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Toronto is big. Much bigger than many places mentioned.
A secret Canadian bit: healthcare is pretty good, and 'free' - at least it's not out of pocket, and covered by taxes which are on par with Cali/NY. That makes a difference in the very early stages, I think. There is a lot of technical talent in Canada, just not great marketing and business leadership, and of course nothing like the Valley etc..
Too bad housing prices are viewed as a completely uncontrollable force of nature beyond any human ability to tame. Too bad a supossedly endless stream off ideas and innovation apparently can't possible solve it. Otherwise the chief driving force of the economy might not be increasingly constrained by literal rent seeking. But rent-seeking is apparently a sacrosanct property right that trumps all other issues of well…
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Eugene has bad air.
Can you elaborate? It seems counterintuitive unless local smog is trapped by an inversion layer or there is smog-producing industry nearby.
Places to consider (from the article): - Richmond, Virginia - Eugene, Oregon - Manchester, New Hampshire - Huntsville, Alabama
I'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…
We probably have more microbreweries per capita than anywhere else in the US.
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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…
We probably have more microbreweries per capita than anywhere else in the US. That would actually be Portland, OR with 52, more than any city in the world . Richmond isn't even on the map to be honest..
There are many reasons YC requires you to be in Mountain View during the program. When you finish YC, every partner will tell you to stay in the Bay Area. As CEO of a post-seed company, I had to start building relationships with Series-A investors. They are all here, so I could meet them in person without much travel, or they could come visit our office. That matters. When our investors hold events, they are here. I…
SV ~doubles your burn rate, when you are sucking up VC funds that's not an issue. But, a lot of SV failures may have succeeded in other places.
My 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.
Toronto + Kitchener/Waterloo, and Vancouver are sizeable. Toronto is big. Much bigger than many places mentioned. A secret Canadian bit: healthcare is pretty good, and 'free' - at least it's not out of pocket, and covered by taxes which are on par with Cali/NY. That makes a difference in the very early stages, I think. There is a lot of technical talent in Canada, just not great marketing and business leadership, and…
I'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…