Twin border cities; Sault Ste
Marie, Ontario, Canada and Sault Ste
Marie, Michigan, U.S.A. These two cities of a combined hundred thousand people with the Canadian side housing 75, 000 citizens and share a common border along the St- Mary's River wich connects Lake Superior and Lake Huron. Both c ities are mostly working class with the Algoma Steel Plant and the St Mary's paper mill on the Canadian side, but also have three post secondary education centers in the area. Lake Superior State University in Michigan and Algoma University and Sault
College of Applied Arts in Sault Ste
Marie, Ontario. Though both cities share a natural landscape, the Canadian side has a social advantage with a younger drinking age at 19, better beer and a more leniant attitude and price for
marijuana ( a quarter goes for $60- $80 Canadian).