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submitted 2 weeks ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

A new research tool that tracks cell phone activity has found a 42% drop in visitors from Canada to big metropolitan areas in the US that is much higher than official border-crossing data, suggesting Canadians during the second Trump administration are avoiding US cities in particular.

Researchers from the University of Toronto said the tool showed a “year-over-year median decline of approximately 42% in Canadian visits to US metropolitan areas – significantly higher than official border-crossing data, which showed a roughly 25% decline”.

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[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago

It's still not enough. Why is anybody still going there?

[-] Worstdriver@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I have friends in the US. I visit them, not their country.

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

How do you visit them without visiting their country? If ICE comes for you, will saying "I'm not in the country, I'm just visiting friends" save you?

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