Vancouver is bad, but nowhere close to that bad! (edit: his post was originally just the first line, to clarify.) I could argue it anecdotally (I live in BC),

Vancouver is bad, but nowhere close to that bad! (edit: his post was originally just the first line, to clarify.) I could argue it anecdotally (I live in BC), but here are cold hard numbers instead: > The median household income across New York City stands at $50,711[1] > One bedroom apartments in New York rent for $3039 a month on average and two bedroom apartment rents average $3805.[2] Compare: > Vancouver Median household income of $73,390 [3] (~$55,877 USD) > Vancouver, Average 1 bedroom rental $1561, 2 bedroom: $1972 [4] 1 http://project.wnyc.org/median-income-nabes/ http://project.wnyc.org/median-income-nabes/ 2 https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-new-york-rent-trends/ https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-new-york-rent-tre... 3 http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/famil107a-eng.htm http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/f... 4 http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/odpub/esub/64467/64467_2014_A01.pdf http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/odpub/esub/64467/64467_2014_A01.p..., see Figure 7