Vermonters embrace the border, even celebrate it. In place like Derby Line, the boundary winds through the opera house (main door in the US, stage in Canada), divides the library, and even splits apartment houses. Security is based more on trust than technology. In Newport, boaters crossing into the US on Lake Memphremagog are on the honor system. There's a special phone they're supposed to use to alert border authorities that they've arrived.
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