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I think Washington and Minnesota. Minnesota, more Ontario, and Washington, parts of British Columbia.
I always associate Ontario much more with Upstate NY and Michigan due to their proximity to Ontario's main city, Toronto. But I guess Minnesota could be associated too with Western Ontario.
Are you saying that "places named after French explorers and famous French individuals" =/= "French influence"?
If so, I respectfully disagree.
It just hit me:
Missouri has a slew of places, mainly in the east and southeast, that have French names, starting with the state's largest city, St. Louis, named for Louis IX of France.
The city flag has a fleur-de-lis on it to reflect the fact that it was founded by the French, but no one would confuse it for New Orleans, even: the ethnic group that left the biggest mark on the city are the Germans who settled all over eastern Missouri in the 19th century. They're the reason why St. Louis is a major beer brewing center, something the French are not particularly known for (even though they do drink it).
So in terms of influence, the Germans have some and the French none, the name notwithstanding.
I'd say the same about Cape Girardeau, Ste. Genevieve, Portage des Sioux or Versailles (the way it's pronounced in Missouri would cause the French to tear out their hair).
Perhaps a bit off topic but how do you feel about no border crossings for the past 8 months? How has this effected us/canada relations and business? Will the reopening miraculously get things back to normal or will it take some time? My vote is the latter.
But my vote would probably be Maine or Vermont, perhaps Alaska. But the US would never give up Alaska. It was our country’s best real estate buys of all time.
Perhaps a bit off topic but how do you feel about no border crossings for the past 8 months? How has this effected us/canada relations and business? Will the reopening miraculously get things back to normal or will it take some time? My vote is the latter.
Living close to the border I enjoy fewer cars in the north part of my county. But, we also have acquaintances that we met through our business that we miss. My city depends somewhat on retail sales from Canadians which has declined.
I, too, believe it is not over yet. We are seeing increasing cases in the US so it may take awhile to open borders so we all remain safe.
I always associate Ontario much more with Upstate NY and Michigan due to their proximity to Ontario's main city, Toronto. But I guess Minnesota could be associated too with Western Ontario.
The Iron Range probably feels closer ties to Western Ontario due to the mining background, but despite sharing a shorter border with Manitoba, I'd say Manitoba has the closer ties with Minnesota for most of the state. I thing a lot of folks from Winnipeg would come down for Vikings games, as I would see tons of Manitoba plates downtown on home game weekends, but you see Manitoba plates around town frequently in the Twin Cities. Seeing a Ontario plate was pretty rare in Minnesota.
People saying Washington, I have to disagree. To me The PNW just feels like it's own thing, not Canadian nor American. To me Washington doesn't feel particularly American nor Canadian, just as BC doesn't feel Canadian or American to me. They feel very PNW.
Oregon, Washington, BC, Alaska and the very far north reaches of California could be their own country as they seem to have this unified culture that isn't fully American or Canadian.
People saying Washington, I have to disagree. To me The PNW just feels like it's own thing, not Canadian nor American. To me Washington doesn't feel particularly American nor Canadian, just as BC doesn't feel Canadian or American to me. They feel very PNW.
Oregon, Washington, BC, Alaska and the very far north reaches of California could be their own country as they seem to have this unified culture that isn't fully American or Canadian.
That can be said about many parts in both countries.
Both are a sum of their parts.
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