I know this will be an unpopular opinion round these parts, but SF is not somewhere I'd ever chose to live. The bad points vastly outweigh the good points for me.
But would you rather (a) live in your choice of San Francisco, New York, Austin, Boston, or Boulder; or (b) pick five cities at random from an alphabetical list and then choose one of them to live in?
I expect the vast majority of HN readers would choose (a). SF has some disadvantages (cold weather in summer, astronomical cost of living), but pretty much all startup hubs have a high concentration of energy and generally ambitious people.
I guess everyone is different, I love silicon valley for many things, the quality of life being one of them (and the weather). Maybe it's just me but I'm from a cold, wet and windy country called Scotland :)
Actually weather is one reason I wouldn't live in silicon valley - it doesn't really have any. It's either flatline boiling hot, or if you go north it's windy and foggy all the time. It's like being stuck in a never ending summer.
I live in England, where we get glorious boiling summers, wet and windy autumns, snowy winters. I know that's not for everyone, but the sheer variety is something I love.
To see the scenery and wildlife change by season is something that really makes life interesting.
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Just remember quality of life with these things.
I know this will be an unpopular opinion round these parts, but SF is not somewhere I'd ever chose to live. The bad points vastly outweigh the good points for me.
Fair enough.
But would you rather (a) live in your choice of San Francisco, New York, Austin, Boston, or Boulder; or (b) pick five cities at random from an alphabetical list and then choose one of them to live in?
I expect the vast majority of HN readers would choose (a). SF has some disadvantages (cold weather in summer, astronomical cost of living), but pretty much all startup hubs have a high concentration of energy and generally ambitious people.
I guess everyone is different, I love silicon valley for many things, the quality of life being one of them (and the weather). Maybe it's just me but I'm from a cold, wet and windy country called Scotland :)
Actually weather is one reason I wouldn't live in silicon valley - it doesn't really have any. It's either flatline boiling hot, or if you go north it's windy and foggy all the time. It's like being stuck in a never ending summer.
I live in England, where we get glorious boiling summers, wet and windy autumns, snowy winters. I know that's not for everyone, but the sheer variety is something I love.
To see the scenery and wildlife change by season is something that really makes life interesting.