Over the Easter holiday we decided to take a trip up to Montreal. My wife and I had gone there on our honeymoon and fallen in love with it, and our kids had yet to leave the country. We got them passports back in 2020, right before COVID, and have been putting off international travel against our will since. Montreal is an amazing place, one I would put up against the famous cities of Europe, and we can easily drive to it from Jersey.
Thanks for this Jason. I understand and empathize with your feeling of dread. I'm with you. I feel it even when I leave Chicago and Illinois for a less-civilized state---one with regressive politics and retrograde views on humanity.
Great essay Jason. I'm out of the country right now and man the level of dread is ratched down to about 5% of normal everyday life in the US. So glad to be gone even if I miss a few things.
Oh and I don't think you need to hedge your feelings by proclaiming your love of the US. Its just an arbitrary border set by white supremacist colonial ideology. Its OK to dislike it.
What America Feels Like After a Weekend in Canada
Thanks for this Jason. I understand and empathize with your feeling of dread. I'm with you. I feel it even when I leave Chicago and Illinois for a less-civilized state---one with regressive politics and retrograde views on humanity.
Great essay Jason. I'm out of the country right now and man the level of dread is ratched down to about 5% of normal everyday life in the US. So glad to be gone even if I miss a few things.
Oh and I don't think you need to hedge your feelings by proclaiming your love of the US. Its just an arbitrary border set by white supremacist colonial ideology. Its OK to dislike it.