I guess I'm not a "young person" any more (27). I really like Vancouver and I was asking around about opportunities for work there. It seems to be reasonably e

I guess I'm not a "young person" any more (27). I really like Vancouver and I was asking around about opportunities for work there. It seems to be reasonably easy to get a Canadian work visa as an Australian, at least while I'm under 30. The rent/mortgage prices pretty much killed that idea - salaries seem about the same as where I am now (Canberra) but living expenses seem much higher. Which is really sad. I'd put the city on par (or better than) Melbourne, Australia for "culture" (Melbourne still beats most of the world for coffee shops, though!). Yaletown and Gastown are impressive, and also extremely expensive. One of the other articles on Van said that people were leaving to Victoria - which is nice, but has the issue of being on an island, plus still very much feeling like a small town.