Someone who may be considered financially secure or even wealthy, but is impoverished by high housing costs and cost of living conditions within their current region.
Yeah, Susan's the CEO, but she takes out loans to visit the food bank. She's not poor, just vancouver poor.
Mark is so vancouver poor that the only hobby he can afford is visiting the bank to watch the ATM spit out his money.
Sarah is so vancouver poor that she can only eat out when she forces her staff to buy a group deal.