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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Yeah I don't understand the Vancouver situation. It seems to be full of $30k/year millionaires. Some physicians I know who have had opportunities to work in Van turned them down. Sure it's nice to live within driving distance to a beach, but the salaries, taxes, cost of living - it became an easy choice to stay in Alberta or go to Ontario. I know two of them who have moved back to both Edmonton and Calgary recently who said it's not worth making a go of it. I suppose they could practice in satellite towns around Van, but most physicians (unless you're a GP) need to go where the resources, patients, and jobs are - and often it's not Vancouver.
What's interesting to me is that some physicians can make a killing up in Yellowknife apparently. Rotate in and out every two weeks or a month. Living in Yellowknife would be seriously cool but obviously not for everyone.
Back to the original point - when you have high-earners avoiding Vancouver, it should be obvious that people that earn less should be more mobile if the COL and pay just isn't there. Everyone is different though.
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My spouse and I both make over 100k and while we don't feel the pinch, we cannot afford many many things that most people in say Calgary or Ottawa take for granted. She is very limited where she can work in Canada, and I am limited to what I can do outside of Canada. We will probably be leaving in a year or two though. Maybe to Portland for her work, and I can figure out a way to do what I do now remotely.