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I also saw the name and got excited. To me north is Yukon, NWT. Maybe northern BC. The places I care deeply for. But "North" sure sounds cool these days, so th

• jkaunisv1 11y ago
  Ottawa has been called Silicon Valley North since the 90s..might as well get used to it.
• asteadman 11y ago
  I wholeheartedly agree. I'm western Canadian (Alberta), but I've lived in Waterloo previously (briefly). What surprised me the most (from living there) is that most Ontarians believe Thunder Bay to be "North" (almost nobody in Ontario lives north of Thunder Bay), but to anybody from Western Canada, Thunder Bay is south of the border (Thunder Bay being between the 48th and 49th Parallel, while to any western canadian, the 49th parallel, for all intents and purposes, is the border). For someone in Waterloo (A Canadian city) to brand themselves as "Northern" is a bit of a stretch, from my perspective, and I assume it's not just me. Portland and Seattle are both "north" of Waterloo.
  • rconti 11y ago
    We notice the same thing in the US. The "Northeast" is mostly south of Portland Oregon (the big, important Portland, not the tiny one in Maine). East coast folk don't realize how far south their coast is. To say nothing of the fact that the southeast thinks it's "the south" which undoubtedly confuses all foreign visitors to Texas who are told "this isn't the South".
    • stephengillie 11y ago
      Not to even mention the Mideast USA, places from Tejas to the Dakotas.