Americans and Canadians culture Q&A Thread.

[ronandannette]

I would live in the States in an instant, if I could be in New York City.

But you'd still be a Raps fan - right?

 

[mommasita]

I would live in the States in an instant, if I could be in New York City.

I could feel this. I feel very at “home” in NYC. I think it’s the hustle and bustle. The subway., it feels a LOT like home eh

 

[mommasita]

Now now @Buzz Rules,, do not get all Rangers for Tuesday night. (jokes)
Our all-star goalie is just out of re-hab, back-up has a concussion. So we have two juniors, kids playing on nets. We were not playing well, and now naturally, I will watch, I’m a sucker that way

 

[Nora03]

Not sure I could live there (price), but we LOVE NYC! What an amazing city. So lucky to have vacationed there.

 

[ronandannette]

Not sure I could live there (price), but we LOVE NYC! What an amazing city. So lucky to have vacationed there.

We've never been but I look forward to the chance. It's one of the few places left we'd love to see but haven't.

Americans: Is there any Canadian destination you'd like to visit if you haven't already? Do you have a favorite spot in Canada?
Canadians: Is there a USA destination you'd like to visit if you haven't already? Do you have a favorite spot in the USA.

For us it's southern California. Love, love, love everything about LA and the beach cities, all the way down to San Diego.

ETA: I typed that wrong - I meant to ask what places in the US Canadians would like to visit.

 

[ttintagel]

I'm also from the US and spent summers in a border area (didn't live there, but my father was from there and my parents had a camp there.) You just unlocked a memory for me- Zeddy! I don't remember Club Z but I do remember the bear. There was a Zeller's at the closest mall (over the border) and we got the commercials, since we only got the Canadian stations without cable.

OMG I had totally forgotten about Zeddy!

I remembered two other ads that stuck in my head for a long time, and were more Toronto-specific. There was the car dealership ad that ended with, “5959 Yonge Street - just a pinch above Finch!” and the Pizza Pizza jingle that started with their phone number: “Nine six seven/Eleven, eleven.”

 

[prairie_girl]

I thought of a question, it’s not culture related, but I’m still curious…

Without Googling, do you know who Terry Fox is?

 

[Frozen Canuck]

Without Googling, do you know who Terry Fox is?

Absolutely, but then again, I am Canadian and he is from my era, so yes, I know who Terry Fox is.

 

[Disneylover99]

Canadians: Is there any Canadian destination you'd like to visit if you haven't already? Do you have a favorite spot in the US?

For us it's southern California. Love, love, love everything about LA and the beach cities, all the way down to San Diego.

I don’t really know why, but I have no desire to travel in Canada.

Florida feels like my second home. I love it there and I always want to go. I would like to get to California one day though.

 

[adkkev]

Americans: Is there any Canadian destination you'd like to visit if you haven't already? Do you have a favorite spot in Canada?

We’d love to visit Newfoundland. And explore more of BC & the Yukon. And visit the NWT.

Tough to really say what our favorite place in Canada is! We really liked Jasper NP, PEI was great, Nova Scotia/Cape Breton was great, enjoyed Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Vancouver.

 

[prairie_girl]

We’d love to visit Newfoundland. And explore more of BC & the Yukon. And visit the NWT.

Tough to really say what our favorite place in Canada is! We really liked Jasper NP, PEI was great, Nova Scotia/Cape Breton was great, enjoyed Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Vancouver.

Looks like you need to spend some time on the Prairies. We always get overlooked.

 

[declansdad]

Looks like you need to spend some time on the Prairies. We always get overlooked.

That's because you can see from one side to the other.

 

[Aladora]

We've never been but I look forward to the chance. It's one of the few places left we'd love to see but haven't.

Americans: Is there any Canadian destination you'd like to visit if you haven't already? Do you have a favorite spot in Canada?
Canadians: Is there a USA destination you'd like to visit if you haven't already? Do you have a favorite spot in the USA.

For us it's southern California. Love, love, love everything about LA and the beach cities, all the way down to San Diego.

ETA: I typed that wrong - I meant to ask what places in the US Canadians would like to visit.

New Orleans has always been on my "must visit" list and it looks as though we may have a chance to go there Dec 2022, there is a cruise we are looking at booking to use up credits from a cancelled March 2020 one!

As for favourite places, Seattle has to be on my list. If there was anywhere in the US that I would consider living, it's there.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

We've never been but I look forward to the chance. It's one of the few places left we'd love to see but haven't.

Americans: Is there any Canadian destination you'd like to visit if you haven't already? Do you have a favorite spot in Canada?
Canadians: Is there a USA destination you'd like to visit if you haven't already? Do you have a favorite spot in the USA.

For us it's southern California. Love, love, love everything about LA and the beach cities, all the way down to San Diego.

ETA: I typed that wrong - I meant to ask what places in the US Canadians would like to visit.

Vancouver is the only place we've visited in Canada. I had the best dessert I've ever eaten in the restaurant on Grouse Mtn.

Quebec City & Montreal are on our short list of places we'd like to visit. We'd also like to take a cruise up the east coast of Canada.

 

[prairie_girl]

If I had to choose somewhere in the US, it would be the Grand Canyon, or Kansas/Nebraska/Oklahoma or wherever I could join a storm chaser.

 

[ronandannette]

If I had to choose somewhere in the US, it would be the Grand Canyon, or Kansas/Nebraska/Oklahoma or wherever I could join a storm chaser.

You really are a prairie person, aren't you!

 

[Frozen Canuck]

That's because you can see from one side to the other.

That's not true. Sight line before curvature of the earth is only about 3 miles. The prairies are a whole lot wider than that, despite what people say about watching your dog run away from home for three days.

 

[tvguy]

That's not true. Sight line before curvature of the earth is only about 3 miles. The prairies are a whole lot wider than that, despite what people say about watching your dog run away from home for three days.

Well, I think with those huge grain elevators, you can see a lot further than 3 miles, lol.

 

[Frozen Canuck]

Well, I think with those huge grain elevators, you can see a lot further than 3 miles, lol.

That's true, but sadly, they are becoming a thing of the past. Just recently, the Dog River elevator from Corner Gas (the town is actually called Rouleau, but obviously, for the TV show they renamed the elevator) burned to the ground, and many others are unsafe and being demolished.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

If I had to choose somewhere in the US, it would be the Grand Canyon, or Kansas/Nebraska/Oklahoma or wherever I could join a storm chaser.

This was a tornado about 30miles west of me right by my alma mater in 2019


This is the same tornado only north of me as it tracked:


I've had EF0 and EF1 touch down within miles of my home but those in the pictures above were EF3 and EF4 tornadoes.

I've shared those pics before and I've also shared this one:

This is a plastic flower pot from that tornado directly above (it touched down within miles of my in-laws), it was carried and found 50 miles east of where it originated from still mostly intact.

Tornadoes are some scary powerful unpredictable things that's for sure.