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Re:America’s Competitors Angle for Silicon Valley’s Business by Retric on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @11:30AM (#14911318)
Vancouver is still significantly cheaper than the Bay Area, you can get a studio for less than 1000$USD / month.
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Re:America’s Competitors Angle for Silicon Valley’s Business by dionidium on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @11:50AM (#14911487)
This underlines an important distinction about Vancouver real estate: it's very expensive to purchase a home in Vancouver, but rents have not exploded at the same pace. That makes it a very different value proposition from what exists in the SFBA (especially for younger folks who don't necessarily want to buy).
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Re:America’s Competitors Angle for Silicon Valley’s Business by gozur88 on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @02:40PM (#14913383)
A big gap between buying and renting is the classic indication of a speculative housing bubble. You may not want to buy a place in Vancouver right now.
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