Poll: Where do you live?

#1

Post by binarynate » Fri, Feb 04, 2022, 6:09 PM UTC

I read a tweet that referred to HN as "Silicon Valley", which struck me as odd because I suspect most HN users, like me, are located elsewhere. This piqued my curiosity about where HN users are located, so if you don't mind me asking, where do you live?

Edit: Sorry about the randomized ordering (I forgot HN does that for polls). Thanks ahead of time for using cmd+f or the equivalent to find and vote for your state or country. Also, each US state is included as "US: {state name}".

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 04, 2022, 6:18 PM UTC

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#3

Post by Elof » Fri, Feb 04, 2022, 7:35 PM UTC

US: California

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Post by tluyben2 » Fri, Feb 04, 2022, 7:35 PM UTC

Not sure if this post still ranks in the morning as it's evening in the EU so probably not many people will answer, while the Americas will. I know there are a lot of people from the EU here.

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#5

Post by echelon » Fri, Feb 04, 2022, 7:37 PM UTC

Elof wrote: post #3

US: California

California doesn't have to be the center for tech anymore as the world has shifted to a distributed workforce.

The US doesn't, for that matter, and you can tell it's happening due to all of the new international investments.

Edit with some sources:

https://news.crunchbase.com/news/europe-vc-funding-unicorns-...

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Market-Spotlight/Venture-c...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-24/startup-f...

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Post by LAC-Tech » Fri, Feb 04, 2022, 7:39 PM UTC

I mean we're geographically dispersed. But if you had to pick our capital, it would be silicon valley, surely.

(Living in a village in rural NZ here)

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 04, 2022, 7:39 PM UTC

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Post by vecinu » Fri, Feb 04, 2022, 7:39 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #5

Elof wrote: post #3

US: California

California doesn't have to be the center for tech anymore as the world has shifted to a distributed workforce. The US doesn't, for that matter, and you can tell it's happening due to all of the new international investments. Edit with some sources: https://news.crunchbase.com/news/europe-vc-funding-unicorns-... https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Market-Spotlight/Venture-c... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…

> you can tell it's happening due to all of the new international investments.

Any sources? Last data I saw showed VC investment in SV eclipses anything around Europe or Asia. There's just a lot more money, especially money with a serious risk appetite, in the US, than elsewhere.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 04, 2022, 7:43 PM UTC

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#10

Post by 101008 » Fri, Feb 04, 2022, 7:44 PM UTC

I hope there is someone who knows how to code in this community to parse the results and do a nice visualization. I have a cousin who knows about computers, if noone knows here how to do it, I can ask him to try. He always helps me with my printer.