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Quality of life can be commensurate so it depends on priorities

underdeserver 3y ago
From what I hear, salaries can be 2-3x lower than in the bay area, NYC, and Seattle, and cost of living is 70%-80%, especially in the Vancouver area.
- filoleg 3y ago
  > cost of living is 70%-80%, especially in the Vancouver area. If you check housing prices, the picture gets even worse. Even with seeing how crazy Seattle housing market is, Vancouver beats us easily with their residential property pricing.
renewiltord 3y ago
Speaking for Vancouver, it's really not. Here are the differences: - Weather is much worse in Canada than in SF (comparing with this because Balaji tweet did) - 20% foreigner tax on home ownership - crime in Vancouver is about as bad as SF - rent to income ratio is higher, so less disposable income - lower tech in general, less fiber penetration, worse wireless telecom - job switching is harder because of sparse job market OP described Indians so mentioning that there is a massive backlash in the mainstream against Indian immigration. Long healthcare waits and overall poor patient experience isn't a problem since doesn't apply to emergency care in either place and Indians can get better care in Indian private system for elective.
- bpye 3y ago
  - Weather is personal preference - personally? I wish Vancouver didn’t get quite as warm. - The foreign buyers tax doesn’t apply to those with PR. - A very quick search doesn’t support the claim that crime is as high [0]. - Rents in Vancouver absolutely are high, but tech pays significantly over the median. I’m not sure there are good statistics to compare here. - Vancouver itself has pretty broad fibre coverage, I get gigabit for ~$70/mo, but yes mobile telecom is more expensive. - I don’t really have enough data to comment on that last point. [0] https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Canada&city1=Vancouver&country2=United+States&city2=San+Francisco%2C+CA https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Can...
  - throwaway019254 3y ago
    > I get gigabit for ~$70/mo Which provider? I will be arranging internet in my new home in a few weeks and it would be great to have this rate.
    - voisin 3y ago
      I pay this much for Telus Fibre in BC.
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downrightmike 3y ago
Yeah, but if you want one of these jobs, it'll likely be in Toronto and the housing market there is insane. So QoL goes out the window

From what I hear, salaries can be 2-3x lower than in the bay area, NYC, and Seattle, and cost of living is 70%-80%, especially in the Vancouver area.

filoleg 3y ago
> cost of living is 70%-80%, especially in the Vancouver area. If you check housing prices, the picture gets even worse. Even with seeing how crazy Seattle housing market is, Vancouver beats us easily with their residential property pricing.

renewiltord 3y ago

Speaking for Vancouver, it's really not. Here are the differences: - Weather is much worse in Canada than in SF (comparing with this because Balaji tweet did) - 20% foreigner tax on home ownership - crime in Vancouver is about as bad as SF - rent to income ratio is higher, so less disposable income - lower tech in general, less fiber penetration, worse wireless telecom - job switching is harder because of sparse job market OP described Indians so mentioning that there is a massive backlash in the mainstream against Indian immigration. Long healthcare waits and overall poor patient experience isn't a problem since doesn't apply to emergency care in either place and Indians can get better care in Indian private system for elective.

bpye 3y ago
- Weather is personal preference - personally? I wish Vancouver didn’t get quite as warm. - The foreign buyers tax doesn’t apply to those with PR. - A very quick search doesn’t support the claim that crime is as high [0]. - Rents in Vancouver absolutely are high, but tech pays significantly over the median. I’m not sure there are good statistics to compare here. - Vancouver itself has pretty broad fibre coverage, I get gigabit for ~$70/mo, but yes mobile telecom is more expensive. - I don’t really have enough data to comment on that last point. [0] https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Canada&city1=Vancouver&country2=United+States&city2=San+Francisco%2C+CA https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Can...
- throwaway019254 3y ago
  > I get gigabit for ~$70/mo Which provider? I will be arranging internet in my new home in a few weeks and it would be great to have this rate.
  - voisin 3y ago
    I pay this much for Telus Fibre in BC.
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downrightmike 3y ago

Yeah, but if you want one of these jobs, it'll likely be in Toronto and the housing market there is insane. So QoL goes out the window