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biotech is more of a limiting factor than hacker-friendly. there are only three places in the USA: bay area, boston area, philadelphia suburbs / new jersey. non
by menloparkbum 19y ago
biotech is more of a limiting factor than hacker-friendly.
there are only three places in the USA: bay area, boston area, philadelphia suburbs / new jersey. none of which are mid-sized.
Boulder is nice, but I can't stand the people in Colorado. I would not say it is 'hacker friendly.' New Mexico is an interesting place to visit, sort of... but a horrible place to live.
My favorite mid-sized town in the USA is probably Portland.
- davidw 19y agoYou're 100% correct about biotech being a limiting factor. I can find some kind of programming job pretty much anywhere, but biotech really is about clusters...sigh. That said, she can only work at one job, so if she gets one of the few jobs in someplace like Boulder or Portland or wherever, that's good enough. What don't you like about NM? I've never been there but it always seemed kind of interesting/different. And the people in Colorado...?
- menloparkbum 19y agoDifferent is a good word for NM. It is "kind of interesting" but it is also completely disgusting. Think of the worst place you have ever accidentally driven through in the USA. Now imagine that place is in the desert and everyone who lives there is on crystal meth. That is Albuquerque. Santa Fe is more of a retirement town that happens to have an atomic research facility. I don't like stereotypical republicans or phony outdoorsy liberal types, so I didn't get along with anyone in Colorado.