It probably doesn’t help that the Canadian dollar is quite weak in the US.
I don’t buy this argument.
One year ago the USD was at $1.39. Today it’s $1.40.
In 2025 USD peaked at $1.47 in Jan but then dropped to $1.38 by April. The lowest it was for 2025 was in the summer months - as low as $1.35.
If you look at the 2024 season the USD sat around $1.36-1.38 for most of the summer with a dip in Aug to $1.34.
2024 and 2025 really weren’t THAT much different during the tourist months.
I don’t honestly think a couple of cents is going to make a difference to Snow Birds and vacationers. What does make a difference is a fascist fat fuck saying he’s going to turn your homeland into part of the USA and ICE thugs nabbing random people off the street. I’m not going anywhere near that shit even if the USD was sitting at $.50
Our vacation this year could have easily included a jump to the US for a couple days. If we took this trip in 2024 we would have.
ICE is a huge risk for a traveller. They’re running as a lawless gang. No accountability.
I want my vacation to be fun but there is a non-zero chance of getting nabbed by ICE in the US. Combine that with the US policy of any idiot can and should own a gun.
The US is a crazy 2nd world shithole and doesn’t offer anything worth the risks.
If we are going to have a conversation about an important topic, we have to use up to date terminology to do so. Third world ain’t it. The USA was the fricking anchorpiece of the First World. Calling it third world is just lazy and stupid. I won’t stand for it.
I get your frustration, (fr me its when people and programs use font, really its a typeface, and font is something else) but people have moved on, 3rd world now means No Healthcare, lack of education, contaminated water, etc. And the USA is moving into that realm.
Ha, and I actually used to know the difference between typeface and font, but my memory of graphic design classes has waned a bit since 2005 when I took that program in college, so I had to look it up and refresh myself, full disclosure.
More to the point - I think we can both agree that USA is democratically backsliding. Part of that is a lack of education being trusted by many. If we can’t even remember what terms like First and Second World were supposed to mean, it just feeds into the misinformation maelstrom that produces far-right types calling anything exhibiting human decency “communist”, “woke”, or other inaccurate terms meant to belittle them.
I don’t buy this argument.
One year ago the USD was at $1.39. Today it’s $1.40.
In 2025 USD peaked at $1.47 in Jan but then dropped to $1.38 by April. The lowest it was for 2025 was in the summer months - as low as $1.35.
If you look at the 2024 season the USD sat around $1.36-1.38 for most of the summer with a dip in Aug to $1.34.
2024 and 2025 really weren’t THAT much different during the tourist months.
I don’t honestly think a couple of cents is going to make a difference to Snow Birds and vacationers. What does make a difference is a fascist fat fuck saying he’s going to turn your homeland into part of the USA and ICE thugs nabbing random people off the street. I’m not going anywhere near that shit even if the USD was sitting at $.50
Our vacation this year could have easily included a jump to the US for a couple days. If we took this trip in 2024 we would have.
Yeah, fair enough. A weaker dollar always been a negative about going to the US rather than a recent development.
Our vacation this year was also not in the US and it was nice to go somewhere the CAD was stronger. I guess that would have always been the case.
In any event, I’m not going back for awhile and ICE definitely plays a huge part in that and all that other fascist stuff.
ICE is a huge risk for a traveller. They’re running as a lawless gang. No accountability.
I want my vacation to be fun but there is a non-zero chance of getting nabbed by ICE in the US. Combine that with the US policy of any idiot can and should own a gun.
The US is a crazy 2nd world shithole and doesn’t offer anything worth the risks.
Just a point of order:
The terms First, Second and Third World were cold war references to the power blocs (Allies, Soviets, unaligned).
If you mean to say backsliding in terms of development, say that.
Third world is an inaccurate description for ‘undeveloped’ countries.
That’s the thing with language it evolves to mean other things. Everyone equates “3rd world l” to mean poorly developed /or dirty/ or destitute, now.
Like the UK uses hoovering to mean vacuuming, because Hoover was the go to brand in them old days.
Just let people use words how they want LOL
Well, skibidi 6 7 to you, then.
If we are going to have a conversation about an important topic, we have to use up to date terminology to do so. Third world ain’t it. The USA was the fricking anchorpiece of the First World. Calling it third world is just lazy and stupid. I won’t stand for it.
Well, good thing I called it a “2nd world shithole” then.
That would mean aligned with Russia. So…not exactly wrong any more, I guess? Lol
Were you sitting down when you wrote that 😀
I get your frustration, (fr me its when people and programs use font, really its a typeface, and font is something else) but people have moved on, 3rd world now means No Healthcare, lack of education, contaminated water, etc. And the USA is moving into that realm.
Ha, and I actually used to know the difference between typeface and font, but my memory of graphic design classes has waned a bit since 2005 when I took that program in college, so I had to look it up and refresh myself, full disclosure. More to the point - I think we can both agree that USA is democratically backsliding. Part of that is a lack of education being trusted by many. If we can’t even remember what terms like First and Second World were supposed to mean, it just feeds into the misinformation maelstrom that produces far-right types calling anything exhibiting human decency “communist”, “woke”, or other inaccurate terms meant to belittle them.
Totally agree
a better description is “shithole”.
Agreed