How do we retain talent in KW?

[tomh009]

What are the shortcomings, in your opinion?

In short, Kitchener-Waterloo are boring cities overall. There's not much to do besides going to a bar, restaurant or movie. Culture as almost everyone has said is clearly lacking. The universities are isolated, students struggle to become part of the community and just want to leave when they graduate (this is changing for the better, for sure). There's just not enough variety of activities, but that could just be because of the size of the cities. But in short, and as a young professional, this place can be pretty boring.

It depends on what you want to do.  Sure, we don't have pro sports (not many cities our size do) but we do have a number of theatres, a symphony orchestra, Centre in the Square, and a bunch of museums (some of them with rotating exhibits).  Perimeter Institute has regular events as do the universities.  Some great urban parks, lots of countryside for outdoor activities and two farmers' markets. And lots of festivals in the summer -- the Kitchener Blues Festival particularly is a pretty big deal.

These are non-boring things to me.  But different people find different things boring or interesting. And it may be that nothing we have here is interesting to you in particular.