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Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

#181

I am from Jaipur, India. Many I times I am detestful of the fact that I don't live in big cities like Mumbai or Bangalore. I don't hear of any programming meetups that happen here, neither there are any conferences, nor any startup that has bubbled up. The first thing that I want to do after my graduation is to move in to a big city because socializing with smart people is the most recurring advice I have heard for a…

Yes, Bangalore has lot of social and tech meetups where you can meet the like minded people.

Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

#182

>Southern North America (eg. Mexico) >Northern part of South America >Souther part of South America Looks needlessly fragmented and imprecise. What is 'Southern part of South America'? Cono Sur? Then Brazilians from Minas Gerais and Porto Alegre are in different groups? Was that the intention? Why 'Southern North America' and not Central America? Where does Caribbean belong? Middle Asia (say, Kazakhstan)? Is Spain We…

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Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a self-selected survey, it's likely that people who have a higher desire to have their country of residence represented would be more likely to participate. I suspect that Canadians fall into that category.

Then you assume that less US residents have a desire to have their country of residence represented. Why?

They'll come first anyway, so why bother?

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post #157

I live in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 99% of the time I have no regrets about moving here from the United States. That other 1% of the time when you are sick or require the services of the police, it's not the best place to be. My insurance plan covers an airlift to Thailand in the event of a serious emergency.

Are you the guy from Pirate Bay?
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