Vancouver. lot's of smart kids at Simon Fraser. one built Metrolyrics.com, now the 3rd largest music site in the US, w/ over 40M monthly uniques. plus the food, women, vistas, and skiing.
Vancouver, Calgary, or Kelowna in that order. Well...Vancouver or Calgary. But Kelowna if you want a smaller city with a great lifestyle.
It was part of the joke, I ask "do you have any updawg" and someone goes "no, whats updawg?" and I reply "not much thanks for asking!"
You could always come out to St. John's, on the east coast. It's the oldest city in North America and very historical. Plus, things have been booming lately due to the offshore oil industry. Then you can offer me a job when I finish my MBA in a couple of years. :grin:
I would think the competition for employees would be a good thing -- a large pool of candidates that have experience from competitors would yield more talented employees. If not Montreal, I would go the west coast -- it's warmer.
Vancouver. The odds of your staff supplementing their income with extra roles on bad SyFy productions is huge.
Toronto is like Dallas with a colder winter and a bad hockey team! Choosing places to live --- I would (and have) picked Vancouver. Talent pool -- I know Vancouver is very strong -- especially for animation, and game design and a lot of the bigger players have set up here. Competition for talent is not a bad thing -- it means the talent is available because it is attracted and developed here! There's a bit of a squawk in the tech world right now in that Ontario is, apparently, offering some nice incentives to tech companies. BC has not matched that though there is some pressure for them to do so. If you're otherwise indifferent, that may sway things. Pacific time zone is nice for sports (no midnight games!), but sometimes not so business friendly if you're working with the east. No NBA in Vancouver (your closest team is now Portland) and Hakeem, did, allegedly, go to Toronto. Depends if you're going for a vacation, to live, or strictly business. And if it's just for business -- what's important? Talent? Cost? Proximity?
I think a more fair comparison is Toronto being similar to Chicago (similar climate, located on a Great Lake, etc.) Dallas sucks.
True enough SB. Never been to Chicago -- but heard it's great (except in winter). Haven't been to Toronto in years -- I'll have to get back soon. It's a fun city. I was thinking more along the lines of: Toronto -- Dallas Calgary -- Houston Vancouver -- Austin? (and I couldn't resist a dig at the Leafs)
