> > The best part about tech in NYC is that it isn't a non-stop, in-your-face bubble the way that it is in SF/SJ > I find statements like this both cringe and

> > The best part about tech in NYC is that it isn't a non-stop, in-your-face bubble the way that it is in SF/SJ > I find statements like this both cringe and problematic. I think the 1st sentence of the 1st comment is amusingly and inadvertently supported by the 2nd. These are all various shades of yuppie identity non-diverse in thought, culture, or world perspective. They are boring. You're painting with a pretty broad brush there, yourself. The diversity of thought and culture in the NYC area is breathtaking. It takes a lot of effort to navigate it at times, but it's definitely there. Hundreds of years worth. It used to be that the North East of the US kinda was the US. Half of the soldiers who went to fight in Europe in WWI were from New York state alone. A big part of US history of the 20th century has been the demographic, economic, and cultural shift away from the North East to the West and South. As a part of this, it's only natural that a new intelligentsia would arise on the West Coast and pooh-pooh the North East. It's a very common historical pattern. However, when it comes down to it, people living, thinking, and working in close proximity will create cultural value. To denigrate this is to throw out the baby with the bathwater if you are a humanist, or a progressive.