“I’m in my 30’s as is my wife. We’re both working lawyers and have a baby on the way. We rent a two bedroom apartment in East Van. We’re essentially the couple in the article except we live in a more affordable neighbourhood.
Recently we gave notice at our place and are packing our bags to leave Vancouver as we feel like we’ve been priced out of the housing market. Neither of us feel entitled to owning a freestanding home in Kits, and you’re missing the point if you think that’s the problem, but we also don’t want to be renting a small to mid-sized apartment in our 40’s which is the reality of housing in metro Vancouver. The fact is all of our friends who are in their 30’s, have kids, and can find work elsewhere have already left for more affordable pastures, either to the Island or to Langley. Those who are tied here due to their work end up commuting two hours a day and dream of finding jobs elsewhere.
I don’t know what the solution is, but there’s definitely a problem here even if you don’t want to admit it.”
– mizike at reddit.com discussion of Going Going Gone article, 13 Oct 2011