn't the US simply issue ID cards to Point Roberts residents, and Canada honor them, so those residents can pass through the checkpoints?
sooo close to getting that healthcare
Anyone else notice the gas station prices, $0.66 for gas or diesel. I wish I could go there just for that, rest of the US is climbing to $4/gallon for gasoline alone.
Imperial gallon
No. That's 0.669 USD per _liter_ . Multiply by 3.78541 to get USD per gallon. so it's 2.53 USD per gallon.
As of May 2023, that same Can-Am gas station sells it at 1.159 USD per liter or 4.39 USD per gallon.