[tnel77]

There’s certainly an element of ignorance in their comment, but there’s also some truth.

I am originally from a rural area in the Midwest USA. I know a statistically significant number of people from high school and college who purposely moved to bigger cities because of “the culture” or “there’s so much more to do.” They are right. I live in a much bigger city now for those exact reasons, but the demand justifiably has resulted in wildly more expensive houses. I could buy a modest house in my hometown for $85k right now. That same house where I currently live would easily be selling for $300-350k. You make more money here, but not by much.

We need to work on improving our housing density issues, but there’s an undeniable element of “I don’t want to live there” going on.

[leshow]

The average house price in Canada is over 800k now. In a city like Toronto I would expect that to be higher.