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0 pointsmarkus_zhang1y ago0 comments

Vancouver housing is crazy. I think Montreal is the only one of the three that still have affordable housing, albeit not 100% sure. But you should be fine with a 100K salary at least.

However, QC has its own issues, infrastructure and hospital waiting time are pretty bad.

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deisteve1y ago

i hope the rent in montreal goes down to justify living there. the road is in awful shape which makes driving tough. public infrastructure is barely functional. i dont even know about the healthcare there but i assume its overloaded too.

the weather tax too doesn't make sense. extremely cold and hot weather. at least in BC its functional and get little snow.

i donno where to go tbh, hoping to land a remote gig somehow but job market is super tough.

My dream right now is living in East Asia working remotely earning USD. Canada has remained stagnant while that region surpassed it in many areas.

markus_zhangOP1y ago

Yeah it's far from perfect. We don't speak French so that cuts off about half of the retirement jobs. We are considering Ottawa and its surrounding areas. I heard housing is not too crazy but you still get ON pay, as long as you can get a tech job -- and it's close to Kanata which is a mini tech center.

But the best thing is probably a remote job paid in USD. It's possible but relies on a lot of luck and connection. Another thing to consider is working on two remote contractor jobs at the same time -- maximize expense and move to a place that doesn't f**ing rain. MTL has too much rain these two years and I'm afraid it's going to lose its summer charm.

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