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Re:We are living in a version of the future out of J.G. Ball... by Duanemclemore on Saturday August 22, 2026 @08:27PM (#49405171)
Nope, he fled the draft there from South Carolina*. He has been there since '67 though.

He appears in an old CBC documentary about the Yorkville neighborhood and the hippies there from then.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.3202122

*ETA: Whoops I just realized he was born in SC, but he grew up in Virginia. So THAT'S where he fled to Toronto from.

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Re:We are living in a version of the future out of J.G. Ball... by apercu on Sunday August 23, 2026 @04:24PM (#49412272)
Ahh. I’m a dual citizen and the entire time I lived in the GTA (18 years) it seemed he was in Canada so I assumed.
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