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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Would your careers transfer? I probably wouldn't move here unless you both could either transfer with existing employers or had jobs lined up in advance. The job market here isn't exactly booming. That said, I have a 2 bedroom condo downtown that's probably worth like $230k or so. So you could probably sell a parking spot at your Vancouver condo and make the jump to a downtown 2 Br here. Or sell your whole condo and pay cash for an inner city bungalow.
Although the detached housing market here has started to heat up recently, it's still nothing like Vancouver, imo. I think in some ways how much equity you have is a big factor as well. If you could sell your condo in Vancouver and move here and be mortgage free that would be a pretty nice boost. Lifestyle improvement/stress reduction wise.
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Yeah, I could transfer within my current firm and make the same salary.
There are advantages to Vancouver, but almost entirely revolving around the mild weather and greenery. That said, the winters are dark as hell. There is an inky blackness to a rainy Vancouver night that I haven't encountered anywhere in the world.
My partner has been looking to start her own business for awhile and that is basically impossible in Vancouver where we just couldn't afford the loss of her salary for very long (this is why I mention income). Calgary would probably be a good place to do that.
Your last point rings the clearest to me. Life is so expensive here. It is a constant drain and even more so as we start to think about having kids (something which we have delayed due to Vancouver's living costs)!