<i>I&#x27;m young and I don&#x27;t want kids. I do not believe that yellow peril is the driving factor in housing costs. Certainly it&#x27;s a factor, but no one can say how much of a factor it is without solid data. I&#x27;m staying, and you can&#x27;t stop me!</i><p>:-)<p>Fair enough; its a nice city if you&#x27;re young and you don&#x27;t have kids. I think a lot of your criticism of other places has to do with things that don&#x27;t affect you on a day to day basis; America&#x27;s lax gun laws aren&#x27;t going to have nearly the same impact on your life as the much better software dev work you&#x27;ll find there, the higher pay your work will garner, and better housing opportunities you&#x27;d have in the US.<p>I just hope you don&#x27;t wind up like me; 20 years of C&#x2F;C++ dev experience in desktop and embedded, and I have no idea what I would do if my current company here in Vancouver went under. There just aren&#x27;t a lot of job opportunities here, and moving would mean giving up custody of my kids.