@Josolace: so you have no substantive reply except to call other people names? That's disappointing. 

I also think it's very reckless to assume that the people who are expressing frustration with housing affordability are solely made up of people who bet wrong a long time ago and are now just bitter. The ranks of the frustrated are actually swelling with high achieving young people who have good or great incomes but are having a hard time justifying staying in their home towns. You can scoff or ignore that, safe as you are living somewhere else, but these people are the future tax base and essential services. People like you who still reside in places like Vancouver would do well to be worried about the fact that their doctor, lawyer, etc. could all easily leave town with one month's notice.