Canada had poached 10k tech workers from the U.S.

Re:Canada had poached 10k tech workers from the U.S. – in ju... by yberreby on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @03:24PM (#37152306)

Hi. I live alone in downtown Montreal. I pay 999 CAD a month for a 1-bedroom apartment, sublet. This includes furniture, electricity, heat, Internet.

I have friends who are renting a shared flat, works out to ~650 CAD / person, in a nice area (Plateau Mont Royal).

I'm not claiming two data points are representative of the whole distribution, and things are not great at all in terms of inflation / the housing market is tough, but there's no need to resort to gross exaggerations.

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Re:Canada had poached 10k tech workers from the U.S. – in ju... by arroz on Friday August 18, 2023 @10:45AM (#37176365)

Obviously shared doesn’t count, most people don’t share a place because they want to but rather because they need to

Also, Quebec is cheaper than the rest of the country (probably because of language + anti immigration provincial agenda)

I live in a city in the praries away from civilization and pay over 1000 dollars for a 1 bedroom

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Re:Canada had poached 10k tech workers from the U.S. – in ju... by yberreby on Friday August 18, 2023 @01:40PM (#37179302)

I do not mean to discount your experience; I'm simply disproving the assertion that there isn't anywhere normal priced. Montreal is a major city with a lot of tech companies and research activity, so I think it is worth mentioning as more than a simple counterexample.

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