Quote Originally Posted by Bham1982 View Post
I don't get what there is to "leverage". Windsor is a small, relatively unimportant Canadian city of no great distinction. That portion of Ontario is mostly flat, boring and lightly populated.

Outside of maybe Point Pelee [[which is basically woods and swamps) not seeing some fantastic underappreciated attractions.

Toledo is much more interesting than Windsor. They have a very good zoo and art museum.
Good to see you being back to your vacuous, detestable, troll-like posts Bham!

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Not that he expected a serious reply, but I'll offer that the advantages that accrue in the cross-border situation are already apparent, and the question is one of 'pushing' a higher level of achievement.

An example of an existing advantage is the substantial percentage of nurses at Henry Ford that are Canadian [[almost 1/3), the majority living in Windsor.

This occurs for a variety of reasons, including more nursing graduates per capita in ON, and more with higher training as a conscious choice of the government here to downshift responsibilities to nurses where practical. [[Windsor picks up the advantage of access to certain specialized care, as well as employment opportunities in this trade)

Other advantages accrue given access to an additional University including one with a substantial and credible program in automotive engineering [[Windsor).

The advantage is not in Windsor's size or attractions.

The advantage is the trans-national border itself and the ability to access DIFFERENT educational assets, labour pools, and serve as respective launching points for companies that want to cross the border in terms of business expansion.

The smaller size of Windsor means you don't get all the advantages you would if Detroit were across from Toronto.

However, Windsor is large enough to attract, and retain skilled workers.

Aside from its educational institutions, its in process to get a sizable new mega-hospital [[preliminary budget is in the $1B Cdn range.

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While culture can be accessed through internet these days; there is still something to be said for easier access to culture w/different global perspectives. Windsor does have its own print media, radio and 2 TV stations.

That too can be utilized to relative advantage [[over say a City 100km further in from the border that would have lesser access to such things.)

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Particularly important to the U.S. side is ability to access talent from around the world, by maintaining a satellite office in Windsor.

Of course accessing said talent is easier w/Toronto. But its Canada's immigration policy, and there are advantages to proximity.