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You will still come out ahead in SF vs Toronto http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?coun...

interesting site, plugged in Victoria Canada (city my company is in) and numbers seemed a little off for rent currently listed in craigslist. +170% on website more like +300% from quick look in craigslist.

also doesn't factor in time commuting, quality of life, avg hrs worked per day, etc... would love to see a pay breakdown $$ / hr worked (at office).

The data is crowd sourced so it may deviate, you can contribute your data to keep it aligned. Also the quality of life and commuting comparisons can be done from the pull down menu in the header.

interesting, would imagine that could deviate quite a bit then. for things like cost of coffee / meals i could see crowd sourcing but aggregating from an online source for rentals / housing sales would lead to much more accurate estimate as they are the bigger ticket items.

OT, but how is Victoria as a city to run a tech company in? I lived there nearly a decade ago and enjoyed my time - I still think about returning some day.

Please do. Everyone I know is hiring. We're hiring.

http://www.viatec.ca/job-board/11521

IBM research and that's about it. Maybe some small start ups but otherwise I recall its website shops.

This has changed quite a bit. There are a strangely large number of companies (both startups and a-bit-older-than-startups) doing various large data analytics type things. Also plenty of adtech related startups.

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