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Re:Tripling Down Against USA Conference Hosting by santaclaus on Monday January 30, 2017 @12:15AM (#13518878)
> We're a cheaper conference destination than the USA, Europe, or Japan

Errr, our field's major conf is in Vancouver every other year and those hotel rooms are crazy pants expensive.

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Re:Tripling Down Against USA Conference Hosting by dmoy on Monday January 30, 2017 @01:54AM (#13519161)
OK everywhere except Vancouver is cheaper... Vancouver is special.
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Re:Tripling Down Against USA Conference Hosting by briandear on Monday January 30, 2017 @05:58AM (#13520070)
Then you could say that Houston is cheaper than Toronto. This 'cheaper' argument is meaningless unless we say "cheaper than NYC or San Fran."
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