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The major tech centers in Canada have major housing price issues. The housing to salary ratio in Vancouver and Toronto are terrifying.
by kasey_junk 10y ago
The major tech centers in Canada have major housing price issues. The housing to salary ratio in Vancouver and Toronto are terrifying.
- nfoz 10y agoAn exception is Waterloo.
- Daniel_Marcos 10y agoBut Waterloo isn't a great city to live in. Especially for young professionals, Waterloo is not nearly as exciting as Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver.
- spoonie 10y agoI think Kitchener-Waterloo (~300k people) punches above its weight. It definitely feels like a small city, but there are still things to do. Plus Toronto is 1.5 hours away on a Greyhound bus for about $15. ;)
- kasey_junk 10y agoWaterloo demographically compares to Raleigh. I make no judgement about relative merits of living there, but just in size it's small. [edit] just Raleigh mind you, The Triangle is much bigger than that.
- mattkrause 10y agoMontreal's housing is comically affordable compared to most cities on the east and west coasts.
- soggypopsicle 10y agoEverything is on par with or cheaper, East of Montreal.
- mattkrause 10y agoWhat? There's not much of anything east of Montreal. IBM did (does?) have some offices in the Eastern Townships, but that's not very far from Montreal. Looking at a map, I see Sherbrooke, Quebec City, Fredricton, then Moncton, and Halifax. Quebec City is probably the largest at about ~500k people, and has some tech industry. Dalhousie University in Halifax has some decent science programs too. After that, the next biggest tech center is probably London.