Don't forget about Kitchener-Waterloo in Canada.
Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities
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Re: Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
My fiancee is currently going through the same process. She's going to, but not taking seriously, the interviews she has in Manhattan. OTOH, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and a few other cities look promising. Some of the programs in Manhattan and Brooklyn are paying ~55000. She's in (we're in) >400000 in debt from the med school loans. There's no chance we can go there. (Maybe if they paid ~100000.)
Stay away from Atlanta if you value quality of living. Look to places like Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Columbus, etc.... big healthcare areas without being the biggest sprawl on the planet or having insane cost of living.
> Stay away from Atlanta if you value quality of living
Can you elaborate on Atlanta's poor QoL?
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#23I've lived near Richmond my whole life, and moved to SF within the last 2 years. I have friends who live and work in Tech (in Richmond). Getting a new job can be hard. Your options for big companies that hire tech people in the area is GE, Altria (Phillip Morris if you're okay working for a tobacco co ), CapTech, UPS, VCU... But it isn't like Google, Apple, etc. Your options for smaller companies are bad. Some startu…
I'm in Richmond too. It is a great city. Very affordable, youngish, a fun mid sized city. We probably have more microbreweries per capita than anywhere else in the US. But I do feel like we are flyover country as far as tech is concerned. Compared to northern VA we might as well not exist. However I do think it is a good place for startups if only because there is an outsized amount of talented engineers stuck in cor…
Re: Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm in Richmond too. It is a great city. Very affordable, youngish, a fun mid sized city. We probably have more microbreweries per capita than anywhere else in the US. But I do feel like we are flyover country as far as tech is concerned. Compared to northern VA we might as well not exist. However I do think it is a good place for startups if only because there is an outsized amount of talented engineers stuck in cor…
http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2016/11/01/which-u...
I stand corrected. Still it does seem like we have as many breweries as Starbucks out here.
Re: Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Stay away from Atlanta if you value quality of living. Look to places like Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Columbus, etc.... big healthcare areas without being the biggest sprawl on the planet or having insane cost of living.
> Stay away from Atlanta if you value quality of living Can you elaborate on Atlanta's poor QoL?
Sure do you have something specific you'd like me to touch on or just in general?
Re: Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Stay away from Atlanta if you value quality of living. Look to places like Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Columbus, etc.... big healthcare areas without being the biggest sprawl on the planet or having insane cost of living.
> Stay away from Atlanta if you value quality of living Can you elaborate on Atlanta's poor QoL?
Dirty, terrible traffic, was decimated by the recession and not quite back. There are very nice areas like Buckhead, and really rough areas like Lithia Springs.
You'll need a car to get anywhere and you're going to spend a lot of time in it. Especially if you live in one of the popular suburbs like Marietta or even Douglasville.
Source: lived in the area a few times.
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#27My wife is looking at residency programs (she will be an MD). She has an interview at UCSF, but we are not sure we will go--San Francisco is just too expensive. Salary is only $65000 and we have to pay back student loans. I cant't imagine any doctor wanting to train in San Francisco. The city is pricing itself out of existence.
My fiancee is currently going through the same process. She's going to, but not taking seriously, the interviews she has in Manhattan. OTOH, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and a few other cities look promising. Some of the programs in Manhattan and Brooklyn are paying ~55000. She's in (we're in) >400000 in debt from the med school loans. There's no chance we can go there. (Maybe if they paid ~100000.)
Out of curiosity how do you run up >400k from med school? That number seems higher than what I usually read about.
Re: Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities
#28Add them to the list: http://brighton.io/Next_Silicon_Valley
Cuba? Really? Might as well add every city in world to that list.
Re: Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities
#29Interesting they leave out places like Raleigh, or Columbus.
Raleigh is where I'd probably be if I wasn't here in the Bay Area.
Re: Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities
#30Add them to the list: http://brighton.io/Next_Silicon_Valley
Cuba? Really? Might as well add every city in world to that list.
It's a joke. There are dozens of cities with articles calling them "the next Silicon Valley". But everyone still moves to California or New York when they need to raise big rounds and hire lots of engineers.