American border city has had enough of the "ugly Canadian".
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An old joke:
The bar owners on the Canadian side of the border were sick of under-21 American crossing the border to drink. So they devised a test to tell if the young patrons are American or Canadian.
Owner: "What's the last three letters of the Alphabet?"
Patron: "X, Y, and Zee"
Owner: "WRONG Americans!!!"
The bar owners on the Canadian side of the border were sick of under-21 American crossing the border to drink. So they devised a test to tell if the young patrons are American or Canadian.
Owner: "What's the last three letters of the Alphabet?"
Patron: "X, Y, and Zee"
Owner: "WRONG Americans!!!"
Do keep in mind that the population of USA is about 10 times larger than Canada. So they have massive economies of scale and buying power. Many Canadians in border crossing areas so shop in the USA for the lower prices, and mostly the larger variety of goods available there.
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Just another case of Americans sneezing and Canadians catching a cold. Remember when the dollar was 58 cents? Just wait until that Real estate market in TO takes a dump, its gonna sting.
Yeah, but that is when we get even. They show up and find it is Canadians only day. Then they will be left holding their dicks in their hands.How about all those Americans come to Canada for pooning?
64 cents.
You missed your opportunity to buy Toronto real estate back when the dollar was low eh. Just think, if you bought a 500 thousand dollar house in Toronto 6 or 7 years ago when the dollar was 64 cents, it would have cost you 300 grand US. Now, that same house would be worth a million Can = 1 million plus US for a tidy $700,000.00 profit.
But you blew it.
Oh well.
Just one more perverse result flowing from our high energy taxes and mafia-like dairy industry protections.
From the article:
Ken Oplinger, president of the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce, is urging locals to have patience for their Canadian visitors. Without them, he says, the living situation in the city and county would be quite different.
"In the last two years, our sales tax generation has doubled or tripled the pace in the rest of the state, and it's almost entirely because of the Canadians coming south," he said.
The facebook page was started by local yokels.
Ken Oplinger, president of the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce, is urging locals to have patience for their Canadian visitors. Without them, he says, the living situation in the city and county would be quite different.
"In the last two years, our sales tax generation has doubled or tripled the pace in the rest of the state, and it's almost entirely because of the Canadians coming south," he said.
The facebook page was started by local yokels.
It's an oft-repeated statement that "everything" in Canada is overpriced, and while it is true that some goods are less expensive in the US than in Canada due to a number of factors, from economies of scale due to a larger and more evenly distributed population and factors such as supply issues (at least for milk), it is also worth keeping in mind that prices vary considerably within different regions in the US as well.
For example, I had been on a business trip to New Jersey and Pennsylvania a few years ago and I had the opportunity to stop by a few malls along the way, and what struck me was just how expensive many items were in those stores. In fact in many of the clothing stores, the items I saw there were more expensive than the same items available in Canadian stores, not to mention the same items in stores in the suburban areas outside of Detroit (where I have relatives). I had also been to a business trip to Raleigh, North Carolina and when I also didn't notice prices at stores or restaurants to be too far from prices I pay here in Toronto. So it strikes me that the big price differences are more of a feature of border cities/towns.
For example, I had been on a business trip to New Jersey and Pennsylvania a few years ago and I had the opportunity to stop by a few malls along the way, and what struck me was just how expensive many items were in those stores. In fact in many of the clothing stores, the items I saw there were more expensive than the same items available in Canadian stores, not to mention the same items in stores in the suburban areas outside of Detroit (where I have relatives). I had also been to a business trip to Raleigh, North Carolina and when I also didn't notice prices at stores or restaurants to be too far from prices I pay here in Toronto. So it strikes me that the big price differences are more of a feature of border cities/towns.
