FWIW, my (half of) rent (split with SO) in Montreal is less than 15% of my net income. And I'm not even in software. People see the low engineer salaries around

FWIW, my (half of) rent (split with SO) in Montreal is less than 15% of my net income. And I'm not even in software. People see the low engineer salaries around here and are generally reluctant to come, but I find the quality of life to be high and rent to be low. Of course, there are other aspects to cost-of-living than rent, and quality of life is somewhat subjective. EDIT: For anyone curious, here is a nifty heat map of rents in the city: http://ici.radio-canada.ca/special/cartes/15-06_annonces-logements-kijiji.html http://ici.radio-canada.ca/special/cartes/15-06_annonces-log...