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Moving Supplies Are BOOMING! — Is Everyone Leaving Vancouver? Mass exodus Ahead of youth!

233 views · Published 1 February 2017 · 1:50 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: Mike Martins · 2017 · People & Blogs

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“If you're looking for an industry to invest in, invest in moving companies and moving supply companies, because more people are leaving.”
— Mike Martins

YouTubers, Mike Martins here. I’m back at Home Depot picking up more supplies for my own move, and something caught my attention: the moving section is booming.

I had been here a couple of days earlier looking for larger moving boxes, and the section was practically cleaned out. One of the employees took my information and actually called me when the new shipment came in, so I came back to grab the bigger boxes I needed.

But what really got my attention was what I was being told about the amount of moving supplies going through this store. Boxes, bubble wrap, mattress bags and other moving materials were selling so well that there was even discussion about moving the section closer to the front of the store.

Now, obviously, people buying boxes doesn't automatically tell us why they're moving. But I'm already hearing conversations from people saying they're moving farther out—to places like Kelowna, Hope and other communities—and it makes me wonder how much Vancouver's cost of living is contributing to this.

I'm moving myself, so I'm standing right in the middle of it.

In the previous videos I've been talking about housing affordability, employers struggling to attract workers and people looking outside Vancouver for a more affordable life. Now I'm watching the moving-supply business apparently booming right in front of me.

Could moving companies and moving-supply businesses become one of the industries benefiting from people relocating?

This was what I was seeing and hearing at the time in 2017, and I wanted to document it as it was happening.

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