The US-Canada border splits this road down the middle

Rue Canusa (or Canusa Avenue) is a street that's split in two by a border: the northern part is in Stanstead, Canada, and the southern part is in Derby Line, USA - and border crossings here aren't as easy as they used to be.
Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin)
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[@TomScottGo]

I cannot thank Mayor Dutil enough -- he spent two hours giving me a tour of Stanstead and the border, and this video wouldn't look half as good without all his help. He also talked to border control when they arrived and asked why I was filming...!

[@niyasummer4940]

I week ago? :O

[@anarchyantz1564]

And I thought the border around that island bit near Vancouver was weird. Just also goes to show that Canadian officials are actually quite cool.

[@MisterAppleEsq]

I guess it was just Dutil's duty.

[@alexchomp]

wait... 1 week ago... ? WAT?

[@anarchyantz1564]

Alek - I believe Tom is still travelling and uploading when he gets the chance so he can upload and postpone videos as and when.

[@reeseman1932]

“GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY!” “Okay” Walks across the street

idk y this made my day

[@charlescunningham5275]

How every white supremacy thinks of Mexicans. It's a joke. Deal with it

[@jacobdobbins5443]

Thanks!

[@AdrianGodoy3054]

@@charlescunningham5275 Mexican's to White supremacists, hop back on the ships back to New England. It's a joke deal with it!

[@kekepalmer9464]

@@AdrianGodoy3054 nice comeback 🤣🤣👍🏾

[@esssnake5741]

When they changed the laws so you couldn’t cross the line. Imagine how many kids friendships were ruined

[@masamune..]

..now Imagine how many kids started to intentionally cross that political line

[@CRBungalow]

They all become the areas border control and stop enforcing the rules in tbe city.

[@thisoldboat7393]

Leave it to ol gov

[@moeanthony9308]

Better yet what they didn't mention. Many kids were born to either American or Canadians who were dating. That's when you could easily cross.

[@terrymckay1003]

eric 100 I think It’s too bad we don’t make national policy based on how many kids have friends in villages on borders. What a much more mature way to deal with one another. Oh, but you are surely right Eric, governments have done sooo much better job of it.

[@LadyNeravin]

As someone living in the Schengen Area, this is so wild...

[@Hrcbzvz]

Enjoy it while it lasts.

[@maximusasauluk7359]

​@@Hrcbzvz cope. Schengen is never ending it benefits all European economies one way or another. Look at the effects of its end with Brexit.

[@automation7295]

@@Hrcbzvz I guess that you love living in a country with closed off borders?

[@metalrearden97]

@sasauluk7359 sorry for my english. However, free movement in Schengen area was de facto repealed during the COVID crisis. I am European and I totally agree with Hrcbzvz (Enjoy it while it lasts.) The EU is extremely weak at the start of the 21st century. And I don't think that the Schengen agreements will last the century. (hello frightening Russian crisis...)

[@NS-mm6jq]

@@automation7295omg are you David Copperfield or just see his Ukrainian flag on the avatar?😂

[@robbruce2128]

I remember two countries being so proud of the world's longest uncontrolled border. That was cool.

[@grocerygoat06]

I remember back in high school in the late 90s. Our Freshmen class trip was to Montreal. No passport was needed.

[@runstarhomer2754]

I'm guessing they tightened things up after 9/11

[@Zzzlaldkfjrowpq]

Yes @@runstarhomer2754

[@BRGPF1TEAM]

@@runstarhomer2754 Safety is the perfect excuse to reduce our freedom, privacy etc.

[@MuDkipzCHancelLOr]

Canadians don’t bring drugs, terrorists, and gangs into our country so we focus on that border and not the one where drugs, terrorists, and gangs come through.

[@felipethefirst8293]

Just imagine playing ball with ur friends and you accidentally throw it to another damn country

[@jaimereynolds258]

😂

[@Cocoleaf731]

"today i played ball with my friend from another country"

[@at6121]

😂😂😂

[@TheMarkoPoloProgram]

“Goddamnit Kyle, not again”

[@ErinF72]

That's a hell of an arm. Should join a baseball team

[@brentkappler8100]

Customs Agent: What’s your business in Canada Resident: I need to ask my neighbor if I can borrow a cup of milk to make my cake

[@andreasbartel3449]

Brent Kappler you will be arrested for importing food to the US

[@bouffe5456]

Andreas Bartel certified bruh moment

[@Destin5258]

@@andreasbartel3449 Is it really importing if you have for personal use?

[@andreasbartel3449]

NorwegianNightmare as I understand it „it’s the law“ as the US says. You even will be in trouble with a sealed water bottle that you take from the plane you came from. But I don’t have any information if there is an exception for Canadians traveling from Canada. I would assume there is none.

[@intingpillow590]

@@andreasbartel3449 water is always ok

[@kebi7792]

This is ridiculous to me as an European who lives in the Schengen zone.

[@Myuunium]

Same, I'm even a little disappointed not more people think this is grade-A nonsense.

[@MoonshineH]

A* European

[@nikobellic570]

Open internal borders were a disaster for national boundaries during the migrants crisis and covid

[@My80Vette]

*Watches neighbor have a heart attack in his front yard as i eat a sandwich across the street*

[@SonicBoone56]

*swerves to avoid car accident* *arrested for crossing border*

[@TurkistanSeneti]

Socky Noob this actually could happen lmao

[@Infomaniac_Moment]

damn furry

[@dampe7438]

@@Infomaniac_Moment no u

[@dougoverhoff7568]

This is just plain goofy. What's next.......build a wall? 😵

[@juniorthird7952]

@@dougoverhoff7568 naa I prefer to bring the military in and protect the border.

[@louischo2701]

This situation sounds borderline insane.

[@paradox...]

Stop it! Your joke has crossed the line!

[@DanB-sh3wt]

GET OUT. BOTH OF YOU.You're pushing me over the border with your puns!

[@glockel4308]

you guys are really pushing the boundries with these ones

[@Belboz99]

Such divisive comments!

[@editname8959]

*looks at audience* How can I break the fourth wall when there isn’t one?

[@aaronhumphrey3514]

This the best illustration of the fundamental absurdity of nations and borders I've ever seen.

[@callsigndd9ls897]

No, it's not that absurd. There are also several streets between Germany and Denmark where the houses are Danish on one side and German on the other. But there are no problems with not being allowed to cross the street. Both countries belong to the EU and there are no longer any border controls due to the Schengen Agreement. Something similar also exists between Germany and the Netherlands. And there are even three German exclaves (land islands) that are completely surrounded by Switzerland or Belgium. There is also a former Belgian railway line (now a hiking and cycling path) that runs completely through Germany. It is still Belgian territory, 125 km long but only 10 m wide.

[@qwertyboguss]

And don't forget the US village separated from land by water. So in order to go to school, kids have to take a boat or cross the border twice.

[@callsigndd9ls897]

@@qwertyboguss Yes, there are more oddities about the borders between countries than most people know. There is also a very funny story on the Caribbean island of St. Martin. When French and Dutch prisoners of war overwhelmed and imprisoned the Spanish guards there, the island was to be divided between France and the Netherlands. They made it sporty, by having two runners run around the island in opposite directions. Then you drew a line on the map between the starting point and the point where the runners met, and the boundary was ready.

[@henryhonda8408]

NO WORRIES!!! After Trump gets re-elected later this year he's got plans to build a wall where that street is located.

[@heathenchild4516]

@@callsigndd9ls897 it is absurd.

[@ngsmith22]

There's a city in Alaska that has this similar situation except there are houses where the kitchen is in Canada and the living room is in the United States

[@matildamaher1505]

That's interesting

[@yellowjacket7134]

I'd crack a joke but, that would be crossing the line..

[@MrRich6505]

meh..

[@theoffice8044]

🙃

[@redisanuber]

i don't get it 😐

[@adrianatgaming8640]

@@redisanuber crossing the line, crossing the border

[@eliseuhackbarth7003]

kkk.

[@chrisyeary9874]

Do the people who enforce this, realize how much of a waste of time and resources it is.

[@VanessaMagick]

The people who work there? Certainly. The people who cracked down on it? No, of course not. Incredibly strict border control was what the American people ostensibly voted for.

[@Bayckun]

Vanessa Magick At least our tax payer money isn’t being wasted. : D. I could see how this system would be abused as you can pretend to be a citizen of the city and just cross the border if you allowed citizens to mingle in between. How much would do you think it would be to allocate the town into its own thing?

[@maskettaman1488]

You say it's a waste of time, but imagine what an easy avenue something like that is for human or drug trafficking. More control is always better

[@ivy7919]

let me introduce you to: every national border in the world

[@hotbooinva85]

Tbh, I was deported from Canada back to the US a few years ago. If they weren't vigilant about this area I would 100% take advantage of that fact.

[@andrewsearles]

I've performed twice in the Opera House in Stanstead. I'm on stage on the Canadian side and the audience is sitting in America. Probably the coolest stage I've performed on in my +20yr career.

[@johannebrun3409]

No way!!! Really??

[@artyomnuzhdin8711]

100%

[@FrenchmansFlats51]

when i was a kid we went to canada often, guards just smiled and waved us through. we used to be friends, long ago.

[@aftonline]

They should just give locals a special permit to cross over as long as they stay within city limits. This is bureaucracy gone wrong.

[@aftonline]

@Henri D You talkin about TRUmp or TRUdeau? That's 2 different kinds of TRUth right there. They sure both can't be right and probably neither of them 100%

[@Peng_Pong]

aftonline illuminati

[@DanielDemers]

These are 2 different countries. It is not that easy.

[@edwardguillen4381]

Henri D snow Mexicans wtf lmaoo

[@impg8801]

@@edwardguillen4381 They all suck

[@mohd_allearz8403]

Imagine smoking a joint on the Canadian side and laughing at the cops parked on the american side of the road

[@trevorj79]

Well, now I know what I’m doing this summer!

[@chocomanger6873]

Or even drinking. Canadians can drink when they're 19 (maybe even 18 here), yet it's 21 in the USA. I guess the Americans could wave their guns at Canadians though.

[@mrfingers4737]

You could smuggle pot onto the states with a slingshot .

[@thelivingend127]

Weed is legal in the american side, cause it is Vermont

[@ShaqsBigToe69]

Then crying when you have to go back to the american side after getting high with some canooks

[@Ant-Lin_Official]

“I’m not allow to cross this road” 0:01 Just crossed

[@walstib57]

Huh?

[@65firered]

1:32

[@paper9362]

1:14 He directly addresses this. Did you watch the whole video?

[@avneetsidhu802]

So do they pay import duty tax when they borrow a cup of sugar from next door neighbour

[@_MjG_]

How does someone BORROW a cup of sugar? Once they use it it's gone & unable to be returned.

[@avneetsidhu802]

@@_MjG_ but when they buy sugar for themselves they can return that cup of sugar :)

[@_MjG_]

@@avneetsidhu802 True, but do they ever?

[@dcquence]

Would be a nightmare to get in an accident and have your car thrown across the line. Imagine dealing with your insurance on that one

[@benoit-pierredemaine3824]

This one deserves 100👍🏻

[@Raythe]

"Hello, State Farm? the american police need you to explain your slogan to them."

[@kalebbruwer]

"Alright, are you in the USA for business or pleasure?"

[@lynndavis6220]

Actually State Farm is one insurance company that operates in Canada. I had a car stolen in Toronto, and everything was handled fine. However there are no deductibles for stolen cars in Canada, so that worked to my advantage.

[@BAYAREA4150]

Some insurance cover up to 10 miles across the border

[@IndependentOreo]

“Where’s the bathroom?” *”Canada”*

[@sayedbahari8837]

Where is the Restroom? "USA"

[@dazza2350]

@@sayedbahari8837 by restroom do you mean bedroom

[@canadiankaren2426]

They meant bathroom. Americans call it a bathroom.

[@farhad9766]

The bathroom is actually in the USA

[@greatcoldemptiness]

Stanstead is Quebec, not Canadian

[@yvr2002rtw]

There should be a special bilateral program in place for residents living in border towns to get some kind of "preclearance" from both countries that get renewed every 30 days. They would then get a special permit that would allow them to just walk across any many times as they want without going for the formal customs/immigration process at the official border crossing. This is as long as after crossing the border they don't go past the town limits of the town on the other side. There can be periodic spot checks where officers would ask to see the permit.

[@miachm]

Or you know, allow freedom of movement between both countries like EU does.

[@theclassyfrosty4592]

@@miachmyou see, we Americans like doing things the hard way

[@danielgreenwood793]

@@miachm or don't develop on the border like a bunch of drunk city planners. It's not a new border, so how did a library ever get okayed to be built such that half was on the wrong side of a border.

[@balala4641]

Or, just do customs at the edge of the town, not inside it.

[@Bill_v1]

They'd make great mules.

[@apauln]

I remember kids playing hopscotch in the streets as a kid. but playing hopscotch on that street would be an international event...

[@thestudentofficial5483]

"Just a couple centimeters, or... couple of inches over there." I like your humor

[@earlwashburn1002]

Humour over here, humor over there

[@thestudentofficial5483]

Andrew Frobel-Eisner non't

[@earlwashburn1002]

also, it would be 'centimetres' in Canada, not centimeters ;-)

[@MatthewStinar]

I missed that! Thanks for pointing it out.

[@KanalMcLP]

Did not get it until now. But i am tired...

[@gypsygypsy_y]

"mum, a kid from america just threw american rocks at me"

[@gGgerlog]

NATO will know about that

[@strangerman7726]

"Well Billy those rocks belongs to us now so basically we got free rocks. Now don't you feel better?"

[@lebronirving8367]

Canada and the USA are both in america

[@LennoxMatt1]

Go pee in his country

[@antiantifaterrier5761]

Tell your kids to stay off my damn rocks

[@nala2839]

This is insane

[@lodewijkentrop2337]

Here in the Netherlands, in the place called Dinxperlo is the same situation, the north side of the street is The Netherlands, the other side is Germany, where the place is called Südewick. Luckily, you could pass the border without any control.

[@ghgyuyu2962]

Army officer: We’re gonna start drafting Everyone: *_crosses the road_*

[@L-VA21]

Then both countries starts drafting

[@sweipe]

Canada gets free recruits

[@kersenify]

@@sweipe well atleast canada care about their mens

[@redbanner2523]

Canada:where announcing if those cross our land we will send them back or draft them in our army to fight by side with US together US ppl lolol i might aswell cross to mexico bitches Mexico:we are announced you will fight with us against drug lord you wont send back but forced you in our army fight drug cartel

[@momsspaghetti9970]

Fun Fact: 30,000 Canadians volunteered to fight in the Vietnam War.

[@rollofenrir3154]

Someone getting murdered across the street Passerby: sorry cant help you

[@thegamingcashew4304]

Rollo Fenrir lmao

[@bcc5084]

@@thegamingcashew4304 cops : sorry . cant help you ..

[@bluebubble2703]

They would cross and save somebodys life then get arrested cuz of the stupid government

[@Bensolean]

😂😂😂

[@marcellbrollem1233]

as silly as it sounds, but its true...smdh😕

[@frankdelao4067]

I did a canoe trip in Boundary Waters a few years ago. We were told ahead of time to bring a Passport Card along with us. We had 3 crews, each went in a different direction, this helps keep large groups from overuse of campsites. The second lake my crew was on was divided in the middle just like the street in this story. We had lunch on the Canadian side. If we were spotted by rangers we had our Passports with us in a form that was okay to get wet. One of the crews spent a couple of days in Canada and had to fill out a customs form when they got back to where we started.

[@Tom-inthetrash]

Dam I would love to live there, I would stand on the edge and jump back and forth. Canada, USA,Canada, USA ,Canada,USA.

[@leonardpriestley6822]

Here in America, we don't tolerate that kind of crap, sir!

[@Luton-Mick]

@@leonardpriestley6822 That's not what those fine folks waltzing at the southern border are saying. 🤣🤣

[@lpnp9477]

​@@Luton-Mickthis is a yellow folks reference

[@erickmartinsmxusca7562]

Someone jumping Mexicali Border wall: 🤪😜

[@Judahmangi]

Why did the chicken cross the road? To evade customs agents

[@wilrobles9824]

Good one.

[@1450JackCade]

To get health insurance.

[@KristinaStarlight98]

HOLY SHIZ-

[@AngelHxze]

😂😂😂😂

[@gedias1]

I would think that a chicken crossing the road would be attracting the agents instead.

[@harambejr.4711]

**Trips on shoelace and lands in Canada**

[@kugellitz7159]

Over the whole road?

[@KandiKlover]

Do the Canadians swarm you guns blazing like the USA side does?

[@rickybobby8383]

they do

[@Trogdor390]

@@KandiKlover yes, but they apologize while doing so

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

@@deathero No you beat them with walruses

[@owenmcdonald6479]

If you're ever out in British Columbia, you can check out an 18 mile stretch of Highway 0, that runs from the Peace Arch park, right beside the US/Canada border, going east. The entire stretch is on the Canadian side, but as you drive, you'll see the US/Canada border markers, just off the side of the asphalt on the south side of the road. The - often unfenced - backyards of homes north of Blaine Washington - on the south side, and homes and farms east of Vancouver in Canada. There's also Point Roberts (Washington) south of Delta BC, where Americans have to go into Canada and drive about 25 miles to get to a border crossing into Washington State near the Peace Arch as it's essentially "land locked". (Or take a boat I suppose.)

[@MrMarco86]

You can't cross our imaginary line unless you show us little sheets of dead trees that says you're allowed to cross our imaginary line.

[@jimhalpert9803]

"How many times have you travelled internationally?" "Well at this point , around 1367"

[@neeldesai9111]

and how 1366 times was just jumping around it?

[@shivamgandhi5779]

Hey Big Tuna

[@samhouston1288]

​@@thatguyalex2835 I feel like being dishonest and stereotyping a vast number of people like that is a sign of immaturity 1.Canada takes it's border security just as seriously as the US does. Neither country is going to be happy with someone just waltzing across the line without going through the proper channels. That's unlikely to change. 2. The idea that Canadians are polite and harmless is a stereotype, and doesn't really have any basis in reality. They are just as nice and harmless as most people in most countries. That is, you have nice people mixed in with a lot of assholes. Canada is no different in this regard. 3. I don't know where you got that 40% of Americans are somehow dangerous, but they're not. Like Canadians, almost all Americans just want to go about their lives and try not to cause too many problems.

[@praveen9093]

Just to increase that number, I would workout everyday (Ab crunches, biceps curls, etc).. in such a way that parts of my body crossed the border, at every repetition.

[@reels765]

Come to Europe

[@acasualescapedscp4418]

"Officer, I swear, I tripped!"

[@guardrailhitter]

I guess that was a real line ender

[@drabberfrog]

That's what they all say

[@bcc5084]

deported to gimo

[@iiReTr0Z]

*SAO Alicization flashbacks*

[@Cheezy_Bunz]

Donaven if you drop on the Canadian side we will just end up dusting you off and sending you on your way.

[@Supaspikemaster]

0:00 “I’m not allowed to cross this road.” *Motorcycles casually crossing the road

[@AI-Creations-LLC]

Underrated comment

[@Tbird761]

He does later explain that passing vehicle traffic is tolerated on both sides of the street so long as it doesn't stop and loiter.

[@jetsanchez8846]

75 IQ comment

[@youwillneverknowaboutme4406]

You don't understand a joke, do you?​@@jetsanchez8846

[@William.D70]

He states later that the police showed up to tell them to move

[@MikeThaPhilosopher]

Life as we know it is literally a joke.. we make unnecessary rules and laws for what??

[@itzamia]

This in particular is ridiculous. If there are clearly defined borders, without roads and neighborhoods running through the border, it's not unnecessary to have to get permission to enter another country. That goes for any country in the world.

[@jackrobinsonau]

I don't think I'd have enough self control to visit this town. I'd be so tempted to run from one side and back to the other just for the thrill of it.

[@csi2000]

Also the temptation to have one foot on American ground & the other on Canadian ground

[@unitgamex2972]

Yes. Crossing borders of states or counties or countries is so fascinating to me

[@N.A525]

I know right

[@sharonbrown6595]

Me too.

[@NickyHonings]

There's a spot here in the Netherlands where you can be in 3 countries at once. And ofc no border control since we don't need it

[@stuffthings9618]

This is a large scale version of that imaginary line you'd have with your desk partner in elementary school.

[@moonjimunji7916]

to be fair there was alot of blood spilt for the freedoms americans have today, canadians had no part in that

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

@@moonjimunji7916 r/shitamericanssay

[@topchief777]

All those freedoms, yet we can't cross the street to see our neighbors. As old as war is - it has not grown wiser.

[@IntenseVLT]

Imaginary?! I drew that fkr on!

[@bloo6639]

moonji Munji wheres your free health care though.. you dont have that do you

[@Ree....MAGAQweefer]

I've been there a few times. Lovely town, friendly locals. Love it 👍

[@PureSolace]

Local areas should govern themselves.

[@mrdasilver]

I probably wouldn't last a day living in that place. The temptation to cross the line would be too much to resist. 😂

[@francesmauricio2632]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shrek19yearsago78]

People probably do it and dont get caught

[@korytoombs886]

I imagine people do it a lot. There's a punishment if they catch you though.

[@mrdasilver]

@@korytoombs886 Like being deported back to the other side of the street? 😂

[@aswinmanoj7468]

@@mrdasilver omg hahaha

[@chrissytheconqueror7049]

I love how only the Canadian side has a sidewalk on the road

[@Burritosuupreme]

“Sidewalks are for communists, I’ll drive my big ass SUV to the McDonald’s 3 blocks away”-every American ever.

[@jakespur6094]

@@Burritosuupreme don’t forget the maga hat which identifies Americans as traitors to their own country.

[@kiid9115]

@@Burritosuupreme *Truck

[@the_ultra_robot6884]

@@jakespur6094 you do know trump has was acquitted right?

[@rolloxra670]

So what?

[@debrarouselle9761]

Ridiculous. We used to go to Huntington Quebec for lunch the head back to school in Chateaux, NY. No damn passport needed.

[@shenghe9876]

You should also make a video about the Peace Arch and the Park near Vancouver where Canadians and Americans can meet.

[@smashOsmash]

0:24 *on the U.S side* "DO NOT ENTER YOU MAY NOT ENTER THE US 5000$ FINE FOR CROSSING" 0:33 *on the Canadian side* "Important notice access prohibited. Turn back and report back to border crossing"

[@Arklay_98]

Ha wow

[@eurosonly]

Capitalism baby.

[@BOLPutube]

eurosonly Both are capitalist nations. It’s just that the US is more paranoid for obvious reasons

[@kacywatson6314]

So I can't go to the US unless I pay $5000. but I can go to Canada... As long as I report entry.. ... Or I can go to France with no restrictions.. Ok kool 🇪🇺 :)

[@BOLPutube]

@@kacywatson6314 Huh? You only need to pay $5000 if you cross illegally. Just report your entry just like you would for Canada.

[@eriklyon5575]

imagine how trippy this would be if canada drove on the left side

[@Wafflecop-hm3bd]

I think the road has 4 lanes total tho

[@declaniii6324]

Wafflecop123455 nope, two lanes

[@Wafflecop-hm3bd]

(In total)

[@drabberfrog]

That would be a problem. Is there any place in the world like this town but the two countries drive on different side of the road?

[@hydraulics]

Wouldn't that simply make it a one way road?

[@GABETHEMANN]

Imagine if you have to go to school but it is on the other side 💀💀😭😭

[@xubious]

Great Tom Scott video, wish it was longer

[@HarryCopperPot]

It's insane to me that you can't just cross the street to visit your neighbor. They need a special system for residents of the area.

[@the_minimalistic_adventure]

Yep. I feel that the locals should be allowed to cross the line without issue as long as they’re in the city limits. It’s stupid that kids who live across the street from each other on the border, can’t play ball or whatever with each other.

[@alanrogs3990]

Borrowing a cup of sugar now involves import duty tax.

[@kfelix2934]

@@alanrogs3990 Nope, we have NAFTA or I guess now USMCA to cover that 😄

[@jaycoop2103]

Or we can open the northern border...

[@mrprince5934]

@@alanrogs3990 bro imagine if that was a thing 💀

[@timothy5092]

A ball rolls over to the US side. America : *This ball is now in custody of the US Customs and Border Protection.*

[@mlee6050]

“Hiya stranger can you throw my ball back as I can’t cross this road”

[@1ivannthegreat]

America: What? Did they said something? I think not . Lmao 😂

[@zacmonarch4845]

I can see it now..3 youths arrested in involvement with terrorism against the US.... Parents..they threw a baseball?

[@Spartan_767]

@@mlee6050 hey Canada you want this back or can we keep it

[@mlee6050]

@@Spartan_767 I like that island in a river/lake every so often it changes country and sometimes in no country depending on time of year (island not move but border does)

[@kevinwong6588]

Much like NY-120 in the village of Rye Brook where the road is (west side) in New York, and the east side in Greenwich, Connecticut, though the entire length of 120 is under NYSDOT jurisdiction, even segments which the road is entirely in CT state limits. Given the road straddles across states, an arguement could be made that could have traffic violations as federal offenses.

[@cl4ssifiedg4mer]

"Honey I can't go to work today." "Why not?" "I lost my passport."

[@shannoninalaska]

Can you imagine having to get another passport because it was lost, stolen or damaged in a fire? It would take months to get another one.

[@cl4ssifiedg4mer]

@@shannoninalaska imagine if there was a way citizens could get from Canada to the US freely without border control.

[@farhad9766]

“Where’s the nearest bathroom?” “USA” “Ugh. So far away?” “No, just cross the street”

[@LegoTale2591]

evil moment

[@The2x4]

I think you mean "washroom" ;)

[@cameraredeye3115]

*sneaks back and forth across the border and learns how to do it professionally*

[@kgrimes842]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@Hunter08083]

😅😂😄👏

[@JonathanTash]

I get that borders are important, but slicing a town in half is just messed up.

[@sundhaug92]

Yes, as a norwegian (who can cross into Sweden no questions asked, this is absurd)

[@HarryBuddhaPalm]

Berlin had a damn wall going through it and you could get your head shot off trying to go over it.

[@Jetsetlemming]

Borders aren't actually important. They're unnatural, arbitrary demands of control.

[@juch3]

Harry BuddhaPalm yeah well many people didn't really like the wall so apparently it wasn't maintained very well...

[@simonlafrance58]

It’s kind of cool. In the library, there’s a line that indicates the border so you can just cross it over and over without a problem.

[@ThePhenomm]

Truly fascinating

[@SollowP]

Two cities being built right across two countries respective borders is honestly quite common. Haparanda and Tornio being a good example between Sweden and Finland. Biggest difference of course being that the border is completely open. Right by the border on the Swedish side, there's multiple tobacco shops. Since the popular Swedish tobacco Snus is illegal to sell in Finland, everyone from Finland just crosses the border on their way home from work to Sweden in order to buy their snus.

[@bennri]

I remember living near the Swiss-German border. On one side were the girly magazines, on the other side were the girlies

[@leespn1243]

Imagine tryna get a book for your research paper and the librarian says “oh it’s on the US Side”

[@sufsanin1917]

Throw the book out of of the window.

[@Roccondil]

The mayor addressed this: you are allowed to cross within the library, but you have to exit the building on the side you entered.

[@alexandresynnott6608]

@@Roccondil Couples years back guns where smuggle exactly that way. US dude would get in with back pack full of pistol (heavily restricted in Canada) and CAN dude would walk in with the same empty back pack. They would switch back pack and get out in their respective country. They got caught but they had that going for a while.

[@ExtremeSpeedMewtwo]

@@Roccondil bruh the comment was mainly a joke not to be taken seriously

[@jamedlock83]

They prolly built a wall. . . lmao

[@hassanalihusseini1717]

That is a very nice interesting place. It must be exciting to live there. I wish I would live there!

[@TheRailwayGuy175]

You should do a video of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, it has a US and Canada border running down in the middle of the building.

[@beb1527]

It’s been at least 10 years since I’ve crossed into Canada at a border crossing. Last time, the Canadian border control barely made us even stop “what are you coming into Canada for?” “Vacation” they just waved us in. Didn’t ask to see passports or even any identification. Coming back into the US was quite the opposite.

[@aff77141]

"Why are you coming to America?" "I live here, xxx dreary lane here's my passport" "hmmmmm sorry you're gonna have to go to the glove room for four hours because your car is blue"

[@Sabrewolf0]

@@aff77141 😂

[@iplayvideogames69420]

It's actually the exact opposite for me. Took 3 min to get into USA for vacation and 45 for Canada

[@jcwoodstl]

Canada went through my car and everything I had on me and asked me a million questions. The US just waved me in with no questions

[@ssjsjb]

@@iplayvideogames69420 I've always heard it's harder to get back into your own country. Did a lot of Canada runs never an issue US to Canada, but issues Canada to US.

[@PhakesL]

2 years and no one gonna mentioned the perfect timing at 1:35 when Tom said "police turned up" and a police car passed by?

[@aorusaki]

Facts

[@bernier42]

I’ve been scrolling until I found someone make this comment.

[@Rutp2]

YEA I NOTICED THAT AND I THOUGHT THEY DID IT ON PURPOUS

[@bellamckinnon8655]

more 1:33

[@prodbymalek]

@@bellamckinnon8655 it’s actually more 1:34

[@robmontier3770]

A "wide load" vehicle could be in 2 countries at once - the driver in one, passenger in the other.

[@FreddyWangNX]

you can’t walk right into Canada as a American or vice versa? This is unbelievable

[@logitech4873]

Canadians can walk there though, and they are Americans. Canada is in America.

[@maritzarivera1866]

my cat goes to America just to poop. everyday

[@voli293]

Your cat is illegally crossing. Im going to call the border patrol

[@minion1504]

FBI OPEN UP

[@izyaboi9844]

So ur cat poops in ur neighbors lawn....... *IN AMERICA*

[@muhaddesachowdhury1001]

So your cat fertilizes American soil

[@steveonrock]

Every day.

[@mothersbasement]

This is one of those edge-cases that shows how one-size-fits-all laws can be hugely inconvenient to communities they weren't designed to accommodate. At a macro level these laws make sense, but for towns like this, and territories like guam, they don't work at all. There really should be some sort of special bylaw that lets residents cross freely within town limits using a pass, or something.

[@jiru331]

Nice to see you here, sir

[@peter_smyth]

A pass, and for residents only, would be silly. That would stop a visitor to the town from using the sidewalk on the other side of the road.

[@Teampegleg]

Guam already has some exceptions to the law, including some countries allowed to visit Guam visa free that would require a visa for anywhere else in the US (like Russia). That is why flights from Guam to the US are required to clear customs before entry to the US. Along with some other exceptions to US laws.

[@MasterHyperionMC]

Mother's Basement it’s very reminiscent of what a hard Irish border looked like, and what it might look like again, only the Irish border is even more ridiculous, crossing over roads multiple times in a short stretch.

[@Poldovico]

You mean something like, uhhh... I dunno.... the Schengen treaty?

[@Evan-lr8nq]

It has eased up a bit since this video was made.

[@captainpalegg2860]

netherlands and belgium: we have a town where our border zigzags madly through streets and buildings-it’s not uncommon for someone to cross the international border without leaving their house. of course, we have open borders, so it’s a non-issue. us and canada: if you cross this particular road without showing your passport, you are a border hopper and will be dealt with accordingly.

[@poluticon]

You think the US/Canada border is nuts, you wouldn’t believe what the US/Mexico border is like

[@christianrussberg4547]

Imagine accidentally throwing your frisbee over the border...

[@Berniebud]

Or someone on the other side steals it and you can't do anything about it.

[@985476246845]

call Interpol

[@Babarudra]

Airspace infringement! That's gotta be prison time at least.

[@simonlafrance58]

Just go to the custom, show your passport and get it. It’s a super fast custom

[@justaguycalledjosh]

it'd be a military incident. the launching of a short-range unguided non-powered unmanned aerial object.

[@troyf.9050]

So if you argue with your neighbor across the street, that can be deemed an international affair??? FOH!!

[@elizabethmerin7489]

UMOPHH!!!

[@potusumanbibingka]

😂 indead.

[@LanaScott]

I know if I lived here I would try to cross this road as many times as I could

[@user-jp7rk1uf2n]

I used to load seed soybeans right on the border in North Dakota. The bins were right on the line.

[@choupi4719]

1:32 "When i was setting my camera, the police turned up" "Police car passing by in that very moment*

[@weirdnesslord8573]

*Coincidence? I Think Not*

[@gamerairborne101]

1:35

[@coldpepper3175]

This gives a whole new meaning to "Hello From the Other Side"

[@izyaboi9844]

*HELLO FROM AMERICAAAAA!!!*

[@lilcheeto3260]

Coldpepper 100 like

[@HASSANOIZE]

Hello i see you ....

[@fordmustangfanful]

Thanks for informing us. I think this is true. Canada / USA border service agency need to identify individuals for their background and asking them where they go.

[@t.8936]

This is awesome. Imagine how different you would feel feom your neighbours. Right across the street, and yet completely different worlds.

[@Azivegu]

It would be nice if the inhabitants of Stanstead and Derby Line could have a special visa that allows them to cross the border within city limits without any hastle. Seems a shame to split up a community.

[@kaigreen5641]

Azivegu the problem with that being how to enforce it for tourists and non resident visitors (family members of residents etc). Unfortunately, you either have strict border controls or you dont, there really is no inbetween. Personally I would do away with border checks between such closely allied neighbours but then I think borders are stupid arbitrary nonsense anyway.

[@Azivegu]

I agree with you when it comes to borders. I have difficulty comprehending the fact that we judge our respect of someone based off of something they had zero influence over in their life, namely their birth. But it is kind of how the world is and I dont see it changing soon. But for the two towns and other ones like it you could set up the border security on the outskirts of town. Within the town residents can move freely, but if they are stopped they have to be able to show there visa. It isn't something new. There is a town in Alaska where the only service road goes through Canada. The inhabitants of that town get a special waiver when passing through Canada, as long as they don't stray to far from the road. Also their hospital is in Canada as well, which they can access without any special permissions. Its just when they want to do something other than what is necessary, then they need to go to the borderguards. For these two towns it is a little different, but nothing that I dont think a bilateral agreement couldn't resolve.

[@brendonhalverson5178]

Honestly if the U.S and Canada had open borders, what’s the worst that could happen?

[@TheLazySleeperLives]

Cheaper prescription drugs in the US? Wait, that's a good thing

[@wave1090]

The same should apply to El Paso and Juarez. It's a shame how crazily paranoid the US is of the fellow humans living close by.

[@unknownchannel2024]

K mom I'll be back from canada by 11.

[@brago900]

In situations like this, a law of free passage should be applied within the territory of the town.

[@Schneltor]

Pizza delivery here must be a nightmare.

[@philbateman1989]

My brother and I accidentally invaded the USA from Canada when we took a boat out near Ganonoque on the Thousand Islands region the US/Canada border cuts through. The US coast guard showed up and didn't really care, I'm sure it happens a lot. They just asked us to turn around and guided us back to Canadian waters. They didn't ask to see ID or anything. They obviously knew it was a genuine mistake and didn't give us any hassle.

[@nicknorris100]

Should of brought out the cannons

[@NN-mi8hv]

your family are white?

[@yeetionary]

should've brought the Canadian naval fleet

[@since1876]

Good thing they didn't notice the hundred kilos of "sugar" under the seats ☺️

[@edgeofthought]

Hopefully you didn't have Kinder Surprise, else they might have put you in jail for smuggling illegal contraband. They love catching Kinder Surprise smugglers (and certainly we all love hearing about it in the news)

[@MoviesEater]

Imagine crossing the border and suddenly not having a decent health care.

[@Somd55]

😄😀😃😄😂

[@vonh7047]

U.S. healthcare is horrible I want to live in Canada

[@videogameplayer0552]

Felix Nero, no it’s not. Canada has free health care. In the U.S., certain medical procedures, like cancer treatments can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and a large amount of Americans can’t afford health insurance. That’s why I’m considering moving to Canada when I’m an adult.

[@mouthbreather280]

I guess you are leftist liberal. Hmm.. I wonder why so many Canadians will go to the United States for health care then? Heck, why so many from around the world travel to the US for health care. The US system is one of the best in the world. Canada you do pay for healthcare. In fact you’re burdened by it, heavily, through a concept called “tax.” An illegal alien sneaks into your country and breaks an arm, guess who fits the bill, you do.

[@IAMBENNYBLANCO.]

@@vonh7047 Canada's is worst! Just because they have "universal" healthcare doesn't mean better quality..... research.

[@SageSylvie]

It took me embarrassingly long to realize Canusa was just Can(ada) and USA

[@GabeGamePlayz]

Thank you for making this video! I was literally about to cross the border but you made this video, I could’ve got arrested.

[@RobertJRoman]

It used to be a statement of pride, when I was young, that the US-Canada border was the "world's longest undefended border." Sad that those days are long gone.

[@rainyclockuno3135]

:(

[@devilsoffspring5519]

Blame the 9/11 attacks for that, not to mention the constant movement of drugs and/or gang members across the border day in, day out for many decades now. MS-13 members like to come to Canada to 'cool off' after moving merchandise. We now have our very own little MS-13 gang right here in Canada eh! It's rather adorable :)

[@aryanbhuta3382]

Still undefended, militarily. Civilian law enforcement is present on both sides, and it always has been.

[@Horny_Fruit_Flies]

@@devilsoffspring5519 Ok boomer.

[@devilsoffspring5519]

@@Horny_Fruit_Flies Boomer? I'm not a Boomer, come up with something new.

[@lwarner3392]

That is the dumbest thing I've heard. Passport in your own town just to cross the road.

[@janeentumbao8690]

I need to add driving down this road and swerving on it a few times to my bucket list. 😂

[@redhongkong]

how do u deal with all the drinking water, drainage, internet services, delivery?

[@jacobtorris3428]

They should play dodge ball. Where the border is the half line.

[@aquaticangel3380]

Jacob Torris that would definitely be interesting... imagine falling over, then being taken by the police for tripping.

[@LillaVya]

Finally those annoying kids will get arrested for crossing the line

[@declaniii6324]

Sunset Stars nah. It’s US/Canada you’d get a warning and if you did a lot, a fine

[@Jumbopoptv]

They’ve actually done this on the US Mexico border in Arizona before, they played volleyball though

[@aceman0000099]

That would get you 53 counts of illegally smuggling dodgeballs into and out of the country

[@tgmartin]

Imagine being the petty officers that actually enforce this nonsense.

[@roselynsheldon9460]

they dont really it not that strict just houses on us sides have to have a states licene and can not go farther into canada then that road unless they checking in.most of the border officer actrully lived beside that border is arre very nice

[@johnnypoker46]

That's why they call them petty officers

[@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki]

@@johnnypoker46 Actually, the USA side LOVES TO HIRE "PETTY" Officers whose military experience has them as flag waving patriots who truly believe keeping people OUT is their job. Look for the hand tats like crossed cannons and such.

[@scottgould6590]

Correction: they have to enforce it or are paid to (its their job). I wonder how many of them, personally in their heart, do not believe in or support what they are doing?

[@azeleapark]

Like Thor said: *"you're so petty....."*

[@iZestos]

I know a house built on the border of New York and Connecticut. They get to choose which taxes to pay and which schools to send their kids. Location, location, location

[@pxpin89]

"You can't cross this line" two bikes immediately cross the line.

[@barcode8459]

Imagine you're getting your mail, and the wind blows it onto the other side of the road.

[@gwishart]

You can get it back, but you now you need to pay for international postage.

[@ravysaini127]

My city is very close to the USA. And it's small.

[@leyrua]

"Could you toss it back to me!?" "No! I don't want to get arrested for international smuggling!"

[@zahkam7322]

Then it becomes INTERNATIONAL MAIL!

[@sandburgmartin7947]

Or your dog's leash breaks.

[@DSP1337]

This is the most childish thing I can imagine... Either go full out and build a fence or just stay calm and accept that people cross the frickin road to go to the post office or visit the shops. My god, and I thought that we as humans developed some kind of intelligence over those thousands of years that we exist.

[@jonjohns8145]

ALL borders are childish jokes.

[@DakotaTheRota]

They don't take it seriously in realty, remember when he said a police put on it's sirens and told the bikers to get back across the border in jest?

[@jonjohns8145]

@Phlaked Corn: Damn those Celine Dion loving, Maple Syrup sucking, Celsius Measuring Canadians!!!

[@peoplez129]

It's not a simple issue, and it's not childish. If you just accept that people cross, then you essentially have no border control and it could lead to things like foreigners overtaking parts of your border, effectively making it part of their country no matter what the maps say. That's not such an issue when it's exactly along the border line, but it never works like that. There's a word for it: Encroaching. You let it happen on one street, then later it happens on the next street over, and so on and so forth until you've lost whole towns and hundreds of miles to foreigners who have no allegiance to your country, pay no taxes, etc. Doing nothing would essentially make illegal border crossing a fact of life, which is no way to run borders. One would think the solution would be to redraw the border BUT since people living there are either Canadian or American, redrawing the border lines is also a difficulty, because you don't want people to suddenly find their homes and businesses on opposite sides of a border. All this really is, is a remnant of border lines from the creation of countries that were already occupied. Places like Russia or China don't have to deal with this because they conquered all the people within the reaches of their borders. Their border lines weren't negotiated, they were taken. So while this may seem stupid.....it's nowhere near as bad as having border lines be what they are because you conquered and took it from other people like China and Russia did. This is the price we pay for civility over BARBARISM.

[@boptillyouflop]

They should so much go back to at least not needing passports to go to the US from Canada... I understand that it was soon after 9/11 and Americans were paranoid so they slapped on the new requirement, but it was fine before, so it's still a colossal waste of everybody's time.

[@charliegoodspeed240]

Wow now if only we had that kind of policy at the southern border

[@TroyQwert]

This is crazy! 😮