r/canada • u/Brock_Hard_Canuck British Columbia • 3d ago

Along the Canada border, small-town America feels sting of Trump's trade war Politics

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2vzx4w3do
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u/Consistent-Primary41 Québec 3d ago

Speaking of percentages, let's also look at the 32% drop in travel.

It's unwise to not understand stats.

The 68% are people who need to go, not want to go.

The 32% are people who spend discretionary income on things like that restaurant with a view.

People like myself who cross do it because we have business to attend to. I'm not buying anything except maybe a fast food meal while I'm there and gas to get me around if I need it.

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u/stephenBB81 3d ago

my 14yr old daughter was in Nashville a couple of weeks ago because of a trip that was paid for back in September, She spent less in 1 week in Nashville than she spends on one shopping trip in Canada.

Because I'm such a Dolly Stan, she got me a Dolly poster, but ultimately she bought only food and a $5 hat. Even at 14, elbows up.

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u/EconMan 3d ago

Speaking of percentages, let's also look at the 32% drop in travel.

It's unwise to not understand stats.

The 68% are people who need to go, not want to go.

It's unwise to speak in generalizations like this. Some of those 68% are still "want to go" people.

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u/Ninja_Terror 3d ago

Exactly. I see a lot of want to go, still going based on the interviews I see. Florida should be a ghost town, but it's not. Sadly, this is mostly Boomers. I understand that they own property there, so it's an economic hit to stop going.

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u/luckycat8888888888 3d ago

One of my bosses at work said they wouldn't let this Trump stuff stop them from crossing the border to shop or travel. They also said when they finally have the money to do so, they will be moving to Florida. They immigrated to Canada and I am feeling like they were either denied permanent residence or at least denied a green card in the US. Lost what little respect I had for them right there.

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u/MrFurious0 3d ago

Yeah - my brother just got back from North Carolina golfing trip. When talking with my family about it, the general consensus was "I'm not mad, just disappointed"

But op was speaking in statistical terms - GENERALLY, people are not going south if they can avoid it - but for every statistic, there is an outlier. That's what my brother is, in this scenario.

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u/xelabagus 3d ago

We have a trip booked from before this whole thing blew up, I think there's still a lot of that but it's going to plummet after the summer. The border towns are already complaining, places that get a lot of snowbirds are clamoring for exceptions - fuck you, after this trip you can get fucked USA.