Ask HN: Where do you live? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Where do you live?

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Post by sunir » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 5:19 PM UTC

GotToStartup wrote: post #420

nickelplate wrote: post #40

Toronto, ON, Canada.

+1. You guys know of any good tech/startup meetups in TO?

Join the TorCamp mailing list. There are regular Democamps, UX meetups, Rails meetups, etc.

http://groups.google.com/group/TorCamp

Re: Ask HN: Where do you live?

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Post by sunir » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 5:27 PM UTC

electromagnetic wrote: post #402

maggie wrote: post #302

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly, after living in Toronto for the last 3 months, I'd compare it more to Los Angeles than NYC. Certainly safer than either LA or NYC, though. One of the safest Canadian cities, actually.

Toronto isn't the safest, compared to other big cities it's certainly very good, but considering the commuter regions have crime rates well below the national average it's certainly better than the other big cities. The GTA is an amazing place to live. I'm in Halton (which has the lowest crime rate for all the GTA) and crime just isn't considered where I live. I believe the biggest crime in my area is car break-ins i…

Just some additional data on this for interested readers:

Chicago (2.8M) and Toronto (2.5M) are very similar cities, in size and standard of living. Toronto has about 1/7th the homicide rate. In 2008, Chicago had 509 homicides

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/jan/02/local/chi-hom...

In 2008, Toronto logged 70.

http://www.thestar.com/Article/560516

Mind you, Chicago also tops the U.S. for homicides per capita, so that may not be a fair comparison.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you live?

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Post by DrJokepu » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 5:34 PM UTC

sharpn wrote: post #6

London, England.

-> Southwark

Re: Ask HN: Where do you live?

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Post by arihelgason » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 5:38 PM UTC

bendtheblock wrote: post #463

sharpn wrote: post #6

London, England.

Islington. Anyone recommend any good tech/startup meetups in London? It would have been cool seeing a graph of this poll today as the various timezones woke up.

First Tuesday, Minibar, Drinktank and Bootlaw are often good.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you live?

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Post by delayclose » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 5:40 PM UTC

shiranaihito wrote: post #440

mullr wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kobe, Japan at the moment, Corvallis, OR at other times.

How do you like Kobe? Can you compare it to any other Japanese cities?

I'll just butt in to say Kobe is great. Lots of character and interesting places to hang out in. Has it's own charm, different from Osaka or Nagoya (which I really like too).

Re: Ask HN: Where do you live?

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Post by delayclose » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 5:43 PM UTC

pavlov wrote: post #13

Helsinki, Finland.

Live in Tampere, work in Helsinki.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you live?

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Post by lw0x15 » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 5:49 PM UTC

sharpn wrote: post #6

London, England.

Croydon

Re: Ask HN: Where do you live?

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Post by ujjwalg » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 5:51 PM UTC

rickharrison wrote: post #405

State College, PA

what startup do you work for?

Re: Ask HN: Where do you live?

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Post by skullsplitter » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 5:52 PM UTC

urlwolf wrote: post #354

skullsplitter wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Im staying in neukoelln so neukoelln/kreuzberg is great for me. lets watch this thread for a few more hours to see if anyone else shows up and then pick a spot for say, tomorrow?

I'm in Berlin too. How do we set up the meeting time and place? Watching this thread is far from optimal. How about a doodle? http://doodle.com/rb4dsfn6e2ip5xv4

Wherever works for me (im touristing so every place is an opportunity to see something new).

Re: Ask HN: Where do you live?

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Post by ashr » Mon, Aug 10, 2009, 5:53 PM UTC

Flemlord wrote: post #339

Denver, CO

Boulder CO