Thousands of people leaving BC for other provinces
Posted August 16, 2012 7:58 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Have you thought about packing up your stuff and moving your family to another province? Some British Columbians apparently have, as BC stats from January to March show more than 2,500 have uprooted and left.
Both economists and folks who live here blame the economy, housing affordability, and the high cost of living in BC.
A woman we spoke with isn’t shocked by the mass exodus earlier this year. “No, it’s not surprising at all. I was actually thinking of doing that myself, especially towards the US; you get way bigger houses [in the States] for a small amount.”
One man tells us he’s done it before and could do it again. Others choose to just deal with the economic factors in this province.
“We take a hit; it’s more expensive for us to live in Vancouver. We choose to live here because it’s where our family and friends are and where nature is,” says one Vancouverite.
Where are they going? Some people are getting a fresh start in Alberta, a province which posted a higher job growth than BC. In that same time period, 13,000 newcomers migrated to the oil-rich province.
