For These Border Towns, The Only Wall Here is a Row of Potted Plants

The international boundary cuts through houses, public institutions, main roads... and that's just how it's always been for Derby Line, Vt. and Stanstead, Quebec residents.
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[@kalbitmalbit2312]

I used to live there my bed room was located in US side kitchen in Canada I always cross border when got hungry

[@MrPaulosophy]

Imagine having to show a passport just to get a sandwich.

[@kirchoffkyle]

@@MrPaulosophy imagine you had left it on the other side of the house and now you can't get back

[@felsinferguson1125]

Puts a whole new spin on the old Taco Bell "Make a run for the border" catch-phrase. :)

[@jasonlacroix6083]

Was there a border Patrol agent stationed in your house?

[@buckeye5689]

@@jasonlacroix6083 is that a serious question

[@carbidegrd1]

I grew up on the Canadian side of the Detroit river. We would canoe over to Trenton and hang out with kids on the US side. No one cared. Now there are boat loads of clown suited goons controlling everyone's movement. It amazes me how quickly we kneel to authority.

[@Jacksirrom]

And all those goons get paid better than American teachers!

[@PercocetPete]

Thank the patriot act voted by the people you voted for

[@mustafatongur5436]

it has to be like that because world we are living in is not the same anymore. lots of bad people lurking around. for security reason and my protection i wouldrather have some security guards watching out than criminals or illegals break in

[@carbidegrd1]

@@mustafatongur5436 and third world scum

[@WhatsCookingTime]

All started with 9/11 stupid Patriot act which had nothing to do with patriotism just control

[@fionaanimates8692]

I love how despite the border annoyances, they still are peaceful.

[@sErgEantaEgis12]

There's been a lot of back and forth immigration over the years, British subjects fled the USA after 1783 and settled there because they weren't exactly welcome anymore in the USA. From roughly the 1850s to WW2 there were on and off economic woes in Quebec and many French-Canadians moved to New England for work (to this day Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are the only states where French, not Spanish is the second most spoken language, it's not rare to see people, streets or businesses with French-Canadian names like Poulin, Chaput or Perrault even though they may not be able to speak French). So there's a lot of ethnic overlap between those two communities. The region is also sparsely populated and the closest store for a particular need or object may very well be on the other side of the border. So there's an incentive for things to stay peaceful.

[@taurene]

so the couple had a long distance relationship just a potted plants away

[@thefareplayer2254]

Note to self: if you hurt yourself, do it on the Canadian side so you get healthcare.

[@joejohnson3441]

America has healthcare. It's just not all taxpayer funded like in Canada

[@FfFf-gi1hd]

Note to self: if you want more economic opportunity, the right to bear arms, and more. Go to the American side

[@thefareplayer2254]

@@FfFf-gi1hd Lol already on that side. Low minimum wages, guns killing innocent people every day, dumbasses who are racist bigots who try to overthrow the government over a personality cult. Although I'll concede the US has better passenger rail, but that's comparing mole hills to mountains. And the US is just naturally warmer, albeit to the extreme in places.

[@joejohnson3441]

Not only does America have healthcare, but it also has a much better 'quality' healthcare than anything found in Canada! There's a reason why so many Canadians travel across the border to seek treatment for diseases that would be a certain death sentence in Canada! Just take Buffalo, NY as an example. It has some of the world's best cancer treatment centers and research facilities. It also has almost as many MRI units as all of Ontario, Canada all within a short drive for millions of Canadians! So to recap, the profit motive almost always results in better quality healthcare, while government run, taxpayer funded healthcare is almost always of 'poor' quality just like pretty much everything else that is mismanaged by government.

[@joejohnson3441]

@@thefareplayer2254 The average American earns 'more' than the average Canadian and the cost of living in America is much lower. 'Guns killing innocent people' ....really....all you have to do is have a look at the Toronto TV news programs to hear about innocent Canadians getting gunned down each and every day! And if you took the time to 'listen' to the other side instead of being a 'narrow minded ignorant lefty' you would actually see that most of the hatred is from the Left. You are the real intolerant bigots.

[@sydnierosenfeld8229]

Let's say someone gave birth to twins in that apartment and they were born on opposite sides of the apartment would that mean they were born in 2 different countries

[@kevinkoffenberger3819]

Robert Utterbach

[@kevinkoffenberger3819]

Robert Utterbach sorry.. had a fat finger reply... thats a good question .... it would only result in exorbitant fees paid to one or the other government to establish citizenship

[@daradiant1]

If each parent is a different citizenship, they automatically get both citizenship for each country. I remember this earlier this year about Bronx rapper Peter Gunz and his German wife Amina Buddafly. The kids automatically become both citizens. Now that is cool.

[@daradiant1]

*****​ Yep. If U see what I said above right. Peter is an American born. But his wife is German born, but they got married in New York. She still doesn't have her green card yet. Their daughters are US born, but if their parents were to divorce and the mother moves back to Germany, they are automatically German citizens thru their mother.

[@daradiant1]

***** That what I said. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@lambosforusal]

it's funny I live in Holland and we have these villages too on the border with Belgium

[@thomaspeterson1006]

Ricardo Hernandez I know. It's amazing.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

And thankfully the only headaches they receive is which country they have to pay their taxes to!

[@simonkraemer3725]

But we europeans have Schengen!

[@afox5319]

EWE! Sorry but Kruzies (kanzler of austria) makes the best and biggest walls at Spielfeld

[@afox5319]

Ricardo Hernandez Weed on the one side, waffles on the other. thats the high live

[@RealHexJoker]

theres no fucking terror threat there

[@lism392]

I'm sorry, hold on.... WHERE IS THE OTHER TERROR THREAT? you're not implying there's a terror threat from mexico are you? Because that is unprecedented.

[@slightlyvisible8448]

You can't be serious. Have you been ignoring the massive illegal immigration problem from Mexico for the past 30 years?

[@lism392]

that. is not. terrorism.

[@lism392]

wtf is wrong with you that you equate people FLEEING TO AMERICA with terrorism.

[@lism392]

they are actually not the same thing at all. Im not going to argue that theres an illegal immigration problem, sure, but for GODS SAKE don't equate that with terror. Terrorism is the murder, bombing, and destruction of people for a political movement. Moving to america illegally is not murderous OR political. I am so put back by the fact that you think these things are the same. Not only is it a shitty morality, it's also just false by definition. What you said is just as incorrect as saying "maria eats breakfast, therefore she is a gymnast". It's actually garbage and nonsense.

[@flippinin]

I feel like the people of this town should have dual citizenship, it would make their lives much easier.

[@korytoombs886]

How so, you still need to cross the border checkpoint???????????????? What they need to do it put the checkpoint on the town entrance and exit perhaps.

[@CherryCokeNixon]

When you have two prosperous countries, you’re not going to have problems with borders. Canadians aren’t dying to come to the United States and Americans aren’t dying to come to Canada. Totally incomparable to the situation on the southern border.

[@alBngnnuyn8070]

That is true.!

[@dlivex9492]

Wow you forgot about Mexico which they are apart of us to and they are our Neighbors.

[@alBngnnuyn8070]

@@dlivex9492 Yeah but Mexicans desperately want to come to USA and Canada to avoid gang and drug issues.

[@igotanM16]

@Dlive X Mexico is nothing like the US or Canada. Mexico teeters on 3rd world status and is in the midst of a brutal civil war.

[@tyleranimated2334]

@@dlivex9492 “southern border”

[@Religious_man]

Kudos to everyone there who are respectful and spend time with each other beyond the borders and beyond the differences. I like to see this with everyone.

[@justg94]

that's because both locals have good jobs and are educated. dont even make comparisons to any borders around america down south because there isn't any

[@animalmother7298]

exactly

[@leechmaster21]

That and they're white.

[@TheKingOfBeans]

Dani Mark I think that was the point?

[@hollowkid97]

Your Mother Canada is one of the most diverse countries. They're not all white

[@mayhem7182]

@@animalmother7298 ⁰

[@juliezaremskiy3635]

I love how ABC is comparing Canada to Mexico, Hello! It's CANADA! No illegal immigration coming from the north.

[@MegaBallPowerBall]

Nathan Zaremskiy Of the 12 million illegal immigrants, 650,000 are Canadians. But they're largely white so no one gives a shit.

[@djmaster1995]

It's not that they are white, it's that they are educated and have money.

[@sion8]

Before the militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border Mexicans came and went in a similar fashion as Canadians did before 9/11, however, fears of working migrants from Mexico made policy changes happen quickly compared to U.S.-Canada border towns, so the sudden change may stay as it is now or get worse like it did with Mexico, who knows.

[@Flabulo]

Why do you have to make it a racial thing? This was never a racial thing.

[@alfredjohnson3642]

What a fucken idiot since 2008 there are more mexixans leaving that mexicans coming in

[@PerthTowne]

That's a lovely story.

[@mrknotthall]

I’m American and I love Canada. These 2 countries and people should get along for the sake and safety of everybody.

[@MegaFuncrusher]

God, it makes me so sad that the border with Canada isn’t as fluid as it was just 20 or so years ago. What a shame we’ve allowed fear to rule over us in this way.

[@tinadailey1297]

What a wonderful little town , everyone NEEDS to get along with their neighbors like these folks! Great little town!🐧🌨🌫🌬❄⛄💖

[@KingDuckGuy]

This just shows the close relationship between the u.s and Canada.

[@KingDuckGuy]

+christina hollcroft right....

[@iored]

+christina hollcroft We did build a wall. A wall of flower pots. The US put a gate up.

[@ajgerbi]

Christina Driskill - Wow. The left is so tolerant... and *hypocritical*

[@Fo4assaultriflefan92]

@@faiwybeawy8610 hows that wall going?

[@dennisbowen452]

theyre siblings at heart. canada is the younger brother or sister.

[@hikaru-live]

At least set up a border buffer zone here, so the residents of the border towns can visit each other with just their driver licenses without reporting to customs, border control or immigration. Certain jobs like town sheriffs and fire brigade can be held or led by folks with dual citizenship and holds dual authorization, so only one team of those is needed for border buffer towns, saving both confusion and cost. Given US and Canada, a Schengen-like arrangement might be preferred.

[@r.j.9873]

Omg, Canusa Avenue. CANada and USA. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@omargoalzz]

Rue Canusa* Canusa Street*

[@moewilson4605]

Nice how two communities come together as one. Mexico/USA relations is another whole world of difference.

[@a.k.4085]

@James BondAgree.

[@timherold6347]

I know, isn't imperialism nice?

[@jaycristoval6155]

Yes, but and outsider (like me) cannot even tell the difference between Americans and Canadians. They are one people as far as we are concerned. This is definitely not the case of Americans and Mexicans.

[@MrCedricPeterson]

@@jaycristoval6155 So because Mexicans are brown it makes a big ass difference in how they should be treated?

[@jaycristoval6155]

@@MrCedricPeterson I'm Spanish you jackass.... we have to control our Southern coastal border for the safety of the migrants in addition to our own safety. The same is true for the Americans.

[@berkshirekatie8069]

this is like Lifford and Strabane in Northern Ireland

[@ESUSAMEX]

I am American and I used to live near the US/Canada border in NY during the early 1990s. I also have lived in Mexico. The northern border is safer because Canada and the US work together, there's more trust. The southern border is a completely different story. Mexico is corrupt and their federal police are not trustworthy. In fact, the Mexican government encourages its people to go to the US. This does two important things: it lowers the number of Mexicans needing a job in Mexico, while increasing the remittances sent to Mexico from the US. Tourism and remittances are the largest money makers for Mexico.

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

True, the Mexican-USA thing is so different than the USA-Canada thing.....just to put it mildly...

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

The social economic and cultural thing is what I meant

[@crazyluo5811]

Its true right now Mexico is just not safe as it used to be, my grandma lives in Mexico and I planned to visit her during the summer but she said no because of the danger.

[@sbthatkid8717]

ESUSAMEX I have family in Mexico and know for a fact that the government doesn’t encourage its people to go to the US. Plus there are volunteer groups that are on the Mexican side of the border that are there to deter people crossing the border. As for the person saying that they are feeding off the US healthcare, people cant use the US healthcare or any benefits for a matter of a fact if you don’t have a social security number. And if you come her illegal as hard as it may be to believe , you cant get a social security number......

[@reflectionsinthebible3579]

Unkown Info what part? we are being begged to go visit them but I did hear of one death there recently and when I wanted to know more they were hush hush.

[@lospauljoseph1]

"why do we treat the southern border so much differently" Probably has something to do with the rampant smuggling of fentanyl, heroin, black market weapons and sex trafficking.... Just a guess though

[@RomanGeneral27]

You are right and just a correction to that comment is the fact that american made guns turn up in Mexico at the hands of cartels that end up killing innocent Mexicans, and lately an American border patrol agent, all without the alleged knowledge of the US government. Well guns have always been a big business. So yeah its a partial truth what you just said.

[@ErnieKings27]

When I went as an exchange student ti t he USA back in 2011 we found out the USA was letting weapons in illegally to get the drug gangs very well equipped. Also, drug trafficking wouldn’t be a thing if there wasn’t a big market of consumers in the USA. I’ve been to the USA once and to Europe twice ever since were I can get it only with my passport.

[@Modrunnermusic]

Facts.

[@papajhonsreal]

I somehow doubt those things are coming from Canada.

[@pickinforalivin]

the US doesn't have a long history of arming and destabilizing regions of canada which is why the borders are different.

[@Draktand01]

The US and Canada should make a Schengen type union.

[@TheXGamers]

That's so cool! I go to school here at Stanstead College right now as writing this I am in the dorm. I have played curling at the club they showed,I have gone to that library I have crossed through the border, I never thought Stanstead would get attention from the media I recognize a lot of places in the video.

[@Tinykittens1]

The X Gamer but ur bio on ur yt channel saids ur 13? So how are in college?

[@GladiatorGaming]

But many Canadians on that side don't sell drugs unlike in mexico its a problem

[@DJKiDDKlashez]

GladiatorGaming the plants don't grow in cold climate dingus. Narcotics are nearly impossible to create. Mexico is humid and tropical.

[@chasetonga]

I.T. Intern Greenhouses and hydroponics.

[@GladiatorGaming]

I.T. Intern ok that makes more sense

[@alfredjohnson3642]

What a fucken idiot BC is one of the places that produces more drugs but you are way too stupid to know that, hahahahha

[@GladiatorGaming]

agroeconomist 77 well if your calling me an idiot at least I can spell

[@voli293]

I love the small town in America they seem so fun to be in

[@fionaanimates8692]

This community is so nice!

[@noramartin9347]

There’s a place just like this in up state Minnesota one side Canada the other side of the street is USA awesome I wanna move there

[@traceylafontaine8893]

Beautiful area 🤩🥰 Fitch bay, QC has lavender fields called blue lavande beautiful field trip with activities during the warmer months ⚜🥰👌

[@evathebeaver8339]

I live in australia and we are basically on an island so it’s really weird to see two countries in the same house.

[@alanhowitzer]

Point Roberts, Washington state is isolated by water as well, but part of the US.

[@Sloppyplane37]

Alan Fox so is the northwest corner in Minnesota

[@GladiatorGaming]

I wonder how cell service works like if you have T-Mobile and you went from the us side to the Canadian side would it automatically switch to bell wireless or would you still have t-mobile until your too far into Canada

[@AntoineLeGrand610]

GladiatorGaming cellular network usually overlaps part of the border. I would guess that as long as you stay in the town you shouldn't have any issue.

[@GladiatorGaming]

AntoineLeGrand lol ok that's what i was thinking because I'm like do they jam the cell signal like they do in hobby lobby or Walgreen's

[@user-bm4di5ns4g]

I sure hope that those places aren't intentionally using a device to jam cell signals as that is a felony.

[@elizabethlupo]

Not sure about this area, but I lived on Lake St. Clair, where the lake was the only thing separating us from Canada. I did get charged for international roaming charges when the signal coming from Canada was stronger than the one coming from the closest tower in the United States. I know some people had consistent problems with this where even in their American house it was always getting a Canadian signal the majority of the time and they were constantly having to argue with the phone company to get the charges taken off

[@GladiatorGaming]

Elizabeth Lupo hmm interesting

[@McIntec]

So if you live in the house that sits on the border line. You can have US and Canadian Netflix? Which home insurance would you go for? Canadian or US? Do you get to pick?

[@jim394]

3:46 For curling, are you allowed to cross the other side of the ice inside ht building only or do you have to stay behind your line? Heard the library is anything goes but its the only building I hear that allows it?

[@keiishine]

I wish we can find out who does the drug deals so we can prevent them from coming into US. I hope the people from Mexico who need help can get help

[@daradiant1]

Do U need to use your passport for the library?

[@TheXGamers]

Ceylon M No you just walk on the sidewalk and enter.

[@wilrobles9824]

I would just ask someone from the other side to get the book I need.

[@a.k.4085]

@@wilrobles9824 lol

[@leebot558]

@@wilrobles9824 be like just throw it across

[@lospauljoseph1]

@@wilrobles9824 lol

[@Broken-Flesh]

I remember being able to cross the border freely bedore 9-11. Use to go to North Dakota for hockey games.

[@XeRo333]

Canada looks so beautiful!! My wife and I are planning to one day make the move to Canada!

[@Zenxolu]

Cool, here's a fun fact, nobody here gives a rats ass about your life, next time keep you and your muffhags life to yourself.

[@Greg29]

US flag is displayed incorrectly in the window next to the Canadian flag.

[@bethanymcteare2795]

don't be so picky !!

[@Greg29]

Bethany Mcteare sorry it's my OCD

[@bethanymcteare2795]

Greg Egan oh ok sorry about that I don't mean to sound hostile

[@tallman11282]

R Hamlet According to the flag code when the American flag is hung vertically in a window (or on a wall, etc.) the stars should be to the left when viewed from the outside.

[@timothy9434]

Greg Egan who cares.

[@tommysoprano1441]

Love to visit there one day

[@Sarbet888]

what happen if I build a house right on the boarder line? am I Canadian or American? how wide is this line? can a one bed room small house fit inside this line?

[@asd36f]

0:57 - can you fit any more signs on that telegraph pole? :-)

[@bentheqb4540]

Wouldn’t it make more sense if the US and Canada came together and redrew the border line to go through remote areas and not break up communities. They could agree to each claim half of the communities to be fully part of one country. Problem solved

[@mrzed2349]

In my humble American opinion the border with Canada should be abolished

[@AnonymousUser77254]

mr zed do you think state borders should be abolished too? The border has important legislative implications.

[@mrzed2349]

Sybrand Botes we have a lot in common with the Canadians. The coming and going of goods between our two countries benefits everyone. I know the European model isn't working well but we're different. State borders should stay just for easier internal governing.

[@trolljones4386]

I don't think that however i do believe open travel should be allowed (no bullshit passport or customs ass fucking to deal with).

[@hanab3894]

In my humble canadian opinion..... no thanks XD

[@mrzed2349]

Hana Briakli why . We need your water

[@laurenandseth]

Such a cool town. I wanna go to the library and read a book on the Canada side 😆

[@slapshot68]

U need to be vaccinated to do that

[@jameswestervelt4263]

It’s too bad the American Government has become so controlling about these things.

[@laloveisbad88]

I wouldn't leave Canada for the US and I'm American.

[@ajgerbi]

EWE! - you don’t know their story. She can’t just go back to the U.S. without a job. For all we know, she’s in Canada for work and she can’t just leave. Just saying..

[@margamez9801]

Canada is WAY better than the US in general

[@ajgerbi]

XmenGames YT - I’ve been to Canada. I prefer the U.S., mainly because there’s nothing interesting in Canada to do.

[@sedikm]

Dwight K. Shrute Assistant To the Regional Manager LOL Where did you visit in Canada??? There os hella lot to do here, if not we wouldn't have so much tourism. 😂😂

[@robertwalls5794]

Using the American & Canadian border for comparison to the America & Mexico border is extremely lame and ill informing. Two totally different situations.

[@blueshky]

It's cool that they are from different countries, but the same neighborhood.

[@ikilleduku]

I cries at the travel across the world to see her thing, that guys a keeper

[@masterofpuppets5072]

If I had a girl I would do the same thing

[@dothedeed]

why dont they just have a referendum and vote which country the whole town will be in?

[@want2seeall]

dothedeed "Not this again!!!"

[@weezyw6244]

dothedeed The two ridings would have to extend to the point where each side (Canadian/American) is equal in population. That could mean that it would go 5 miles into the states, and 15 miles inland into Canada. I think it's a good idea, if the winning side gives citizenship to all residents so that they dont feel like they lost their home and rights.

[@dothedeed]

Weezy W I mean they can keep w/e citizenship they already have, but move the check point somewhere outside the actual town

[@Columbia1867]

I think they should just move the US border controls south and the Canadian border controls north so that the town itself has no enforced border controls.

[@-Faris-]

So one side of the town is kind, and the other one is loud.

[@Tac0Tuesday91]

Faris Zurub omg. That’s so funny. I guess it’s not that bad of a stereo type to be kind is it?

[@joejohnson3441]

....did you mean 'kind of French and obnoxious' ?

[@greattobeadub]

For European eyes, this is crazy. The USA and Canada need to grow up and have a common external border system.

[@keithsmall6117]

Children of a common mother...is what I read at the Peace Arch....and below...May these gates never be closed...

[@faiwybeawy8610]

two different dmvs?

[@Celtic_Amy]

Is there a hospital in this town... if so which side of the boarder is it on?

[@jayit6851]

I would imagine each side has it's own health care centre.

[@MeiDouthitt]

This is not a trivial question. There was a report talking about Trump supporters along the US-Mexico border having their land divided by the wall. Some people actually live in a sort of no-mans land between the American border wall and the Mexican border - when they called 911 to report their house on fire - the fire department had troubles finding the house because they had to go *through* the checkpoint gate in the border wall to get there. Seriously, I doubt if the towns in this case have hospitals on both sides - but I would be sure they do now. And its not just hospitals - what about other first responders such as the fire department or the police department? Suppose a fire happens on the Canadian side, and the fire department is across the street on the American side - but the Canadian fire department is across town - or the American side has the proper equipment but the Canadian side does not... who answers the fire? What if the American hospital has an air ambulance, and the Canadian hospital does not - and someone is critically hurt on the Canadian side? Does the American air ambulance just let it happen? Or do they arrive late to the scene because of border red tape?

[@bgorveatt]

Americans will still have to pay. It's free only to Canadian citizens.

[@sErgEantaEgis12]

There isn't a hospital in Stanstead, the closest are in Magog and Coaticook (roughly 25 minutes away by car).

[@marcothiago5549]

People acting like there isn't a reason why the northern border and southern border aren't the same LMFAOOO Southern Border: 2,700,000 Illegal crossings in 2022 alone Northern Border: 2,250 Illegal crossings in 2022 alone

[@anniefitzsimmons4003]

Someone should do a movie about this border.

[@kkknotcool]

They should deliver babies on the line so they get dual citizenship. I would have loved it if my mom had done that for me and I have very little desire to go to Canada. It would just be nice to have options.

[@fk8684]

Canadas looking pretty good right now

[@kkknotcool]

@@fk8684 Maybe if they get rid of Trudeau. He's the only person on the world stage making Donald Trump look reasonable.

[@come1atmebro]

@@kkknotcool so how’s Biden doing ? now trump suddenly looks like the night in shinning armour, eh?

[@Emilyrsps]

Love the Vermont accent!

[@Emilyrsps]

@Robo The historical guy does. The ways he says his rs sounds just like my grandpa. I grew up in Barnet.

[@cheerbozz]

@@Emilyrsps Majority of Vermont folks are Acadians (⚜️French ancestry) like Louisiana, Quebec, New Brunswick provinces of Canada. The current PM of Canada Justin Trudeau is French.

[@callofthecthulhu4148]

I love this type of architecture.

[@AlexsaurusRex]

Anyone know where I can find the song at 0:34? Or what specific genre it is?

[@kryptoart87]

now as soon as we get Bush and Cheney in prison for 9/11 the sooner that town can go back to the way it was.

[@laloveisbad88]

👏👏👏

[@leechmaster21]

Make sure it's co-ed so they can tag-team that hag Shillary

[@laloveisbad88]

Your Mother She had nothing to do with 9/11. You Trump supporters are remedial...

[@CosbyTheCaterpillar]

What I think is just as weird as this: Downtown Detroit. Look at it on Google Maps. It's LITERALLY right next to Canada. You have downtown Detroit, and right next to that is a river, that river is what divides US and Canada. On the other side is Windsor Canada, where you can stand and get a CLEAR view of downtown Detroit, like being right there next to it, without even being in the United States.

[@86Wutang86]

ClearSky Productions I wish we could move that gross city somewhere closer to the Mexico border

[@95bochamp]

So, you think it's weird that people can see what's on the opposite side of a river? OK.....

[@rambro1stbud]

Even weirder: it's the only city where you can drive SOUTH into Canada.

[@rogerkreil3314]

The Alberta border town is called Coutts. The Montana side is called Sweet Grass.

[@translanguager]

Wonderful

[@ebrxh2721]

What currency do thay use?

[@darrenbarnes9604]

Excellent Ebs ! That's a great question

[@JHA854]

Excellent Ebs ! Most stores in Canada accept both USD and CAD, I doubt it would matter, you just have to adjust the pricing for the exchange rate, that's how it works everywhere else.

[@RedWingedAngel7]

J Hughes Canadian stores don't usually accept US Dollars outside of border regions or touristy areas

[@JHA854]

RedWingedAngel7 Oh that makes sense. I live a few hours from the USA and I've never seen a store that didn't accept it. I guess mid/northern towns wouldn't get much tourism from the States.

[@andmos1001]

J Hughes I heard that 1 USD is 1 Canadian dollar.

[@2plus2equals59]

Now imagine the border between S Korea & N Korea 🤔

[@rpm1796]

Potted 155mm plants.

[@shocktrauma85]

@@rpm1796 With potted land mines.

[@jasonlawrence2143]

Were those yucca plants in the pots? Or an ornamental grass?

[@chipskylark5086]

Paranoia gets us no where. Stop harassing honest people.

[@aerohk]

so you are telling me the southern broder should do the same?

[@want2seeall]

Aerohk "Yes"

[@andrewritz7334]

want2seeall No

[@riotbreaker3506]

Nah, wouldn't make a difference

[@robedfan]

Jim from The Office would definitely had moved the flower pots by an inch everyday until it was too late for them realize US captured Canada!

[@TheSensfan09]

Oh god, i wish the rest of your country thought the same, to my brothers and sisters in the US , I hug you

[@frankwinter3895]

I knew is lady in Windsor, OR. Canada and we would cross the Ambassador bridge into Detroit, MI USA and showed our drivers license like he was surprised you are from Canada and you are from the states? The strange part across the bridge is called Mexican Town. A couple of blocks of Mexican restaurants and stores playing Mexican music and you felt where is the USA? Really neat.

[@usmc291]

What about Tijuana Mexico and san Isidro USA 😂 they should do the same put some flower instead of the check points and the wall 😂😂😂

[@xxrobohorse64xx]

Mexico is a much different story....

[@usmc291]

Yea I know

[@alfredjohnson3642]

Republicans are too stupid to do that

[@2008romboy]

MAC ACRZ It's San Ysidro but yeah good luck with that haha

[@damiencuevas5860]

Those pots would have weed plant growing in them

[@idtyu]

I wonder do the Americans there speak or understand French...

[@profd65]

No, of course not. Americans for the most part barely speak or understand English.

[@sasa90150]

I was wondering the same thing! I doubt that even those from the Canada side would speak it.

[@profd65]

I last owned a TV about seven or eight years ago.

[@TheGreenWeegee]

As a person who lives in between the Derby Line customs office and the actual border, I can say that not a lot of us do. That being said, there's still a good handful that do, and the majority of the Canadians in Stanstead do, too.

[@54lolman]

If you want to find some french speaking Americans go to Louisiana.

[@aiwwakk7152]

God bless America. 🇺🇸

[@anbasilio]

What does that guy mean that he walks across the border to go visit her? To visit her when she's somewhere on the Canadian side and she calls him over to meet up with her? They didn't specially say so it's confusing.

[@Rabbiddog333]

Why is this even a thing for Americans? In Europe you don't even notice that you just crossed the borders of 6 countries in one trip. It's not something you pay attention to, I guess it shows how Nationalism is still so prevalent in America, gotta defend those sovereign rights ya'll.

[@ATLMike94]

No, it's just the size of the U.S. that makes it different for Americans. It's easy in Europe to cross 6 countries in a roadtrip. In the U.S. on a roadtrip it would take a full day or two to cross 6 states let alone try to cross a country border. A 6 hour drive from Amsterdam, Netherlands you would pass through Belgium and reach Paris, France, that's 3 countries you would travel through. A 6 hour drive in the US you wouldn't even make it from Atlanta, GA to Miami, Fl one state away. So you just have to keep that in mind. For most Americans you won't cross the border your entire lifetime so it's a big deal when you do

[@Pasaria]

Because the US doesn't have the equivalent of the Schengen agreement.

[@flyby3079]

Canada and the US share the world's biggest border so its extremely unusual to see border towns like these that literally divide Canada and the US.

[@TheCrankyCow]

well we did up until 2001, and probably will again 20 years down the road. It's Security theater, and will probably stop when someone wants to cut the budget.

[@halflife103]

It can take a week to get from Coast to Coast in North America. Apples and Oranges.

[@PaulaDeenyoutubeyall]

Well unlike the Mexican border we don't have to worry. Canadians aren't destroying America.

[@alfredjohnson3642]

Mexicans are not doing tgat they take jobs of pathetic uneducated losers like you, you should have finish college

[@NorthernWindNut]

So you're saying Mexicans are pathetic and uneducated? #TolerantLeft

[@alfredjohnson3642]

MrLawson6288​ no im saying that mexican illegals take those jobs because they are poorl, dont have good jobs and good education in mexico so they end up taking jobs of pathetic losers here that were too stupid to get a job that requires english and an education

[@NorthernWindNut]

"too stupid to get a job" There's that liberal compassion I've heard so much about! #TolerantLeft

[@alfredjohnson3642]

MrLawson6288 im not from the left and i dont have compassion, neither do racist trump when he attack the birth of the president just because he is black, trump is a racist

[@Diaming787]

I think there needs to be some US-Canada permit for those residents exclusively. They just have to carry them around (with names and ID on it of course) and when the border patrol asks, the residents just have to flash their permit.

[@PascalGienger]

You could also install a honor system, like a CBP- and Canadian Border Control-Booth (which exists at other places along that border) where you call CBP or the Canadian side - depending on the direction of travel - with a video phone and you scan your driver license, residency permit or what you need on a document reader.

[@canadiancatgreen]

this is neat

[@dipfuk]

Making this video doesn’t stray from the facts. The souther border is the problem, with drugs and millions of illegal immigrants. But in Canada, since they are well developed, nobody needs to hop the border.

[@cavilingman5314]

Please, stop with the bullshit. The biggest difference between Mexican and Americans are the cultural differences. Don't make this stupid narrative. American and Canadian citizens are very similar in values, morals and living. Obviously it's easier to integrate with each other. Same as in Norway. We get along with Danish, Icelandic, Finnish and Swedish people. Well maybe no longer, because of the muslim immigration in Sweden, but in general we have had the same values, morals and living possibilities. We share many of the same laws and rules in our countries as well.

[@cavilingman5314]

A country can't have more than one identity. I'm sorry, but I'm not buying that US culture is everything. The US was build on a foundation of ideas.

[@cavilingman5314]

Ah, so your gonna try to make my opinion less worth, because I didn't write in the way you liked me to? I'm sorry that I didn't pleas you in the right way. Like I said earlier. I'm not American, I'm from Norway, but I can still understand the situation, because we have something very similar in our own country. And again. I would really like you to think about what you just said. How is that ridiculous? Does Russia give up their own values for other cultures? Does China do that? Not a single example you just gave does that. And being a neighboring country to Russia. I know that Russia preserve their values. They don't compromise towards other cultures or other ideas. Russia says it as it is. "If you don't follow our way of life. Go home"

[@Dovenpeis]

Culture and race is certainly among the key factors behind a peaceful and happy border.

[@shivjain]

Fabulous

[@benh2944]

awesome

[@michaeldiaz5469]

Jeeze all the freaking ppl in the comments jsut insulting mexicans by saying the reason we have a wall there and not in canada is cause they are apparently Inherently. No the reason we dont have a wall up here is canadians are white, we are white, we are both mainly english speakers. Its the main difference and what really seperates us

[@spaghettigod43]

Plus also the income is basically equal. Less crime, less drugs. But sure it's all about skin color cause how dare it be something reasonable

[@gradvmedusa]

I've found drugs to be equally available in all three countries. Crime... I've only ever had issues in the US.

[@Erich2142]

Canada should've annexed all of this area when they kicked America's butt back in 1812.

[@wyattrowe8396]

Eric Von Except no-one won.

[@lukerislove8122]

Eric Von lol when you're still salty about the war of 1812. 😂

[@Char12403]

The British/Canadians won. Pretty much all historians agree with that.

[@thekickingguy94]

+Fat Stewie British hired Canadians to fight.

[@Erich2142]

Fat Stewie Actually it was Canadian soldiers who pushed to Washington. Learn the dam history!

[@chrisrusso4761]

CANADA and the USA are 2 separate countries and rightfully so

[@erich84502ify]

We might need more than potted plants in the future

[@epitherex]

No shit it's gonna be like the same community Canadians and Americans r Anglo Saxons Southern border separates whites and Hispanics

[@andrewe820]

+Gonzalo Echeverria IF only it wasnt hot AF Youd be considered white but global warming blah blah wake UP ya know. :|

[@gangatalishis]

+14842 Bernie sander is our only hope, while I don't agree with everything he is the best choice

[@epitherex]

bernie FTW

[@gangatalishis]

***** i will cross the border into mexico

[@arichis]

So French-Canadians are "Anglo Saxon"? Since when? Derby Line, VT borders Quebec.

[@juanromo544]

we should do that at the southern border

[@animalmother7298]

hahahahah

[@andrewe820]

+Juan Romo get real... -.- Its not that they dont like you people its just too hot so Donald Trump drew a line. :)

[@huntermcdonald7411]

and then what? Mexicans come over and we hug it out? I don't think so.

[@MeOw-cf5gi]

Juan Romo we”d be dead in a week

[@dominickperez2952]

Hunter McDonald if we allow drugs in America, then maybe we can do that

[@victorperez7760]

I'm telling all my south American and central American friends 👍🏾

[@wilrobles5392]

2:27 You can walk around the gate.

[@LyricalWarlock]

End Of Story Usa Should Annex Canada As Our 51st State And Wall Off Mexico

[@duckcluck123]

Knight Extra dont think canada would want that at all

[@felixhurteau2630]

Canada should annex USA as our 11th province

[@ConrailFreight]

Knight Extra is a KKK member

[@bgorveatt]

Lose my universal health care! Frig that idea!!

[@95bochamp]

Not as the 11th province. The 4th territory...

[@skbuydens7717]

Welcome to the USA police state people.

[@deancuban894]

Juan Morales its a soyboy, ignore him

[@lauriedesaulniers8955]

Omg I saw that house while I was stuck in traffic!!

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

hahahahahhaha

[@lauriedesaulniers8955]

The first building we see

[@imwaytogoodlookingtobeyour1188]

The border patrol said he would play hockey in canada....does that mean u can cross the plants that divide whenever you want....or do you have to pay to cross or is it free....also can u stay at a friend's house in canada for a week or 2