Phoenix Startup Founder here. Central Phoenix is one of the best kept secrets in America - but after articles like this one the secret needs to get out. Central

Phoenix Startup Founder here. Central Phoenix is one of the best kept secrets in America - but after articles like this one the secret needs to get out. Central/downtown Phoenix, where many tech startups are located, allows a lifestyle and work environment that is unparalleled anywhere else in the country. Cutting edge/super cheap hacker space incubator wet/dry labs- http://www.ceigateway.com http://www.ceigateway.com, http://www.seedspot.com http://www.seedspot.com, http://www.cohoots.com http://www.cohoots.com Great coffee/art/music/community- http://www.luxcoffee.com http://www.luxcoffee.com, http://www.artlinkphoenix.com http://www.artlinkphoenix.com, http://www.rooseveltrow.org http://www.rooseveltrow.org, http://www.valleybarphx.com http://www.valleybarphx.com, http://www.crescentphx.com http://www.crescentphx.com Gorgeous, walk-able, affordable historic districts- http://www.willohistoricdistrict.com http://www.willohistoricdistrict.com, http://www.windsorsquarephoenix.com http://www.windsorsquarephoenix.com, http://www.rooseveltneighborhood.org http://www.rooseveltneighborhood.org July and August are the only months with truly hot weather, but San Francisco is a 90 minute flight away, and its a quick weekend trip to San Diego and LA, and a day trip to Flagstaff where its 30 degrees cooler. June and September bring cooler pleasant mornings and evenings, you are generally in your office midday anyway. October until May is truly gorgeous, the best weather in the country. Central Phoenix is one of the most liberal, inclusive, and open minded places in the country. Many from Phoenix are from someplace else originally so there is less of a nepotistic, "who you know" culture here than the Coasts. People here are extremely independent and very friendly. Comparing urban Central Phoenix, where most startups are located, to to other towns an hour or more away in more suburban/rural areas is similar to comparing Palo Alto to a small agricultural town outside Silicon Valley. Its apples and oranges.