I always hear about co-workers and random people complaining about Vancouver and how much they hate it here and how much the want to move. I hear how much better "x" city is because of nightlife, cost of living, transit options, blah, blah blah.
But at the end of the day, those complainers are still here, living/working/complaining in Vancouver.
The oddest part I've noticed is that those who move away from Vancouver and act all high and mighty because they feel they have made the better decision, will eventually move back to Vancouver in a heartbeat if a decent career opportunity is offered to them. As if the shitty nightlife, high cost of living and bike lanes are no longer an issue to a slight increase in salary. Like muticartual said... No one moves to Edmonton to live a life of luxury, even if the economy and the oil money is more attractive than anything we have to offer in Vancouver and will make that luxury living more feasible.