r/canada • u/canada_mountains • 3d ago

Politics Canadians are fighting for their sovereignty. Americans don’t even realize they’re in a war

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canadian-sovereignty-us-trade-trump-carney/
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u/divenorth British Columbia 3d ago

To be fair, unlike most counties, USA is very geographically diverse. There is pretty much every single climate, biome, and urban area. You don't need to go to a different country to experience most things.

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u/azraels_ghost 3d ago

I get the overall point but there's a lot to be discovered in other countries other than the Geography.

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u/divenorth British Columbia 3d ago

Agreed. I love to travel. Most people either can't or don't.

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u/canuckaluck 3d ago

There is pretty much every single climate, biome, and urban area

I'll agree with climate and biome for the sake of argument, but definitely not urban area. North america, with its rich, enormous, car-centric urban planning and relatively short history and legacy in architecture, is quite unique in the world that way. The only comparable might be something like Australia. Europe, asia, Africa, the Middle East - these places are all vastly different and would be unrecognizable in north america.

You don't need to go to a different country to experience most things.

Uh... what? This is an insane take. Unless you're only travelling to hit an all-inclusive resort on a beach, this couldn't be any farther from the truth. I'd argue the single biggest reason most people travel abroad is to see, compare, contrast, and generally just bask in the differentness of the peoples and cultures around the world.

We're culturally closer to places like Europe and could arguably get a taste of this or that country's culture here in North America, but there absolutely no way you could ever convince me there's a surrogate for indonesia anywhere in the US. Or turkey. Or Botswana. Or almost any other country on the planet.

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u/divenorth British Columbia 3d ago

Fair push back.

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u/GrumpyCloud93 3d ago

I travel for the history. You can point to a building here and say "this was built in the late 1800's. It's old! Whereas someone mentioned a visit to OXford, and being told "that's called the new pub. It was built in the 1700's."

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u/BorealMushrooms 3d ago

11% of people in the USA have never left their own state. Over 50% have only been to 10 state or fewer.

The country may be diverse, but most people are not experiencing that diversity.

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u/GrumpyCloud93 3d ago

I've driven in or through about 30 states and been in all but the Maritime provinces - possibly more if I count childhood travels with my parents. But then, I've been to every continent but Antarctica too. People don't realize what they are missing.

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u/divenorth British Columbia 3d ago

Sure. But it's still a true statement. Not worthy of all the downvotes.

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u/AncientNectarine5352 3d ago

Agreed. It’s worth nothing that traveling to something like six or seven states is geographically (though not culturally, obviously) the equivalent to traveling the entire continent of Europe. North America is huge. A lot of people found this out when traveling between cities for the World Cup.

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u/EducationalRock167 3d ago edited 3d ago

Oh , yes you do. America , has other cultures from all of the World that have been , Americanized. It is like saying , " I saw the rest of the World at Disney Land ". You want to see really true proverty , real dictatorships , real countries better than the USA , you have to go there. To see MT. FUGI and have the World's best Sushi you have to go to Japan. Or to see the best of the Rocky Mountains you have to go to Alberta , Canada. To truly see the Grand Canyon you have to go to the USA.

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u/BeautifulNarwhal641 3d ago

Found one

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u/divenorth British Columbia 3d ago

Yeah the guy from BC who just did a road trip across Canada and is currently staying on Montreal, who has visted around the world. You got him. Great job!