Re:New $100k H-1B visa fee pushes tech jobs offshore
by bigmadshoe on Monday September 14, 2026 @08:41PM
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There are several websites aggregating rent data that put SF rent at around 2x that of Vancouver, which is itself the most expensive city in Canada. I agree that many people would be worse off financially moving to Canada due to the lower salaries. But the claim that cost of living is the same is categorically false.
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Re:New $100k H-1B visa fee pushes tech jobs offshore
by infecto on Monday September 14, 2026 @09:15PM
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Yet you keep missing the point. “Was”. I am not saying prices today or equal. I am simply saying when I did the math pre Covid the cost of living was very similar all things considered. Like I already said the link you provided looks like a bunch of bad data so truly hard to tell. Categorically false are strong words without any data!
Re:New $100k H-1B visa fee pushes tech jobs offshore
by bigmadshoe on Monday September 14, 2026 @10:25PM
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There is a lot of data available online that you can find very easily. Zillow for example, regarding rent:
SF average rent: $4,795USD [1]
Vancouver average rent: $2840USD [2]
[1] https://www.zillow.com/rental-manager/market-trends/san-fran...
[2] https://www.zillow.com/rental-manager/market-trends/vancouve...
I would say categorically false is accurate and an anecdote from 7 years ago isn't adding anything productive to the conversation.
EDIT: Sorry, I just saw that you said "all things considered". I think we agree that when you factor in salary, it is financially worse to live in Canada. I just noticed a lot of completely inaccurate statements about the rent being the same which I was trying to correct. Apologies if you got caught in the crossfire.