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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?

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Post by 404error »

macey wrote: post #28
Xcelerate wrote: post #21

Anyone 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)?

This should probably always skew towards CA because of SV, but don't forget that the population of CA is the highest in the US by ~30% to begin with. I imagine there are a ton of people living here who were also born and raised here (myself included)

Same here.

Re: Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?

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Post by CodeCube »

eksith wrote: post #59
pm90 wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why did you hate FL?

I'm guessing this guy was really bad PR : https://twitter.com/_FloridaMan

haha, I love the florida man twitter account! But really, Florida ain't so bad ... I live in Orlando. There's lots of activity going on, lots of meetups, and lots of energy.

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Post by joeyh »

Xcelerate wrote: post #21

Anyone 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 1.5 hours from Knoxville in the most rural possible direction.

(Lived in the Bay Area in the past, still like to visit.)

Re: Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?

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Post by ninetax »

RK wrote: post #67
ninetax wrote: post #36

Questions 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.

Thanks!

Re: Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?

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Post by GoldenMonkey »

jonvictorino wrote: post #40
Xcelerate wrote: post #21

Anyone 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 was raised in California and I just happened to enjoy building websites as a kid so it was a no brainer to move to Silicon Valley when I became an adult. I just wish it wasn't so damn expensive to live here. States like Colorado and Arizona have been on my mind a lot lately since you can get a beautiful house out there for what it costs to buy a condo here.

Colorado housing prices are down, great time to move. And IT is picking up :)

Re: Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?

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Post by davisr »

Cryode wrote: post #77

Us Wisconsin folk are probably keeping quiet, so Chicago will keep forgetting we're up here.

I'm trying to get out of Wisconsin. I've tried moving to California twice in the past two years, but I just can't handle the high cost of living, so I defaulted back here.

Actually, this second time boomeranging back, I realized Wisconsin isn't so bad of a place, after all. Gas prices are $0.50-0.60 cheaper, food is WAY cheaper, and the cold winters make spring and summer so much more meaningful; we actually have weather.

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