We are really working hard to nail down our third-world status.
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Maybe if we, as fellow geeks, could agree on a particular rally point in Canada. I dont parlez vous French, so they need to be considerate of my speech impediment.
I was looking at Victoria, BC, but then I’m stuck on an island. Vancouver would be my next choice, but it’s one of the most expensive cities on earth.
Montreal has a thriving geek community and a bunch of videogame companies (these feed into each other, believe me), but yeah, the language barrier is a bit of a problem (less so on the island of Montreal, especially the west island). Plus the weather is often terrible.
BC is hella expensive.
I remember reading years back about Toyota debating between opening a new plant in Toronto or South Carolina. SC offered them 5 years of no taxes if they opened up there. Toyota did the math and realized it would cost more to train US workers up to standard than it would cost to train high school graduates in Canada, even with the 5 years tax free counted in…