> Canada has some pretty severe weather in the winter, everywhere except for the area around Niagara falls and Vancouver.
Niagara falls is still brutally cold and snowy in the winter. The only place you won't freeze your ass off is the west coast of BC. aka Victoria/Vancouver.
> Cost of living is slightly lower than in the US for most parts of Canada.
Unless you are in Vancouver, where it is quite expensive to live. Housing, food, fuel... There are very few places in the US that are as expensive to live as Vancouver.
> the laid back atmosphere and the different venture capital climate make it a lot harder to get off the ground in Canada
It is harder to get VC funding in Canada than it is south of the border. From what I've seen startup's in the US/Silicon Valley that may get 20million, you can expect ~1million in Canada, and most won't even look at you unless you already have paying customers. I don't really know all the factors that cause this but investors are much more conservative here.
Niagara falls is still brutally cold and snowy in the winter. The only place you won't freeze your ass off is the west coast of BC. aka Victoria/Vancouver.
> Cost of living is slightly lower than in the US for most parts of Canada.
Unless you are in Vancouver, where it is quite expensive to live. Housing, food, fuel... There are very few places in the US that are as expensive to live as Vancouver.
Housing prices are a joke, literally: http://www.crackshackormansion.com/
> the laid back atmosphere and the different venture capital climate make it a lot harder to get off the ground in Canada
It is harder to get VC funding in Canada than it is south of the border. From what I've seen startup's in the US/Silicon Valley that may get 20million, you can expect ~1million in Canada, and most won't even look at you unless you already have paying customers. I don't really know all the factors that cause this but investors are much more conservative here.