Not OP, but Toronto at least has high-ish wages to go with the high rents. In Vancouver, you make less than $100k per year as a dev. And that's CAD, not USD, so

Not OP, but Toronto at least has high-ish wages to go with the high rents. In Vancouver, you make less than $100k per year as a dev. And that's CAD, not USD, so under $75k USD. No wonder Amazon, Microsoft and others are expanding in Vancouver like crazy, same timezone as Seattle and San Francisco, an english-speaking population and salary levels 50% lower.