Out of the dozen cities that comprise metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, only one is still deemed affordable, and that is Chilliwack to the far east.  Bound by the border, mountains, and ocean, Canada's third largest urban area has nowhere else for people to live.

Housing prices have also soared in other urban areas of BC, like Victoria on the Island, and in Kelowna, making them unaffordable. 

Rather than abandoning Canadian cities, a better solution would be to address why housing is so unaffordable.  Why are we allowing, and promoting, an unfettered flow of overseas money to commodify housing? Why are we selling entire housing developments overseas, and only the handful of leftovers locally?

International agencies have warned us money is being laundered through our housing - and raising demand and price - why are we not addressing that instead of being told to simply "move".

"You don't like it,  move." How would you like to hear that in your community, and the next one...