From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
To: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: straw poll: git merge conference location
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:40:08 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.21.1903141435370.7482@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMwyc-S4B6NzOJmGLhmfF4t-i0qD=+eKROg+4gewLxAjcgfcGw@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, 14 Mar 2019, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Mar 2019 at 16:56, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> > - preferences between Canada and US?
>
> If you're looking at Canada, East coast is generally more affordable
> than West Coast in terms of venues and accommodation. The three main
> tech hubs in the East are Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.
>
> Toronto pros: nice city, lots of tech presence, direct travel from
> most international airports Toronto cons: only marginally less
> expensive than Vancouver
>
> Montreal pros: nice city, lots of tech presence, quite affordable
> for venues and accommodations Montreal cons: many international
> travel destinations require stopovers
>
> Halifax pros: very nice city next to the ocean, a vibrant (if small)
> tech presence, very affordable Halifax cons: most international
> travel requires stopovers, inclement weather if unlucky
>
> Honourable mentions: Quebec City (if you want to be in North
> America, but feel like you're still in Europe :), Ottawa (if you
> like museums and large historical government buildings)
from a purely selfish perspective, i'd pick ottawa ... once you're
downtown, it's all walking -- parliament, sparks street, byward
market. as for tech hubs, kanata is just outside of ottawa, and that's
some pretty serious tech hub.
rday
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-14 18:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-13 20:55 straw poll: git merge conference location Jeff King
2019-03-14 16:23 ` Elijah Newren
2019-03-14 16:41 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-03-14 17:00 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-03-14 18:26 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2019-03-14 18:40 ` Robert P. J. Day [this message]
2019-03-14 20:31 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-03-15 3:38 ` Jeff King
2019-03-15 15:12 ` Johannes Schindelin
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