Tuesday, November 27, 2007 6:41 PM
Vancouver is an interesting city...different from the other larger cities that I've ever been to.
It's got the vitality and life of Montreal, but with the industrialized atmosphere of Seattle. The high-rises all look like they're unfinished, but they are...they just have a very rough, Terminator-2-ish sort of feel to them...it's definately unique.
I read Mathew Good's blog quite a bit, which is mostly his commentary on social issues in the world today, and he talks about Vancouver (where he lives) and the struggles of poverty. Every city will have those affected by poverty though, and Vancouver's just seem a bit more in-your-face than those that live in, say, Montreal.
The other night we went out and had one guy accost us for money, screaming for God not to forsake him. When one of us mentioned we were developers he starting ranting about Linux and HTML...how he knew about it, I have no idea; maybe another example of how close we all truly are from being out on the streets ourselves.
I honestly don't know how there can be people living in poverty when the biggest industry in the city seems to be Starbucks, and I'm sure they're hiring all the time. I kid you not, these things are EVERYWHERE...I don't remember seeing this many when I was in Seattle a few years back.
Ok, time for bed. Have a huge day tomorrow (breakfast at 6:45 and a full day of sessions).
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