• @Chocrates
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    192 months ago

    I’m not a smart man, but Michigan seems pretty far away from the Ocean

    • @[email protected]
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      2 months ago

      I admire your honesty and capacity for self-reflection. But shipping is huge in the Great Lakes. You can also get to the Atlantic from them.

      • @grue
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        242 months ago

        Fun fact: it’s possible to circumnavigate the eastern half of the US via the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.

        • Flying Squid
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          152 months ago

          That never occurred to me before and now I want to do it.

          • @grue
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            92 months ago

            Me too, although politics is making me more interested in sailing away from the US at the moment.

            Anyway, https://www.greatloop.org/

            • Flying Squid
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              22 months ago

              I’m also looking into getting out, but I’d still love to do that. Very cool.

              • @grue
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                12 months ago

                You can, but you’re still spending the vast majority of your time in US jurisdiction (which is bad if it turns into a fascist dictatorship and you’re trying to flee…).

            • Spot
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              12 months ago

              Oo, oo, lemme drop this lil tidbit in too,

              https://www.ic.org/directory/a-watership-down/

              Current Focus: Ohio River (Cincinnati to Louisville) to Canada to Montreal (Quebec) to Nova Scotia to Maine] [Secondarily any of the great lakes or the ohio river; Mississippi still a possible]

              A water-based, sustainable effort, with a view to a better quality of life. (tentative statement) disclaimer: almost all of this is planned; the only actuals are a couple of sailboats on the ohio river; there are no requirements for supporting one another

        • @[email protected]
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          22 months ago

          As soon as that first verse comes in, every Canadian automatically leans back and nods their had in satisfaction. It’s a genetic thing (we inject DNA therapy into immigrants at the border for those not born here)

    • @someguy3
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      St Lawrence River and Erie canal, though I’m not sure how functional that one is.