text: Hello Natatat,
  
  You are completely wrong with your quip about Vancouver having the best paying jobs. To the contrary, it is near the bottom in that category.
  
  The reason Vancouver house became so expensive had nothing to do with local workers. It happened because the housing market price ruptured away from, and became fully detached from, the local job market. And that severance was achieved by a massive flood of overseas money.
  
  But don't take my word for it. Read the quoted professors and such in the following article you can find online:
  
  "Why are Vancouver wages so low compared to other cities?"