If Western Canadian cities were a family, Victoria would be drama queen Vancouver’s hippie-granola kid sister: easygoing and low maintenance. For the new class of remote workers emerging out of the pandemic, this coastal city presents the allure of a promised land, where you can get more bang for your buck, maybe even snag a little property, and still have some world-class restaurants just down the street.
But even before the wild real estate ride set off by Covid—with big-city dwellers everywhere seeking space for working remotely and entertaining safely—Vic fell prey to its
