Quoting Don Stokes
Um, I don't think the population density of the whole of Canada is entirely relevant when referring to southern Ontario. As the crow flies, London is within 60km of the centres of Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo, each major cities. The region represents a pretty significant chunk of Canada's population. From Detroit to Toronto (London being about smack in between) is about as far as from Hamilton to Auckland.
While I get the point Don is making I feel that it should be pointed out that London is hardly 60 kms (as crow flies) from TO or from anything else. London -> Toronto 170 Km London -> Cleveland 173 kms London -> Buffalo 195 km London -> Detroit 167 kms Also all but one of these cities are in YankLand and thus means very little (other than free to air TV reception :-) for telco issues. But yes, the 'golden horseshoe' (the North, NW, West, SW, and South parts of the lake shore) does have a 'pretty significant' chunk of Canucks (and heavy industry, nuke plant or 3, smog, Hamilton *shudder*, etc... Also has weird weather and scads of corn (but not at this time of the year :-) SPH - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog