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I can confirm Victoria has a pretty big tech scene (per capita bigger then Vancouver but not in real terms) and a better future then Vancouver in that regard. I am completely bearish on Vancouver's future as a tech hub, the affordability issues among many other things will slowly strangle what little the city managed to build up and attract with low wages. The US obviously is the place to be for tech, I think Canada will always be picking up the scraps. People talk about Silicon Valley etc. and completely forget that there are places like Dallas, San Antonio, El Paso, Seattle, Charlotte, etc. and many many more that have growing well paid tech scenes. Dallas of course is the biggest of them all (and comparable to Silicon valley if not actually bigger...just with less of the bubbly global online juggernauts and more of the behind he scenes established traditional companies that require just as much if not more tech workers to keep them running now a days and evolving), that city is a economic engine and very much underestimated imo. If I had a choice between silicon valley and Dallas I would pick Dallas 10 times out of 10 for money, career, and quality of life.

Vancouver's tech scene is not big, first of all, its embarrassingly underpaid (pay real wages and lets see what will be left), and its starting to feel pressure because its having trouble attracting talent. The only thing helping right now is the low dollar, which for mobile tech workers is just another wage cut, and makes getting talent here even harder in the near future.