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Cut off from the rest of America, a small town endures lockdown
COVID had a pretty hard time finding its way to Point Roberts, Washington. There s been only one confirmed case there since the pandemic began.
It is remote; on a map, Point Roberts looks like it should be a part of Canada, except that this fingertip of land dangles just below the 49th parallel, officially making Point Roberts part of Washington State. They call it Pretend America, the world s largest gated community, laughed Jeff Ferguson.
He s kidding, sort of. The only way for Americans to get to the rest of the U.S. by land is a 24-mile drive through Canada. That means getting past two international border guards.
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