dbd33

I worked in Boulder, "The Republic of" as the rest of the State calls it. I don't see how it's in any way comparable to Waterloo. There's no Octoberfest in Boulder and, pretty much, everyone in Boulder speaks English. Meanwhile, in Waterloo, bio-diesel is almost unheard of, it's not being stewed in every backyard.

bc_guy

I was talking more about the scientific aspects of both cities. Both are hubs for all kinds of new scientific ideas and innovations and both of these towns attract many scientifically-oriented people. Both towns have different areas of scientific specialty but I think Waterloo is pretty close to encompassing all the different fields of research. As long as Canada's Technology Triangle keeps attracting more investors and innovators, there will soon come a time when the sum of all its institutes and think tanks surpasses and becomes an overwhelming superset of Boulder's. Meanwhile, it seems like Boulder is way more progressive than Waterloo as far as social issues are concerned. But where else in Canada can one find such a place with a high density of scientific research and innovation embedded in the town's subcultures.

In both cities, there's just so much innovation, learning, sharing of ideas and application of new knowledge occurring in such a tiny space with very few people. The concentration of science geeks seems to be really high in both cities and that's sort of my scene. Yes, I know that I'm going to work at a low-paying restaurant job in what's probably a backwater northern BC mining town. But somebody like me has to do what's necessary in order to get into Canada so that I can acquire the means necessary for unlocking my full potential later on.