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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
yeah. looking at google maps i could find only one border crossing between new hampshire and quebec, while i counted 14 border crossings between vermont and quebec.
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And it's closed at night, and leads to nowhere on the Quebec side. 99%+ of all traffic coming from [and/or going to] New Hampshire enters Quebec [and/or leaves Quebec] at either Hereford (Quebec Route 141) or East Hereford (Quebec Route 253), in both cases passing through a thin sliver of Vermont. Both of these crossings are open 24/7, unlike the Chartierville crossing you mentioned.
(I live in the southeastern corner of Quebec and have several lands just outside Colebrook NH so I do that commute regularly, I'm very familiar with the area.)
They are right though, Vermont is "north heavy" while NH is "south heavy" in terms of where all the stuff is. Vermont's main population center (in its NW corner) is "looking to Montreal" a lot more than what happens in NH, where most people are within Greater Boston or almost.