Posted by Dave41A on September 19, 2021 at 11:26:47 from (71.161.70.175):
In Reply to: Canada Question posted by GordyMN on September 18, 2021 at 19:15:01:
I live in WNY, and grew up just a few miles from the bridges to Canada. I watched mostly Canadian TV growing up: TVO, CBC, CHCH, etc, as the US stations were out of range. My brother and I would watch Bills football on TV in French (which got around NFL blackout rules), but turn the volume off and listen to the game on the radio in English.
In the 1970's, crossing the border was a lot easier and with the $$ exchange rate and imperial gallons at the time (5 US quarts instead of 4), buying gas was a better deal in Canada than in the US. The gas in your tank was not subject to import tax, so people would cross the border just to fill up. For all I know it still might be a better deal, except trying to do a currency exchange and a liters/gallons conversion on the spot at the pump is probably too much math for most, not to mention that post-9/11 made border crossing a headache, and the border is completely closed now anyway.
Anyone from a border US state will probably have similar experiences. Just about everyone had a mix of US and Canadian change in their pocket (the self-serve honor-system coffee pot at work even has a sign 'No Canadian Coins'), and you got used to driving 100 (KPH) when over the border, listening to weather forecasts in Celsius, etc. So it's a mish-mash of units on this side of the border, too. You probably see the same in MN.
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