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I'm hoping Victoria turns into an active startup scene soon. I want to move west for proximity to Seattle/SF but Vancouver's cost of living was a big turn off. $2k/m in Toronto goes a very long way compared to most big cities (thank you liberal municipal building policy!) where I'm not sure it's worth the trade off.

Not having to deal with months of winter (I don't mind BC's rain) and a 1-2hr ferry to Seattle/Vancouver does sound alluring though.

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Victoria is much more affordable than Vancouver (although rentals are currently tight), and has less summer rain (rain shadow from the Olympic mountains).

See https://github.com/sendwithus/vic-startup-jobs for local startup jobs.

It could be considered more of a Salish Sea triangle for startups, with Victoria, Vancouver, and Seattle all being close and each having advantages and disadvantages.

Victoria has come a long way in the last couple years. We do have a small startup scene that's grown over the last few years.

You should check it out :D

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