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Americans who live near state borders,how do you notice you've crossed the border?
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Well, I live on the Minnesota side of the Minnesota / Wisconsin border and normally I can tell I crossed the border because I have to cross the 4th largest river in the world, the Mississippi river.
Joking aside a big tell used to be frac sand mines. Minnesota cracked down on them much harder much more quickly than Wisconsin so you would see them all over the place in Wisconsin but not in MN. I haven't seen as many of those lately though. Also If I drive too far south I wind up driving out of the Kwik Trip gas station zone and into the vastly inferior Caseys gas station zone in Iowa.
I was going to say the firework signs are a sure sign you moved from Minnesota to Wisconsin.
Drive south far enough and you reach the vastly superior QT gas station zone.
QT: Free air, Roller grills.
And much more. Not good prices though, they know how to separate customers from their cash pretty well.
Air is free at every gas station in CT