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Not to mention that the SkyTrain will get you to Main in 3 minutes, and there your options increase exponentially. -Sean On Mar 14, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Paul Joseph wrote: > Here's a few pubs and brewpubs that have decent beers and are within easy > walking distance to the proposed hotel in Vancouver: > > http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&cd=1&ei=-VGdS4uGJo-wsQOq-pypAw&sig2=BLolHm_6heW_NehsLNNrKQ&ie=UTF8&view=map&ved=0CE0QgAc&msa=0&msid=109855744217088022882.000481c8f6f4132c0f138&ll=49.282588,-123.113523&spn=0.015061,0.038581&z=15 > > Not to mention, walking is good for you! > > Paul > > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Edward M. Corrado <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> Having been to Vancouver recently, I can tell you getting to brew pubs >> takes a lot of walking. >> >> Edward >> >> >> >> Schwartz, Raymond wrote: >> >>> +1 >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Rod McFarland >>> Sent: Sun 3/14/2010 3:31 PM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Vote for Code4Lib 2011 host is OPEN >>> Edward M. Corrado wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Michael J. Giarlo wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Folks, >>>>> >>>>> I respect all of your points of view, but you have been going about >>>>> this all wrong. >>>>> >>>>> Here's some data on brewpub density from Yelp. >>>>> >>>>> New Haven: http://bit.ly/b4vZBP (4) >>>>> Bloomington: http://bit.ly/aOJ6KW (7) >>>>> Vancouver: http://bit.ly/9p6Fgs (20) >>>>> >>>>> >>>> But you need to divide this by population (population comes from >>>> Wikipedia) - which gives you: >>>> >>>> Vancouver: 1 brew pub per 30593 people >>>> New Haven: 1 brew pub per 31000 people >>>> Bloomington: 1 brew pub per 10322 people. >>>> >>>> This makes Bloomington the clear choice. >>>> >>>> Edward >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Now you can all make an informed decision. >>>>> >>>>> -Mike >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I think Mike was right originally; we'd be interested in the geographic >>> density of brew pubs in the easily-accessible area. I'm not sure how much of >>> a factor brew pubs per capita would be, other than to predict potential >>> crowding. >>> >>> >>> Rod >>> >>> >>