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Originally Posted by RobotTalk
What I found interesting is that almost all my UBC friends have left Vancouver, the only ones that stayed were born and raised Vancouverites. The most common reason for leaving has been the high cost of living combined with the difficulty in finding well-paying professional jobs. Most, including myself, say they could have coped with the high cost of living if there were good career opportunities, but there just aren't that many opportunities.
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Vancouver is a city defined by money that comes in from elsewhere, middlemen who collect service fees off that money, and rent seekers. It's a retirement villa and a safe location for assets and children of the world's wealthy, not really a great city for most people to build a career.