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Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by redthrowaway »

hackula1 wrote: post #29
Miyamoto wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sure most start ups in Miami have A/C, so I'm not sure what your concern is. Most apartments too. Anyway, I live in an area that reaches 43c in the summer and -6c in the winter. When I first moved here it definitely threw me off, but I got acclimated to it quickly.

As someone who grew up in Milwaukee and moved to Charleston, I agree 100%. One of my largest clients is in Milwaukee now and I can say definitively that I have lost all tolerance for that bitter cold. And to all you Canadians living north of the wall... I don't know how you do it.

Being in Vancouver/Victoria helps. It's basically Bay Area climate.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by jmduke »

crystaln wrote: post #56

I made the decision a long time ago that people come first. Comparing the people of San Francisco to those of Miami, well, in this case you get what you pay for. I feel like a rock star wild man anywhere else. In San Francisco I feel like I'm surrounded by people smarter, more creative, and better at life than me. That's worth every penny. I'll take a hovel in SF over a mansion in Miami any day. Besides, the defense…

The implication of this post is that people in Miami are dumber, less creative, and "worse at life" than those in San Francisco.

The population of Miami is around 410,000. When someone tries to "comparing the people of X", where X is a population of 410,000, I think the bigger insight is to be gleaned from the writer's preconceptions than their conclusions.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by Zisko »

As a native born Miamian studying CS the University of Miami, this excites me. I grew up in Bal Harbour and around college time I knew leaving would be a mistake. Nothing compares to the Aventura/ South Beach/ Coral Gables environments. However, It's been really hard to get into the tech community here, even though theres an amazing potential for startups in this city. I'm working on something myself but it seems as if theres no support and I always assumed I'd have to move to California or up north if I wanted to be a serious programmer, so this is great news!

P.S. If anyone needs an intern, I make a great cuban coffee! jacobmizraji@gmail.com

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by grogenaut »

leif wrote: post #75
grogenaut wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

your bbq and pizza sucks. seriously, it does. your "immigrant" food however is quite good.

Come back here and I will show you pizza. Clearly you missed it. Or maybe the donald was your guide: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-june-1-2011/me-lover-s...

No really, it was a greasy pile of shit.

- You win no favors with the trump and SP on that

- http://www.restaurantpi.com/ is good but it's not the best. Obama loves it and pissed of chicago for it though

- Seriously though, pizza is a regional thing. I'm not going to convince you that your pizza is shit no matter how crap the ingredients and the velveta topping are. You're not going to convince a CPK fan that their pizza is shit.

- The best Chicago style pizza is actually in STL. That's a challenge and a threat.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by moron4hire »

leif wrote: post #72
moron4hire wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh, get the fuck over yourself. You ain't got the corner on good food.

No, I've been around the block. There is a legitimate and drastic difference between everywhere else (in the U.S. and Europe, at least) and this city. The only other place in the U.S. that competes is L.A., and S.F. but only for burritos (why doesn't NYC have burritos?).

I've eaten well in every major city of the east coast, and a few in the UK. NYC is a monoculture of food. A distinct culture of its own, but a monoculture nonetheless. You won't find good BBQ in NYC. Decent fried chicken is easier to find in some backwards farm town of Pennsylvania than it is in NYC. I still assert that the best burger in the world is in Harrisburg, PA, and I specifically look and test everywhere I go. Pizza comes in one form, as do Ramen noodles. Yes, there are some amazing French restaurants there, but there is no shortage of amazing French restaurants in the country. And they have no clue what they are doing with a crab.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by grogenaut »

chrissnell wrote: post #11

There are so many great places to live outside of SF and NYC. For the price of my old Bay Area rental, I rented the upper half of a gorgeous house in the Old Town of Park City, Utah. I was a 35 minute commute from Salt Lake (half of my SFBA commute) and my front doorstep was two short blocks from the ski lift. I could walk or ride my bike to everything that I needed. Sundance screenings were half a block away. In the…

Plenty of good non-mormon places in WA and OR to reside. While not quite SLC for outdoors, they aren't bad. Bend for example

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by redthrowaway »

voltagex_ wrote: post #71
memracom wrote: post #3

The whole Silicon Valley advantage is fading. I went there back in 1997 when it was very hard to find technical jobs in my country (Canada) because a lot of those kinds of jobs gravitated to head office cities for large companies, and many Canadian companies were subsidiaries of large American companies. In Silicon Valley, I learned that most startups fail or are acquired within in a year or so. It's like a lottery.…

Hey, there's no contact details in your profile but can I borrow some of your time to chat about tech work in Vancouver? voltagex at voltagex.org

Shoot an email off to the guys at growlab. They were really helpful and inviting when last I talked to them.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by grogenaut »

mp3tricord wrote: post #61

Can someone explain to my why its an advantage to live in a state with zero income tax? Does it really matter how the state makes its money. If it does not come from your paycheck directly they get it other ways. For instance in Florida you pay ~2% property tax on your assessed value and in california you pay ~1% on your purchased value. If you bought property at 500k and its appreciated to 1 million in CA you pay 5k…

State sales tax in FLA is %6 currently. Obviously it varies by jurisdiction but thats a pretty good rate for the US. Sales tax == VAT in the EU

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by scottjad »

turar wrote: post #31
analog31 wrote: post #26

I spent a few years in Texas -- another zero income tax state, before moving back to the Midwest. Something to consider is whether or not you've got kids. Right now my family lives in an affordable neighborhood with a tolerant culture and excellent public schools that my two kids attend. In Texas, it seemed more like getting a good secular education for your kids was something that you had to pay a lot for, one way o…

I was under impression that Texas does have good schools, e.g. 3 of top 20 schools in the nation according to USNews are in TX: http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/national-r... Also, what are the "education states" and why?

Amusingly Miami has 3 schools on that list (Florida has 5), and all of California has 2 (neither in the Bay Area).

Though unless you're planning on sending your kids to one of these schools I don't think this really tells you much of anything.

Re: Why I moved to Miami

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Post by carlosdp »

jmduke wrote: post #82
crystaln wrote: post #56

I made the decision a long time ago that people come first. Comparing the people of San Francisco to those of Miami, well, in this case you get what you pay for. I feel like a rock star wild man anywhere else. In San Francisco I feel like I'm surrounded by people smarter, more creative, and better at life than me. That's worth every penny. I'll take a hovel in SF over a mansion in Miami any day. Besides, the defense…

The implication of this post is that people in Miami are dumber, less creative, and "worse at life" than those in San Francisco. The population of Miami is around 410,000. When someone tries to "comparing the people of X", where X is a population of 410,000, I think the bigger insight is to be gleaned from the writer's preconceptions than their conclusions.

I think the implication is more that the tech talent you find in Miami tends to be of a lower caliber, not that the people are generally dumber.
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