"denial" should also be an option :)
Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?
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Re: Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?
#62Anyone in Knoxville? :) I knew California would be pretty high up there because of SV but I didn't realize so many people on here live there. For people who are in CA, do you live there because that's where most of the tech start-ups are or because it's a nice place (or both)?
I'm a country boy who grew up in the midwest and came here when a company I worked for in Portland got acquired. I've been stuck here for 8 long years, now, and constantly dream about going somewhere else. California is fine, the SV is okay, there are certainly jobs and lots of opportunity and at this point I've built quite the network ... but seriously, I miss being able to go outside and see a field of corn from ti…
The entire space between San Jose and LA is farmland :)
Re: Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?
#63Anyone in Knoxville? :) I knew California would be pretty high up there because of SV but I didn't realize so many people on here live there. For people who are in CA, do you live there because that's where most of the tech start-ups are or because it's a nice place (or both)?
I'm a country boy who grew up in the midwest and came here when a company I worked for in Portland got acquired. I've been stuck here for 8 long years, now, and constantly dream about going somewhere else. California is fine, the SV is okay, there are certainly jobs and lots of opportunity and at this point I've built quite the network ... but seriously, I miss being able to go outside and see a field of corn from ti…
Born and raised in the Midwest, moved to SoCal for two years so my wife could complete her master's. We both absolutely hated the area, moved back out to "the sticks" and haven't looked back. Cost of living is lower, quality of life is higher.
Re: Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?
#64Anyone in Knoxville? :) I knew California would be pretty high up there because of SV but I didn't realize so many people on here live there. For people who are in CA, do you live there because that's where most of the tech start-ups are or because it's a nice place (or both)?
It's 5:20pm on the east coast so the numbers are going to be way off.
Edit: This was posted at 4:20pm EST and normally I don't check HN much after 4, I am just waiting on something before I call it a day.
Re: Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?
#65soo 1. California 2. New York and 3. Texas hardly surprising
These are the most populous states, so you are correct. The better metric would be to figure out the "hacker density" of each state.
If you divide the responses per state over population, DC has a strong lead in "Hacker News User Density". VT, MA, and WA are pretty close to each other, followed by CA, DE, and CO. It would be interesting to compare these results to % urban/rural populations.
Re: Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?
#66Go Oregon! :)
I'm impressed by our representation so far; a recent chart of HN job posts showed 0 results for us.
Re: Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?
#67Questions for those few living in New Mexico: How is the job market for a SW engineer? Do you all pretty much live in ABQ, or is anyone is Santa Fe?
My impression from talking to people in the area is that the investor money is in Santa Fe, but most of the programming jobs are in Albuquerque. Of course Albuquerque is about 10X the size of Santa Fe.
Re: Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?
#68Go Oregon! :)
As a psuedo-american, I think Oregon is the only state I could leave New Zealand for and stay relatively sane. Portland looks like a great town - wish there were more tech firms there!
There are quite a few (in portland at least) these days!
Far less than the valley I am sure, but there has been a decided uptick in the last few years. Tech scene here is shaping up nicely.
Re: Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?
#69Re: Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?
#70I'm in Illinois, but the St. Louis area, not Chicagoland.
Kansas City right here. Midwest awwww yeah!