hium

Same boat... except that I'm a woman not a man here...

I'm married, close to 30 and have a stable job in Vancouver. Paid is not bad (in Canadian standard, but comparing to HK income its just average) but I'm getting pretty bored at my job and looking forward to switch to another profession.  My side's family are all in HK, while my husband's are all in Van. I moved back to Vancouver with my husband (not married yet at that time) because I didn't enjoy living (same bunch of reason you listed) and working in HK couple years ago. But after we got married and having relaxing life + job for couple years, I started to realize I'm getting tired and bored and really miss my family. I guess I just change overtime due to age, just thinking differently than before. Right now I'm thinking to relocate back to HK again, but I felt guilty about doing this since my husband is doing very well in Vancouver (career and family) and he moved back to Vancouver all because of me at that time and he gave up so much before... don't know if i should put him through this once again... sigh...  

hium

One more thing to consider.. kids... I really don't know if I am ready to be a mom yet (mentally). But if I ever had one, I feel like Vancouver is a better place for kids to grown up in ba? Will be bilingual kid (speak Cantonese at home and English at school) no problem, not to mention the education is motivating and kids will be more likely to be a creative one. But again, kids are not on top of my "to do" list yet...