I fear that there really aren't many people who end up choosing where they will live. For a great number, one's place of residence has more to do with being an accident of birth. In this day and age, one might not think of a hometown as a factor limiting choice, but I wish I had statistics on how many adults have ultimately ended up fairly close to where they grew up. There's certainly nothing wrong with that. Yet those who maintain it's perfect without having tried other locations have not actually made a choice, have they?
Others may live where they do because work led them there. I consider that, in fact, as noble. Life changes and those who demand to maintain historical ties as a birthright are sadly ignorant of the greater history of civilization.
So, the fact that Vancouver was once just a place on a map and now my home makes me as proud of myself as my adopted area.