Besides the obvious “welcome to [state name]” sign. Is there a significant change in architecture, infrastructure, agriculture, store brands, maybe even culture?

  • bluGill@fedia.io
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    11 days ago

    they used to search all cars entering minnesota from wisconson for fireworks until the courts ruled that was illegal without a warant for the specific cars to search. This was around 30 years ago. California has done searchs for ‘bugs’ before but don’t know if the still do.

    in every case I’ve seen you don’t see any difference but locals know and will bicker over trivial things like sport teams or best state bird.

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      11 days ago

      California still maintains agricultural inspection stations. Based on the FAQ, I think the legal workaround they’re using is that they can deny entry to a vehicle until it is inspected even though they cannot, strictly speaking deny entry to people.

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      11 days ago

      California has done searchs for ‘bugs’ before but don’t know if the still do.

      I guess that is not “Bugs” as in butterfly?

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        10 days ago

        It is stated to be literally for bugs, as in insects, for agricultural protection reasons. It’s in quotes though, because typically the real purpose of such inspections is to “accidentally” find other contraband “in plain sight” during the thorough inspection for “bugs”.