Apparently this happened three weeks ago and the news is just coming out now. Winston Peters as usual has no idea what is happening and is too busy licking Trump's boots to actually say or do anything.

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[–] NoRamyunForYou@lemmy.nz 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Honestly scary stuff happening. My once dream of getting over to the States, when I was younger, has now died out.

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Go to Canada instead.

[–] NoRamyunForYou@lemmy.nz 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We had actually planned to visit Seattle/British Columbia right before Covid Lockdowns hit, and havent really thought about it since.

To be honest, a lot of my sense of connection with the USA was due to Sports that I follow, and due to constant portrayal from Films/TV Shows. Other than that, don't really have a sense of wanting to visit North America at this point in time.

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I visited the west coast, I drove up from San Francisco to Vancouver visiting various towns in Oregon and Washington along the way. IMHO Canada was much better in every aspect except maybe mexican food. I really loved Vancouver and want to go back some day.

[–] NoRamyunForYou@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What were some of the big/key differences you noticed between the two?

The original plan was to actually do something similar. Start at SF, visit some National parks like Yosemite, go to Seattle and then drive on over to Canada... But with some of the early outbreaks in the US happening in and around Seattle, that quickly hanged to Just Canada, which quickly changed to Lets do a NZ Roadie, to lets just stay at home :)

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 day ago

Between the US and Canada you mean? I thought Vancouver was more beautiful and cleaner than SF. The air also was cleaner which I really noticed for some reason. I liked the sushi better in Vancouver, in fact some of the best japanese food I ever ate. The people seemed nicer.

As I said almost everything was a little better.

[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You might be interested to know that a large portion of american movies and TV use Canadian cities and towns to portray american locales. So you might find yourself right where you wanted to be in Vancouver, Toronto, or Montreal, regarding seeing stuff you have enjoyed in movies :)

[–] NoRamyunForYou@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Seeing as your from lemmy.ca, I assume you are from Cananda? In that case, if you don't me asking, what would you say are some similarities in Canada, to how the US is portrayed in Hollywood, and differences?

[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I'll make a proper comment when I have the time. This is a cool question that deserves some thought.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Slightly less racist and right-wing.
It just has much better PR

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 days ago

LOL

[–] goatbeard@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As an American, I've always thought NZ would be an amazing place to move to. Why have you dreamed of moving out?

[–] NoRamyunForYou@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 day ago

When you sit down and think about it, especially now, I don't really know.

I would guess it had a lot to do with the fact that when I was younger, everything seemed to be centered in the US. Films, TV Shows, a lot of Sports I watched, Companies etc etc. Also, the fact that NZ is so small, and the US seems so BIG, makes you want to live that sort of lifestyle.

Again, as I start getting a bit older, I have come to really appreciate living in NZ. I still might travel somewhere International and try living there for a few years (if everything aligns at some point), but not really too fussed about it anymore. When some of my friends started moving overseas, I would say I was jealous for a bit, and it really made me wanted to do the same, but now it's a lot of indifference.