Tech takes over: New York is the sector's second city
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Tech takes over: New York is the sector's second city
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Re: Tech takes over: New York is the sector's second city
#2I am not surprised to read this and also not sure what makes this article/publisher the assumed authority to christened NYC as #2. After Silicon Valley one might argue that Seattle has better tech than NYC but again NYC always has breadth and depth of diverse markets such finance, fashion, ads, hotel, food, law and education to name a few. Not to mention, easy access to EWR/JFK/LGA airports from European continent makes it easier for people to come here and get involved.
Updated: Improved verbosity
Re: Tech takes over: New York is the sector's second city
#3Cheaper rent than Silicon Valley, tons of cultural diversity, and amazing food. Really nice place to live.
Re: Tech takes over: New York is the sector's second city
#4Cheaper rent than Silicon Valley, tons of cultural diversity, and amazing food. Really nice place to live.
NYC is actually amongst the lowest for Cost of Living adjusted salaries out of all the major tech cities:
https://hired.com/state-of-salaries-2017
Rent isn't exactly cheap in NYC
Re: Tech takes over: New York is the sector's second city
#5The best part about tech in NYC is that it isn't a non-stop, in-your-face bubble the way that it is in SF/SJ. I work in tech but enjoy having friends in fashion, finance, real estate, advertising, etc. The conversations here are much more diverse. Interestingly, that same diversity helps improve the tech sector.
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#6Cheaper rent than Silicon Valley, tons of cultural diversity, and amazing food. Really nice place to live.
High stress, high pollution, rat race of a lifestyle, you are regulated and taxed on more things you even thought possible, and one of the worst imaginable places to try and raise a family. It has it's pros and cons, but I think we both agree it is certainly better than Silicon Valley. It's great if you are a young professional figuring out the world, but eventually people want their space and be able to stretch out their legs.
Re: Tech takes over: New York is the sector's second city
#7Cheaper rent than Silicon Valley, tons of cultural diversity, and amazing food. Really nice place to live.
High stress, high pollution, rat race of a lifestyle, you are regulated and taxed on more things you even thought possible, and one of the worst imaginable places to try and raise a family. It has it's pros and cons, but I think we both agree it is certainly better than Silicon Valley. It's great if you are a young professional figuring out the world, but eventually people want their space and be able to stretch out…
You can always move to central Jersey and take a train
Re: Tech takes over: New York is the sector's second city
#8Cheaper rent than Silicon Valley, tons of cultural diversity, and amazing food. Really nice place to live.
High stress, high pollution, rat race of a lifestyle, you are regulated and taxed on more things you even thought possible, and one of the worst imaginable places to try and raise a family. It has it's pros and cons, but I think we both agree it is certainly better than Silicon Valley. It's great if you are a young professional figuring out the world, but eventually people want their space and be able to stretch out…
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Re: Tech takes over: New York is the sector's second city
#9Cheaper rent than Silicon Valley, tons of cultural diversity, and amazing food. Really nice place to live.
High stress, high pollution, rat race of a lifestyle, you are regulated and taxed on more things you even thought possible, and one of the worst imaginable places to try and raise a family. It has it's pros and cons, but I think we both agree it is certainly better than Silicon Valley. It's great if you are a young professional figuring out the world, but eventually people want their space and be able to stretch out…
Yeah, but when people want that they don’t need to leave NY.
Westchester is a great place to raise kids, and the Metro North is fairly relaxing commute.
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#10Cheaper rent than Silicon Valley, tons of cultural diversity, and amazing food. Really nice place to live.
High stress, high pollution, rat race of a lifestyle, you are regulated and taxed on more things you even thought possible, and one of the worst imaginable places to try and raise a family. It has it's pros and cons, but I think we both agree it is certainly better than Silicon Valley. It's great if you are a young professional figuring out the world, but eventually people want their space and be able to stretch out…
Yeah, but the public transit options make it realistic to live in lots of different suburbs that are much cheaper and much better for family life, which seems to be something you can't say about most of the other contenders.