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Why I Chose New York

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Re: Why I Chose New York

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Post by wickedchicken »

tstegart wrote: post #12

This is great, I left NYC for many of the same reasons the OP cites as wanting to move there. Really, I should write a post on "Why I'm choosing the Midwest" NYC has so many women. Beautiful women. But if you're looking to have kids, settle down and move away to where your kid has his own lawn to play on, your odds drop close to zero. So many people date in NYC, so few commit for the rest of their lives. I was so nai…

> Its the best, unless you're trying to find a nice cheap bratwurst, then NYC sucks it up big time.

http://maps.google.com/maps/place?q=wechslers+currywurst&#38...

Re: Why I Chose New York

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Post by jessriedel »

tstegart wrote: post #12

This is great, I left NYC for many of the same reasons the OP cites as wanting to move there. Really, I should write a post on "Why I'm choosing the Midwest" NYC has so many women. Beautiful women. But if you're looking to have kids, settle down and move away to where your kid has his own lawn to play on, your odds drop close to zero. So many people date in NYC, so few commit for the rest of their lives. I was so nai…

Did find more eligible women looking to get married in Wisconsin?

Re: Why I Chose New York

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Post by hugs »

tstegart wrote: post #31
bobwebb wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just out of curiosity, which part of the Midwest do you live in?

Wisconsin. Land of brats, cheese and good canoeing.

I suspect Chicago is Wisconsin's #1 export market for brats and cheese. I love Chicago, but I also love my neighbors to the north. Keep 'em coming. I'll eat more. :-)

Re: Why I Chose New York

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Post by bengl3rt »

fennecfoxen wrote: post #32
bengl3rt wrote: post #24

1h 30m commute is only if you insist on busing down to Apple or Google every day. There are plenty of companies you can work for in SF that you can reach in much less time. And if you think it's going to be affordable to live five minutes walk from your office in NYC, think again. (disclaimer: lived in both)

What you need to do if you want to live in San Francisco and work in Silicon Valley: get a (stupidly expensive!) apartment near Caltrain, take an express train down (30-45 minutes, and work on the train), then get the rest of the way to work quickly (helps if your startup is near the train - mine is ~20 minutes' ride, not the greatest). It's probably not as good as you're getting in New York, but it's significantly b…

Hmm, I always imagined I'd get a car I really liked and drive down 280 south (against traffic). But those condos in SoMa sure are nice.

Re: Why I Chose New York

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Post by tstegart »

wickedchicken wrote: post #51
tstegart wrote: post #12

This is great, I left NYC for many of the same reasons the OP cites as wanting to move there. Really, I should write a post on "Why I'm choosing the Midwest" NYC has so many women. Beautiful women. But if you're looking to have kids, settle down and move away to where your kid has his own lawn to play on, your odds drop close to zero. So many people date in NYC, so few commit for the rest of their lives. I was so nai…

> Its the best, unless you're trying to find a nice cheap bratwurst, then NYC sucks it up big time. http://maps.google.com/maps/place?q=wechslers+currywurst&#38...

I said cheap! Sigh, I suppose $7 is cheap for New Yorkers. :) http://www.bratfest.com/brat-411/whats-on-the-menu/

Re: Why I Chose New York

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Post by wickedchicken »

If the OP is at all interested in the industries he says he is, then NYC all the way. It is a better city than SF on virtually every metric except burritos and nightlife.

The reason I left NYC was that it didn't have a vibe for "technology for technology's sake." If you're a more low-level engineer (knee-deep in circuits and C) then NYC is really going to push against you; the opportunities are fewer and the culture surrounding you values that less than financial sales or 'hustling' (Adafruit being a counterexample). You'd have to specifically hang out around Columbia, drive upstate, or grab the Fung Wah to Boston to get that kind of vibe. In the Bay you're immersed in it.

Re: Why I Chose New York

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Post by api »

cletus wrote: post #45

My previous team was split between Mountain View and New York. We'd travel back and forth. Don't get me wrong: I love the Bay Area. The weather for one thing is simply heaven. We'd often get into debates about this. My argument is that it is cheaper to live in New York than the Bay Area. The main reason for this is that almost anywhere you live in the Bay Area you will have a car. Between car payment, insurance, gas…

It's a real shame how many Americans are against public transit and think "infrastructure is communism."

Re: Why I Chose New York

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Post by carguy1983 »

jrobbins wrote: post #47

You want tech, diversity, ideas, women? Come to LA! The startup culture in Southern California is very strong now.

There's a lot of reasons to move to LA / Santa Monica, but I'd say for the women isn't one of them. The girls in NY are much friendlier, probably due to the fact that they outnumber men and most of them aren't from NY.

In LA the men still outnumber the women (all you need to do is walk into a crowded bar to see this - it's almost as bad as SF, though not quite) and most of the women are originally from southern CA. Take that as you will.

Having said all that, if you're married/relationshipped/gay?, you can't really beat it if you can afford it!

Re: Why I Chose New York

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Post by bengl3rt »

michael_miller wrote: post #26
bengl3rt wrote: post #24

1h 30m commute is only if you insist on busing down to Apple or Google every day. There are plenty of companies you can work for in SF that you can reach in much less time. And if you think it's going to be affordable to live five minutes walk from your office in NYC, think again. (disclaimer: lived in both)

I agree with you on SF. There are certainly a bunch of great companies to work for there. However, at the risk of angering a lot of people, the majority of promising startups are in the South Bay. NYC is expensive, but not unbelievably so, especially when put next to SF. To live within a 5-10m walk of Palantir's office in the West Village is roughly $4k for a 2BR(so I'll be paying $2k/month). Certainly not low rent b…

Cool! Best of luck to you and keep us posted :)

And you're right about one thing - if I ever found myself suddenly single, I would move back to NYC in a hot second. As a (somewhat) sane straight guy with a bit of money, that dating scene can't be beat. Hands down.

Re: Why I Chose New York

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Post by mcguire »

simonsarris wrote: post #28

I have a feeling my own "Why I Chose New Hampshire" would not have the same traction on HN, though it would bear some similarity to this post. Maybe I should write it anyway. I live in an 1840's house that I love. I walk seven minutes to main street (and work) every day. I live a mere hour from the mountains, the ocean, boston, minutes from country. I don't have any wants, I just like programming and reading and maki…

Strangely, New York and Silicon Valley are the two places that I've always eliminated when I considered moving. I, too, graduated from utexas, and then stayed in Austin for about 20 years. I never wanted to take the cut in my standard of living that either SV or NY would mean. A few years back, I did move, even further from civilization.

Back in 1994, I bought a three-bedroom townhouse for $45,000; during the dot-com boom, I realized that moving to Cali would mean living in a refrigerator box with six other people. These days, I'm paying (half of) a $1600/month mortgage on a house on 1.5 acres on the shore of the Tennessee river.

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