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"Upstate New York" is a very large area. It would be tough to generalize... I'm in the Syracuse area (smack in the middle of the state), and the local scene is

"Upstate New York" is a very large area. It would be tough to generalize... I'm in the Syracuse area (smack in the middle of the state), and the local scene is reasonably unimpressive (I work remotely, as do most of the folks I know in the area). There is a bit of a tech job market 45 minutes east of here in Rome, but that's mostly DoD related work (Rome Labs, etc). An hour and a half south is Ithaca, which is a 'hippy' college-town (Cornell, Ithaca College, and TC3), and has a bit of a startup scene, but again, nothing huge... I'd certainly want to have something lined up before moving.

hijinks 11y ago
I grew up 30 minutes outside of Syracuse and 15 years ago when I moved out there was almost zero tech except for the few large enterprise companies. I wish the area the best and its a great place to live in for the 3 months of good weather they have :)
- jason_slack 11y ago
  I also grew up 30 mins outside of Syracuse. South though.
ryanSrich 11y ago
I grew up in cuse and went to school at RIT. Why I'd never go back: 1. Snow, 2. Taxes Why I'd go back: 1. Insanely cheap 2. Hot plates Thus is life.
- jason_slack 11y ago
  1. I don't mind the snow. 2. Taxes totally suck. I am at $6,000 a year. 3. It is cheap. 4. Hot plates? I don't follow this :-)
  - JshWright 11y ago
    Hot plates (also called 'garbage plates', or just 'plates') are a Rochester thing. http://rocwiki.org/Garbage_Plates http://rocwiki.org/Garbage_Plates
    - jason_slack 11y ago
      oh! yes, there was a place in Rochester, I think it was called "Sals" or "Salvatore's" and they had a $5 garbage plate when I was younger.
- JshWright 11y ago
  The snow is less of an issue lately (we only got ~6ft of snow this year in Syracuse, thanks to a warm Pacific (yay climate change...)). Con #2 is largely offset by Pro #1.
  - jason_slack 11y ago
    Yes, this winter was mild compared to last winter. I still have a lot of wood and eco-bricks left over for next year!
- cmcginty 11y ago
  Did you mean garbage plates ;-)
  - JshWright 11y ago
    The terms are interchangeable. One of the common ingredients are "hots" (i.e. hot dogs).
jason_slack 11y ago
I am 35 mins south of Syracuse.

hijinks 11y ago

I grew up 30 minutes outside of Syracuse and 15 years ago when I moved out there was almost zero tech except for the few large enterprise companies. I wish the area the best and its a great place to live in for the 3 months of good weather they have :)

jason_slack 11y ago
I also grew up 30 mins outside of Syracuse. South though.

ryanSrich 11y ago

I grew up in cuse and went to school at RIT. Why I'd never go back: 1. Snow, 2. Taxes Why I'd go back: 1. Insanely cheap 2. Hot plates Thus is life.

jason_slack 11y ago
1. I don't mind the snow. 2. Taxes totally suck. I am at $6,000 a year. 3. It is cheap. 4. Hot plates? I don't follow this :-)
- JshWright 11y ago
  Hot plates (also called 'garbage plates', or just 'plates') are a Rochester thing. http://rocwiki.org/Garbage_Plates http://rocwiki.org/Garbage_Plates
  - jason_slack 11y ago
    oh! yes, there was a place in Rochester, I think it was called "Sals" or "Salvatore's" and they had a $5 garbage plate when I was younger.
JshWright 11y ago
The snow is less of an issue lately (we only got ~6ft of snow this year in Syracuse, thanks to a warm Pacific (yay climate change...)). Con #2 is largely offset by Pro #1.
- jason_slack 11y ago
  Yes, this winter was mild compared to last winter. I still have a lot of wood and eco-bricks left over for next year!
cmcginty 11y ago
Did you mean garbage plates ;-)
- JshWright 11y ago
  The terms are interchangeable. One of the common ingredients are "hots" (i.e. hot dogs).

jason_slack 11y ago

I am 35 mins south of Syracuse.