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I live in Vancouver and ~1/2 of my salary goes to rent. In Seattle, my rent was ~1/3 of my salary. I don't think Canada is even beginning to compete in terms of

I live in Vancouver and ~1/2 of my salary goes to rent. In Seattle, my rent was ~1/3 of my salary. I don't think Canada is even beginning to compete in terms of Salary.

raydev 6y ago
Vancouver != Canada. Toronto salaries are much better at the big name US-based companies.
- digianarchist 6y ago
  Rent is half of your salary in Toronto too.
  - oiasdjfoiasd 6y ago
    no its not
  - raydev 6y ago
    This is certainly true if you insist on living a 10 minute walk to your office downtown. But there's plenty of cheaper options just a 30-45 minute train/bus ride away (can't speak to biking or driving). This isn't true of Vancouver and I'm not sure why.
    - digianarchist 6y ago
      Mountains. US border. Ocean. The only thing that limits building in the GTA is the Green Belt.
nucleardog 6y ago
I live in Vancouver a 30 minute commute from west end downtown in a four bedroom detached house in a reasonably nice neighbourhood and rent it for 1/5 of my salary. And my housing options are quite limited because I have two big dogs. One data point does not prove or disprove. If you look at average cost of living numbers compared to average developer salaries, my ratio is much closer to the picture those paint than yours.
mabbo 6y ago
That's a fair point: Vancouver suffers from many of the same problems as other west coast cities around not enough housing being built. I was only considering my lifestyle in Toronto, where we have similar problems but not to the same scale. Toronto is less afraid to build up! Last I heard there were something like 50+ buildings over 50 stories under construction in the city.
- ascagnel_ 6y ago
  When I last visited Toronto (which was some time ago -- 2012), I was struck by not just how much the city was building up, but by how far out from the city center was building towers. Most of the towers were along the lake, and near a highway, but I didn't see much in terms of rail-based public transit or nearby office towers (basically everything being advertised was residential units), so I have two questions: - How full are those buildings? - Are there significant traffic issues from induced commutes?
TheArcane 6y ago
I live in Montreal and 4% of my salary goes to rent. Depends on the city in Canada
- downvoteme1 6y ago
  Can you explain a bit more. At 100k salary, you are just paying 4K per year in rent?

I live in Vancouver and ~1/2 of my salary goes to rent. In Seattle, my rent was ~1/3 of my salary. I don't think Canada is even beginning to compete in terms of Salary.

raydev 6y ago

Vancouver != Canada. Toronto salaries are much better at the big name US-based companies.

digianarchist 6y ago
Rent is half of your salary in Toronto too.
- oiasdjfoiasd 6y ago
  no its not
- raydev 6y ago
  This is certainly true if you insist on living a 10 minute walk to your office downtown. But there's plenty of cheaper options just a 30-45 minute train/bus ride away (can't speak to biking or driving). This isn't true of Vancouver and I'm not sure why.
  - digianarchist 6y ago
    Mountains. US border. Ocean. The only thing that limits building in the GTA is the Green Belt.

nucleardog 6y ago

I live in Vancouver a 30 minute commute from west end downtown in a four bedroom detached house in a reasonably nice neighbourhood and rent it for 1/5 of my salary. And my housing options are quite limited because I have two big dogs. One data point does not prove or disprove. If you look at average cost of living numbers compared to average developer salaries, my ratio is much closer to the picture those paint than yours.

mabbo 6y ago

That's a fair point: Vancouver suffers from many of the same problems as other west coast cities around not enough housing being built. I was only considering my lifestyle in Toronto, where we have similar problems but not to the same scale. Toronto is less afraid to build up! Last I heard there were something like 50+ buildings over 50 stories under construction in the city.

ascagnel_ 6y ago
When I last visited Toronto (which was some time ago -- 2012), I was struck by not just how much the city was building up, but by how far out from the city center was building towers. Most of the towers were along the lake, and near a highway, but I didn't see much in terms of rail-based public transit or nearby office towers (basically everything being advertised was residential units), so I have two questions: - How full are those buildings? - Are there significant traffic issues from induced commutes?

TheArcane 6y ago

I live in Montreal and 4% of my salary goes to rent. Depends on the city in Canada

downvoteme1 6y ago
Can you explain a bit more. At 100k salary, you are just paying 4K per year in rent?