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Originally Posted by jmecklenborg
Many Americans live really close to Canada and basically never think about it.
Do Detroit or Buffalo have a "Canadian Influence"? No.
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Incorrect.
There is substantial influence.
Buffalo and Detroit get all the cross-border radio stations, and often the over-the-air Canadian TV stations as well.
Notably this means many while many Canadian acts are huge in the U.S. (Drake, The Weekend, currently, and historically everyone from Celine Dion to Shania Twain)............
Many others never become household names in the U.S.; but they do in Buffalo and Detroit.
Likewise, Tim Horton's the iconic Canadian donut shop; has a large presence in those markets, even though, over-all its not big in the U.S.
The Buffalo PBS station actually identifies on air as Buffalo-Toronto with over 1/2 its member-revenue from Canadian viewers.
You can see the Canadian influence everywhere.
The economic relationship is huge; and for most Buffalo residents (and arguably those in Detroit), Toronto is the closest truly major City.
Canadians are also a material portion of the student body in Buffalo/Detroit Unis........ Canadian (Ontarian) gov't student aid is even extended to many students in those U.S. School. Meanwhile, large numbers of Buffalo residents also study in Canada (less common in the Detroit area, with only a much smaller Canadian Uni nearby).
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The issue w/the Canadian influence mind you is how it drops off precipitously as you move away from the immediate border area.
What a Detroit resident might recognize about Canada does not apply to Kalamazoo.