kwl at vancouvercondo.info 19 Jun 2010 2:43 pm -
“I know of two families that have up and left Vancouver to go back to Hong Kong because the weather is so gloomy here. One family is already back in Hong Kong and they are going to put their house on the market soon. The other family will most likely be selling as well.”
The cost of living is cheaper in Asia. Look for people nearing full pension to pull up their stakes and become expats, where the cost of living is lower and the weather more amenable. It’s not just immigrants who do this!
The cost of living is not cheaper in Hong Kong but availability of challenging professional jobs is more abundant and far better paid than in Vancouver with 17% the top tax bracket. I’m an expat who returned to Vancouver 2 years ago. We’re going back. The Vancouver property prices are over inflated, the people are unfriendly, the service poor, the transit is rubbish and the weather is crap. I’ve got to ask, what were we thinking?!
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