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Ask HN: Which Small U.S City Is Best Suited For Bootstrapping A Startup?

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Re: Ask HN: Which Small U.S City Is Best Suited For Bootstrapping A Startup?

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Post by logn » Tue, Sep 04, 2012, 10:29 PM UTC

smartwater wrote: post #6

npguy wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the data point. Are these neighborhoods good school districts as well?

You have a 1 in 43 chance of becoming a victim of a crime in Detroit: http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/mi/detroit/crime/ I recommend Boston.

I've lived in extremely high crime areas before. One study of my neighborhood predicted I had a good chance to be dead within 5-10 years because of crime.

The truth is that unless you're part of the drug trade or other nefarious dealings, you're usually pretty safe. I can't speak for Detroit, but I'm always suspect of these stats.

Re: Ask HN: Which Small U.S City Is Best Suited For Bootstrapping A Startup?

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Post by johnrgrace » Sun, Sep 16, 2012, 6:25 PM UTC

npguy wrote: post #5

israelyc wrote: post #4

Probably Detroit or its peripheral cities (there are some nice ones, Birmingham, Royal Oak and more). Dan Gilbert (Quicken Loans) is trying to revive downtown and investing in new startups. Also it's only 45min away from Ann Arbor which is an awesome city. You can rent an apartment for the cost of monthly parking in SF :)

Thanks for the data point. Are these neighborhoods good school districts as well?

Rochester/Birmingham and other cities have some of the best schools in the state. The northern burbs are on par with any good suburban area in the country.

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