According to your very own quote, I said it's "_one_ important factor" so I'm not sure how you parlayed that into "_the_ causative factor".
Those aren't the same things.
The weather has always been nice in Vancouver and Vancouver has always had net positive migration. If there was a change in the weather we could test the theory but alas there hasn't really been one.
Re:The City That Had Too Much Money
by mistermann on Monday October 22, 2018 @09:53AM
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Pedentically, I don't think the article is talking about a mild (and likely fairly constant) premium on real estate due to the superior weather, more likely it was about the parabolic price increases in the last decade or so. If mainland were Chinese particularly fond of Vancouver style weather it may be important over and above the natural one time premium it provides.
But mainly, I mostly just get irked when people dismiss RE price action in Vancouver because the weather is nice, it is a pretty common technique for those looking for racism.
Vancouver has always had nicer weather. If weather is the causative factor, why is there no correlation between Vancouver weather and housing prices over the last 30 years?