Talk:Quebec City-Windsor Corridor

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Contents 1 Proximity to US Border 2 dm64 3 Wealthiest? 4 BosWash? 5 Citation of sources

[edit] Proximity to US Border

I have removed the following section of text from the Geography section: "The section of the corridor from Montreal to Hamilton (and again in Windsor) is close to or actually on the U.S. border." While perhaps not 100% false, it is certainly misleading, and far from accurate. The entire corridor is close to the U.S. border. To suggest that the Hamilton to Montreal portion is any closer is not only misleading, it's false. The fact that the entire corridor is in close proximity to the U.S. is covered in other portions of the text. See Redundancy. Baribeau 20:49, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] dm64

This is my first stab at the page, but it needs a lot of work -- this is an article about where more than half of all Canadians live. It would be especially useful if someone could add a map and some pictures, as well as more information on climate, flora, and fauna. -- Dpm64 14:02, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I like this article, and think it's necessary, but I question the name choice. To me, Quebec City-Windsor corridor refers specifically to the passenger rail service that runs between those two cities. However, this article talks more generally about the history, geography, and various methods of transportation that exists in this region, including passenger rail (though the article kind of glosses over that last topic). However, as far as I can tell, there is no "accepted" name for this megalopolis. Darkcore 08:36, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment. I do hear the name used in other contexts, but I agree that it is most closely associated with rail travel, just like the Northeast Corridor in the US is (though that term is used more broadly for geography as well now -- that article should probably be updated). Perhaps someone will be able to come up with a more generally acceptable name. Dpm64 15:01, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wealthiest?

I always thought the Calgary-Edmonton corridor was wealthier than the Windsor-Quebec City corridor,per capita basis anyways.

The article doesn't specify "per capita" wealth. It's speaking strictly about concentration of wealth. Geoff NoNick 14:26, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

I would imagine that concentration of wealth IS per capita wealth. Suggesting that a region is the wealthiest merely because it has the most people (and thus the most wealth) proves almost nothing; one could scale that up to declare the entirety of Canada the wealthiest region in Canada, if you understand what I'm trying to say. One could also declare many countries as a whole far wealthier than this corridor under those criterion as well even though their actual personal wealth levels are far lower. Perhaps it would be wiser to declare that the majority of Canada's GDP comes from this region (assuming such a fact is true) as the current setup is, in my opinion, misleading. I presume that the majority of Canada's GDP would likely come from this region, and if someone wants to check that, that would be a far better statistic to use - as it is, it's like saying that Germany is the wealthiest region in Europe, for example, which is just plain wrong. David Corbett 05:09, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BosWash?

"It has many similarities to the BosWash megalopolis that extends from Boston to Washington, D.C. in the United States." I'm thinking that's not the best analogy. This area has a fair ammount of cities in a relatively small area, but I don't think it would be considered a magalopolis. It isn't non-stop urban sprawl (at least not yet!) - there are still large areas of farmland and nature in this region. The stretch from Toronto to Windsor could maybe be considered pre-megalopolis (though it still includes a lot of farmland), but the remainer is far from it. The urban corridor of the US "upper midwest" is much more similar to this region - in terms of culture, population density, character, etc.

I think the analogy is meant to reflect that the Q-W Corridor's relative socio-economic impact on Canada is similar to the impact of the BosWash on the US. But whatever. Geoff NoNick 15:11, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm with Jeff -- I've changed the analogy back (but used the Northwest Corridor, to make it clearer). David 03:00, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm actually not sure a relative comparison with the Northwest Corridor of the US is valid. The Quebec City-Windsor Corridor contains *half* of Canada's population, but the Northwest Corridor only contains 16% of the US population according to the BosWash article. There is an entire other strip of land on the other coast (Southern California) that has roughly the same population and economic importance as the Northwest Corridor, and even cultural influence what with Hollywood and all. And the Northwest corridor isn't the center of the US transportation infrastructure. Atlanta has the busiest airport.

[edit] Citation of sources

In March 2007, User:S-Ranger tagged this article as needing more citations. Can people list specific claims that need citations? David 18:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC)