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Originally Posted by peter12

So we've talked moving. We've both moved around before. We know how hard it is, how stressful it is, and what a risk it is, but the thing is, we just can't see ourselves staying in this grey dump of a town.

What changed?

Originally Posted by peter12

But to me, those comparisons don't make any sense. New York (plus all those other places) are special historical entities that arose, as if miraculously, through the social, and political currents of a great age.

That said, after having been to most of those cities on that list, I would not chose any of them over Vancouver.

Originally Posted by peter12

Vancouver is hands-down the most objectively beautiful city in the world.

Originally Posted by peter12

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)!

Vancouver is not that expensive.