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Out of curiosity, why would you prefer other US cities over a Californian city? (That is, why don't you love California. Also excluding European alternatives.)

• rdl 11y ago
  CA laws (guns, primarily; taxes, secondarily, and a bunch of other stuff. Guns are a personal thing for me, but the rest has business impact.). I'd also like to actually be involved in my community somewhere, but everything about SF (and CA) is repellent to doing that. (In Bellevue/Issaquah/etc., I'd happily be a volunteer EMT or even reserve PD officer; might get involved in local non-partisan politics. There is no way I'd ever want to do anything like that in SF.) There are also no non-SFBA cities in CA that I'd actually want to do an infosec startup in. The set of places I'd personally consider (in no real order) is: Seattle, Portland, SFBA, Austin, DC-Metro, Boston, Boulder/Denver, SLC, Raleigh/Durham. I dislike NYC and Chicago but those are also viable (also dislike Atlanta; might be ok). I actually like Las Vegas, Nashville, and Louisville, but they would be challenging. I think Houston, Dallas, Miami, Phoenix, LA, San Diego, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh could work, but not sure. Some other big university places (Ann Arbor being the canonical example) could be fine if you're from there.)
  • jmspring 11y ago
    "rest of the business impact"? Given how the tech boom/bust cycles are centered here in the Bay Area over the last 20+ years, business seem fine to stay here and attract talent. There are also communities here where you can get involved, volunteer, etc. SF doesn't equal the rest of the Bay Area.
  • mylons 11y ago
    so you're going to move to Europe due to it's liberal gun laws?
    • rdl 11y ago
      I'm willing to sacrifice for ~5-10y due to all the other benefits Berlin has. (And German gun laws aren't UK/Japan level)