I'm young and I don't want kids. I do not believe that yellow peril is the driving factor in housing costs. Certainly it's a factor, but no one can say how much of a factor it is without solid data. I'm staying, and you can't stop me!
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Fair enough; its a nice city if you're young and you don't have kids. I think a lot of your criticism of other places has to do with things that don't affect you on a day to day basis; America's lax gun laws aren't going to have nearly the same impact on your life as the much better software dev work you'll find there, the higher pay your work will garner, and better housing opportunities you'd have in the US.
I just hope you don't wind up like me; 20 years of C/C++ dev experience in desktop and embedded, and I have no idea what I would do if my current company here in Vancouver went under. There just aren't a lot of job opportunities here, and moving would mean giving up custody of my kids.
> I think a lot of your criticism of other places has to do with things that don't affect you on a day to day basis;
When Obama was running for president in 2008, his stump speech included this line (paraphrased): "If a child can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. If a senior citizen can't afford his prescription drugs, that makes my life poorer, even if he's not my grandparent."
I would be be living in a city (SF, Portland, Seattle, SD, Austin, Boston, NYC, Chicago, take your pick) with massive social, racial, and economic disparities that make Vancouver look like one of those Nordic wundercountries. I would be living in a city, and a state, and a country, with levels of political dysfunction and gridlock only seen in countries like Korea or Chile. That dysfunction is holding the country back in overall quality-of-life. The rich have magnificent lives, but for the poor, it's hell to live in America. That makes my life poorer, even if I'm making $100K and drive a Tesla P90D with Ludicrous Mode. (That is if I live in a state that hasn't banned Tesla sales!)
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Fair enough; its a nice city if you're young and you don't have kids. I think a lot of your criticism of other places has to do with things that don't affect you on a day to day basis; America's lax gun laws aren't going to have nearly the same impact on your life as the much better software dev work you'll find there, the higher pay your work will garner, and better housing opportunities you'd have in the US.
I just hope you don't wind up like me; 20 years of C/C++ dev experience in desktop and embedded, and I have no idea what I would do if my current company here in Vancouver went under. There just aren't a lot of job opportunities here, and moving would mean giving up custody of my kids.