Facebook page calls for American-only hours at U.S. Costco (at Bellingham, Wash.) [View all]

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Source: CBC

Many Canadians are taking advantage of the high Canadian dollar by shopping across the border — with cheap milk and gas being two of the big draws — but some Americans are fed up with the cross-border crowd.

Some Bellingham, Wa., residents started a Facebook page calling for American-only hours at the local Costco.

On the Facebook page "Bellingham Costco needs a special time just for Americans," residents write that they have seen flats of milk stripped away in seconds.

Some write that they have to wait in long lines at the Costco gas station as Canadians fill up first their cars, and then their gas cans.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/08/12/bc-bellingham-costco-canadians.html

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I wonder how many people somewhere like San Diego or El Paso would openly call for "American-only" hours at a local business because they don't like those rude, smelly (and in their racist minds, "illegal&quot Mexicans?