> There is only one building in North America, probably in the world, where one can browse bestsellers and children’s books by crossing an international border and then sit for an amateur theatre troupe in a regal opera house with each half of your body in two different countries.
Maybe not quite specifically that, but I expected there to be similar things, given that there's borders all over the place in Europe. Sure enough, in the very first city I checked, I found a library + culture center + music academy right on the border between the Netherlands and Belgium.[1]
That is at least according to the rough border on maps. Generally countries make sure to organize things such that buildings are either in one country, or another, while sharing streets. I expect no building is treated as being in multiple.
Ha, you beat me to it - Netherlands/Belgium border has tonnes of buildings like this. I think my favourite are some bars which have different opening times depending on which side of the border they are.
That town considers a building to belong to the country containing its front door, but the border does run through several buildings including this one.
thatguy0900 7 days ago [-]
"The news, met with disbelief from patrons and staff, followed a closely watched visit by the US secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem, in March. Touring the library, Noem said “USA number one!” and then hopped over the black tape separating the two countries and said “51st state” when she landed in Canada. She repeated the joke – echoing Donald Trump’s recent fixation on annexing Canada – three times."
Absolute insanity, clown behavior
gambiting 7 days ago [-]
I read that and I couldn't believe it. THE US Secretary of Homeland Security saying things like that. Who are these people.
mindslight 7 days ago [-]
Simply put they are human trash. The kind of people that you keep your kids away from, lest they end up trying to emulate them. They have power because a spectacle makes good entertainment, and much of our society has apparently decided entertainment is more important than competence or morals. And the bonus is that these kind of people are easy to keep in line behind authoritarian orders, because inside they know that they're hollow and that if they stop fronting it is a long way down.
Canada should call his bluff. They would be a reliably Democratic vote.
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euroderf 7 days ago [-]
Ten to thirteen new states.
dfadsadsf 7 days ago [-]
Alternatively 10 to 14 new colonies without voting right with people getting less than citizen rights (something similar to status that Baltic states have for ethnically Russians). You have to deserve right to vote.
euroderf 6 days ago [-]
That is a lot to unpack. Pass.
morkalork 7 days ago [-]
Kristi Noem, the one who shot her own dog? I'm afraid clown-ish behaviour doesn't even begin to describe her sociopathy
amatecha 7 days ago [-]
I don't feel like "feud" is the right word to use. Only one party is engaging in hostilities.
euroderf 7 days ago [-]
The greatest border in the world, headed down the commode.
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Maybe not quite specifically that, but I expected there to be similar things, given that there's borders all over the place in Europe. Sure enough, in the very first city I checked, I found a library + culture center + music academy right on the border between the Netherlands and Belgium.[1]
That is at least according to the rough border on maps. Generally countries make sure to organize things such that buildings are either in one country, or another, while sharing streets. I expect no building is treated as being in multiple.
[1] https://maps.app.goo.gl/8DFosfEJyrx7kPap9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarle-Nassau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarle-Hertog
https://cultuurcentrumbaarle.eu/evenementenprogramma/
That town considers a building to belong to the country containing its front door, but the border does run through several buildings including this one.
Absolute insanity, clown behavior
Canada should call his bluff. They would be a reliably Democratic vote.