USA Urban Stays Versus Canada
As a Canadian in a law where we have no hand guns and things of this nature, I tend to see the reports of gun violence in the USA, which I am sure are like anything abnormal. I have been living in ...
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Hello everyone, wanted to update my travels from the thread here I started.
I entered the USA March 4th, 2016, and went in through Buffalo. Stayed all down through Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York State, Washington, Norfolk, Suffolk, North Carolina, Tennessee, Oklohoma, Arizona, California, Texas, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming.
Basically I had a great time, no problems at all. I was in Sand Diego, Oceanside, Los Angeles, and the only time I felt a little insecure was arriving in Clinton, Arkansas, the wrong side of town.
I used a website that tracks urban sites, and mostly stayed at Cracker Barrels. However next time I hope to do the Land Management Bureau, since I got a federal pass.
And ironically, not only did no troopers pull me over, in about the 6,500 miles I drove, but really I found people really well behaved and felt more comfortable than Canada in many cities.
The only real time I even saw a gun, was when I decided to visit a pawn shop, and get a metal detector there, and a guy pawning his chainsaw had one strapped on, and he seemed like more a prepper than anything, but he did not seem to be having a good day.
So vastly my fears were out of place, and I can hardly wait to go back.
I originally wanted to go for 3 months, but I took a episode with my blood pressure, and had a nose bleed in a restaurant, gushing, as in a nightmare movie gushing and ems had to come, I was spiked at 258, over 193, so god knows what I was origianlly. Apparently this can happen in Virginia due to climate change if you are prone to this and not medicated,
However the EMS was quick, and the hospital was great, and kept me in intensive care, and I am sure it cost alot, but wow, if you have insurance your hospital system beats us in Canada hands down.
Basically inside of 90 minutes they had these things blocking the burst vessels, xrays, and cat scan, they sure do not mess around there. So that cut my trip short until I get the BP thing worked out and a new insurance company.
So had a great tour, and thanks for all of your encouragement. I in fact feel pretty empowered after surviving the traffic in LA, down to San Diego, with my old truck and camper at 70 miles an hour, and 10 lanes of traffic.
The only challenge I had was the toll roads, and got caught in one off the I5 I think it was down to Oceanside California, and a complicated billing system.
Take care everyone in your travels this summer.
I entered the USA March 4th, 2016, and went in through Buffalo. Stayed all down through Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York State, Washington, Norfolk, Suffolk, North Carolina, Tennessee, Oklohoma, Arizona, California, Texas, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming.
Basically I had a great time, no problems at all. I was in Sand Diego, Oceanside, Los Angeles, and the only time I felt a little insecure was arriving in Clinton, Arkansas, the wrong side of town.
I used a website that tracks urban sites, and mostly stayed at Cracker Barrels. However next time I hope to do the Land Management Bureau, since I got a federal pass.
And ironically, not only did no troopers pull me over, in about the 6,500 miles I drove, but really I found people really well behaved and felt more comfortable than Canada in many cities.
The only real time I even saw a gun, was when I decided to visit a pawn shop, and get a metal detector there, and a guy pawning his chainsaw had one strapped on, and he seemed like more a prepper than anything, but he did not seem to be having a good day.
So vastly my fears were out of place, and I can hardly wait to go back.
I originally wanted to go for 3 months, but I took a episode with my blood pressure, and had a nose bleed in a restaurant, gushing, as in a nightmare movie gushing and ems had to come, I was spiked at 258, over 193, so god knows what I was origianlly. Apparently this can happen in Virginia due to climate change if you are prone to this and not medicated,
However the EMS was quick, and the hospital was great, and kept me in intensive care, and I am sure it cost alot, but wow, if you have insurance your hospital system beats us in Canada hands down.
Basically inside of 90 minutes they had these things blocking the burst vessels, xrays, and cat scan, they sure do not mess around there. So that cut my trip short until I get the BP thing worked out and a new insurance company.
So had a great tour, and thanks for all of your encouragement. I in fact feel pretty empowered after surviving the traffic in LA, down to San Diego, with my old truck and camper at 70 miles an hour, and 10 lanes of traffic.
The only challenge I had was the toll roads, and got caught in one off the I5 I think it was down to Oceanside California, and a complicated billing system.
Take care everyone in your travels this summer.
