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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 11 points 17 hours ago (7 children)

i never understood why Canadians went south amyway.

  • You want Hot and Humid like Florida go to Windsor, ON
  • you want Arizona heat and desert go to Ossoyos, BC
  • you want a miles of Surfable Ocean with Sandy beach, go to Long Beach Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC
  • etc

Our country has an amazing range of varied landscapes. And with climate change we at seeing 38-40C in BC summers, no need for a trip to a hot country

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

Do you mean ever or just recently with all the ICE and 51st State bullshit? Because it's obviously not just landscapes and climate. There's probably more shit to do and people to see. Canada is a wonderful and beautiful country but even our biggest cities can be boring compared to other cities in the world AND hard to get to because of how pricey domestic travel is.

[–] spacesatan@lazysoci.al 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I can't believe this is an opinion anyone actually has and that 15 people upvoted it.

Why would anyone go somewhere warm in winter, I just can't figure it out. Actually this place where the daily high is normally below the overnight low of this other place is practically a 1:1 substitution.

Like some truly baffling misconception that people visit Arizona and Florida in the summer months in order to experience extreme heat.

[–] TheBloodFarts@lemmy.ca 9 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

Largely has to do with how expensive it is to fly within Canada. Attempted to book flights from Edmonton -> Toronto recently, $800 round trip for a no frills flight aside from a carry on bag.

Granted this price surge is directly related to Trump, but it's generally more expensive to fly within Canada

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah flights are tricky, you have to watch for cheap days now that Swoop is gone. With swoop I had $69 from Westcoast to Toronto, and a $15 return ticket plus the Toronto improvement fee. But now with Westjet the best Ive had is $200 each way

[–] TheBloodFarts@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago

Cheapest I've seen was $250 for round trip to Toronto, that crept to $300, and now prices are absurd.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Wtf... thats like four people to multiple capitals and cities, coasts etc here in the eu.

[–] TheBloodFarts@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago

Yup it's completely fucked. That's what happens when you've got 2 national airlines and effectively zero outside competition

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, but where do you go for those things in the winter? Who's travelling to Arizona in the summer? And who's surfing in Tofino in the winter?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Well skiing in Whistler is a great Winter activity, or Tofino has a peak Storm Watch Season in the winter too, people book a beach house and watch the Pacific storms come in on the beaches.

I guess its easier on the west coast lower mainland because we don't have a true winter like other provinces... So there's no a huge reason to escape it.

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 13 hours ago

You want Hot and Humid like Florida go to Windsor, ON

Speaking as someone from just across the border in Detroit, Miami is way more pleasant in the winter then Detroit. Even outside the winter it's a nice vacation spot because the beaches won't give you ecoli.

[–] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I went to Florida last year to fulfill a life long dream of visiting Cape Canaveral. I got to watch a Falcon 9 launch and go on a guided tour with a former astronaut.

Windsor doesn't have that.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago

Windsor doesn't have ICE yet either

[–] j5y7@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

After the polar caps finish melting, neither will Florida.

[–] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

After having seen the average elevation there and how flat everything is, I believe it. It's just that at my age it was go now or never.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

This is been my argument for a long time, People don't care, People just want to do what they know.

[–] dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago

To be fair, it’s a pretty dumb argument. BC has the same weather as Arizona? Absolutely absurd.