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Originally Posted by isaidso
Speculating continuously on places and things you know next to nothing about gets really irritating after a few years. So cities like Seattle, San Francisco, and New York prosper due to American ingenuity but if cities like Vancouver, Toronto, and Melbourne prosper it's nothing they've done themselves? I honestly don't think it's possible to be more condescending and ignorant all at the same time.
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Putting aside the juvenile ad-hominem, do you disagree that Vancouver likely benefits from the West Coast tech boom? I assume next you're going to argue that Vancouver's film industry is unrelated to Hollywood?
You cannot decouple the Canadian economy from its 10x larger neighbor. I have no doubt that any tech-related leasing burst is at least partially related to U.S. tech and immigration policy. And no, Vancouver isn't considered a hotbed of home-grown innovation, obviously. Same goes for the vast majority of U.S. and Canadian metros.