I'm Canadian and I've never heard of anyone moving to Vancouver.
It's rainy, depressing, very expensive, and unlike SF there aren't isn't any major industry paying fat salaries to make it worth it.
It's rainy, depressing, very expensive, and unlike SF there aren't isn't any major industry paying fat salaries to make it worth it.
Rain is preferable to freezing snow in most other parts of the country, and true Vancouverites don't mind it because it means fresh powder on the mountains for skiing/snowboarding, conveniently located 30 minutes from downtown and open at night with artificial lighting. And there's no place better in the summer, when there's no rain, extreme heat, humidity, or mosquitoes. Just lush green surroundings, and ocean and mountain views everywhere
What are the places you've found your fellow Canadians tend to move to?
CS classmates: overwhelmingly San Francisco, with NYC and Seattle in second place.
Business graduates: Toronto, Chicago, New York
A few go to remote areas to work in mining etc.
But yeah, never heard of anyone moving to Vancouver unless they were originally from there and were moving back.