Vancouver tech surges as U.S. immigration reform idles
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Re: Vancouver tech surges as U.S. immigration reform idles
#2> "I will not go to Canada," said the 25-year-old from Argentina of his initial reaction. "Twenty degrees below zero, are you crazy?"
Perhaps the warmest major Canadian city, with a mild winter due to being coastal ('twenty degree below zero' - probably not).
Re: Vancouver tech surges as U.S. immigration reform idles
#3> "I will not go to Canada," said the 25-year-old from Argentina of his initial reaction. "Twenty degrees below zero, are you crazy?" Perhaps the warmest major Canadian city, with a mild winter due to being coastal ('twenty degree below zero' - probably not).
If you can imagine Seattle's weather, that's basically Vancouver.
Re: Vancouver tech surges as U.S. immigration reform idles
#4> "I will not go to Canada," said the 25-year-old from Argentina of his initial reaction. "Twenty degrees below zero, are you crazy?" Perhaps the warmest major Canadian city, with a mild winter due to being coastal ('twenty degree below zero' - probably not).
I think the person was talking about Canada in general. Many of the tech sector locations in the east coast (Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo) do tend to go to -20 or -30 quite frequently in the winters!
Re: Vancouver tech surges as U.S. immigration reform idles
#5> "I will not go to Canada," said the 25-year-old from Argentina of his initial reaction. "Twenty degrees below zero, are you crazy?" Perhaps the warmest major Canadian city, with a mild winter due to being coastal ('twenty degree below zero' - probably not).
If you can imagine Seattle's weather, that's basically Vancouver.
It's similar to the UK; very temperate.
Re: Vancouver tech surges as U.S. immigration reform idles
#6> "I will not go to Canada," said the 25-year-old from Argentina of his initial reaction. "Twenty degrees below zero, are you crazy?" Perhaps the warmest major Canadian city, with a mild winter due to being coastal ('twenty degree below zero' - probably not).
If you can imagine Seattle's weather, that's basically Vancouver.
It's funny you bring up Seattle.
Temperature is only one factor. Another big one is humidity. Seattle is the 7th most humid city in the US, which can make 45 degrees feel like 30 and 80 degrees feel like 95. This is why Seattle weather is miserable year around except for a fe weeks in late spring and early summer.
Not to mention the constant rain, of course. Drizzle, they call it.
Re: Vancouver tech surges as U.S. immigration reform idles
#7> "I will not go to Canada," said the 25-year-old from Argentina of his initial reaction. "Twenty degrees below zero, are you crazy?" Perhaps the warmest major Canadian city, with a mild winter due to being coastal ('twenty degree below zero' - probably not).
I imagine him then moving to California and rarely going outside.
Vancouver weather is pretty close to London England, except sandwiched between an ocean and majestic mountain range.
Re: Vancouver tech surges as U.S. immigration reform idles
#8> "I will not go to Canada," said the 25-year-old from Argentina of his initial reaction. "Twenty degrees below zero, are you crazy?" Perhaps the warmest major Canadian city, with a mild winter due to being coastal ('twenty degree below zero' - probably not).
I think the person was talking about Canada in general. Many of the tech sector locations in the east coast (Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo) do tend to go to -20 or -30 quite frequently in the winters!
The article specifically said that the company was redirecting him to Vancouver, not just Canada. For that matter, one can look at pretty much any coastal location below the Arctic Circle and say with a pretty good confidence - "I probably won't experience 20 degrees below zero there" (well, one exception comes to my mind: Vladivostok).
I wouldn't be packing my swim trunks and sunglasses if I were being redirected to Southern Patagonia, on the basis of hearing that Buenos Aires has nice beaches.
Re: Vancouver tech surges as U.S. immigration reform idles
#9> "I will not go to Canada," said the 25-year-old from Argentina of his initial reaction. "Twenty degrees below zero, are you crazy?" Perhaps the warmest major Canadian city, with a mild winter due to being coastal ('twenty degree below zero' - probably not).
I think the person was talking about Canada in general. Many of the tech sector locations in the east coast (Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo) do tend to go to -20 or -30 quite frequently in the winters!
Toronto rarely even gets to -20c in winter, the average low is -6c in the coldest month (January). Ottawa/Montreal is slightly colder and much snowier though.
Re: Vancouver tech surges as U.S. immigration reform idles
#10> "I will not go to Canada," said the 25-year-old from Argentina of his initial reaction. "Twenty degrees below zero, are you crazy?" Perhaps the warmest major Canadian city, with a mild winter due to being coastal ('twenty degree below zero' - probably not).
They didn't tell us that Vancouver was "the warmest major Canadian city" when they were telling us that we were being relocated here. All we knew was http://i.imgur.com/X2l9uxU.jpg
