The border would fit the geography a little better around the Lower Mainland. The current border is strange in how it bisects the Lower Mainland and cuts off Point Roberts. But I don't think there would be a big impact on the development of metro Vancouver.
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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper
Vancouver would be much smaller being less significant as part of the US. It stands alone in Canada. It has a lot more competition in the US in all aspects.
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Vancouver may or may not have developed into a railway terminus. But all else being equal, the US tends to be more developed than Canada. There's nothing particularly special about Seattle's location as far as its large corporate employers (Boeing, Microsoft, Starbucks, Amazon) are concerned. I think it's possible that Vancouver could have been a much larger city as part of the US. Another factor to think about is that Americans tend to move around more and Vancouver has an interesting natural setting that's pretty appealing.