As far as Canada goes, the winters in Calgary are pretty nice.  I&#x27;ve lived in the Yukon, Nova Scotia and I grew up in the lower mainland of BC, but I&#x27;m in Calgary now and have been for a couple of years.  Definitely prefer it here.<p>There&#x27;s little snow, and we get tons of sunshine.  When it does get cold, it&#x27;s dry, so it doesn&#x27;t feel as bad as a warmer temp on the coasts.  You get reprieves in the form of chinooks too, where the temperature will jump up 20 degrees for a week or two.  It&#x27;s above freezing here today, but it was at -20C on Friday.<p>There is a tech scene here as well, and it&#x27;s starting to get a bit more traction now that oil and gas aren&#x27;t eating up all the brain power.  Getty Images has offices here, and there are start-ups in and out of the energy industry.  It&#x27;ll be interesting to see what the city looks like in 10 years.  Lots of folks are calling for it to be the next Detroit, but it doesn&#x27;t really seem to be going that way.