The AWWA conference offered me my first "real" trip to Toronto. I'm impressed.
Despite a suprising dose of anti-american sentiment, and a hellacious airport experience, I completely underestimated Toronto. The city is strikingly chic. All the cranes building new buildings reminded me of bangkok in the early 90's, high end restaurants were packed, and I noticed tons of foreign (euro and asian) tourists. In a word, it looked like things are going pretty well economically.
The Globe and Mail reported Canadian banks are increasing focus on infrastructure investments - in Canada, US and overseas, and I didn't see news about the housing meltdown were having here in the the states.
I thought it was interesting that Ontario is having this little problem of reduced college enrollment. Apparently, a number of high school grads are seeking riches in the Western Canadian oil fields rather than going to college.
I think I'd fit in there very well - If only they could do something about the weather. . .
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Canada always seems to get a bit of a bump rap here in the States -- but it's one of my favorite countries in the world [although I've spent most of my time in British Columbia, my family lived in Toronto before I was born]. To me, the people as a whole seem so much friendlier -- so much more down to earth -- than most places here in the States.
When Jess + I retire, we'd love to live in Scottsdale, AZ. During the summers, though, we thought Vancouver would be a great place to stay [even though the lack of humidity makes the AZ heat significantly easier to bear, 120 degrees is still a bit uncomfortable. With global warming, though, who knows how hot AZ will get -- 30 years from now, it's possible that Scottsdale will only be pleasant during the winter.]
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