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Originally Posted by hipster duck
^The thing is that the people from those southern states who visit Niagara Falls, Ontario obviously have a passport. What's interesting is that once they come over, they seemingly just cross back over again. It's as if they're on a cross-USA trip and the only reason they brought their passport was to see the Falls from the Canadian side.
I don't even see those plates on the QEW between Hamilton and Niagara, which is a route some Americans take if they're going from Michigan to Upstate NY. The trip through Ohio is a bit of a detour and is also tolled.
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It's interesting to consider what routes these southerners take. On a map, it's curious how "close" southern Ontario is to the American South/Appalachia even though culturally it seems so distant.
West Virginia's northern end is so close to the Canadian border, even though it's a state lacking big cities, and is chided as being one of the least "cosmopolitan" states.
I wonder what compels someone to want to journey up to Canada to Niagara Falls but not want to see Canada's largest city, even if it's just a couple hours more of a drive.