Great news for Layerboom (and Joyent). Nice to hear Bootup startup score an acquisition. And oh please, please let this be the beginning of a technology renaissance in Vancouver.
It has the following:
Two Great Universities, and a solid technical
college (UBC, SFU, BCIT)
Reasonable winters, beautiful summers, (okay, rainy
fall weather)
Gorgeous scenery. I never tire of watching the
north shore mountains tower above Burrard Inlet
Awesome City Life - I fly back three-four times a year
just to kick back in downtown Vancouver. I spend two
days just eating at places on Robson Street. Classic,
Classic Library. And you truly do _not_ require a
vehicle to live/work/play in Vancouver.