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Greater Vancouver is at least as racially segmented as SF, perhaps more so. The major difference is the ethnic enclaves here aren't poor so it's not as disturbi

by cgh 13y ago

Greater Vancouver is at least as racially segmented as SF, perhaps more so. The major difference is the ethnic enclaves here aren't poor so it's not as disturbing. For example, Richmond is the largest Chinese city in the world outside of China. It's a relatively affluent place. As far as housing goes, Vancouver's is among the most unaffordable in the world, along with the likes of Hong Kong (as measured by price to rent and price to income). So yes, it is indeed worse than SF. Maybe Bray isn't up on the latest from Vancouver or something.

jarek 13y ago
> Maybe Bray isn't up on the latest from Vancouver or something. He bought in >15 years ago so he's not too concerned about real estate purchase prices. (Plus those "80% of income" metrics are not very useful anyway, certainly not for comparing moving from city to city while keeping the same job - doubly so if you've bought in when prices were a third of what they're now.)